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Record ID 378714
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 151
Geddes' Miscellaneous Tracts.
Borrowed: 1796/8/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/19 (Thursday).
Mr Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Gram. School.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Master/Dominie.
Michael Geddes (Male, born c.1650, died 1713)
Genre: History
Miscellaneous tracts [Geddes]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL lambda 20.1-3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Michael Geddes (Male, born c.1650, died 1713)
Genre: History
Miscellaneous tracts: in three volumes. By Michael Geddes, Doctor of Laws, and Chancellor of the Church of Sarum.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1730. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T131057
Michael Geddes (Male, born c.1650, died 1713)
Genre: History
Miscellaneous Tracts [Michael Geddes]
Borrowed: 1796/8/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/19 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Duncan
Author: Michael Geddes (Male, born c.1650, died 1713), Genre: History
Miscellaneous Tracts [Michael Geddes]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 378681
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 151
Newton on prophecies. 3V.
Borrowed: 1796/6/6 (Monday). Returned: 1797/1/17 (Tuesday).
James Donald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Librarian.
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Theology
Dissertations on the prophecies [Newton]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL theta 54b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Theology
Dissertations on the prophecies, which have remarkably been fulfilled, and at this time are fulfilling in the world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1760. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T53432
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Theology
Dissertations on the Prophecies, Which have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, and at this Time are Fulfilling in the World
Borrowed: 1796/6/6 (Monday). Returned: 1797/1/17 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Donald
Author: Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782), Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 378720
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 151
Mosheim 2 V. 4to
Borrowed: 1796/9/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/3/24 (Friday).
Mr Robert Leith
Gender: Male. Address: Towie.
Life dates: 1745-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, quarto
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
An ecclesiastical history, antient and modern, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the present century: in which the rise, progress, and variations of church power are considered in their connexion with the state of learning and philosophy, and the political history of Europe during that period.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Maclaine, Archibald
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 270 times in 207 borrowing records
ESTC: T136145
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century
Borrowed: 1796/9/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/3/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Leith
Author: Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 378723
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 151
Robertson's Ch. V. 2V.
Borrowed: 1796/9/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1796/11/12 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Leith
Gender: Male. Address: Towie.
Life dates: 1745-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the reign of the Emperor Charles V [Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 46 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1796/9/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1796/11/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Leith
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 378705
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 151
Kaim's Elem. of Criticism. 2 V.
Borrowed: 1796/7/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1796/9/9 (Friday).
John Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism [Kames]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records
ESTC: T32597
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1796/7/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1796/9/9 (Friday).
Borrower: John Duncan
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 378768
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 152
Newton's Chronology
Borrowed: 1796/10/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1796/11/5 (Saturday).
Alexander Paterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended [Newton]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL o 76.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix’d, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 46
ESTC: N2784
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
Borrowed: 1796/10/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1796/11/5 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Paterson
Author: Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20), Genre: History
Record ID 378762
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 152
Whitby's Comm. V. 1.
Borrowed: 1796/9/30 (Friday). Returned: 1797/7/20 (Thursday).
William Sivewright
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726)
Genre: Theology
Paraphrase and commentary on the New Testament [Whitby]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; pi TL omicron 68.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726)
Genre: Theology
A paraphrase and commentary on the New Testament. In two volumes. The First, containing The Four Gospels, and the Acts of the Holy Apostles. The Second, All the Epistles, with a Discourse of the Millennium. To which is Added, A Chronology of the New Testament; A Map, and Alphabetical Table of all the Places mentioned in the Gospels, Acts, or the Epistles. With Tables to each, of the Matters contained, and of the Words and Phrases explained throughout the whole Work.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T94863
Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726)
Genre: Theology
Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament [Daniel Whitby]
Borrowed: 1796/9/30 (Friday). Returned: 1797/7/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Sivewright
Author: Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726), Genre: Theology
Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament [Daniel Whitby]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 378783
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 152
M Knight's Harmony
Borrowed: 1796/10/21 (Friday). Returned: 1797/10/6 (Friday).
Mr Hardy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.
'Chaplain to the Hopetouns'
James Macknight (Male, born 1721, died 1800)
Genre: Theology
Harmony of the four Gospels [Macknight]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL tau 16.
Confidence level: Certain
James Macknight (Male, born 1721, died 1800)
Genre: Theology
A Harmony of the four Gospels: in which the natural order of each is preserved. With a paraphrase and notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 21
ESTC: T174672
James Macknight (Male, born 1721, died 1800)
Genre: Theology
Harmony of the Four Gospels
Borrowed: 1796/10/21 (Friday). Returned: 1797/10/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Hardy
Author: James Macknight (Male, born 1721, died 1800), Genre: Theology
Record ID 378792
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 152
Secker's Sermons, V. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1796/11/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/3/24 (Friday).
David Macnaughton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on several subjects [Secker]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL nu 50.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on Several Subjects, By Thomas Secker, LL.D. Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Published from the original Manuscripts, By Beilby Porteus, D.D. and George Stinton, D.D. His Grace's Chaplains. To which is prefixed, A Review of his Grace's Life and Character.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 103 borrowing records
ESTC: T124126
Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker]
Borrowed: 1796/11/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/3/24 (Friday).
Borrower: David Macnaughton
Author: Thomas Secker (Male, born 1693, died 1768), Genre: Sermons
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 378798
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 152
Taylor's Heb. Conc. 2 V. Folio
Borrowed: 1796/11/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/6 (Friday).
Alexander Paterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Taylor (Male, born 1694, died 1761)
Genre: Reference Works
Hebrew Concordance, adapted to the English Bible [Taylor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Taylor (Male, born 1694, died 1761)
Genre: Reference Works
The Hebrew concordance, adapted to the English Bible; disposed after the manner of Buxtorf
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754-1757. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T148434
John Taylor (Male, born 1694, died 1761)
Genre: Reference Works
Hebrew Concordance, Adapted to the English Bible
Borrowed: 1796/11/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Paterson
Author: John Taylor (Male, born 1694, died 1761), Genre: Reference Works
Hebrew Concordance, Adapted to the English Bible
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 378795
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 152
Bourdaloue. V. 1.
Borrowed: 1796/11/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/14 (Saturday).
David Macnaughton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Sermons
Oeuvres de Bourdaloue
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons du P. Bourdaloue,... pour les dimanches.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1716. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 41 borrowing records
Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons ... pour les Dimanches
Borrowed: 1796/11/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Macnaughton
Author: Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Sermons
Sermons ... pour les Dimanches
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 378858
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Newton on Proph. V. 2.
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/28 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Doig
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1761-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Theology
Dissertations on the prophecies [Newton]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL theta 54b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Theology
Dissertations on the prophecies, which have remarkably been fulfilled, and at this time are fulfilling in the world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1760. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T53432
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Theology
Dissertations on the Prophecies, Which have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, and at this Time are Fulfilling in the World
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/28 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Doig
Author: Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782), Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 378837
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Camp. on Mir.
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/12/6 (Wednesday).
James Allan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertation on miracles [Campbell]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; pi TL kappa 86.
Confidence level: Very likely
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A dissertation on miracles: containing an examination of the principles advanced by David Hume, Esq; in an Essay on miracles.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 38
ESTC: T73220
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/12/6 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Allan
Author: George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume
Record ID 378846
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Wall on Inf. Baptism
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/26 (Thursday).
James Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Dores.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Wall (Male, born 1647, died 1728)
Genre: Theology
History of infant baptism [Wall]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL kappa 111.1-2.
Confidence level: Certain
William Wall (Male, born 1647, died 1728)
Genre: Theology
The history of infant baptism. In two parts. The First, Being an Impartial Collection of all such Passages in the Writers of the four first Centuries as do make For, or Against it. The Second, Containing several Things that do help to illustrate the said History.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1720. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T76541
William Wall (Male, born 1647, died 1728)
Genre: Theology
History of Infant Baptism
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/26 (Thursday).
Borrower: James Barclay
Author: William Wall (Male, born 1647, died 1728), Genre: Theology
Record ID 378852
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Christianity not founded,
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/2/21 (Tuesday).
James Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Dores.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Matthew Tindal (Male, born c.1653, died 1733)
Genre: Theology
Christianity as old as the creation [Tindal]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL phi 68.
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Tindal (Male, born c.1653, died 1733)
Genre: Theology
Christianity as old as the creation: or, the gospel, a republication of the religion of nature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1730. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T101186
Matthew Tindal (Male, born c.1653, died 1733)
Genre: Theology
Christianity as Old as the Creation
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/2/21 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Barclay
Author: Matthew Tindal (Male, born c.1653, died 1733), Genre: Theology
Record ID 378822
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Jenning's Jewish Ant.
Borrowed: 1796/12/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday).
Alexander Paterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
Jewish antiquities [Jennings]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
Jewish antiquities: or a course of lectures on the three first books of Godwin’s Moses and Aaron. To which is annexed, a dissertation on the Hebrew language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T105028
David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
Jewish Antiquities
Borrowed: 1796/12/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Paterson
Author: David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762), Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 378849
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Grounds of Chr. R.
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/6 (Friday).
George Mollison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Anthony Collins (Male, born 1676, died 1729)
Genre: Theology
Discourse of the grounds and reasons of the Christian religion [Collins]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL kappa 16.
Confidence level: Certain
Anthony Collins (Male, born 1676, died 1729)
Genre: Theology
A discourse of the grounds and reasons of the Christian religion. In two parts. The first containing some considerations on the quotations made from the Old in the New Testament, and particularly on the Prophecies cited from the former and said to be fulfill’d in the latter. The second containing an examination of the scheme advanced by Mr. Whiston in his Essay towards restoring the true Text of the Old Testament, and for vindicating the Citations thence made in the New Testament. To which is prefix’d an apology for free Debate and Liberty of Writing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T130647
Anthony Collins (Male, born 1676, died 1729)
Genre: Theology
Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/6 (Friday).
Borrower: George Mollison
Author: Anthony Collins (Male, born 1676, died 1729), Genre: Theology
Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion
Record ID 378831
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Conybeare's Defence
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/24 (Tuesday).
George Mollison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Conybeare (Male, born 1692, died 1755)
Genre: Theology
Conybeare against Tindal (original title)
Defence of reveal'd religion against the exceptions of a late writer, in his book, intitled, Christianity as old as the creation, &c. [Conybeare] (standardised title)
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL kappa 7.
Confidence level: Certain
John Conybeare (Male, born 1692, died 1755)
Genre: Theology
A defence of reveal’d religion against the exceptions of a late writer, in his book, intituled, Christianity as old as the creation, &c.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1732. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T135242
John Conybeare (Male, born 1692, died 1755)
Genre: Theology
Defence of Revealed Religion
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/24 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Mollison
Author: John Conybeare (Male, born 1692, died 1755), Genre: Theology
Record ID 378855
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Leland's Remarks
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/10 (Tuesday).
George Mollison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Theology
Remarks on a late pamphlet entitled Christianity not founded on argument, in a letter to a friend [Leland]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; TL kappa 3.
Confidence level: Certain
John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Theology
Remarks on a late Pamphlet, entitled, Christianity not founded on Argument. In a letter to a friend.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T64947
John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Theology
Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Entitled, Christianity not Founded on Argument
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/10 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Mollison
Author: John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766), Genre: Theology
Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Entitled, Christianity not Founded on Argument
Record ID 378864
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Camp. on Mir.
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/26 (Thursday).
James Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Dores.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertation on miracles [Campbell]
Modern Shelfmark: Store (SC) ; pi TL kappa 86.
Confidence level: Very likely
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A dissertation on miracles: containing an examination of the principles advanced by David Hume, Esq; in an Essay on miracles.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 38
ESTC: T73220
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/1/26 (Thursday).
Borrower: James Barclay
Author: George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume
Record ID 378840
Library: Aberdeen Theological Library. Register: MSM 227 (1786-1797, Type: Student). Page: 153
Jenning's Antiquities
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/2/21 (Tuesday).
Duncan Mearns
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1779-1852.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
Jewish antiquities [Jennings]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
Jewish antiquities: or a course of lectures on the three first books of Godwin’s Moses and Aaron. To which is annexed, a dissertation on the Hebrew language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T105028
David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
Jewish Antiquities
Borrowed: 1797/1/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1797/2/21 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Duncan Mearns
Author: David Jennings (Male, born 1691, died 1762), Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 396954
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3(i) (1765-1767, Type: Other). Page: 107
Hearne's Collection of discourses 8.o
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Thomas Hearne (Male, born 1678, died 1735)
Genre: History
Collection of curious discourses written by eminent antiquaries upon several heads in our English antiquities [Hearne]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.7.e.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Hearne (Male, born 1678, died 1735)
Genre: History
A collection of curious discourses written by eminent antiquaries upon several heads in our English antiquities. Together with Mr. Thomas Hearne’s preface and appendix to the former edition. To which are added a great number of antiquary discourses.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T132034
Thomas Hearne (Male, born 1678, died 1735)
Genre: History
Collection of Curious Discourses written by Eminent Antiquaries
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Thomas Hearne (Male, born 1678, died 1735), Genre: History
Collection of Curious Discourses written by Eminent Antiquaries
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 396939
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3(i) (1765-1767, Type: Other). Page: 107
Du Cange Glossarium 3 vols fol
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis [Du Cange]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.89.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1733-1736. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 15 borrowing records
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688), Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 396945
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3(i) (1765-1767, Type: Other). Page: 107
Stow's Survey of London 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
John Stow (Male, born c.1525, died 1605), John Strype (Male, born 1643, died 1737)
Genre: Travel
Survey of the cities of London and Westminster [Stow]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.46.a.13-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Stow (Male, born c.1525, died 1605), John Strype (Male, born 1643, died 1737)
Genre: Travel
A survey of the cities of London and Westminster: containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1720. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T48975
John Stow (Male, born c.1525, died 1605), John Strype (Male, born 1643, died 1737)
Genre: Travel
Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: John Stow (Male, born c.1525, died 1605), John Strype (Male, born 1643, died 1737), Genre: Travel
Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 396948
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3(i) (1765-1767, Type: Other). Page: 107
Carte's history of England 2d vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Thomas Carte (Male, born 1686, died 1754)
Genre: History
General history of England. ... By Thomas Carte.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.185.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Carte (Male, born 1686, died 1754)
Genre: History
A general history of England. By Thomas Carte, an Englishman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1755. Format: folio. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: T101742
Thomas Carte (Male, born 1686, died 1754)
Genre: History
General History of England [Thomas Carte]
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Thomas Carte (Male, born 1686, died 1754), Genre: History
General History of England [Thomas Carte]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 396969
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3(i) (1765-1767, Type: Other). Page: 108
Baconi (Rog:) opus majus per Jebb, fol.
Borrowed: 1766/10/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1766/11/9 (Sunday).
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Roger Bacon (Male, born c.1214, died 1294)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Fratris Rogeri Bacon, ordinis minorum, opus majus ad Clementem quartum, pontificem romanum. Ex MS. codice Dubliniensi, cum aliis quibusdam collato, nunc primum editit S. Jebb, M.D.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cy.4.2.
Confidence level: Certain
Roger Bacon (Male, born c.1214, died 1294)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Fratris Rogeri Bacon, ordinis minorum, opus majus ad Clementem quartum, pontificem romanum. Ex MS. codice Dubliniensi, cum aliis quibusdam collato, nunc primum edidit S. Jebb, M.D.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: folio.
Editors: Jebb, Samuel, 1694?-1772.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T128058
Roger Bacon (Male, born c.1214, died 1294)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Roger Bacon
Borrowed: 1766/10/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1766/11/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Roger Bacon (Male, born c.1214, died 1294), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 396966
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3(i) (1765-1767, Type: Other). Page: 108
Pocock's Travels vol. 1.st in fol.
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765)
Genre: Travel
Description of the East, and some other countries [Pococke]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.126.b.16-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765)
Genre: Travel
A description of the East, and some other countries. ... . Observations on Egypt.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743-1745. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T31684
Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765)
Genre: Travel
Description of the East, and Some Other Countries
Borrowed: 1766/10/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1766/11/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765), Genre: Travel
Description of the East, and Some Other Countries
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 396972
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3(i) (1765-1767, Type: Other). Page: 159
Le Comte de Gabalis parr l'Abbe de Villars, 2 vol. 12o
Borrowed: 1767/4/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1767/5/9 (Saturday).
Mr Andrew Mitchelll of Westshore
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Abbé Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Villars (Male, born 1635, died 1673)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Comte de Gabalis, ou entretiens sur les sciences secretes [Villars]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.203.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Villars (Male, born 1635, died 1673)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Le Comte de Gabalis, ou entretiens sur les sciences secretes.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T163107
Abbé Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Villars (Male, born 1635, died 1673)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Comte de Gabalis, ou Entretiens sur les Sciences Secretes
Borrowed: 1767/4/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1767/5/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Mitchelll of Westshore
Author: Abbé Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Villars (Male, born 1635, died 1673), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Comte de Gabalis, ou Entretiens sur les Sciences Secretes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 206567
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 1
Savary's Commercial Dictionary 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/15 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sherl..
Mr Bannatyne William Macleod William McLeod
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1744-1833.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
Dictionnaire universel de commerce [Savary]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ab.3.13-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
Dictionnaire universel de commerce, contenant tout ce qui concerne le commerce qui se fait dans les quatre parties du monde.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1726. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce
Borrowed: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Bannatyne William Macleod William McLeod
Author: Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 206570
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 1
Burrow's Reports 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/19 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl..
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. 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 1, 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: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/19 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
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 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207173
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 2
Theatre de Corneille tom 1, 3, & 4
Borrowed: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/11 (Friday).
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)
Genre: Drama
Theatre, avec des commentaires et autres morceaux intéressans [Corneille]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: As.2.1-12 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)
Genre: Drama
Théâtre de Pierre Corneille, avec des commentaires.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 6 borrowing records
Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)
Genre: Drama
Works of Pierre Corneille
Borrowed: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 207185
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 3
Macaulay's history vol. 3.d in 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/11 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr William Binning of Walifoord
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1740. Life dates: 1710-1791.
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 3
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: 1770/12/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Binning of Walifoord
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 207194
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 4
Burn's Justice of the peace 2 vol. 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1734-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
The justice of the peace, and parish officer [Burn, 2 vols, 1764]
Possible modern shelfmark: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
The justice of the peace, and parish officer [8th edn, 1764]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T68919
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Author: Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Law
Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207191
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 4
Le parfait negociant par Jac. Savary 2 vol. 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/12 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound ten shill..
Mr Bannatyne William Macleod William McLeod
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1744-1833.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Jacques Savary (Male, born 1622, died 1690)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Le parfait negociant [Savary]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: g.22.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques Savary (Male, born 1622, died 1690)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Le Parfait négociant, ou Instruction générale pour ce qui regarde le commerce des marchandises de France et des païs étrangers.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
Jacques Savary (Male, born 1622, died 1690)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Parfait Négociant, ou Instruction Générale pour ce qui Regarde le Commerce des Marchandises de France et des païs étrangers
Borrowed: 1770/12/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Bannatyne William Macleod William McLeod
Author: Jacques Savary (Male, born 1622, died 1690), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207230
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Buffon histoire naturelle tom. VI & VII. in 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. 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, Volume 7
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 243 times in 129 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: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
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, Volume 7
Record ID 207212
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Hume's History 2 vol. 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1734-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, under the House of Tudor. ... By David Hume.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.31.a. .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, under the House of Tudor. Comprehending the reigns of K. Henry VII. K. Henry VIII. K Edward VI. Q. Mary, and Q. Elizabeth. By David Hume, Esq; In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 52 times in 35 borrowing records
ESTC: T85928
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207206
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Cunninghams's Virgile 8.o
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1734-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Cunningham's Virgil (original title)
Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.49.f.
Confidence level: Certain
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex recensione Alexandri Cuningamii scoti, cujus emendationes subjiciuntur.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Cunningham, Alexander, 1655?-1730
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T139223
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Pastorals and Georgics of Virgil
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 207203
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Ruddiman's Livy 4 vol. 8.o
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1734-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Ruddiman's Livy (original title)
Titi Livii patavini historiarum ab urbe condita libri qui supersunt, cum omnium epitomis, ac deperditorum fragmentis: ad optimas editiones castigati, accurante Tho. Ruddimanno, A.M. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.59.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Titi Livii patavini historiarum ab urbe condita libri qui supersunt, cum omnium epitomis, ac deperditorum fragmentis: ad optimas editiones castigati, accurante Tho. Ruddimanno, A.M.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Editors: Ruddiman, Thomas
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T100857
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
History of Rome [Livy]
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Author: Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 207209
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Watson's Horace 8o
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1734-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Poetry
Watson's Horace
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Poetry
The odes, epodes, and carmen seculare of Horace, Translated into English Prose, As near as the Two Languages will admit. together with the original Latin from the best editions. Wherein The Words of the Latin Text are put in their Grammatical Order; the Observations of the most Valuable Commentators, both antient and modern, represented; and the Author’s Design and Beautiful Descriptions fully set forth in a Key annexed to each Ode and Poem; with Notes both Geographical and Historical. The Whole adapted to the Capacities of Youth at School, as well as of Private Gentlemen.
Language: English | Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25
ESTC: T42034
Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Genre: Poetry
Record ID 207200
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Debates of the House of Commons vol. 1,2,3 & 4 in 8.o
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: four pound sterl..
Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1734-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Law
Debates of the House of Commons, from the year 1667 to the year 1694 [Grey]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Debates of the House of Commons, from the year 1667 to the year 1694. Collected by the Honble Anchitell Grey, Esq; Who was Thirty Years Member for the Town of Derby; Chairman of Several Committees; and Decyphered Coleman’s Letters for the Use of the House.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: N6879
Genre: Law
Debates of the House of Commons, from the year 1667 to the Year 1694
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Genre: Law
Debates of the House of Commons, from the year 1667 to the Year 1694
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 207221
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Fingal, in 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1734-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.31.a.14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: N7970
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem
Borrowed: 1770/12/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Simon Fraser of Farraline
Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207242
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 6
Keating's history of Irland fol.
Borrowed: 1770/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644)
Genre: History
The general history of Ireland [Keating]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.29.b.6.
Confidence level: Certain
Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644)
Genre: History
The general history of Ireland. Containing I. A full and impartial account of the first inhabitants of that kingdom; with the Lives and Reigns of an hundred and seventy four succeeding Monarchs of the Milesian Race. II. The Original of the Gadelians, their Travels into Spain, and from thence into Ireland. III. A succinct Account of the Reigns of all the Kings of Ireland, with the several Attempts and Invasions upon that Island. IV. Of the frequent Assistance the Irish afforded the Scots against their Enemies the Romans and Britons, particularly their obliging the Britons to make a Ditch from Sea to Sea between England and Scotland, to guard themselves from the Surprizes and frequent Incursions of the Scots and Irish. V. A genuine Description of the Courage and Liberality of the ancient Irish, their severe Laws to preserve their Records and Antiquities, and the Punishments inflicted upon those Antiquaries who presumed to vary from the Truth; with an Account of the Laws and Customs of the Irish, and their Royal Assemblies at Tara, &c. VI. A relation of the long and bloody wars of the Irish against the Danes, whose Yoke they at last threw off, and restored Liberty to their Country, which they preserved till the Arrival of Henry II. King of England. Collected by the learned Jeoffry Keating, D. D. Faithfully translated fro the original Irish Language, with many curious Amendments taken from the Psalters of Tara and Cashel, and other authentick Records, by Dermo'd O Connor, Antiquary of the Kingdom of Ireland. Illustrated with above one hundred and sixty Coats of Arms of the ancient Irish, with particular Genealogies of many noble Families, curiously engraved upon forty two Copper Plates, by the best Masters.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1723. Format: folio.
Translators: O'Connor, Dermot
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T122586
Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644)
Genre: History
General History of Ireland
Borrowed: 1770/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644), Genre: History
Record ID 207233
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 6
Pontoppidan's history of Norway Norway 2 vol. fol
Borrowed: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sherl..
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Erich Pontoppidan (Male, born 1698, died 1764)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history of Norway ... Translated from the Danish original of ...Erich Pontoppidan.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.89.a.10-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Erich Pontoppidan (Male, born 1698, died 1764)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of Norway: containing, a particular and accurate account of the temperature of the air, the different soils, waters, vegetables, metals, minerals, stones, beasts, birds, and fishes; together with the dispositions, customs, and manner of living of the Inhabitants: interspersed with physiological notes from eminent writers, and transactions of academies. In two parts. Translated from the Danish original of the Right Revd. Erich Pontoppidan, Bishop of Bergen in Norway, and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Copenhagen. Illustrated with copper plates, and a general map of Norway.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: folio.
Translators: Berthelson, Andreas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T89156
Erich Pontoppidan (Male, born 1698, died 1764)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Norway
Borrowed: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: Erich Pontoppidan (Male, born 1698, died 1764), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207236
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 6
Pococks travels 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765)
Genre: Travel
Description of the East, and some other countries [Pococke]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.126.b.16-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765)
Genre: Travel
A description of the East, and some other countries. ... . Observations on Egypt.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743-1745. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T31684
Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765)
Genre: Travel
Description of the East, and Some Other Countries
Borrowed: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: Richard Pococke (Male, born 1704, died 1765), Genre: Travel
Description of the East, and Some Other Countries
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207251
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 7
Orlando Furioso by Ariosto 2 vol. 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso [Ariosto, 2 vols, 1757]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ae].1/1.1(1-2)-2(1-2) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso, by Ludovico Ariosto. Translated from the Italian, by William Huggins, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Huggins, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T133399
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Borrowed: 1770/12/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 207248
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 7
OEuvres de Maupertius 4. tom. 8o
Borrowed: 1770/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). 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.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres [Maupertius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: As.3.14-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Œuvres de Maupertuis. Nouvelle édition corrigée & augmentée.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 7 borrowing records
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres de Maupertuis
Borrowed: 1770/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 207254
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 8
Oeuvres de Maupertius, 4 tom. 12o
Borrowed: 1770/12/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound ten shill..
Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: d. 1778.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres [Maupertius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: As.3.14-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Œuvres de Maupertuis. Nouvelle édition corrigée & augmentée.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 7 borrowing records
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres de Maupertuis
Borrowed: 1770/12/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Author: Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 208877
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 10
Memoire de Conde 6 tom in 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/24 (Monday). Returned: 1771/1/24 (Thursday).
Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1727-1780.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Military > Officer.
Louis Prince de Condé (Male, born 1530, died 1569)
Genre: Lives
Memoires de Condé.
Possible modern shelfmark: D.32.c.2-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Prince de Condé (Male, born 1530, died 1569)
Genre: Lives
Memoires de Condé, ou recueil pour servir a l’histoire de France, contenant ce qui s’est passé de plus mémorable dans le royaume, sous le regne de François II. & sous une partie de celui de Charles IX. ou l’ on trouvera des preuves de l’historie de m. de though.
Language: French . Published: London | Paris. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T113370
Louis Prince de Condé (Male, born 1530, died 1569)
Genre: Lives
Memoires de Condé
Borrowed: 1770/12/24 (Monday). Returned: 1771/1/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Author: Louis Prince de Condé (Male, born 1530, died 1569), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 208886
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 11
Biographia Britannica vol. 1.st fol.
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/26 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr James Smollet of Bonhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1733. Life dates: d. 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Lives
Biographia Britannica: or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.36.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Lives
Biographia Britannica: or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland ... Digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's ... Dictionary. To which are added, a supplement and appendix ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 182 times in 123 borrowing records
ESTC: T139262
Genre: Lives
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland
Borrowed: 1770/12/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Smollet of Bonhill
Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 208883
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 11
Magen's Essay on Insurances 2 vol. 4.o
Borrowed: 1770/12/24 (Monday). Returned: 1771/1/24 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
An essay on insurances, explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe [Magens]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ab].1/1.2-3 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
An essay on insurances, explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe, and shewing their consistency or inconsistency with equity and the public good.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T98888
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Essay on Insurances
Borrowed: 1770/12/24 (Monday). Returned: 1771/1/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Nicolaus Magens (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 208889
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 12
Atlas Historique 6 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1770/12/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/27 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six pounds sterl..
Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1727-1780.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Military > Officer.
Henri Abraham Chatelain (Male, born 1684, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Atlas historique, ou Nouvelle introduction à l'histoire, à la chronologie & à la géographie ancienne & moderne.
Possible modern shelfmark: Maps Reading Room EMW.X.091.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Henri Abraham Chatelain (Male, born 1684, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Atlas Historique, ou, Nouvelle Introduction à l'Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Géographie ancienne & moderne réprésentée dans de nouvelles cartes ... Par Mr. C. ***.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1708-1721. Format: folio. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 2 borrowing records
Henri Abraham Chatelain (Male, born 1684, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Atlas Historique, ou, Nouvelle Introduction à l'Histoire, à la Chronologie & à la Géographie Ancienne & Moderne
Borrowed: 1770/12/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Author: Henri Abraham Chatelain (Male, born 1684, died 1743), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 208898
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 13
Bruce and Homes Decisions fol
Borrowed: 1771/1/7 (Monday). Returned: 1771/1/10 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Patrick Plenderleath
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Remarkable decisions of the Court of Session, from 1716, to 1728 [Bruce/Home]
Possible modern shelfmark: Historical Collection TR.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Remarkable decisions of the Court of Session, from 1716, to 1728.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1728. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T78720
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Remarkable Decisions of the Court of Session, from 1716 to 1728
Borrowed: 1771/1/7 (Monday). Returned: 1771/1/10 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack, Patrick Plenderleath
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Law
Remarkable Decisions of the Court of Session, from 1716 to 1728
Record ID 208904
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 14
Velly tom. 1, 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6 in 12o
Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound ten shill..
Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1745-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sheriff Depute of Stirling 1775; Advocate-Depute 1780; Lord Abercrombie 7 June 1792
Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France [Velly]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.24.d..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XIV.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1761-1786. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 6 borrowing records
Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV
Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Author: Paul François Velly (Male), Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 208910
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 15
Cunningham on Bills of Exchange 8o
Borrowed: 1771/1/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/10 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shill. sterl..
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances [Cunningham]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.139.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances: Containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, judgments, decrees, and customs of merchants concerning them, methodically digested.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T140361
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, and Insurances
Borrowed: 1771/1/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/10 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, and Insurances
Record ID 208907
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 15
Walpole's Catalogue of Engravers in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: d. 1778.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: Al.5.24.
Confidence level: Certain
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
A catalogue of engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole From the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue; To which is added An Account of the life and works of the latter.
Language: English . Published: Twickenham. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Catalogue of Engravers
Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 208916
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 16
Fordun's hist. 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/1/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/12 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Mr James Alison
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, cum supplementis et continuatione Walteri Boweri, Insulae Sancti Columbae Abbatis: E Codicibus Mss, editum, cum notis et variantibus lectionibus. Præfixa est ad historiam Scotorum introductio brevis, curâ Walteri Goodall.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T96013
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Scotichronicon [John Fordun]
Borrowed: 1771/1/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/12 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple, Mr James Alison
Author: John Fordun (Male, died 1384), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 208922
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 17
Byrom's short-hand, 8.o
Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Charles Hay of Newton; Lord Newton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1747-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
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: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Charles Hay of Newton; Lord Newton
Author: John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 208925
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 18
Gordon's Iter Septeionale fol
Borrowed: 1771/1/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/16 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1707.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Alexander Gordon (Male, born c.1692, died c.1754)
Genre: Travel
Itinerarium septentrionale: or, A journey thro' most of the counties of Scotland, and those in the north of England [Gordon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.288.b.
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Gordon (Male, born c.1692, died c.1754)
Genre: Travel
Itinerarium septentrionale: or, a journey thro’ most of the counties of Scotland, and those in the north of England. In two parts. Part I. ... monuments of Roman antiquity, ... Part II. ... the Danish invasions ... with sixty-six copper plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T131828
Alexander Gordon (Male, born c.1692, died c.1754)
Genre: Travel
Itinerarium Septentrionale
Borrowed: 1771/1/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Stevenson
Author: Alexander Gordon (Male, born c.1692, died c.1754), Genre: Travel
Record ID 208928
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 18
Orem's history of Indostan 4.o
Borrowed: 1771/1/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/16 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill. sterl..
Mr George Ogilvie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
History of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan [Orme]
Confidence level: Very likely
Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T111040
Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV
Borrowed: 1771/1/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Ogilvie
Author: Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801), Genre: History
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV
Record ID 208931
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 19
Blackstone's Commentaries of the Laws of England, 3 vol. 4.
Borrowed: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
Mr George Broun of Coalston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1734. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Hislop?
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England [Blackstone, 1765-1769]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection AB(F)/BLA.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1765-1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 41 borrowing records
ESTC: T57753
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Borrowed: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr George Broun of Coalston, James Hislop?
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 208934
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 19
Anecdotes of Painting in England by H. Walpole 3 vol. 4o
Borrowed: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: d. 1778.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of painting in England [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Al.5.8-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS.
Language: English . Published: Twickenham. Date of publication: 1762-1780. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T71274
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Borrowed: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 208943
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 20
Item parliamentary hist. Vol. 11 & 12th 8o
Borrowed: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Binning of Walifoord
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1740. Life dates: 1710-1791.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History
The parliamentary or constitutional history of England.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ax.6.1-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
The parliamentary or constitutional history of England; being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751-1761. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 24 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: N11319
Genre: History
Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England; Being a Faithful Account of All the Most Remarkable Transactions in Parliament
Borrowed: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Binning of Walifoord
Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12
Record ID 208940
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 20
Macaulay's hist. vol. 4th in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound ten shill..
Mr William Binning of Walifoord
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1740. Life dates: 1710-1791.
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 4
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: 1771/1/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Binning of Walifoord
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 208976
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 21
La Vie de Madam Maintenon, in 12o
Borrowed: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
William Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Madame de Maintenon, et à celle du siècle passé.
Possible modern shelfmark: D.27.e.6-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Mme de Maintenon et à celle du siècle passé.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 2 borrowing records
Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire de Mme de Maintenon
Borrowed: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, William Murray
Author: Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719), Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire de Mme de Maintenon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Record ID 209060
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 22
Oeuvres de M de Voltaire 7 tom 12o[Note in margin:] tom 2.d not returned
Borrowed: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound fifteen shill.
Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1745-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sheriff Depute of Stirling 1775; Advocate-Depute 1780; Lord Abercrombie 7 June 1792
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.121.f.22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée par l'auteur, enrichie de figures en taille-douce.
Language: French . Published: Dresden. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 5 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 209132
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 23
Universal Hist. vol. 12.th
Borrowed: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/2/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Possible modern shelfmark: various.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/2/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 209135
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 24
State Trials vol. 9th fol.
Borrowed: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/2/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl..
Mr Charles Hay of Newton; Lord Newton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1747-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Mr Alexander Ferguson of Craigdarroch
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Compleat collection of state-tryals. (original title)
Collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection 3 D/H.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high-treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. Volume IX [-X].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T148948
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings, upon High-Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanours, from the Reign of Queen Anne, to the Present Time. Volume IX [-X].
Borrowed: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/2/21 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Mr Charles Hay of Newton; Lord Newton, Mr Alexander Ferguson of Craigdarroch
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9
Record ID 209180
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 26
Beaumont & Fletcher's works 10 vol. in 8o
Borrowed: 1771/1/24 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/24 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two 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.
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].5/1.1-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
The works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher. In ten volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: T139208
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Borrowed: 1771/1/24 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/24 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625), Genre: Drama
Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 209177
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 26
Harris's Collection of Voyages and Travels vol. 1.st fol
Borrowed: 1771/1/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels [Harris]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.126.b.28-29.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records
ESTC: N10532
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Borrowed: 1771/1/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719), Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 209195
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 27
Peere Williams Reports 3 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/1/25 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/29 (Tuesday).
Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1719-1784.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Alexander Mason
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery [Peere Williams]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench: collected by William Peere Williams.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1746. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T94601
William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery ... Collected by William Peere Williams
Borrowed: 1771/1/25 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/29 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall, Alexander Mason
Author: William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 209234
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 28
Robertson's Cha.s V. vol. 3.d 4o
Borrowed: 1771/1/25 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound ten shill. sterl..
Mr James Stewart Fleming younger of Moness
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: d. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the reign of the Emperor Charles V [Robertson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.98.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 604 times in 453 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1771/1/25 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Stewart Fleming younger of Moness
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 209474
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 30
Miller's plants 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/1 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five guineas.
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: An.1.18-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the gardeners dictionary, exhibited on three hundred copper plates, accurately engraven after drawings taken from nature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T59417
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 209480
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 31
Biographia Britannica vol. 2.3.4 & 5th fol.
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/1 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound sterl..
Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: d. 1778.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Mr David Ross of Ankerville
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1727-1836.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Genre: Lives
Biographia Britannica: or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.36.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Lives
Biographia Britannica: or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland ... Digested in the manner of Mr. Bayle's ... Dictionary. To which are added, a supplement and appendix ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 182 times in 123 borrowing records
ESTC: T139262
Genre: Lives
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/1 (Friday).
Borrowers: Mr William Gordon of Newhall, Mr David Ross of Ankerville
Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 209492
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 32
Guicciardini's history of Italy by Goddard. 10 vol. in 8.o
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/5/1 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two guineas.
Mr James Stewart Fleming younger of Moness
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: d. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Francesco Guicciardini (Male, born 1483, died 1540)
Genre: History
The history of Italy, from the year 1490, to 1532 [Guicciardini/Goddard]
Possible modern shelfmark: A.56.f.16-25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Confidence level: Certain
Francesco Guicciardini (Male, born 1483, died 1540)
Genre: History
The history of Italy, From the Year 1490, to 1532. Written in Italian by Francesco Guicciardini, A Nobleman of Florence. In twenty books. Translated into English by the Chevalier Austin Parke Goddard, Knight of the Military Order of St. Stephen.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753-1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Translators: Goddard, Austin Parke
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T138169
Francesco Guicciardini (Male, born 1483, died 1540)
Genre: History
History of Italy, from the Year 1490, to 1532
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/5/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr James Stewart Fleming younger of Moness
Author: Francesco Guicciardini (Male, born 1483, died 1540), Genre: History
History of Italy, from the Year 1490, to 1532
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 209501
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 32
Sharp's Origine and Construction of the Greek Tongue, 8o
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/7 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
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.
Gregory Sharpe (Male, born 1713, died 1771)
Genre: Education
The origin and structure of the Greek tongue [Sharpe]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.84.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Gregory Sharpe (Male, born 1713, died 1771)
Genre: Education
The origin and structure of the Greek tongue. In a series of letters addressed to a young nobleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T74355
Gregory Sharpe (Male, born 1713, died 1771)
Genre: Education
Origin and Structure of the Greek Tongue
Borrowed: 1771/1/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Gregory Sharpe (Male, born 1713, died 1771), Genre: Education
Record ID 209549
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 34
Sheridan's plan of Education 8o
Borrowed: 1771/2/1 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/1 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Patrick Chalmers
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1737-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
A plan of education for the young nobility and gentry of Great Britain [Sheridan]
Possible modern shelfmark: I.25.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
A plan of education for the young nobility and gentry of Great Britain. Most humbly addressed to the father of his people.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 23
ESTC: T42422
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Plan of Education for the Young Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1771/2/1 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Chalmers
Author: Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788), Genre: Education
Plan of Education for the Young Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain
Record ID 209555
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 34
Mrs Macaulay's hist. vol. 1.st in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/2/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/3/2 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill. sterl..
Mr Patrick Chalmers
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1737-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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 1
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: 1771/2/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/3/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Chalmers
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 209561
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 35
Bacon's Abridgment vol. 3.d fol.
Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New abridgment of the law [Bacon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.143.4].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
A new abridgment of the law. By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T145688
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New Abridgment of the Law
Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: Matthew Bacon (Male), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 209564
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 36
Du Halde's history of China vol. 1.st fol. in French
Borrowed: 1771/2/4 (Monday). Returned: 1771/3/4 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Patrick Graeme of Graemeshall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: d. 1786.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: Travel
Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine, et de la Tartarie Chinoise [Du Halde]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.144.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: Travel
Description géographique, historique, chronologique et physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Chinoise.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1735. Format: folio. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 4 borrowing records
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: Travel
Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie Chinoise
Borrowed: 1771/2/4 (Monday). Returned: 1771/3/4 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Graeme of Graemeshall
Author: Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 209573
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 37
Vols 7 & 8 fol State Trials
Borrowed: 1771/2/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three Guineas.
Mr Alexander Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1707.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Compleat collection of state-tryals. (original title)
Collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection 3 D/H.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high-treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. Volume IX [-X].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T148948
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings, upon High-Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanours, from the Reign of Queen Anne, to the Present Time. Volume IX [-X].
Borrowed: 1771/2/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Stevenson
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 209594
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 40
Buffon histoire naturelle tom 8 & 9 4o
Borrowed: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
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 8, Volume 9
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 243 times in 129 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: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
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 8, Volume 9
Record ID 209603
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 41
Buffon histoire Naturelle tom. X. & XI. in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. 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 10, Volume 11
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 243 times in 129 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: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
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 10, Volume 11
Record ID 209600
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 41
Robson's Account of Hudson's Bay 8o
Borrowed: 1771/2/11 (Monday). Returned: 1771/3/11 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl.
Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1736-1785.
Joseph Robson (Male)
Genre: Travel
An account of six years residence in Hudson's-Bay, from 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747 [Robson]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.188.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Robson (Male)
Genre: Travel
An account of six years residence in Hudson's-Bay, from 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T100417
Joseph Robson (Male)
Genre: Travel
Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay
Borrowed: 1771/2/11 (Monday). Returned: 1771/3/11 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Author: Joseph Robson (Male), Genre: Travel
Record ID 209705
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 44
Bruce's MS. Decisions from 1715 &c fol.
Borrowed: 1771/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1771/2/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
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 Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, in most cases of importance, for the months of November and December 1714, and January, February, June and July 1715 [Bruce]
Possible modern shelfmark: Historical Collection TR.
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
The decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, in most cases of importance, for The Months of November and December 1714, and January, February, June and July 1715. With an alphabetical abridgment, and the acts of sederunt Made in that Time.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1720. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T78719
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Decisions of the Court of Session
Borrowed: 1771/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1771/2/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Author: Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 210062
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 45
Fodun's Scotichronicon 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, cum supplementis et continuatione Walteri Boweri, Insulae Sancti Columbae Abbatis: E Codicibus Mss, editum, cum notis et variantibus lectionibus. Præfixa est ad historiam Scotorum introductio brevis, curâ Walteri Goodall.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T96013
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Scotichronicon [John Fordun]
Borrowed: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: John Fordun (Male, died 1384), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210065
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 46
Mrs Macaulay's history vol. 2.d 4o
Borrowed: 1771/2/29 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Patrick Chalmers
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1737-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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 2
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: 1771/2/29 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Chalmers
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 210083
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 48
Dows history of Hindostan 2 vol. 4.o
Borrowed: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/26 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl..
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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 [Dow, 2 vols, 1768]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.141.a.12-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: 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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210092
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 49
Kolben's present state of the Cape of Good Hope 8vo
Borrowed: 1771/3/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1736-1785.
Peter Kolb (Male, born 1675, died 1726)
Genre: Travel
The present state of the Cape of Good-Hope [Kolb]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.151.c.18.
Confidence level: Certain
Peter Kolb (Male, born 1675, died 1726)
Genre: Travel
The present state of the Cape of Good-Hope: or, a particular account of the several nations of the Hottentots: ... Together with a short account of the Dutch settlement at the Cape.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1731. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Medley
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T147067
Peter Kolb (Male, born 1675, died 1726)
Genre: Travel
Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope: or, A Particular Account of the Several Nations of the Hottentots
Borrowed: 1771/3/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/4/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Author: Peter Kolb (Male, born 1675, died 1726), Genre: Travel
Record ID 210095
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 50
Sheridan's plan of Education 8o
Borrowed: 1771/3/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Alexander Campbell of Barcaldine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
A plan of education for the young nobility and gentry of Great Britain [Sheridan]
Possible modern shelfmark: I.25.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
A plan of education for the young nobility and gentry of Great Britain. Most humbly addressed to the father of his people.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 23
ESTC: T42422
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Plan of Education for the Young Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1771/3/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/4/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Campbell of Barcaldine
Author: Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788), Genre: Education
Plan of Education for the Young Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain
Record ID 210137
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 52
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. in 8o
Borrowed: 1771/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/3/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five & twenty shill. sterl.
Mr Patrick Chalmers
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1737-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].5/1.1-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
The works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher. In ten volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: T139208
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Borrowed: 1771/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/3/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Chalmers
Author: Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625), Genre: Drama
Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 210134
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 52
Maitland's history of London 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/4/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
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.
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time. In two volumes. ... By William Maitland.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.46.a.10-11..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
The history and survey of London from its foundation to the present time. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T100095
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time
Borrowed: 1771/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/4/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757), Genre: History
History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210140
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 53
Du Cange's Glossary vol. 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 fol.
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six guineas.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis [Du Cange]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.89.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1733-1736. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 15 borrowing records
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688), Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 210152
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 54
Carpzovius de rebus Criminalibus fol.
Borrowed: 1771/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Patrick Chalmers
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1737-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Benedict Carpzov (Male, born 1595, died 1666)
Genre: Law
Practicae novae imperialis Saxonicae rerum criminalium pars prima, [-tertia] [Carpzov]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Macmillan Collection B.3.3.
Confidence level: Certain
Benedict Carpzov (Male, born 1595, died 1666)
Genre: Law
Benedicti Carpzovii,... Practicae novae imperialis saxonicae rerum criminalium pars prima (-tertia), quae quaestionum fere universarum in materia cujusque generis homicidiorum fractae pacis publicae... decisiones absolutas, responsis scabinorum Lipsiensium approbatas... exhibet.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1723. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 5
Benedict Carpzov (Male, born 1595, died 1666)
Genre: Law
Practicae Novae Imperialis Saxonicae Rerum Criminalium
Borrowed: 1771/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1771/4/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Chalmers
Author: Benedict Carpzov (Male, born 1595, died 1666), Genre: Law
Record ID 210182
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 56
Apologie du Sentiment de Mons.r Cheval Newton par Mons.r le Cheval. Stewart. 4o
Borrowed: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/8 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: History
Apologie du sentiment de monsieur le chevalier Newton sur l'ancienne chronologie des Grècs [Steuart]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.84.a.4.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: History
Apologie du sentiment de Monsieur le Chevalier Newton sur l'ancienne chronologie des Grècs.
Language: French . Published: Frankfurt am Main. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: History
Apologie du Sentiment de Monsieur le Chevalier Newton sur l'Ancienne Chronologie des Grècs
Borrowed: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/8 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780), Genre: History
Apologie du Sentiment de Monsieur le Chevalier Newton sur l'Ancienne Chronologie des Grècs
Record ID 210185
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 57
Dow's history of Hindostan 2 vol. 4o
Borrowed: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/8 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound [sic] sterl..
Mr Patrick Chalmers
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1737-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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 [Dow, 2 vols, 1768]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.141.a.12-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/8 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Chalmers
Author: 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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210188
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 57
Harri's Antiquities of Ireland fol
Borrowed: 1771/4/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/5/10 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Sir James Ware (Male, born 1594, died 1666)
Genre: History
The history and antiquities of Ireland [Ware/Harris]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.29.b.14.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir James Ware (Male, born 1594, died 1666)
Genre: History
The history and antiquities of Ireland, illustrated with cuts of ancient medals, urns, &c. ... With the history of the writers of Ireland, in two books.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1764. Format: folio.
Editors: Harris, Walter
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T145488
Sir James Ware (Male, born 1594, died 1666)
Genre: History
History and Antiquities of Ireland
Borrowed: 1771/4/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/5/10 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Author: Sir James Ware (Male, born 1594, died 1666), Genre: History
Record ID 210194
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 58
Newtons Chronology 4o
Borrowed: 1771/4/15 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/15 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended [Newton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.84.a.7(2) .
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix’d, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 16
ESTC: T30721
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
Borrowed: 1771/4/15 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/15 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20), Genre: History
Record ID 210197
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 59
Grieve's history of Kamtschatka 4o
Borrowed: 1771/4/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/5/17 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1735-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
The history of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands [Grieve]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.82.a.5.
Confidence level: Certain
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
The history of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the countries adjacent; illustrated with maps and cuts. Published at Petersbourg in the Russian language, by Order of her Imperial Majesty and translated into English by James Grieve, M.D.
Language: English . Published: Gloucester. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T93828
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent
Borrowed: 1771/4/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/5/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
Author: Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755), Genre: Travel
History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent
Record ID 210203
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 60
Robertson's history of Cha.s vol. 2d in 4o 1st & 2.d 4o Vol. 1 & 2.d 4o
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one guinea.
Mr Alexander Campbell of Barcaldine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the reign of the Emperor Charles V [Robertson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.98.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 604 times in 453 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Campbell of Barcaldine
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210206
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 60
Lindsay of Pitscottie's history of Scotland fol
Borrowed: 1771/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr William Wallace of Cairnhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1752. Life dates: d. 1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Librarian. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Andrew McCredie
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland; from 21 February, 1436. to March, 1565 [Lindsay/Freebairn]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a.13.
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from 21 February, 1436. to March, 1565: in which are contained accounts of many remarkable passages altogether differing from our other historians, and many facts are related, either concealed by some, or omitted by others.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1728. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T87021
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay]
Borrowed: 1771/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1771/5/29 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr William Wallace of Cairnhill, Andrew McCredie
Author: Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565), Genre: History