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Record ID 179367
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 58
Arnots History of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1788/8/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/5 (Friday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh [Arnot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: L.C.1206 .
Confidence level: Certain
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from the earliest accounts to the present time.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T143106
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1788/8/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History
Record ID 179370
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 58
Ferguson's mechanicks 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/5 (Friday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics [Ferguson].
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: AB.2.81.40.
Confidence level: Certain
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects: in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T134286
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics
Borrowed: 1788/8/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics
Record ID 179376
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 59
Colonel Dundas's military movements 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/6 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
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.
Sir David Dundas (Male, born c.1735, died 1820)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Principles of military movements, chiefly applied to infantry [Dundas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bi.1/1.24.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir David Dundas (Male, born c.1735, died 1820)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Principles of military movements, chiefly applied to infantry.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T134700
Sir David Dundas (Male, born c.1735, died 1820)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Principles of Military Movements, Chiefly Applied to Infantry
Borrowed: 1788/8/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/6 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Sir David Dundas (Male, born c.1735, died 1820), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Principles of Military Movements, Chiefly Applied to Infantry
Record ID 179388
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 59
De la Landes astronomie 4 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/6 (Saturday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande, lecteur royal en mathématiques.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cm.4/32-35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande,... 2e édition.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 4 borrowing records
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Borrowed: 1788/8/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/6 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 179394
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 60
Sullivans Lectures on the Laws of England 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/7 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Sullivan's Lectures (original title)
An historical treatise on the feudal law, and the constitution and laws of England [Sullivan] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.145.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
An historical treatise on the feudal law, and the constitution and laws of England; with a commentary on Magna Charta, and necessary illustrations of many of the English statutes, in a course of lectures, read in the University of Dublin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T100182
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historical Treatise on the Feudal Law, and the Constitution and Laws of England
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Francis Stoughton Sullivan (Male, born 1719, died 1776), Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historical Treatise on the Feudal Law, and the Constitution and Laws of England
Record ID 179397
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 60
Watkinson's Survey of Ireland 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/8/7 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
A philosophical survey of the south of Ireland, in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D.
Possible modern shelfmark: AB.2.95.8.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
A philosophical survey of the south of Ireland, in a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T84447
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/8/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1733, died 1795), Genre: Travel
Record ID 179409
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 62
Hollis remarks on Johnson's life of Milton
Borrowed: 1788/8/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/9/8 (Monday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Lives
The life of Iohn Milton [Toland]
Possible modern shelfmark: Dav.I.2.10.
Confidence level: Certain
John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Lives
The life of John Milton; containing, besides the history of his works, several extraordinary characters of men, and books, sects, parties, and opinions: with Amyntor; or a defense of Milton’s life.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 15
ESTC: T137266
John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Lives
Life of John Milton
Borrowed: 1788/8/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/9/8 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722), Genre: Lives
Record ID 179415
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 62
State Tryals vol. 9 10 & 11 fol
Borrowed: 1788/8/11 (Monday). Returned: 1788/9/11 (Thursday).
Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Compleat collection of state-tryals. (original title)
Collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection 3 D/H.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high-treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. Volume IX [-X].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T148948
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings, upon High-Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanours, from the Reign of Queen Anne, to the Present Time. Volume IX [-X].
Borrowed: 1788/8/11 (Monday). Returned: 1788/9/11 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 179469
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 64
Anderson's Speeches in the Douglas Cause 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/15 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/15 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shill. sterl..
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
The speeches and judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, Esq; defender [Anderson]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Clerk's Room C.19.2.
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
The speeches and judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland, upon the important cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilton and others, pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, Esq; Defender. Accurately taken down and published by William Anderson Writer in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Anderson, William, Writer in Edinburgh
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T131822
Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Speeches and Judgement of the Douglas Cause
Borrowed: 1788/8/15 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Court of Session Scotland (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 180543
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 65
Encyclopedie tom 1 fol
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Supplément à l'Encyclopédie ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Supplément à l'Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1776-1777. Format: folio. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 5 borrowing records
Genre: Reference Works
Supplément à l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Genre: Reference Works
Supplément à l'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 180540
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 65
Macintosh's Travels 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1735-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
William Macintosh (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa; describing characters, customs, manners, laws, and productions of nature and art [Macintosh]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Macintosh (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa: describing characters, customs, manners, laws, and productions of nature and art: containing various remarks on the political and commercial interests of Great Britain; and delineating in particular, a new system for the government and improvement of the British settlements in the East Indies: begun in the year 1777, and finished in 1781.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T97734
William Macintosh (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Borrowed: 1788/8/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/9/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
Author: William Macintosh (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180546
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 66
Geographical Dictionary fol
Borrowed: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/20 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: 1763-1831.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
John Barrow (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new geographical dictionary [Barrow/Coote]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.124.b.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Barrow (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new geographical dictionary. Containing A Full and Accurate Account Of the several Parts of The Known World, As it is Divided into Continents, Islands, Oceans, Seas, Rivers, Lakes, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1760. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T39856
John Barrow (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Geographical Dictionary [John Barrow]
Borrowed: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Hamilton
Author: John Barrow (Male), Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Geographical Dictionary [John Barrow]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180549
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 66
Cunningham on Bills of Exchange 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/8/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/21 (Sunday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances [Cunningham]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.139.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances: Containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, judgments, decrees, and customs of merchants concerning them, methodically digested.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T140361
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, and Insurances
Borrowed: 1788/8/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/21 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, and Insurances
Record ID 180552
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 67
Blairs Lectures 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/22 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/22 (Monday).
Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres [Blair]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 114 times in 83 borrowing records
ESTC: T143711
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1788/8/22 (Friday). Returned: 1788/9/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180558
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 67
Macqueens letters on humes History
Borrowed: 1788/8/25 (Monday). Returned: 1788/9/25 (Thursday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Daniel Macqueen (Male, died 1777)
Genre: History
Letters on Mr Hume's History of Great Britain [Macqueen]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.d.21.
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Macqueen (Male, died 1777)
Genre: History
Letters on Mr Hume's History of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 23
ESTC: T81959
Daniel Macqueen (Male, died 1777)
Genre: History
Letters on Mr Hume's History of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1788/8/25 (Monday). Returned: 1788/9/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Daniel Macqueen (Male, died 1777), Genre: History
Record ID 180666
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 68
Bellamy's life 5 vol
Borrowed: 1788/9/1 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
An apology for the life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent-garden theatre.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Claud.8.19-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
An apology for the life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent-Garden Theatre.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: N30340
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre
Borrowed: 1788/9/1 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788), Genre: Lives
Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 180663
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 68
Boswell's Tour & letter 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/1 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Verax (Unknown)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks on the Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, in a letter to James Boswell, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: RB.s.80(2).
Confidence level: Certain
Verax (Unknown)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks on the journal of a tour to the Hebrides, in a letter to James Boswell, Esq .
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T46809
Verax (Unknown)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks on the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, in a Letter to James Boswell, Esq
Borrowed: 1788/9/1 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Verax (Unknown), Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks on the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, in a Letter to James Boswell, Esq
Record ID 180654
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 68
Brown's Travels 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/20 (Saturday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Travel
The travels of Edward Brown, Esq; formerly a merchant in London. Containing his observations on France and Italy; his voyage to the Levant [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.150.g.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Travel
The travels of Edward Brown, Esq; formerly a merchant in London. Containing his observations on France and Italy; his voyage to the Levant; his Account of the Island of Malta
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T70726
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Travel
Travels of Edward Brown
Borrowed: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180651
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 68
Tarletons Compaigns 4to
Borrowed: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/20 (Saturday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Lieutenant-General Banastre Tarleton (Male, born 1754, died 1833)
Genre: History
A history of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America [Tarleton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.22.a.14.
Confidence level: Certain
Lieutenant-General Banastre Tarleton (Male, born 1754, died 1833)
Genre: History
A history of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T97251
Lieutenant-General Banastre Tarleton (Male, born 1754, died 1833)
Genre: History
History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America
Borrowed: 1788/8/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/9/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Lieutenant-General Banastre Tarleton (Male, born 1754, died 1833), Genre: History
History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America
Record ID 180567
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 69
Memoires Secretes de la republique des Lettres tom 13.20.21. 14.15.16 & 17.
Borrowed: 1788/9/8 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/8 (Wednesday).
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur, ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 20, Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur.
Language: French . Published: London | | [i.e. Amsterdam?]. Date of publication: 1777-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 36 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T113642
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Borrowed: 1788/9/8 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/8 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 20, Volume 21
Record ID 180570
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 70
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 8-9.10 in 4to
Borrowed: 1788/9/8 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/8 (Wednesday).
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.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres completes [Voltaire]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.7.1-73.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres completes de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Kehl. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 125 times in 33 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1788/9/8 (Monday). Returned: 1788/10/8 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 180582
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 71
MacLaurins Algebra
Borrowed: 1788/9/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/11 (Saturday).
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
A treatise of algebra, in three parts [Maclaurin]
Possible modern shelfmark: Cn.8.28.
Confidence level: Certain
Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
A treatise of algebra, in three parts ... : to which is added an appendix, concerning the general properties of geometrical lines.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22
ESTC: T152308
Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
Treatise of Algebra [Colin MacLaurin]
Borrowed: 1788/9/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Author: Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics
Record ID 180576
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 71
Gibbons decline of the Roman Empire tom 1-2.
Borrowed: 1788/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/10 (Friday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.68.e.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N17852
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1788/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/10 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180579
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 71
Grays Poems 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/10 (Friday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ak].2/1.20.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T107045
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Borrowed: 1788/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/10 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Record ID 180585
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 72
Walpoles Anecdotes of polite Literature 5 vol
Borrowed: 1788/9/12 (Friday). Returned: 1788/10/12 (Sunday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of polite literature. In five volumes [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].8/2.15-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of polite literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T89122
Borrowed: 1788/9/12 (Friday). Returned: 1788/10/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of Polite Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 180588
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 72
Johnsons Tour in Scotland 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/12 (Friday). Returned: 1788/10/12 (Sunday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Travel
Journey to the western islands of Scotland [Johnson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.S.175.
Confidence level: Very likely
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Travel
A journey to the western islands of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 76
ESTC: T84319
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Travel
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Borrowed: 1788/9/12 (Friday). Returned: 1788/10/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Travel
Record ID 180606
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 73
Volney voyages 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte pendant les années 1783-85 [Volney]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.168.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180603
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 73
Polybius by Hampton 4 vol
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
The general history of Polybius. In five books. Translated from the Greek. By Mr. Hampton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.20.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
The general history of Polybius. In five books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772-1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Hampton, Mr. (James), 1721-177
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: N18347
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Histories [Polybius]
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 180609
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 73
Monthly Review vol 28
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1788/9/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/23 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28
Record ID 180618
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 74
Douglas' Peerage fol
Borrowed: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 180612
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 74
Polybius Gronovii 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Historiarum libri qui supersunt ... [Polybius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.24.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Polybii historiarum libri qui supersunt interprete I. Casaubono. J. Gronovius recensuit ac utriusque Casauboni, F. Ursini, H. Valesii, I. Palmerii, et suas notas adjecit.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1763-1764. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Casaubon, Isaac; Gronovius, Jacobus
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Histories [Polybius]
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180615
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 74
Voltaire Historie generalle tom 1-4
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
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
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: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 180624
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 75
Carvers travels thro North America
Borrowed: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768 [Carver]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.186.e..
Confidence level: Certain
Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133718
Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Borrowed: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Jonathan Carver (Male, born 1710, died 1780), Genre: Travel
Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Record ID 180621
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 75
Cunningham's History of Britain 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Alexander Cunningham (Male)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain: from the revolution in 1688, to the accession of George the First [Cunningham]
Possible modern shelfmark: C.18.b.8-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Cunningham (Male)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain: from the revolution in 1688, to the accession of George the First.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Translators: Thomson, William, 1746-1817.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T141108
Alexander Cunningham (Male)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham]
Borrowed: 1788/9/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Alexander Cunningham (Male), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180630
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 76
Osbourne's Collect. of Voyages tom. 2.d fol.
Borrowed: 1788/9/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/30 (Thursday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels [Churchill]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.a.22-29 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
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: 1788/9/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/10/30 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 180633
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 77
Hawkesworths Collect. of Voyages 3 vol.
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180639
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 77
Douglas Baronage
Borrowed: 1788/10/3 (Friday). Returned: 1788/11/3 (Monday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1788/10/3 (Friday). Returned: 1788/11/3 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 180636
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 77
Pinkerton's Scottish Poems 2 vols
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Poetry
Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print [Maitland/Pinkerton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ai].5/1.8-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Ancient Scotish poems, never before in print. But now published from the MS. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, Of Lethington, Knight, Lord Privy Seal Of Scotland, And A Senator Of The College Of Justice.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T133819
Genre: Poetry
Ancient Scottish Poems
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180642
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 78
Spalanzani fisica 3 vol
Borrowed: 1788/10/6 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/6 (Thursday).
Mr Henry Glasford of Douglaston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opuscoli di fisica animale e vegetabile, aggiuntevi alcune lettere relative ad essi opuscoli dal Signor Bonnet e da altri scritte all'autore [Spallanzani]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Opuscoli di fisica animale e vegetabile, aggiuntevi alcune lettere relative ad essi opuscoli dal Signor Bonnet e da altri scritte all'autore.
Language: Italian . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables
Borrowed: 1788/10/6 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/6 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Glasford of Douglaston
Author: Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180645
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 78
Edwards Canons of Criticism
Borrowed: 1788/10/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Edwards (Male, born 1699, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
The canons of criticism, and glossary, being a supplement to Mr. Warburton's edition of Shakespear [Edwards]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLSl: [Am].5/2.7.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Edwards (Male, born 1699, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
The canons of criticism, and glossary, being a supplement to Mr. Warburton’s edition of Shakespear. Collected from the notes in that celebrated work, And proper to be bound up with it.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T63023
Thomas Edwards (Male, born 1699, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Canons of Criticism, and Glossary, being a Supplement to Mr Warburton’s Edition of Shakespear
Borrowed: 1788/10/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: Thomas Edwards (Male, born 1699, died 1757), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Canons of Criticism, and Glossary, being a Supplement to Mr Warburton’s Edition of Shakespear
Record ID 180648
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 78
Cookes elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1788/10/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Cook (Male, died 1824)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of dramatic criticism [Cook]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.51.
Confidence level: Certain
William Cook (Male, died 1824)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The elements of dramatic criticism. Containing an analysis of the stage, under the following Heads, Tragedy, Tragi-Comedy, Comedy, Pantomime, and Farce. With a Sketch of the Education Of the Greek and Roman Actors; concluding with some general instructions for succeeding in the art of acting.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T74494
William Cook (Male, died 1824)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Dramatic Criticism
Borrowed: 1788/10/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: William Cook (Male, died 1824), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 180669
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 79
Critical Review tom 63.64
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 63, Volume 64
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 94 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: P2120
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 63, Volume 64
Record ID 180675
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 79
Winters Evenings 3 vol
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter evenings: or lucubrations on life and letters. In three volumes [Knox]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ao].7/2.4-6 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter evenings: or lucubrations on life and letters.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: T92823
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821), Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180672
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 79
Monthly Review tom 77 & 75
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 75, Volume 77
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 75, Volume 77
Record ID 180678
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 79
Annual Register vol. 9, 10 & 12 in 8
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one guinea.
Mr John Wilde
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1848.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature for the year ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 854 times in 498 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1788/10/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/11/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Wilde
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 12
Record ID 180687
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 80
Bacon's Abridgement vol 3d
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Mr Edward McCormick
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1745-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New abridgment of the law [Bacon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.143.4].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
A new abridgment of the law. By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T145688
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New Abridgment of the Law
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Edward McCormick
Author: Matthew Bacon (Male), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 180693
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 80
Forster's Voyage 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 [Forster]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 / By George Forster, F.R.S. member of the ROyal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin ; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T155479
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180690
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 80
Osbees Voyage 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T172400
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180756
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 81
Journals of the House Commons 1777-80 fol
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journals of the House of Commons. From November the 26th, 1778, In the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, to August the 24th, 1780, In the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Third.
Confidence level: Certain
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journals of the House of Commons. From November the 26th, 1778, In the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, to August the 24th, 1780, In the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Third.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1781. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T165876
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journals of the House of Commons
Borrowed: 1788/10/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 180759
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 81
Plutarch's lives by Langborne 6 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/10/20 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/20 (Thursday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.22.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records
ESTC: T107379
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1788/10/20 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 180780
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 82
Humes History of England 8 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.d.13-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T82472
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 180783
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 82
Oeuvres de Dorat (Les meilheurs del'inconstance 2 vols)
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780)
Genre: Fiction
Les Malheurs de l'Inconstance, ou Lettres de la Marquise de Syrcé, et du Comte de Mirbelle [Dorat]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ah].6/1.29-30.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780)
Genre: Fiction
Les malheurs de l'inconstance, ou Lettres de la marquise de Syrcé, et du comte de Mirbelle.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780)
Genre: Fiction
Malheurs de l'Inconstance, ou Lettres de la Marquise de Syrcé, et du Comte de Mirbelle
Borrowed: 1788/10/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Claude Joseph Dorat (Male, born 1734, died 1780), Genre: Fiction
Malheurs de l'Inconstance, ou Lettres de la Marquise de Syrcé, et du Comte de Mirbelle
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180801
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 83
Keys practical beemaster 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/10/27 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/27 (Thursday).
Sir John Henderson of Fordel
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Keys (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The practical bee-master [Keys]
Possible modern shelfmark: Ct.10/1.7.
Confidence level: Certain
John Keys (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The practical bee-master: in which will be shewn how to manage bees.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T133239
John Keys (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Practical Bee-Master
Borrowed: 1788/10/27 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir John Henderson of Fordel
Author: John Keys (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 180798
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 83
Douglas Baronage
Borrowed: 1788/10/27 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/27 (Thursday).
Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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: 1788/10/27 (Monday). Returned: 1788/11/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 180810
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 84
Dalrymples Annals of Scotland 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/10/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/29 (Saturday).
Mr William Grant of Congalton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1821.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland. From the accession of Malcolm III. Surnamed Canmole, to the accession of Robert I [Dalrymple]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.b.[23]-[24].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T82751
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Confidence level: Certain
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland. From The Accession of Robert I. Surnamed Bruce, To the Accession of the House of Stewart.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 83 times in 60 borrowing records
ESTC: T141222
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792)
Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Borrowed: 1788/10/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Grant of Congalton
Author: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes (Male, born 1726, died 1792), Genre: History
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180813
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 84
Corneille Oeuvres tom 2-7 inclus
Borrowed: 1788/11/3 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/3 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: 1763-1831.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)
Genre: Drama
Theatre, avec des commentaires et autres morceaux intéressans [Corneille]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: As.2.1-12 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)
Genre: Drama
Théâtre de Pierre Corneille, avec des commentaires.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 6 borrowing records
Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684)
Genre: Drama
Works of Pierre Corneille
Borrowed: 1788/11/3 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/3 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Hamilton
Author: Pierre Corneille (Male, born 1606, died 1684), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 180819
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 85
Philidor Sur les echeis 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/11/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/4 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Irving of Newton; Lord Newton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: 1766-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Analyse du jeu des échecs; nouvelle édition, considérablement augmentée, par A. D. Philidor
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bl.5/2.9.
Confidence level: Certain
François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Analyse du jeu des échecs.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T145116
François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Analyse du Jeu des échecs
Borrowed: 1788/11/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Irving of Newton; Lord Newton
Author: François Danican Philidor (Male, born 1726, died 1795), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 180822
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 85
Cabinet des Fees tom 1-8 inclus
Borrowed: 1788/11/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/4 (Thursday).
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.
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1788/11/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 180864
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 87
Cook's Voyage in 1772 &c 2 vol. 4.
Borrowed: 1788/11/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/12 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two Guineas.
Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 [Forster]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 / By George Forster, F.R.S. member of the ROyal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin ; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T155479
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Borrowed: 1788/11/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180885
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 89
Cabinet des Fees tom 12-17 inclus
Borrowed: 1788/11/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/12/13 (Saturday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1788/11/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/12/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17
Record ID 180888
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 89
Archaeologia vol 5 & 6
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Mr John Whyte of Bennochy
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts, relating to antiquity : Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: J.186-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous tracts, relating to antiquity.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770-1792. Format: 4to. Pagination: 110 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T147226
Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Whyte of Bennochy
Author: Society of Antiquaries of London (Unspecified), Genre: History
Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 180891
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 90
Annual Register 1783
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Mr Edward McCormick
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1745-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature for the year ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1783
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 854 times in 498 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Edward McCormick
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1783
Record ID 180894
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 90
Campbell's political Survey 2 vol. in 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two guineas.
Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: 1750-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.44.c.10-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain: being a series of reflections on the situation, lands, inhabitants, revenues, colonies, and commerce of this island.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T90453
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Survey of Britain
Borrowed: 1788/11/14 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180900
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 91
Hayley's Plays 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1822.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: Drama
Plays of three acts; written for a private theatre [Hayley]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].1/2.9.
Confidence level: Certain
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: Drama
Plays of three acts; written for a private theatre.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T90106
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: Drama
Plays of Three Acts; Written for a Private Theatre
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Author: William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), Genre: Drama
Record ID 180903
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 91
Evans old Ballads 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1822.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date [Evans]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ai].5/1.19-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date; now first collected, and reprinted from rare copies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Evans, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T146587
Genre: Poetry
Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Genre: Poetry
Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180897
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 91
Massillon Sermons 13 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jean-Baptiste Massillon (Male, born 1663, died 1742)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons [Massillon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: OO.7.21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-Baptiste Massillon (Male, born 1663, died 1742)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons de M. Massillon, évêque de Clermont.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1751-1752. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 148 times in 85 borrowing records
Jean-Baptiste Massillon (Male, born 1663, died 1742)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon
Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Jean-Baptiste Massillon (Male, born 1663, died 1742), Genre: Sermons
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Record ID 180906
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 92
Smiths Wealth of Nations 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/17 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/17 (Wednesday).
Mr John Burnet
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ab].1/1.8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 77 borrowing records
ESTC: T96668
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Borrowed: 1788/11/17 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr John Burnet
Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180909
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 92
Lelands Collectanea 6 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (Thursday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: History
Joannis Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis collectanea
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.7.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: History
Joannis Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis collectanea. Cum Thomæ Hearnii præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam. Editio altera. ... . Accedunt de rebus Anglicanis opuscula varia è diversis Codd. Mss. descripta et nunc primum in lucem edita.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T136035
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: History
De Rebus Britannicis Collectanea
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552), Genre: History
De Rebus Britannicis Collectanea
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 180912
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 93
Postlethwayts Dictionary of Trade & Commerce 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (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.
Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
The universal dictionary of trade and commerce, translated from the French of ... Monsieur Savary, ... with large additions and improvements, ... By Malachy Postlethwayt, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ab.1.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
The universal dictionary of trade and commerce, translated from the French of the celebrated Monsieur Savary, Inspector-General of the manufactures for the King, at the Custom-house of Paris: with large additions and improvements, incorporated throughout the Whole work; Which more particularly accommodate the same to the trade and navigation Of these kingdoms, and the laws, customs, and usages, to which all traders are subject.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751-1755. Format: folio.
Translators: Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: N35479
Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Jacques Savary des Brûlons (Male, born 1657, died 1716), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Reference Works
Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180915
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 93
Knoxes view of the British Empire 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (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.
John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A view of the British Empire, more especially Scotland [Knox]
Possible modern shelfmark: A.115.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A view of the British Empire, more especially Scotland; With some proposals for the improvement of that country, the extension of its fisheries, and the relief of the people.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T092836
John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
View of the British Empire
Borrowed: 1788/11/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/12/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180924
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 94
Piozzis Anecdotes of Sam. Johnson
Borrowed: 1788/11/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/12/20 (Saturday).
Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1822.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Hester Lynch Piozzi (Female, born 1741, died 1821)
Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life [Piozzi]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Claud.2.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Hester Lynch Piozzi (Female, born 1741, died 1821)
Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 27
ESTC: T99797
Hester Lynch Piozzi (Female, born 1741, died 1821)
Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life
Borrowed: 1788/11/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/12/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Author: Hester Lynch Piozzi (Female, born 1741, died 1821), Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life
Record ID 180921
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 94
Forsters Voyage to the South Sea 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/19 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 [Forster]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 / By George Forster, F.R.S. member of the ROyal Academy of Madrid, and of the Society for promoting Natural Knowledge at Berlin ; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T155479
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Borrowed: 1788/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 180936
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 96
Campbells Lexiphanes
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a dialogue [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.147.f..
Confidence level: Certain
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T94504
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a Dialogye
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 180939
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 96
Cabinet of Fees tom 20
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20
Record ID 180954
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 97
Byroms short hand 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/11/24 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/24 (Wednesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The universal English short-hand or, the way of writing English, in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, ... Invented by John Byrom.
Possible modern shelfmark: Bl.5/1.29.
Confidence level: Certain
John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The universal English short-hand; or, the way of writing English, in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, applicable to any other language, but particularly adjusted to our own. Invented / By John Byrom...
Language: English . Published: Manchester. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 45
ESTC: T76257
John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Universal English Short-hand
Borrowed: 1788/11/24 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 180948
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 97
Burnetts ancient metaphysics 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/24 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/24 (Wednesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Antient metaphysics: or, the science of universals.
Possible modern shelfmark: Vol. 1: [Ven].3/1.3 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Antient metaphysics: or, the science of universals.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T22180
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Antient Metaphysics
Confidence level: Certain
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Antient metaphysics: or, the science of universals. Containing a further examination of the principles of Sir Isaac Newton’s astronomy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T22181
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Antient Metaphysics
Confidence level: Certain
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Antient metaphysics. Volume third. Containing the history and philosophy of men.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T22182
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Antient Metaphysics
Borrowed: 1788/11/24 (Monday). Returned: 1788/12/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799), Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180945
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 97
Tophams Letters 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Letters from Edinburgh; written in the years 1774 and 1775 [Topham]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.157.e.[21].
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Letters from Edinburgh; written in the years 1774 and 1775: containing some observations on the diversions, customs, manners, and laws, of the Scotch nation, during a six months residence in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T137107
Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Letters from Edinburgh written in the Years 1774 and 1775
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Edward Topham (Male, born 1751, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Record ID 197142
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 99
Lavater Essai Sur la Physiognomie 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/26 (Friday).
Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1815.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essai sur la physiognomonie [Lavater]
Possible modern shelfmark: Ak.2.11-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essai sur la Physiognomonie, destiné à faire connoître l'homme et à la faire aimer.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1781-1801. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
Borrowed: 1788/11/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Author: Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 197154
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 100
Hawkesworths voyage 3 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/12/27 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1788/11/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/12/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Moir of Scotstown
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 197166
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 101
Hewits account of Carolina 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Alexander Hewatt (Male, born 1745, died 1829)
Genre: History
An historical account of the rise and progress of the colonies of South Carolina and Georgia [Hewat]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.137.c.14-15.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Hewatt (Male, born 1745, died 1829)
Genre: History
An historical account of the rise and progress of the colonies of South Carolina and Georgia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T99118
Alexander Hewatt (Male, born 1745, died 1829)
Genre: History
Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Alexander Hewatt (Male, born 1745, died 1829), Genre: History
Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 197163
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 101
Chastelluxs Travels in North America 2 vol
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.186.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America, in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T74648
Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788), Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 197169
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 102
Smollets History of England 4 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1815.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: History
Complete history of England, deduced from the descent of Julius Caesar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748 [Smollett]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.b.3-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: History
A complete history of England, deduced from the descent of Julius Cæsar, to the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle, 1748.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757-1758. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T55301
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: History
Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett]
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: History
Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 197178
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 103
Memoires secretis de la republique des Lettres tom 18.19.20.21
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur, ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20, Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur.
Language: French . Published: London | | [i.e. Amsterdam?]. Date of publication: 1777-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 36 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T113642
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Borrowed: 1788/11/28 (Friday). Returned: 1788/12/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20, Volume 21
Record ID 197187
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 104
Priestlys Lectures on History 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Lectures on history, and general policy; to which is prefixed, an essay on a course of liberal education for civil and active life [Priestley]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.86.a.11..
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Lectures on history, and general policy; to which is prefixed, an essay on a course of liberal education for civil and active life.
Language: English . Published: Birmingham. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T37699
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Lectures on History, and General Policy; to which is prefixed, An Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 197184
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 104
Steuarts Political Oeconomy 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy [Steuart]
Possible modern shelfmark: RB.m.451.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy: being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T128831
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 197181
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 104
Clavigeros history of Mexico 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Mr David Smyth Lord Methven
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787)
Genre: History
The history of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.186.C..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787)
Genre: History
The history of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Cullen, Charles
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T144420
Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787)
Genre: History
History of Mexico
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr David Smyth Lord Methven
Author: Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 197193
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 105
Wisharts memoires of Montrose
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the most renowned James Graham, marquis of Montrose [Wishart]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.34.f.37.
Confidence level: Certain
George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the most renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. Translated from the Latin Of the Rev. Doctor George Wishart, afterwards Bishop of Edinburgh. With An Appendix, containing many curious Papers relating to the History of these Times; several of which never hitherto published.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T63326
George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/29 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
Record ID 197202
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 105
Memoires concernant les Chinois tom 5.6
Borrowed: 1788/12/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/1/2 (Friday).
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Travel
Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois: par les missionnaires de Pekin.
Possible modern shelfmark: E.144.c.1-16.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages etc des chinois.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1776-1814. Format: 4to. Pagination: 16 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Genre: Travel
Mémoires Concernant l'Histoire, les Sciences, les Arts, les Moeurs, les Usages etc des Chinois
Borrowed: 1788/12/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/1/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Genre: Travel
Mémoires Concernant l'Histoire, les Sciences, les Arts, les Moeurs, les Usages etc des Chinois
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 197199
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 105
Grosier Histoire de la Chine first 4 vol
Borrowed: 1788/12/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/1/2 (Friday).
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Tong-Kien-Kang-Mou (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire générale de la Chine [Moriac de Mailla]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.144.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Tong-Kien-Kang-Mou (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire générale de la Chine, ou Annales de cet empire; traduites du Tong-kien-kang-mou [the revision by Chu Hsi of the T'ung Chien of Ssŭ-ma Kuang], par le feu Père Joseph-Anne-Marie de Moyriac de Mailla ... publiées par M. l'abbé Grosier, et dirigées par M. le Roux des Hautesrayes ... Ouvrage enrichi de figures & de nouvelles cartes géographiques, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1777-1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 13 vols.
Translators: Mailla, Joseph-Anne-Marie de Moyriac de, 1669-1748
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 2 borrowing records
Tong-Kien-Kang-Mou (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire Générale de la Chine
Borrowed: 1788/12/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/1/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Author: Tong-Kien-Kang-Mou (Male), Genre: History
Histoire Générale de la Chine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 197238
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 107
Viners Abridgement tom 15.
Borrowed: 1788/12/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/1/3 (Saturday).
Mr James Wolfe Murray Lord Cringletie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: 1759-1836.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with references to the whole [Viner]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.145.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole.
Language: English . Published: Aldershot. Date of publication: 1742-1753. Format: folio. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T137938
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Borrowed: 1788/12/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/1/3 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Wolfe Murray Lord Cringletie
Author: Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756), Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22
Record ID 197256
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 108
Almon's debates vol 10 & 11th & vol 9th
Borrowed: 1788/12/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/4 (Sunday).
Mr John Wilde
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1848.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Debates and proceedings of the British House of Commons [Almon; Bladon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aw.3.20-29.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The debates and proceedings of the British House of Commons, during the third, fourth, and fifth sessions of the third Parliament of His Late Majesty George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 11 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T145286
Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Debates and Proceedings of the British House of Commons
Borrowed: 1788/12/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/4 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Wilde
Author: Parliament. House of Commons Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Debates and Proceedings of the British House of Commons
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 197253
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 108
Acta Sanctorum Junij tom 2.
Borrowed: 1788/12/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/4 (Sunday).
Mr Alexander Ferguson of Craigdarroch
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum (original title)
Acta Sanctorum, quotquot toto orbe coluntur, vel a Catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, quae ex antiquis monumentis Latinis, aliarumque gentium collegit, digessit, notis illustravit Joannes Bollandus. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.184.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur vel a Catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, quae ab antiquis monumentis latinis aliarumque gentium collegit digessit notis illustravit J. Bollandus, servata primigenia scriptorum phrasi. Operam et studium contulit G. Henschenius.
Language: Latin . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1734-1761. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto Orbe Coluntur vel a Catholicis Scriptoribus Celebrantur
Borrowed: 1788/12/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/4 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Ferguson of Craigdarroch
Author: Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665), Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto Orbe Coluntur vel a Catholicis Scriptoribus Celebrantur
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 197298
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 109
Milot elems del'historie ancienne 4 tom
Borrowed: 1788/12/5 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/5 (Monday).
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elemens de l'histoire generale, premiere partie, contenant l'histoire ancienne. Seconde partie, contenant l'histoire moderne, depuis la fondation de la monarchie Françoise jusqu'à l'an 1773 [Millot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.95.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elémens d'histoire générale ...
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 7 borrowing records
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785)
Genre: History
Elements of General History
Borrowed: 1788/12/5 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot (Male, born 1726, died 1785), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 197313
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 109
Universal modern history tom 1-6 inclusive
Borrowed: 1788/12/5 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/5 (Monday).
Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1835.
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 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
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 143 times in 42 borrowing records
ESTC: N472050
Borrowed: 1788/12/5 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Genre: History
Modern Part of the Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 197316
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 110
Hanways Travels 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/12/5 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/5 (Monday).
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jonas Hanway (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with the author's journal of travels from England through Russia into Persia; and back through Russia, Germany and Holland [Hanway]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.148.b.8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jonas Hanway (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with the author’s journal of travels from England through Russia into Persia; and back through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli. Illustrated with Maps and Copper-Plates. The second edition, revised and corrected. In Two Volumes. ... By Jonas Hanway, Merchant
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T94136
Jonas Hanway (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea
Borrowed: 1788/12/5 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Author: Jonas Hanway (Male, born 1712, died 1786), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 197331
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 111
Memoires Secretes de la republique des Lettres tom 1-6 inclus. & volume 9-15 inclus.
Borrowed: 1788/12/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/1/9 (Friday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur, ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires secrets pour servir a l’histoire de la république des lettres en France, depuis M.DCC.LXII jusqu’a nos jours; ou journal d’un observateur.
Language: French . Published: London | | [i.e. Amsterdam?]. Date of publication: 1777-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 36 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T113642
Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Borrowed: 1788/12/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/1/9 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Louis Petit de Bachaumont (Male, born 1690, died 1771), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Mémoires Secrets pour Servir a l’Histoire de la République des Lettres en France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14
Record ID 197364
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 112
Tatler with Explanatory notes 6 vol
Borrowed: 1788/12/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/11 (Sunday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Tatler (original title)
The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: [An].7/1.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T98535
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff
Borrowed: 1788/12/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Belles Lettres
Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 197402
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 113
Duhamel des Semis des Arbres 4to
Borrowed: 1788/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/12 (Monday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Des semis et plantations des arbres, et de leur culture [Duhamel]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: An.6.8.
Confidence level: Certain
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Des semis et plantations des arbres, et de leur culture, ou, Méthodes pour multiplier et élever les arbres, les planter en massifs & en avenues, former les forêts & les bois, les entretenir, & rétablir ceux qui sont dégradés, faisant partie du Traité complet des bois et des forêts.
Language: French . Date of publication: 1760. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 5
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Des Semis et Plantations des Arbres, et de Leur Culture, ou, Méthodes pour Multiplier et élever les Arbres
Borrowed: 1788/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 197411
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 114
Moores travels through France & Italy 4 vol
Borrowed: 1788/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/12 (Monday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
Moore, Travels through France and Italy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. By a gentleman, who resided several years in those countries. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 74 borrowing records
ESTC: T64314
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany
Confidence level: Certain
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
A view of society and manners in Italy: With anecdotes relating to some eminent characters.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 176 times in 114 borrowing records
ESTC: T50759
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in Italy
Borrowed: 1788/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802), Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, View of Society and Manners in Italy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 197420
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 115
Cabinet de Fees tom 19.21.22.31.35.36.25 to 30 inclus. 31 to 39 inclus. 1-8 inclus
Borrowed: 1788/12/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/1/13 (Tuesday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 19, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 29, Volume 30, Volume 31, Volume 32, Volume 33, Volume 34, Volume 35, Volume 36, Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1788/12/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/1/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 19, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 29, Volume 30, Volume 31, Volume 32, Volume 33, Volume 34, Volume 35, Volume 36, Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39