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Record ID 173664

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 44

Hills natural History of Fossils fol

Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/18 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A general natural history: or, new and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables, and minerals of the different parts of the world [Hill]
Possible modern shelfmark: Am.2.5-5b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A general natural history: or, new and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables, and minerals, of the different parts of the world; ... With a great number of figures, elegantly engraved.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748-1752. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 22 borrowing records


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John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
General Natural History

Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/18 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda

Author: John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775), Genre: Natural Philosophy

General Natural History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 173667

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 45

Walpoles life & Reign of Richard III. 4to

Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/18 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: History
Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.15.c.17.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: History
Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: History
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third

Record ID 40089

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 158r

1 Vol. ofCallenders Voyages

Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: July 18. Original Borrower: James Nisbet.


Borrower

James Nisbet
Gender: Male.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1349 (vol. 1 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday).

Borrower: James Nisbet

Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1