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Record ID 299905
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 220
Beawes's lex mercatoria rediv. in fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, The merchant’s directory [Beawes]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, the merchant’s directory. Being a complete guide to all men in business, Whether AS Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, Agents. Containing an account of our trading companies and colonies, with their Establishments, and an Abstract of their Charters; the duty of consuls, and the Laws subsisting about Aliens, Naturalization and Denization. To which is added, a state of the present general traffick of the whole world ; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation: And Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of the European Coins, Weights, and Measures, with the Addition of all others that are known. Extracted from the works of the best writers both at Home and Abroad; more especially from those justly celebrated ones of Messieurs Savary; improved and corrected by the author’s own observations, during his long Continuance in Trade. The whole calculated for the Use and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, and Gentleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: N19415
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: or, the Merchant’s Directory
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: Wyndham Beawes (Male), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 300505
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 222
Bowers history of the Popes Vol. 1. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/3/4 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Allan Maconochie of Meadowbank; Lord Meadowbank
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1748-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Archibald Bower (Male, born 1686, died 1766)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
The history of the popes, from the foundation of the See of Rome, to the present time [Bower]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.171.b.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Archibald Bower (Male, born 1686, died 1766)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
The history of the popes, from the foundation of the See of Rome, to the present time
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 42 borrowing records
ESTC: T144803
Archibald Bower (Male, born 1686, died 1766)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time
Borrowed: 1776/3/4 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Allan Maconochie of Meadowbank; Lord Meadowbank
Author: Archibald Bower (Male, born 1686, died 1766), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301114
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 224
Histoire generalle par Voltaire 10 tom. 12.
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essai sur l'histoire generale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'a nos jours [Voltaire]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.93.d.
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
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay sur l'histoire générale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à nos jours.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 6 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on Universal History
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 301126
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 225
Memoires Historiques de France 4 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780)
Genre: History
Mémoires Historiques, Critiques, et Anecdotes de France.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.22.d.6-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780)
Genre: History
Mémoires historiques, critiques et anecdotes de France.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 2 borrowing records
Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780)
Genre: History
Mémoires Historiques, Critiques et Anecdotes de France
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780), Genre: History
Mémoires Historiques, Critiques et Anecdotes de France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301123
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 225
Causes celebres tom. 15.th in 12
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées [Gaylot de Pitaval]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [t].5.3-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Record ID 301135
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 227
Pitt's Virgil 4 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/8 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Bannatyne William Macleod William McLeod
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1744-1833.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil. In Latin and English [PItt]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.51.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, in Latin and English. The original text correctly printed from the most authentic editions, collated for this purpose.
Language: Latin | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Translators: Pitt, Christopher and others
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: N25883
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/8 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Bannatyne William Macleod William McLeod
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301138
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 227
Baker's employment for the Microscope 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/8 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shillings 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).
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the microscope [Baker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cq.5.10a.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the microscope. In two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances, their amazing Configurations and Crystals, as formed under the eye of the observer: with Plain Directions how to prepare such Substances, and preserve them in constant Readiness for Inspection; whereby the Curious may always be furnished with numberless Objects hitherto little known. Also Occasional Considerations on Gems, Poisons, the Vegetation of Metals, the Resuscitation of Plants, the Formation of Amber, Corals, and many other Subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described, and of many other Microscopical Discoveries: With Observations and Remarks. Likewise A Description of the Microscope used in these Experiments, and of a new Micrometer serving to shew the Size of magnified Objects. Together with Instructions for printing off any Medal or Coin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T94557
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the Microscope
Borrowed: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/8 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 301147
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 228
Hawkesworth's Voyages vol. 1. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/4/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound Sterl.
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/4/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301156
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 229
Burns ecclesiastical law tom 2. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/3/11 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Millar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1751-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law [Burn]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T70032
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Borrowed: 1776/3/11 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Millar
Author: Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 301171
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 231
La physique des Arbes par Duhamel 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.
Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Mr Alexander Kemp
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La physique des arbres [Duhamel]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: An.6.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La physique des arbres: où il est traité de l'anatomie des plantes et de l'économie végétale : pour servir d'introduction au traité complet des bois & des forests : avec une dissertation sur l'utilité des méthodes de botanique.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Physique des Arbres: Où il est Traité de l'Anatomie des Plantes et de l'économie Végétale
Borrowed: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday).
Borrowers: Mr Henry Home Lord Kames, Mr Alexander Kemp
Author: M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Physique des Arbres: Où il est Traité de l'Anatomie des Plantes et de l'économie Végétale
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301180
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 233
Phipps Voyage 4to
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773 [Phipps]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.188.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Record ID 301192
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 233
Oeeuvres de Moliere tom 1. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/19 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres [Moliere]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ah].6/1.7-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque pièce, par M. Bret.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 5 borrowing records
Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Works of Molière
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Author: Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301228
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 234
Collections of Voyages. Fol.
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels [Churchill]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.a.22-29 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: folio. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Churchill, Awnsham; Churchill, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T97844
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 301225
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 234
Goldsmiths natural History Vol. 1.2. in 8 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shillings Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature [Goldsmith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cu.7/1.1-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 705 times in 454 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 301234
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 234
Smollets Travels 2 vol. 8.vo[note in margin:] Smollets Travels & Goldsmiths natural Hist Vol. 3.4.5.6.7.8 not returned W. G.
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy [Smollett]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.161.g.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy. In two volumes. ... With a particular description of the town, territory, and climate of Nice: to which is added, a register of the weather, kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T55398
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301243
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 235
Dr Percy's reliques of ancient Poetry 3 vol. 12.
Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/22 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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: Poetry
Reliques of ancient English poetry [Percy]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NG.1587.g.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T83735
Genre: Poetry
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets
Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301258
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 237
Parliamentary History vol. 5.6
Borrowed: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Ronald Campbell of Balerno
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1730. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History
The parliamentary or constitutional history of England.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ax.6.1-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
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: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Ronald Campbell of Balerno
Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 301270
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 237
Elsyng on Parliaments 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Ronald Campbell of Balerno
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1730. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Henry Elsynge (Male, born 1598, died 1654)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The manner of holding parliaments in England [Elsynge]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.139.2].
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Elsynge (Male, born 1598, died 1654)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The manner of holding parliaments in England.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T145628
Henry Elsynge (Male, born 1598, died 1654)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Manner of Holding Parliaments in England
Borrowed: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Ronald Campbell of Balerno
Author: Henry Elsynge (Male, born 1598, died 1654), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 301288
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 238
Mably Observations sur l'Histoire de France 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: History
Observations sur l'histoire de France [Mably]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.24.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: History
Observations sur l'histoire de France.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: History
Observations sur l'Histoire de France
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: History
Observations sur l'Histoire de France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301285
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 238
Diodati Biblioteca teatrale tom 1.2.3.4. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Ottaviano Diodati (Male)
Genre: Drama
Biblioteca teatrale Italiana [Diodati]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Af].7/1.33-44.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Ottaviano Diodati (Male)
Genre: Drama
Biblioteca teatrale italiana scelta e disposta da O. Diodati ... Con un suo capitolo in verso per ogni tomo, correlativo alle cose teatrali, per servire di trattato completo di drammaturgia.
Language: Italian . Published: Lucca. Date of publication: 1762-1765. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
Ottaviano Diodati (Male)
Genre: Drama
Biblioteca Teatrale Italiana
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Ottaviano Diodati (Male), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301315
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 239
Guthrie's Quintilian 2 vol. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: twelve shill. Sterl..
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus his institutes of eloquence [Guthrie]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: ABS.2.90.75.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus. His Institutes of Eloquence: or, the art of speaking in public, in every character and capacity. Translated into English, after the Best Latin Editions, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by William Guthrie, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: William Guthrie
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: T126443
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301318
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 239
Monthly Review vol. 4 & 9 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 9
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 9
Record ID 301321
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 240
Henry's History of Britain vol. 2. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans [Henry]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.a.8-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 301 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 301342
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 243
Recherches philosophique sur les Americains 3 tom. 12
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/20 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: twelve shill. sterl..
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains [Pauw]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.133.f.22-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains, ou Mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Espèce humaine.
Language: French . Published: Cleves. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/20 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799), Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301345
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 243
Hawkesworths voyages tom 2 & 3.d in 4
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/24 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301354
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 244
Tears of Sensibility 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/25 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six Shillings Sterl.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1776/4/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301360
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245
Monthly Review tom 6.7. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 301357
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245
Rollins Ancient History tom 1.2.3.4 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians [Rollin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.89.e.20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 58 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T127047
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301369
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245
Smith's theory of moral Sentiments in 8
Borrowed: 1776/5/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/1 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. 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.
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.S.181 .
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 106
ESTC: T141578
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments
Borrowed: 1776/5/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 301372
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 246
Davilas History of France by Farneworth 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/2 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631)
Genre: History
History of the civil wars of France [Davila; Farneworth]
Confidence level: Certain
Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631)
Genre: History
The history of the civil wars of France. In which are related, the most remarkable transactions that happened during the reigns of Francis the Second, Charles the Ninth, Henry the Third, and, Henry the Fourth, surnamed the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Farneworth, Ellis
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: N8421
Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631)
Genre: History
History of the Civil Wars of France
Borrowed: 1776/5/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631), Genre: History
Record ID 301393
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 247
Forduni Scotschicronicom 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: John Fordun (Male, died 1384), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301390
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 247
Maitlands Scotland 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds Sterl.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
History and antiquities of Scotland, from the earliest account of time To the Death of James the First, Anno 1437 [Maitland]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
The history and antiquities of Scotland, from the earliest account of time To the Death of James the First, Anno 1437.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T100081
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
History and Antiquities of Scotland
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757), Genre: History
History and Antiquities of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301414
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 248
Ducarrells Anglo Norman Antiquities
Borrowed: 1776/6/10 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/10 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound Sterl.
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Andrew Coltee Ducarel (Male, born 1713, died 1785)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Anglo-Norman antiquities considered, in a tour through part of Normandy [Ducarel]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.10.a.4.
Confidence level: Certain
Andrew Coltee Ducarel (Male, born 1713, died 1785)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Anglo-Norman antiquities considered, in a tour through part of Normandy, by Doctor Ducarel.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T146832
Andrew Coltee Ducarel (Male, born 1713, died 1785)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Anglo-Norman Antiquities Considered, in a Tour through Part of Normandy
Borrowed: 1776/6/10 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/10 (Monday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Andrew Coltee Ducarel (Male, born 1713, died 1785), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Anglo-Norman Antiquities Considered, in a Tour through Part of Normandy
Record ID 301420
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 249
Davila Historia de Francia 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three Pounds Sterl.
Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1755. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631)
Genre: History
Historia delle guerre civili di Francia [Davila]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.22.c.4-5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631)
Genre: History
Historia delle guerre civili di Francia: nella quali si contengono le operationi di quattro rè, Francesco II. Carlo IX. Henrico III. and Henrico IV. Con l'indice piu copioso delle cose notabili. Aggiuntevi, oltre alle memorie della vita dell'autore, e della sua casa, le annotationi di Giovanni Balduino nel margine
Language: Italian . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 38 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T145478
Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631)
Genre: History
History of the Civil Wars of France
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/6/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Author: Arrigo Caterino Davila (Male, born 1576, died 1631), Genre: History
History of the Civil Wars of France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301417
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 249
Auteroche Voyage en Siberie tom 1 & 3 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/13 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/11 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: four Pounds Sterl.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Siberie, fait par ordre du roi en 1761 [Chappe d'Auteroche]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.112/1.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761, ... enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein, de gravures.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 10 borrowing records
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Borrowed: 1776/5/13 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769), Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Record ID 301429
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 250
Hogarths Analysis of Beauty 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/17 (Friday). Returned: 1776/6/17 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound 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).
William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of beauty [Hogarth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].1/2.1.
Confidence level: Certain
William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The analysis of beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: T2690
William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste
Borrowed: 1776/5/17 (Friday). Returned: 1776/6/17 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste
Record ID 301432
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 251
London Magazine for 1736 1737 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/5/20 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shillings Sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Q.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1736, Volume 1737
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732-1782. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 51 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T154193
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Borrowed: 1776/5/20 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1736, Volume 1737
Record ID 301435
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 251
Walpoles Historic doubts on the life of Richard third 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/6/21 (Friday). 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.
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: History
Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.15.c.17.
Confidence level: Certain
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: History
Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T110339
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: History
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
Borrowed: 1776/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/6/21 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: History
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
Record ID 301438
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 252
Monthly Review Vols. 51.52.53. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/6/21 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 51, Volume 52, Volume 53
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/6/21 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 51, Volume 52, Volume 53
Record ID 301459
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 253
Revisal of Shakespeares Text in 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/5/31 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six Shillings Sterl.
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
A revisal of Shakespear's text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics, are particularly considered [Heath]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Am].6/2.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
A revisal of Shakespear’s text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics, are particularly considered.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T138280
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Revisal of Shakespeare’s Text
Borrowed: 1776/5/31 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Record ID 301477
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 256
Burigny Histoire des revolutions de Constantinople 3 tom 12o
Borrowed: 1776/6/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/13 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound 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.
Jean Lévesque Burigny (Male, born 1692, died 1785)
Genre: History
Histoire des revolutions de l'empire de Constantinople, depuis la fondation de cette ville, jusqu'a l'année 1453 [Levesque de Burigny]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.66.h.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Lévesque Burigny (Male, born 1692, died 1785)
Genre: History
Histoire des Révolutions de l'Empire de Constantinople depuis la fondation de cette ville, jusqu'à l'an 1453, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Jean Lévesque Burigny (Male, born 1692, died 1785)
Genre: History
Histoire des Révolutions de l'Empire de Constantinople Depuis la fondation de Cette Ville, jusqu'à l'An 1453
Borrowed: 1776/6/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Author: Jean Lévesque Burigny (Male, born 1692, died 1785), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301489
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 257
Robertsons History of Charles fifth 3 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three pounds Sterl.
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
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, 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 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
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, Volume 3
Record ID 301486
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 257
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 21. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.3.4-33.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1768-1777. Format: 4to. Pagination: 30 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 7 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Record ID 301483
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 257
Astronomie de La Lande 3 vol. 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds Sterl.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande, lecteur royal en mathématiques.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cm.4/32-35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande,... 2e édition.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 4 borrowing records
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301498
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 258
Hughes's letters 2 vol. in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720)
Genre: Lives
Letters, by several eminent persons deceased. Including the correspondence of John Hughes.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].6/1.14-15.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720)
Genre: Lives
Letters, by several eminent persons deceased. Including the correspondence of John Hughes, Esq. (author of the siege of damascus) and several of his friends, published from the originals: with notes explanatory and historical.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Duncombe, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T64308
John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720)
Genre: Lives
Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased. Including the Correspondence of John Hughes
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720), Genre: Lives
Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased. Including the Correspondence of John Hughes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301495
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 258
Tears of sensibility, 2 vol. in 12.
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six shill. sterl.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301492
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 258
Memoirs pour lal view de Petrarque tom 1. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade (Male, born 1705, died 1778)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour la Vie de François Petrarque [Sade]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Rob.III.2.7-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade (Male, born 1705, died 1778)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour la vie de François Pétrarque, tirés de ses œuvres et des auteurs contemporains, avec des notes ... & les pièces justificatives.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1764-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 6 borrowing records
Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade (Male, born 1705, died 1778)
Genre: Lives
Life of Petrarch
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Jacques-François-Paul-Aldonce de Sade (Male, born 1705, died 1778), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301501
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 258
Falck's medical qualities, &c. in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the medical qualities of mercury [Falck]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.25/1.f.[alpha].
Confidence level: Certain
Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the medical qualities of mercury.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T59680
Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Medical Qualities of Mercury
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 301504
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 259
Systema Naturae Linnæi tom 1.2. in 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnaei ... Systema naturae : per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.43/1.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Systema naturæ, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Language: Latin . Published: Vienna. Date of publication: 1767-1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Systema Naturae
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301507
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 259
Do Species Plantarum 2 vol 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnaei ... Species Plantarum.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.43/1.d.[alpha] (Wanting v. 2).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnæi Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas secundum systema sexuale digestas.
Language: Latin . Published: Stockholm. Date of publication: 1762-1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 70 times in 37 borrowing records
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Species Plantarum
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301510
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 259
Do Genera plantarum 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli v. Linné ... Genera Plantarum eorumque characteres naturales.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.43/1.d.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium.
Language: Latin . Published: Stockholm. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 16 borrowing records
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Genera Plantarum [Carl Linnaeus]
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Genera Plantarum [Carl Linnaeus]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301513
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 259
Demosthenes's Orations translated by Francis 2 vol. 4.
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound Sterl.
Mr Cosmo Gordon of Cluny
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Orations of Demosthenes [Francis]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: T.375.b..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Orations of Demosthenes, translated by the Rev. Mr. Francis, with critical and historical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Rev. Mr Francis
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T138464
Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Orations of Demosthenes
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Cosmo Gordon of Cluny
Author: Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301519
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 260
Richardsons tour thro Britain 4 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1776/6/24 (Monday). Returned: 1776/7/24 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the whole island of Great Britain [Defoe; Richardson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.157.f.7-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing I. A description of the principal cities and towns, ... Originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vol.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T70855
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1776/6/24 (Monday). Returned: 1776/7/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301210
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 261
Wheeler's Botanist and Gardener's Dictionary 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shill. sterl..
Mr John Mackenzie of Dolphinton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1788.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Law > Advocate.
James Wheeler (Male, died 1763)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The botanist's and gardener's new dictionary [Wheeler]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.42.d.
Confidence level: Certain
James Wheeler (Male, died 1763)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The botanist’s and gardener’s new dictionary; containing the names, classes, orders, generic characters, and specific distinctions of the several plants cultivated in England, according to the system of Linnæus; Directing the Culture of each Plant, describing its singular Virtues and Uses, and explaining the Terms peculiar to Botany and Gardening.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T113525
James Wheeler (Male, died 1763)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Botanist’s and Gardener’s New Dictionary
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Mackenzie of Dolphinton
Author: James Wheeler (Male, died 1763), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 301204
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 262
Orems History of Hindostan in 4
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/25 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound 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.
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 (2nd edn) [Orme]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.142/2.a..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
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. 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 58 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T111967
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: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301207
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 262
Voyage to Mauritius, in 8
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius [Saint Pierre/Parish]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.181.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c. With observations and reflections upon nature, and mankind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Parish, John
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T98328
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814), Genre: Travel
Record ID 301198
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 263
Bruckeri Hist. Critica Philosophiae 5 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1748-1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia critica philosophiae [Brucker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.III.1.2-1.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Iacobi Bruckeri ... Historia critica philosophiae, a mundi incunabulis ad nostram usque aetatem deducta.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1742-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 7 borrowing records
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia Critica Philosophiae, a Mundi Incunabulis ad Nostram usque Aetatem Deducta
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
Author: Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia Critica Philosophiae, a Mundi Incunabulis ad Nostram usque Aetatem Deducta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299143
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 264
Macaulays History of England vol. 5. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick line [Macaulay]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.c.5-12..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick line.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1783. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 42 borrowing records
ESTC: T106230
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 299137
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 265
Nelli Commoedia tom. 1. in 8.vo 5 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jacopo Angelo Nelli (Male, born 1673, died 1767)
Genre: Drama
Commedie [Nelli]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].5/1.17-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jacopo Angelo Nelli (Male, born 1673, died 1767)
Genre: Drama
Commedie [Nelli].
Language: Italian . Published: Milan. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 1 borrowing record
Jacopo Angelo Nelli (Male, born 1673, died 1767)
Genre: Drama
Commedie [Jacopo Angelo Nelli]
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Author: Jacopo Angelo Nelli (Male, born 1673, died 1767), Genre: Drama
Commedie [Jacopo Angelo Nelli]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299128
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 266
Buffon Histoire naturelle tom 6. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1754-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 237 times in 126 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 298417
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Histoire de l'accadmie royale de Inscriptions 6 tom in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.800-801 (Wanting vol. 44-46) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 298420
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Also memoires de literature de l'Accademie royale 6 tom 12mo
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie ... (Mémoires de Littérature) ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.803.f.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 298405
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 269
Parker's Reports in fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Law > Solicitor-General.
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases concerning the revenue, argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter Term 1743, to Hilary Term 1767 [Parker]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.4].
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases concerning the revenue, argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter term 1743, to Hilary term 1767.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: folio.
Editors: Parker, Thomas, 1695?-1784
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T95680
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases in the Court of Exchequer
Borrowed: 1776/7/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Author: Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 298402
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 269
Scots Magazine for the years 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. in 8 also for the Years 1747. 1752. & 1753. in 8. Also for 1757.
Borrowed: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742, Volume 1743, Volume 1744, Volume 1747, Volume 1752, Volume 1753, Volume 1757
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742, Volume 1743, Volume 1744, Volume 1747, Volume 1752, Volume 1753, Volume 1757
Record ID 298396
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 270
Douglas's Peerage in fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation [Douglas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.287.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their Origin to the present Generation: collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, the Charters, and other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of our best Historians.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T145745
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom
Borrowed: 1776/7/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 298390
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 271
Sir John Dalrymple's Memoirs 2 vol. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two guineas.
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Dalrymple's Memoirs, 2 vols (original title)
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland [Dalrymple] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.18.c.9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue. Volume II. Consisting chiefly of letters from the French Ambassadors in England to their Court; and from Charles II. James II. King William, and Queen Mary, And the Ministers and Generals of those Princes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T145645
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298393
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 271
Modern Universal History Vol. 23.24.25.26.27. in 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/7/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1761. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History
Modern part of An universal history, from the earliest account of time
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.96.d.6-E.96.f.16.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
The modern part of An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 44 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 137 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: N472050
Borrowed: 1776/7/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Genre: History
Modern Part of the Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27
Record ID 298384
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 272
Gray's poems in 4. published by Mason with Letters & c.
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1740-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ak].2/1.20.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T107045
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Author: Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Record ID 298387
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 272
Considerations on the Trade to Africa 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/6/6 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/6 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings Sterl.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
M. O'Connor (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on the trade to Africa [O'Connor]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: PSNC.55(4).
Confidence level: Certain
M. O'Connor (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on the trade to Africa. Together with a proposal for securing the Benefits thereof to this Nation. For Fixing and Ascertaining the Capital Stock of the Royal African Company of England. For Uniting the Creditors and Proprietors thereof in One Joint, or Common Interest. For raising the Sun of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds to be employed in the Trade and Service of that Corporation. And (by Means of a Parliamentary Allowance) for Establishing their Affairs, both at Home and Abroad, upon a solid and lasting Foundation. In a Letter to a Noble Lord: With whom that proposal was left for his Consideration the last Year, but with no Sort of Interntion that it should ever appear in Print. And a postscript: Containing, amongst other Things, The Author’s Reasons for Publishing the same at this Time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T31555
M. O'Connor (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on the Trade to Africa. Together with a Proposal for Securing the Benefits thereof to this Nation
Borrowed: 1776/6/6 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/6 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: M. O'Connor (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 295444
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 274
Smiths Theory of Moral Sentiments 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/7/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/9 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six Shillings Sterl.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.S.181 .
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 106
ESTC: T141578
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments
Borrowed: 1776/7/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/9 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 291040
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 276
Encyclopedie tom 6.7 12 & 13
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds sterl.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 12, Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 12, Volume 13
Record ID 291037
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 276
Blackwells Court of Augustus Vol. 3. in 4to
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One Pound Sterl.
Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the court of Augustus [Blackwell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.64.c.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the court of Augustus.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753-1755. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 53 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T142959
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the court of Augustus. Continued, and completed, from the original papers of the late Thomas Blackwell, J. U. D. Principal of Marishal College, in the University of Aberdeen, by John Mills, Esq. Vol.III.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Editors: Mills, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T142960
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Author: Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 291034
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 277
Atkyns Reports vol. 1. fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One Pound sterl.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Atkyns]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns, Of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1768. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Atkyns, John Tracy, ca. 1710-1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T98193
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/7/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 291013
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 278
Ben Johnsons Works by Whalleij 7 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/7/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/15 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two Pounds Sterl.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ben. Jonson [Whalley]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].5/2.1-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ben. Jonson. In seven volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Editors: Whalley, Peter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T83079
Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ben Jonson
Borrowed: 1776/7/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 290998
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 279
Fosters Crown Law in fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/22 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Ogilvie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir Michael Foster (Male, born 1689, died 1763)
Genre: Law
Foster's Crown Law (original title)
A report of some proceedings on the commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery [Foster] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.161.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Michael Foster (Male, born 1689, died 1763)
Genre: Law
A report of some proceedings on the commission of oyer and terminer and goal delivery for the trial of the rebels in the year 1746 in the county of Surry, and of other crown cases.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1762. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T145811
Sir Michael Foster (Male, born 1689, died 1763)
Genre: Law
Report of some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer
Borrowed: 1776/7/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Ogilvie
Author: Sir Michael Foster (Male, born 1689, died 1763), Genre: Law
Report of some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer
Record ID 169941
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 1
Essays Physical & Literary 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 169971
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 3
Buffon Hist. des Oiseaux Tom 1.2.3
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux [Buffon]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1770-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 6 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 169965
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 3
Berni Orlando innamorato 4 tom 12o
Borrowed: 1788/4/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/16 (Friday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando innamorato, rifatto tutto di nuovo da Francesco Berni.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando innamorato, nuouamente composto da M. F. Berni.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 2 borrowing records
Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Innamorato, Nuouamente Composto
Borrowed: 1788/4/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Francesco Berni (Male, born c.1497, died 1535), Genre: Poetry
Orlando Innamorato, Nuouamente Composto
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 169968
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 3
Spensers Fairie Queen 3 vol
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie queen [Spenser]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ak].1/1.3-5 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an exact collation of the two original editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first Three Books printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary. Adorn’d with thirty-two copper-plates, from the original drawings of the late W. Kent, Esq; Architect and principal Painter to his Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T35152
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queene
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 169977
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 4
Burrows Reports tom 2
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond [Burrow]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.159.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond; in four parts, Distributed according to the Times of his four Successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T97747
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 170505
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 5
Greys debates at the House of Commons vol. 8, 9, 10
Borrowed: 1788/4/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/5/22 (Thursday).
Mr Thomas Cunningham of Lainshaw
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Military > Officer.
Genre: Law
Debates of the House of Commons, from the year 1667 to the year 1694 [Grey]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
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: 1788/4/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/5/22 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Cunningham of Lainshaw
Genre: Law
Debates of the House of Commons, from the year 1667 to the Year 1694
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 170532
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 8
Chandlers Travels 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti.
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T63359
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810), Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti
Record ID 170535
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 9
Scots Magazine for 1747
Borrowed: 1788/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Craig of Riccarton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1730-1823.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1747
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1788/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craig of Riccarton
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1747
Record ID 170544
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 10
Mansteins Memoires of Russia
Borrowed: 1788/5/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/14 (Saturday).
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, historical, political, and military, from the year M DCC XXVII, to M DCC XLIV [Manstein]
Confidence level: Certain
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, historical, political, and military, from the year M DCC XXVII, to M DCC Xliv.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hume, David.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T122596
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political, and Military, from the Year MDCC XXVII, to MDCC XIIV
Borrowed: 1788/5/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757), Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political, and Military, from the Year MDCC XXVII, to MDCC XIIV
Record ID 171135
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Ossians Works 2 Vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
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: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171120
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Monthly Review tom 11-15 onches
Borrowed: 1788/5/23 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/23 (Monday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1788/5/23 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/23 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Record ID 171129
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Stukeleys Medal History 4to
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
William Stukeley (Male, born 1687, died 1765)
Genre: History
The medallic history of Marcvs Avrelivs Valerivs Caravsivs, Emperor in Brittain.
Possible modern shelfmark: E.66.c.2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Stukeley (Male, born 1687, died 1765)
Genre: History
The medallic history of Marcvs Avrelivs Valerivs Caravsivs, Emperor in Brittain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757-1759. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T145637
William Stukeley (Male, born 1687, died 1765)
Genre: History
Medallic History of Marcus Aurelius Valerius Carausius
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: William Stukeley (Male, born 1687, died 1765), Genre: History
Medallic History of Marcus Aurelius Valerius Carausius
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171144
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Whitakers Hist. of Manchester 2 vol 8.vo
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.20.a.4-5 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester. In four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T145509
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
History of Manchester
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171243
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 15
Chappe voyage en Siberie 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/20 (Friday).
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Siberie, fait par ordre du roi en 1761 [Chappe d'Auteroche]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.112/1.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761, ... enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein, de gravures.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 10 borrowing records
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769), Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 171264
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 16
Hutchesons Moral Philosophy 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: 1750-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A short introduction to moral philosophy, in three books; containing the elements of ethicks and the law of nature [Hutcheson]
Possible modern shelfmark: ABS.1.82.168.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A short introduction to moral philosophy, in three books; containing the elements of ethicks and the law of nature.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T83293
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Author: Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171312
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 16
Anville Geographie ancienne 3 vol.
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie ancienne abrégée [Anville]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.118.f .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie ancienne abrégée.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie Ancienne Abrégée
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 171432
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 18
Tears of Sensiblity 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171429
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 18
Pompadour Letters 2 Vol.
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837)
Genre: Lives
Lettres de Madame la marquise de Pompadour.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837)
Genre: Lives
Lettres de Madame la marquise de Pompadour: depuis MDCCLIII jusqu'à MDCCLXII, inclusivement.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: N049631
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837)
Genre: Lives
Letters of the Marchioness of Pompadour
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/6 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Marquis François Barbé-Marbois (Male, born 1745, died 1837), Genre: Lives
Letters of the Marchioness of Pompadour
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171441
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 19
Barrington on the Statutes 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Law
Observations on the more ancient statutes from Magna Charta to the twenty-first of James I. cap. XXVII [Barrington]
Confidence level: Very likely
Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Law
Observations on the more ancient statutes, from Magna Charta to the twenty-first of James I. cap.xxvii
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T80835
Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Law
Observations on the More Ancient Statutes, from Magna Charta to the Twenty-first of James I
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/9 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Daines Barrington (Male, born 1727, died 1800), Genre: Law
Observations on the More Ancient Statutes, from Magna Charta to the Twenty-first of James I
Record ID 171687
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 21
Maitland's history of Edin.r in fol
Borrowed: 1788/6/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/12 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh: from its foundation to the present time [Maitland]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.289.c.
Confidence level: Certain
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from its foundation to the present time : containing a faithful relation of the publick transactions of the citizens; accounts of the several parishes; its governments, civil, ecclesiastical, and military; incorporations of trades and manufactures; courts of justice; state of learning; charitable foundations, &c. : with the several accounts of the parishes of the Canongate, St. Cuthbert, and other districts within the suburbs of Edinburgh : together with the antient and present state of the town of Leith, and a perambulation of divers miles round the city : with an alphabetical index : in nine books.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T100092
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time
Borrowed: 1788/6/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Author: William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757), Genre: History
History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time
Record ID 171690
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 21
Churchills Voyages vol 1 2 Also & 8
Borrowed: 1788/6/13 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/14 (Monday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels [Churchill]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.a.22-29 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: folio. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Churchill, Awnsham; Churchill, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T97844
Borrowed: 1788/6/13 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 8
Record ID 171705
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 22
Lord Sommers Tracts vol 16
Borrowed: 1788/6/13 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/13 (Sunday).
Mr William Grant of Congalton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1821.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Somers Tracts (original title)
A collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: A.39.b .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
A third collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects: but chiefly such as relate to the history and constitution of these kingdoms. Selected from an infinite number in print and manuscript, in the Royal, Cotton, Sion, and other public, as well as private libraries; particularly that of the late Lord Somers.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T84209
Genre: History
Third Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects: but chiefly such as relate to the history and constitution of these kingdoms. Selected from an infinite number in print and manuscript, in the Royal, Cotton, Sion, and other publick, as well as private libraries; particularly that of the late Lord Sommers.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T67
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A second collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T79263
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Second Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, on the most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects
Borrowed: 1788/6/13 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Grant of Congalton
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Third Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, Second Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, on the most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 171708
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 22
Magens on Insurance vol 2d 2 Vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/14 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/7/14 (Monday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1788/6/14 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/7/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Nicolaus Magens (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171744
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 23
Helvetius de l'Esprit 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
De l'esprit [Helvetius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: ND.800.c.11 (Wanting tom. 2) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
De l'esprit.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 7 borrowing records
Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
De l'Esprit
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 171798
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 24
Dows History of Hindostan 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Mr David Cathcart of Greenfield; Lord Alloway
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1764-1829.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi [Dow]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.141.a.12-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The history of Hindostan, from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A dissertation on the origin and nature of despotism in Hindostan. II. An enquiry into the state of Bengal; With a Plan for restoring that Kingdom to its former Prosperity and Splendor.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T91569
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan
Confidence level: Certain
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
The history of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi: Together with A Dissertation Concerning the Religion and Philosophy of the Brahmins; With an appendix, containing the history of the Mogul empire, from its decline in the reign of Mahummud Shaw, to the present times.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768-1772. Format: 4to.
Translators: Dow, Alexander, - 1779.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T91573
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Cathcart of Greenfield; Lord Alloway
Author: Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan, History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3