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Record ID 301519
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 260
Richardsons tour thro Britain 4 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1776/6/24 (Monday). Returned: 1776/7/24 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the whole island of Great Britain [Defoe; Richardson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.157.f.7-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing I. A description of the principal cities and towns, ... Originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vol.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T70855
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1776/6/24 (Monday). Returned: 1776/7/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301207
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 262
Voyage to Mauritius, in 8
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius [Saint Pierre/Parish]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.181.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c. With observations and reflections upon nature, and mankind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Parish, John
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T98328
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814), Genre: Travel
Record ID 301198
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 263
Bruckeri Hist. Critica Philosophiae 5 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1748-1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia critica philosophiae [Brucker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.III.1.2-1.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Iacobi Bruckeri ... Historia critica philosophiae, a mundi incunabulis ad nostram usque aetatem deducta.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1742-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 7 borrowing records
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia Critica Philosophiae, a Mundi Incunabulis ad Nostram usque Aetatem Deducta
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
Author: Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia Critica Philosophiae, a Mundi Incunabulis ad Nostram usque Aetatem Deducta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299143
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 264
Macaulays History of England vol. 5. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick line [Macaulay]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.c.5-12..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick line.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1783. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 42 borrowing records
ESTC: T106230
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 299128
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 266
Buffon Histoire naturelle tom 6. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1754-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 237 times in 126 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 298417
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Histoire de l'accadmie royale de Inscriptions 6 tom in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.800-801 (Wanting vol. 44-46) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 298420
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Also memoires de literature de l'Accademie royale 6 tom 12mo
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie ... (Mémoires de Littérature) ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.803.f.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 298405
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 269
Parker's Reports in fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Law > Solicitor-General.
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases concerning the revenue, argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter Term 1743, to Hilary Term 1767 [Parker]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.4].
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases concerning the revenue, argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter term 1743, to Hilary term 1767.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: folio.
Editors: Parker, Thomas, 1695?-1784
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T95680
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases in the Court of Exchequer
Borrowed: 1776/7/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Author: Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 298402
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 269
Scots Magazine for the years 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. in 8 also for the Years 1747. 1752. & 1753. in 8. Also for 1757.
Borrowed: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742, Volume 1743, Volume 1744, Volume 1747, Volume 1752, Volume 1753, Volume 1757
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742, Volume 1743, Volume 1744, Volume 1747, Volume 1752, Volume 1753, Volume 1757
Record ID 298390
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 271
Sir John Dalrymple's Memoirs 2 vol. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two guineas.
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Dalrymple's Memoirs, 2 vols (original title)
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland [Dalrymple] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.18.c.9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue. Volume II. Consisting chiefly of letters from the French Ambassadors in England to their Court; and from Charles II. James II. King William, and Queen Mary, And the Ministers and Generals of those Princes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T145645
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298384
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 272
Gray's poems in 4. published by Mason with Letters & c.
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1740-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ak].2/1.20.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T107045
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Author: Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Record ID 291040
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 276
Encyclopedie tom 6.7 12 & 13
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds sterl.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 12, Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 12, Volume 13
Record ID 291034
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 277
Atkyns Reports vol. 1. fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One Pound sterl.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Atkyns]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns, Of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1768. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Atkyns, John Tracy, ca. 1710-1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T98193
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/7/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 169941
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 1
Essays Physical & Literary 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 169938
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 1
Coxe's Account of the Russian Discoveries in 4.
Borrowed: 1788/4/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/5/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: 15 shilllings.
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America [Coxe]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.c.9 .
Confidence level: Certain
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 11 borrowing records
ESTC: T134277
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America
Borrowed: 1788/4/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/5/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Record ID 169971
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 3
Buffon Hist. des Oiseaux Tom 1.2.3
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux [Buffon]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1770-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 6 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 169965
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 3
Berni Orlando innamorato 4 tom 12o
Borrowed: 1788/4/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/16 (Friday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando innamorato, rifatto tutto di nuovo da Francesco Berni.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando innamorato, nuouamente composto da M. F. Berni.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 2 borrowing records
Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Innamorato, Nuouamente Composto
Borrowed: 1788/4/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535), Genre: Poetry
Orlando Innamorato, Nuouamente Composto
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 169977
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 4
Burrows Reports tom 2
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond [Burrow]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.159.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond; in four parts, Distributed according to the Times of his four Successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T97747
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 170517
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 6
Robertsons History of Greece 12o
Borrowed: 1788/4/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/30 (Friday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, from the earliest times, till it became a Roman province.
Confidence level: Certain
Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, from the earliest times, till it became a Roman province.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Robertson, William, 1721-1793.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T99769
Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times, till it became a Roman Province
Borrowed: 1788/4/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/30 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785), Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times, till it became a Roman Province
Record ID 170520
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 7
Blackstones Reports 2 Vol fol
Borrowed: 1788/5/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/6/1 (Sunday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases determined in the several courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779 [Blackstone]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases determined in the several courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T44778
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779
Borrowed: 1788/5/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/6/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 170532
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 8
Chandlers Travels 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti.
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T63359
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810), Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti
Record ID 170529
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 8
Swinburns Travels 4to
Borrowed: 1788/5/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776 [Swinburne]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.173.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776. In which several monuments of Roman and Moorish architecture are illustrated by accurate drawings taken on the spot.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T88882
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776
Borrowed: 1788/5/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803), Genre: Travel
Record ID 170535
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 9
Scots Magazine for 1747
Borrowed: 1788/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Craig of Riccarton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1730-1823.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1747
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1788/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craig of Riccarton
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1747
Record ID 170544
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 10
Mansteins Memoires of Russia
Borrowed: 1788/5/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/14 (Saturday).
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, historical, political, and military, from the year M DCC XXVII, to M DCC XLIV [Manstein]
Confidence level: Certain
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, historical, political, and military, from the year M DCC XXVII, to M DCC Xliv.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hume, David.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T122596
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political, and Military, from the Year MDCC XXVII, to MDCC XIIV
Borrowed: 1788/5/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757), Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political, and Military, from the Year MDCC XXVII, to MDCC XIIV
Record ID 171093
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 13
Watsons Chemical Essays 5 Vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical essays [Watson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical essays. By R. Watson, D. D. F. R. S. and Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781-1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T78143
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson]
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 171120
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Monthly Review tom 11-15 onches
Borrowed: 1788/5/23 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/23 (Monday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1788/5/23 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/23 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Record ID 171144
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Whitakers Hist. of Manchester 2 vol 8.vo
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.20.a.4-5 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester. In four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T145509
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
History of Manchester
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171243
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 15
Chappe voyage en Siberie 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/20 (Friday).
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Siberie, fait par ordre du roi en 1761 [Chappe d'Auteroche]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.112/1.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761, ... enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein, de gravures.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 10 borrowing records
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769), Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 171255
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 15
Solinus Polyhistor
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/30 (Monday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
C. Julius Solinus (Male)
Genre: History
Caii Iulii Solini Polyhistor.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: AB.1.81.109.
Confidence level: Certain
C. Julius Solinus (Male)
Genre: History
C. J. Solini Polyhistor. Ex editione C. Salmasii accurante M. A. Goetzio.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
C. Julius Solinus (Male)
Genre: History
Polyhistor [C. Julius Solinus]
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/30 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: C. Julius Solinus (Male), Genre: History
Record ID 171312
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 16
Anville Geographie ancienne 3 vol.
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie ancienne abrégée [Anville]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.118.f .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie ancienne abrégée.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie Ancienne Abrégée
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 171327
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 17
Lavater traité de Physiognomie 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/6/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/5 (Saturday).
Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essai sur la physiognomonie [Lavater]
Possible modern shelfmark: Ak.2.11-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essai sur la Physiognomonie, destiné à faire connoître l'homme et à la faire aimer.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1781-1801. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
Borrowed: 1788/6/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/5 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Author: Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 171432
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 18
Tears of Sensiblity 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171429
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 18
Pompadour Letters 2 Vol.
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837)
Genre: Lives
Lettres de Madame la marquise de Pompadour.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837)
Genre: Lives
Lettres de Madame la marquise de Pompadour: depuis MDCCLIII jusqu'à MDCCLXII, inclusivement.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: N049631
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837)
Genre: Lives
Letters of the Marchioness of Pompadour
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837), Genre: Lives
Letters of the Marchioness of Pompadour
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171441
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 19
Barrington on the Statutes 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Law
Observations on the more ancient statutes from Magna Charta to the twenty-first of James I. cap. XXVII [Barrington]
Confidence level: Very likely
Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Law
Observations on the more ancient statutes, from Magna Charta to the twenty-first of James I. cap.xxvii
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T80835
Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Law
Observations on the More Ancient Statutes, from Magna Charta to the Twenty-first of James I
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800), Genre: Law
Observations on the More Ancient Statutes, from Magna Charta to the Twenty-first of James I
Record ID 171438
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 19
Milot elemens de histoire moderns 5 Vol. 12o
Borrowed: 1788/6/9 (Monday). Returned: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday).
Sir Robert Anstruther of Balcaskie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: d. 1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elemens de l'histoire generale, premiere partie, contenant l'histoire ancienne. Seconde partie, contenant l'histoire moderne, depuis la fondation de la monarchie Françoise jusqu'à l'an 1773 [Millot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.95.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elémens d'histoire générale ...
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 7 borrowing records
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elements of General History
Borrowed: 1788/6/9 (Monday). Returned: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Sir Robert Anstruther of Balcaskie
Author: Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 171606
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 20
Stuarts view of society 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/11 (Friday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
A view of society in Europe, in its progress from rudeness to refinement: or, inquiries concerning the history of law, government, and manners [Stuart]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.86.a.13 (or E.86.a.14).
Confidence level: Certain
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
A view of society in Europe, in its progress from rudeness to refinement; or, inquiries concerning the history of law, government, and manners.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 18
ESTC: T96549
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
View of Society in Europe
Borrowed: 1788/6/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786), Genre: History
Record ID 171798
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 24
Dows History of Hindostan 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Mr David Cathcart of Greenfield; Lord Alloway
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1764-1829.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi [Dow]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.141.a.12-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The history of Hindostan, from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A dissertation on the origin and nature of despotism in Hindostan. II. An enquiry into the state of Bengal; With a Plan for restoring that Kingdom to its former Prosperity and Splendor.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T91569
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan
Confidence level: Certain
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
The history of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi: Together with A Dissertation Concerning the Religion and Philosophy of the Brahmins; With an appendix, containing the history of the Mogul empire, from its decline in the reign of Mahummud Shaw, to the present times.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768-1772. Format: 4to.
Translators: Dow, Alexander, - 1779.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T91573
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Cathcart of Greenfield; Lord Alloway
Author: Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan, History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 171804
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 25
Dalrymples Annals of Scotland 2 Vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland. From the accession of Malcolm III. Surnamed Canmole, to the accession of Robert I [Dalrymple]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.b.[23]-[24].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T82751
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Confidence level: Certain
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland. From The Accession of Robert I. Surnamed Bruce, To the Accession of the House of Stewart.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 83 times in 60 borrowing records
ESTC: T141222
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792), Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171813
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 26
Stuarts Antiquities of Athens fol
Borrowed: 1788/6/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/19 (Saturday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Nicolas Revett (Male, born 1720, died 1804), James Stuart (Male, born 1713, died 1788)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
The antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects.
Possible modern shelfmark: E.130.a.13-16.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nicolas Revett (Male, born 1720, died 1804), James Stuart (Male, born 1713, died 1788)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
The antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762-1794. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T22194
Nicolas Revett (Male, born 1720, died 1804), James Stuart (Male, born 1713, died 1788)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Antiquities of Athens Measured and Delineated
Borrowed: 1788/6/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Nicolas Revett (Male, born 1720, died 1804), James Stuart (Male, born 1713, died 1788), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Antiquities of Athens Measured and Delineated
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171819
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 26
Euripedes by Potter 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/19 (Saturday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
The tragedies of Euripides translated. In two volumes [Potter]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.7.a..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
The tragedies of Euripides translated.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 4to.
Translators: Potter, Robert, 1721-1804.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T148529
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Works of Euripides
Borrowed: 1788/6/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 172035
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 27
Baretti's Travels 4 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/6/20 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/20 (Sunday).
Mr John Swinton tertius
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: 1759-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France [Baretti]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.153.f .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T83927
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Borrowed: 1788/6/20 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/20 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton tertius
Author: Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789), Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 172077
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 28
Political History of Indies 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/25 (Friday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies [Raynal]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.138.c.16-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Translators: Justamond, John Obadiah
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T94801
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
Borrowed: 1788/6/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/25 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 172149
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 29
Linnaei Systema Natura tom 1.2.&4.
Borrowed: 1788/6/21 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/7/21 (Monday).
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnaei ... Systema naturae : per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.43/1.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Systema naturæ, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Language: Latin . Published: Vienna. Date of publication: 1767-1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Systema Naturae
Borrowed: 1788/6/21 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/7/21 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4
Record ID 172152
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 29
Milot elemens de l'histoire ancienne 4 vol
Borrowed: 1788/6/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/24 (Thursday).
Mr James Wolfe Murray Lord Cringletie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: 1759-1836.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elemens de l'histoire generale, premiere partie, contenant l'histoire ancienne. Seconde partie, contenant l'histoire moderne, depuis la fondation de la monarchie Françoise jusqu'à l'an 1773 [Millot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.95.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elémens d'histoire générale ...
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 7 borrowing records
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elements of General History
Borrowed: 1788/6/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Wolfe Murray Lord Cringletie
Author: Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 172173
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 32
Gray's poems by W. Mason in 4
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill..
Mr John Erskine of Cambus
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ak].2/1.20.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T107045
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Erskine of Cambus
Author: Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Record ID 172485
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 34
Eucleri institutiones 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Leonhard Euler (Male, born 1707, died 1783)
Genre: Mathematics
Institutionum calculi integralis volumen primum, in quo methodus integrandi a primis principiis usque ad integrationem aequationum disserentialium primi gradus pertractatur [Euler]
Possible modern shelfmark: Cn.2.46-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Leonhard Euler (Male, born 1707, died 1783)
Genre: Mathematics
Institutionum calculi integralis volumen primum(-tertium).
Language: Latin . Published: St Petersburg. Date of publication: 1768-1770. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
Leonhard Euler (Male, born 1707, died 1783)
Genre: Mathematics
Institutionum Calculi Integralis
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Leonhard Euler (Male, born 1707, died 1783), Genre: Mathematics
Institutionum Calculi Integralis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 172491
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 34
Marie Mechanique 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Joseph François Marie (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Traité de mechanique [Marie]
Possible modern shelfmark: Cp.2.11.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph François Marie (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Traité de méchanique.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
Joseph François Marie (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Traité de Méchanique [Joseph François Marie]
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Joseph François Marie (Male), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 173418
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 36
Evans's Old Ballads 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/7/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/1 (Friday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date [Evans]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ai].5/1.19-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date; now first collected, and reprinted from rare copies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Evans, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T146587
Genre: Poetry
Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date
Borrowed: 1788/7/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Genre: Poetry
Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 173448
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 39
Pennants British Zoology 4 Vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/9 (Saturday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
British zoology [Pennant]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.60/1.c.[alpha] .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
British zoology.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768-1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 49 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T148771
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
British Zoology
Borrowed: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 173640
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 41
Tophams Letters in 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/7/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/12 (Tuesday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Letters from Edinburgh; written in the years 1774 and 1775 [Topham]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.157.e.[21].
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Letters from Edinburgh; written in the years 1774 and 1775: containing some observations on the diversions, customs, manners, and laws, of the Scotch nation, during a six months residence in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T137107
Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Letters from Edinburgh written in the Years 1774 and 1775
Borrowed: 1788/7/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Record ID 173655
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 43
Jones on Bailments in 8
Borrowed: 1788/7/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl.
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir William Jones (Male, born 1746, died 1794)
Genre: Law
An essay on the las of bailments [Jones]
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Jones (Male, born 1746, died 1794)
Genre: Law
An essay on the law of bailments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T69325
Sir William Jones (Male, born 1746, died 1794)
Genre: Law
Essay on the Law of Bailments
Borrowed: 1788/7/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: Sir William Jones (Male, born 1746, died 1794), Genre: Law
Record ID 173658
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 43
Annual Register for 1770 to 1780 inclusive (the vol for 1772 wanting)
Borrowed: 1788/7/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/16 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature for the year ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1770, Volume 1771, Volume 1773, Volume 1774, Volume 1775, Volume 1776, Volume 1777, Volume 1778, Volume 1779
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 763 times in 426 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1788/7/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1770, Volume 1771, Volume 1773, Volume 1774, Volume 1775, Volume 1776, Volume 1777, Volume 1778, Volume 1779
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).
Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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.
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
ESTC: T110339
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: History
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/18 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: History
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
Record ID 173805
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 46
Massingers dramatick Works 4 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Philip Massinger (Male, born 1583, died 1640)
Genre: Drama
Dramatick works of Philip Massinger complete, in four volumes.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].3/1.16-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Massinger (Male, born 1583, died 1640)
Genre: Drama
The dramatick works of Philip Massinger complete, in four volumes. Revised and corrected, with notes critical and explanatory, by John Monck Mason, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Editors: Mason, John Monck, 1726-1809
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T73133
Philip Massinger (Male, born 1583, died 1640)
Genre: Drama
Dramatic Works of Philip Massinger
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Philip Massinger (Male, born 1583, died 1640), Genre: Drama
Dramatic Works of Philip Massinger
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 173790
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 46
Verelsts India Affairs
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Harry Verelst (Male, died 1785)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A view of the rise, progress, and present state of the English government in Bengal: including a reply to the misrepresentations of Mr. Bolts, and other writers [Verelst]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.142.c.23.
Confidence level: Certain
Harry Verelst (Male, died 1785)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A View of the rise, progress, and present state of the English government in Bengal: including a Reply to the Misrepresentations of Mr. Bolts, and other Writers. By Harry Verelst, Esq. Late Governor of Bengal.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T50786
Harry Verelst (Male, died 1785)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
View of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the English Government in Bengal
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Harry Verelst (Male, died 1785), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
View of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the English Government in Bengal
Record ID 173799
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 46
Papers about India Affairs 8:vo
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Authentic papers concerning India affairs.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ac].3/1.15.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Authentic papers concerning India affairs; which have been under the inspection of a great assembly.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T3146
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Authentic Papers Concerning India Affairs
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Record ID 173784
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 46
Bolts on India Affairs 4to
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
William Bolts (Male, born c.1740, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on India affairs [Bolts]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.142.c.5 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Bolts (Male, born c.1740, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on India affairs ; particularly respecting the present state of Bengal and its dependencies / by William Bolts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T144095
William Bolts (Male, born c.1740, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on India Affairs; Particularily Respecting the Present state of Bengal and its Dependencies
Borrowed: 1788/7/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: William Bolts (Male, born c.1740, died 1808), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 173955
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 49
Beauties of Biography 2 vols 12o
Borrowed: 1788/7/20 (Sunday). Returned: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Genre: Lives
The beauties of biography.
Possible modern shelfmark: E.78.g.8-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Lives
The beauties of biography: containing the lives of the most illustrious persons who have flourished in Great Britain, France, Italy, and other parts of Europe, Either as Poets, Historians, Divines, Philosophers, Soldiers, or Politicians.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T113917
Genre: Lives
Beauties of Biography: Containing the Lives of the Most Illustrious Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain, France, Italy, and Other Parts of Europe
Borrowed: 1788/7/20 (Sunday). Returned: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 174033
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 52
Goldsmiths natural History 8 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/7/25 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/25 (Monday).
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature [Goldsmith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cu.7/1.1-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 705 times in 454 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1788/7/25 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 174063
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 53
Friedel Theatre Allemad tom 12
Borrowed: 1788/7/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/26 (Tuesday).
Mr John Erskine of Cambus
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Drama
Nouveau théatre allemand [Friedel]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ome].1.1-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Drama
Nouveau théâtre allemand.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1782-1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Editors: Friedel, A. C. (Adrien Chrétien), 1753-1786
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 13 borrowing records
Borrowed: 1788/7/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/8/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Erskine of Cambus
Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 174180
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 55
Brydens tour through Sicily & Malta 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1788/7/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/30 (Saturday).
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
Tour through Sicily and Malta [Brydone]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.169.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
A tour through Sicily and Malta. In a series of letters to William Beckford, ... from P. Brydone, ... In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 86 borrowing records
ESTC: T144542
Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford
Borrowed: 1788/7/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Author: Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818), Genre: Travel
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 174258
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 56
Lysias & Isocrates by Gillies 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/1 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/1 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Isocrates (Male, born BCE436, died BCE338), Lysias (Male, born c.BCE445, died BCE380)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The orations of Lysias and Isocrates, translated from the Greek [Gillies]
Possible modern shelfmark: T.378.c..
Confidence level: Certain
Isocrates (Male, born BCE436, died BCE338), Lysias (Male, born c.BCE445, died BCE380)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The orations of Lysias and Isocrates, translated from the Greek: with some account of their lives; and a discourse on the history, manners, and character of the Greeks, with Some Account of their Lives; and A Discourse on the History, Manners, and Character of the Greeks, from the Conclusion of the Peloponnesian War, to the Battle of Chaeronea.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 4to.
Translators: Gillies, John, 1747-1836.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T106138
Isocrates (Male, born BCE436, died BCE338), Lysias (Male, born c.BCE445, died BCE380)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Orations of Lysias and Isocrates
Borrowed: 1788/8/1 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Isocrates (Male, born BCE436, died BCE338), Lysias (Male, born c.BCE445, died BCE380), Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 174300
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 57
Introduction to Astronomy 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/9/2 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An easy introduction to astronomy, for young gentlemen and ladies [Ferguson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Cb.1/1.13.
Confidence level: Certain
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An easy introduction to astronomy, for young gentlemen and ladies: describing The Figure, Motions, and Dimensions of the Earth; the different Seasons; Gravity and Light; the Solar System; and Transit of Venus, and its Use in Astronomy; the Moon’s Motion and Phases; the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the Cause of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T18556
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Easy Introduction to Astronomy, for Young Gentlemen and Ladies
Borrowed: 1788/8/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/9/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Easy Introduction to Astronomy, for Young Gentlemen and Ladies
Record ID 179388
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 59
De la Landes astronomie 4 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/6 (Saturday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande, lecteur royal en mathématiques.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cm.4/32-35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande,... 2e édition.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 4 borrowing records
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Borrowed: 1788/8/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/6 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 179394
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 60
Sullivans Lectures on the Laws of England 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/7 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Sullivan's Lectures (original title)
An historical treatise on the feudal law, and the constitution and laws of England [Sullivan] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.145.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
An historical treatise on the feudal law, and the constitution and laws of England; with a commentary on Magna Charta, and necessary illustrations of many of the English statutes, in a course of lectures, read in the University of Dublin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T100182
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historical Treatise on the Feudal Law, and the Constitution and Laws of England
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776), Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historical Treatise on the Feudal Law, and the Constitution and Laws of England
Record ID 179397
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 60
Watkinson's Survey of Ireland 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/8/7 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
A philosophical survey of the south of Ireland, in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D.
Possible modern shelfmark: AB.2.95.8.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
A philosophical survey of the south of Ireland, in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T84447
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/8/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795), Genre: Travel
Record ID 179469
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 64
Anderson's Speeches in the Douglas Cause 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/15 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/15 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shill. sterl..
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
The speeches and judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, Esq; defender [Anderson]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Clerk's Room C.19.2.
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
The speeches and judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, Esq; Defender. Accurately taken down and published by William Anderson Writer in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Anderson, William, Writer in Edinburgh
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T131822
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Speeches and Judgement of the Douglas Cause
Borrowed: 1788/8/15 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 180540
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 65
Macintosh's Travels 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1735-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
William Macintosh (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa; describing characters, customs, manners, laws, and productions of nature and art [Macintosh]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Macintosh (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa: describing characters, customs, manners, laws, and productions of nature and art: containing various remarks on the political and commercial interests of Great Britain; and delineating in particular, a new system for the government and improvement of the British settlements in the East Indies: begun in the year 1777, and finished in 1781.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T97734
William Macintosh (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
Author: William Macintosh (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180543
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 65
Encyclopedie tom 1 fol
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Supplément à l'Encyclopédie ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Supplément à l'Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1776-1777. Format: folio. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 5 borrowing records
Genre: Reference Works
Supplément à l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Genre: Reference Works
Supplément à l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 180567
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 69
Memoires Secretes de la republique des Lettres tom 13.20.21. 14.15.16 & 17.
Borrowed: 1788/9/8 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/8 (Wednesday).
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur, ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 20, Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur.
Language: French . Published: London | | [i.e. Amsterdam?]. Date of publication: 1777-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 36 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T113642
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Borrowed: 1788/9/8 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/8 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 20, Volume 21
Record ID 180579
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 71
Grays Poems 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/10 (Friday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ak].2/1.20.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T107045
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Borrowed: 1788/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/10 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Record ID 180588
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 72
Johnsons Tour in Scotland 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/12 (Friday). Returned: 1788/10/12 (Sunday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Travel
Journey to the western islands of Scotland [Johnson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.S.175.
Confidence level: Very likely
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Travel
A journey to the western islands of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 87
ESTC: T84319
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Travel
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Borrowed: 1788/9/12 (Friday). Returned: 1788/10/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Travel
Record ID 180609
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 73
Monthly Review vol 28
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28
Record ID 180603
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 73
Polybius by Hampton 4 vol
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
The general history of Polybius. In five books. Translated from the Greek. By Mr. Hampton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.20.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
The general history of Polybius. In five books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772-1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Hampton, Mr. (James), 1721-177
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: N18347
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Histories [Polybius]
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 180624
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 75
Carvers travels thro North America
Borrowed: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768 [Carver]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.186.e..
Confidence level: Certain
Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133718
Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Borrowed: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780), Genre: Travel
Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Record ID 180633
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 77
Hawkesworths Collect. of Voyages 3 vol.
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180648
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 78
Cookes elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1788/10/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Cook (Male, died 1824)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of dramatic criticism [Cook]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.51.
Confidence level: Certain
William Cook (Male, died 1824)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The elements of dramatic criticism. Containing an analysis of the stage, under the following Heads, Tragedy, Tragi-Comedy, Comedy, Pantomime, and Farce. With a Sketch of the Education Of the Greek and Roman Actors; concluding with some general instructions for succeeding in the art of acting.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T74494
William Cook (Male, died 1824)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Dramatic Criticism
Borrowed: 1788/10/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: William Cook (Male, died 1824), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 180642
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 78
Spalanzani fisica 3 vol
Borrowed: 1788/10/6 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/6 (Thursday).
Mr Henry Glasford of Douglaston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opuscoli di fisica animale e vegetabile, aggiuntevi alcune lettere relative ad essi opuscoli dal Signor Bonnet e da altri scritte all'autore [Spallanzani]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opuscoli di fisica animale e vegetabile, aggiuntevi alcune lettere relative ad essi opuscoli dal Signor Bonnet e da altri scritte all'autore.
Language: Italian . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables
Borrowed: 1788/10/6 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/6 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Glasford of Douglaston
Author: Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180678
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 79
Annual Register vol. 9, 10 & 12 in 8
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one guinea.
Mr John Wilde
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1848.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature for the year ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 763 times in 426 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Wilde
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 12
Record ID 180672
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 79
Monthly Review tom 77 & 75
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 75, Volume 77
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 75, Volume 77
Record ID 180669
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 79
Critical Review tom 63.64
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 63, Volume 64
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 94 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: P2120
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 63, Volume 64
Record ID 180693
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 80
Forster's Voyage 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 [Forster]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 / By George Forster, F.R.S. member of the ROyal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin ; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T155479
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180690
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 80
Osbees Voyage 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T172400
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180759
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 81
Plutarch's lives by Langborne 6 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/10/20 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/20 (Thursday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.22.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records
ESTC: T107379
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1788/10/20 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 180756
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 81
Journals of the House Commons 1777-80 fol
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journals of the House of Commons. From November the 26th, 1778, In the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, to August the 24th, 1780, In the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Third.
Confidence level: Certain
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journals of the House of Commons. From November the 26th, 1778, In the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, to August the 24th, 1780, In the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Third.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1781. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T165876
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journals of the House of Commons
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 180780
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 82
Humes History of England 8 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.d.13-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 93 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T82472
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 180783
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 82
Oeuvres de Dorat (Les meilheurs del'inconstance 2 vols)
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780)
Genre: Fiction
Les Malheurs de l'Inconstance, ou Lettres de la Marquise de Syrcé, et du Comte de Mirbelle [Dorat]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ah].6/1.29-30.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780)
Genre: Fiction
Les malheurs de l'inconstance, ou Lettres de la marquise de Syrcé, et du comte de Mirbelle.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780)
Genre: Fiction
Malheurs de l'Inconstance, ou Lettres de la Marquise de Syrcé, et du Comte de Mirbelle
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780), Genre: Fiction
Malheurs de l'Inconstance, ou Lettres de la Marquise de Syrcé, et du Comte de Mirbelle
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180801
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 83
Keys practical beemaster 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/10/27 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/27 (Thursday).
Sir John Henderson of Fordel
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Keys (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The practical bee-master [Keys]
Possible modern shelfmark: Ct.10/1.7.
Confidence level: Certain
John Keys (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The practical bee-master: in which will be shewn how to manage bees.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T133239
John Keys (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Practical Bee-Master
Borrowed: 1788/10/27 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir John Henderson of Fordel
Author: John Keys (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 180810
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 84
Dalrymples Annals of Scotland 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/10/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/29 (Saturday).
Mr William Grant of Congalton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1821.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland. From the accession of Malcolm III. Surnamed Canmole, to the accession of Robert I [Dalrymple]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.b.[23]-[24].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T82751
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Confidence level: Certain
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland. From The Accession of Robert I. Surnamed Bruce, To the Accession of the House of Stewart.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 83 times in 60 borrowing records
ESTC: T141222
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Borrowed: 1788/10/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Grant of Congalton
Author: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792), Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180819
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 85
Philidor Sur les echeis 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/11/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/4 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Irving of Newton; Lord Newton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: 1766-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Analyse du jeu des échecs; nouvelle édition, considérablement augmentée, par A. D. Philidor
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bl.5/2.9.
Confidence level: Certain
François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Analyse du jeu des échecs.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T145116
François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Analyse du Jeu des échecs
Borrowed: 1788/11/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Irving of Newton; Lord Newton
Author: François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 180864
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 87
Cook's Voyage in 1772 &c 2 vol. 4.
Borrowed: 1788/11/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/12 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two Guineas.
Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 [Forster]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 / By George Forster, F.R.S. member of the ROyal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin ; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T155479
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Borrowed: 1788/11/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180888
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 89
Archaeologia vol 5 & 6
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Mr John Whyte of Bennochy
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts, relating to antiquity : Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: J.186-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous tracts, relating to antiquity.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770-1792. Format: 4to. Pagination: 110 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T147226
Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Whyte of Bennochy
Author: Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified), Genre: History
Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 180891
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 90
Annual Register 1783
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Mr Edward McCormick
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1745-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature for the year ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1783
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 763 times in 426 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Edward McCormick
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1783
Record ID 180894
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 90
Campbell's political Survey 2 vol. in 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two guineas.
Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: 1750-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.44.c.10-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain: being a series of reflections on the situation, lands, inhabitants, revenues, colonies, and commerce of this island.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T90453
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Survey of Britain
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180903
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 91
Evans old Ballads 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1822.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date [Evans]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ai].5/1.19-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date; now first collected, and reprinted from rare copies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Evans, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T146587
Genre: Poetry
Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Genre: Poetry
Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180909
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 92
Lelands Collectanea 6 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (Thursday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: History
Joannis Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis collectanea
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.7.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: History
Joannis Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis collectanea. Cum Thomæ Hearnii præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam. Editio altera. ... . Accedunt de rebus Anglicanis opuscula varia è diversis Codd. Mss. descripta et nunc primum in lucem edita.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T136035
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: History
De Rebus Britannicis Collectanea
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552), Genre: History
De Rebus Britannicis Collectanea
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 180906
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 92
Smiths Wealth of Nations 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/17 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/17 (Wednesday).
Mr John Burnet
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ab].1/1.8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 77 borrowing records
ESTC: T96668
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Borrowed: 1788/11/17 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr John Burnet
Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180921
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 94
Forsters Voyage to the South Sea 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/19 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 [Forster]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 / By George Forster, F.R.S. member of the ROyal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin ; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T155479
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Borrowed: 1788/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180936
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 96
Campbells Lexiphanes
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a dialogue [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.147.f..
Confidence level: Certain
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T94504
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a Dialogye
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 180954
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 97
Byroms short hand 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/11/24 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/24 (Wednesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The universal English short-hand or, the way of writing English, in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, ... Invented by John Byrom.
Possible modern shelfmark: Bl.5/1.29.
Confidence level: Certain
John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The universal English short-hand; or, the way of writing English, in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, applicable to any other language, but particularly adjusted to our own. Invented / By John Byrom...
Language: English . Published: Manchester. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 45
ESTC: T76257
John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Universal English Short-hand
Borrowed: 1788/11/24 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge