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Record ID 294727
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 58
Cæsar's Comment cum not. Varior. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/3/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/4/15 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
C. Iulii Caesaris quae exstant, cum selectis variorum commentariis.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.61.c.[4].
Confidence level: Certain
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
C. Iulii Caesaris quae exstant, cum selectis variorum commentariis, quorum plerique novi.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1670. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Works of Julius Caesar
Borrowed: 1775/3/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/4/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Author: Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Record ID 294739
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 58
Vossius's Works vol. 1 & 6.
Borrowed: 1775/3/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/4/17 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl.
Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1755. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Gerardus Joannes Vossius (Male, born 1577, died 1649)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Opera, in vi. tomos divisa [Vossius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.1.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Gerardus Joannes Vossius (Male, born 1577, died 1649)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
G. I. V. Opera. [With notes by I. Vossius.]
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1695-1701. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Gerardus Joannes Vossius (Male, born 1577, died 1649)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Works of Gerardus Joannes Vossius
Borrowed: 1775/3/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/4/17 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Author: Gerardus Joannes Vossius (Male, born 1577, died 1649), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Works of Gerardus Joannes Vossius
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 6
Record ID 294958
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 67
Essays Physical and literary vol. 2. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/5/13 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six Shillings sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1775/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/5/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 294952
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 67
Lord Littletons dialogues of the dead 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/4/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/5/12 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings sterl.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead [Lyttelton/Montagu]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].4/2.18 .
Confidence level: Certain
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T78375
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the Dead
Borrowed: 1775/4/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/5/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 294955
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 67
Dos Persian Letters 2 vols 12
Borrowed: 1775/4/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/5/12 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his friend at Ispahan [Lyttelton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NF.613.g.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T65251
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan
Borrowed: 1775/4/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/5/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 294979
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 70
Essays physical & litterary vol. 2. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/4/21 (Friday). Returned: 1775/5/21 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings Sterl.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1775/4/21 (Friday). Returned: 1775/5/21 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 295000
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 72
Luciani opera varior. vol. 1. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/5/1 (Monday). Returned: 1775/6/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
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.
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Luciani Samosatensis Opera ... Iohannes Benedictus ... emendauit.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.732.b.1 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Λουκιανου Σαμοσατεως ἁπαντα. Luciani ... opera omnia, J. Benedictus ex antiquis libris ... emendavit: et Latinam versionem ... recognovit ... Editio purissima, cum indice locupletissimo.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Saumur. Date of publication: 1619. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: 1
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1775/5/1 (Monday). Returned: 1775/6/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 295834
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 82
Popes Works, prose 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/6/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/7/6 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Mr. Alexander Pope, in prose.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.2.2-3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and several of his friends.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T5514
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Alexander Pope
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Mr. Alexander Pope, In prose.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T5467
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Prose Works of Alexander Pope
Borrowed: 1775/6/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/7/6 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Lives, Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters of Alexander Pope, Prose Works of Alexander Pope
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 295852
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 85
Ciceronis Opera Ed. Glasg. tom. 16.17.18.19.20. in 12
Borrowed: 1775/6/12 (Monday). Returned: 1775/7/12 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1745-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sheriff Depute of Stirling 1775; Advocate-Depute 1780; Lord Abercrombie 7 June 1792
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera quae supersunt omnia [Glasgow/Foulis]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.68.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera quae supersunt omnia. Ad fidem optimarum editionum diligenter expressa.
Language: Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1748-1749. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T138108
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1775/6/12 (Monday). Returned: 1775/7/12 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20
Record ID 295870
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 87
Harlaei Miscellanies vol. 3.d 4.
Borrowed: 1775/6/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/7/14 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian miscellany: or, a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.39.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford’s library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; introduction by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T36012
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Borrowed: 1775/6/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/7/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 296170
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 98
Quinctiliani institut Orator. a Car. Rollin in 8
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six shill. sterl..
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.73.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Rollin, Charles
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T115452
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 296173
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 98
Swifts Works Vol. 4.5.6 in 4
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, accurately revised in six volumes, adorned with copper-plates; with some account of the author's life, and notes historical and explanatory, by John Hawkesworth.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.7.5-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, accurately revised in six volumes, adorned with copper-plates; with some account of the author’s life, and notes historical and explanatory, by John Hawkesworth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Editors: Hawkesworth, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T52755
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 296254
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 108
Harleian Miscellany vol. 4.th in 4.
Borrowed: 1775/7/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/8/11 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound Sterl..
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian miscellany: or, a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.39.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford’s library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; introduction by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T36012
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Borrowed: 1775/7/11 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/8/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 296419
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 121
Melmoths Ciceros letters 3 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/7/28 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends: with remarks by William Melmoth, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.68.c..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends: with remarks by William Melmoth, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 37 borrowing records
ESTC: T136975
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of his Friends: with Remarks by William Melmoth
Borrowed: 1775/7/28 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of his Friends: with Remarks by William Melmoth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 296434
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 122
Ciceronis op. vol. 8 Glas. edit
Borrowed: 1775/7/28 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/31 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
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.
Mr John Hunter
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Life dates: 1745-1857.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera quae supersunt omnia [Glasgow/Foulis]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.68.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera quae supersunt omnia. Ad fidem optimarum editionum diligenter expressa.
Language: Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1748-1749. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T138108
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1775/7/28 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/31 (Monday).
Borrowers: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo, Mr John Hunter
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 296437
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 123
Essays Physical and literary vol. 2. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/8/29 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six shill. Sterl.
Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/8/29 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 296746
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 128
Montaignes Essays 3 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/8/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/9/5 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Montaigne's essays in three books. With notes and quotations. And an account of the author's life. ... Translated by Charles Cotton, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ar.1.1-3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Montaigne’s essays in three books. With notes and quotations. And an account of the author’s life.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Translators: Cotton, Charles.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T109419
Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays of Montaigne
Borrowed: 1775/8/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/9/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 297214
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 142
Mackenzies Works Vol. 2 in fol.
Borrowed: 1775/10/2 (Monday). Returned: 1775/11/2 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound Sterl.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
The works of that eminent and learned lawyer, Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, advocate to King Charles II. and King James VII.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
The works of that eminent and learned lawyer, Sir George Mackenzie Of Rosehaugh, advocate to King Charles II. and King James Vii. With Many learned Treatises of His, never before printed.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1716-1722. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T58793
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
Works of Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
Borrowed: 1775/10/2 (Monday). Returned: 1775/11/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
Works of Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 297523
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 155
Luciani opera cura Reitzy tom. 2. in 4.
Borrowed: 1775/11/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
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.
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Apanta. Opera [Lucian]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.15.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Λουκιανου ... ἁπαντα. Luciani opera, cum nova versione T. Hemsterhusii et J. M. Gesneri, Graecis scholiis, ac notis omnium proximae editionis commentatorum, additis J. Brodaei, J. Jensii, L. Kusteri, B. Bosii, H. Vitringae, J. de la Faye, E. Leedes ... ac praecipue M. Solani et J. M. Gesneri, ... priorem partem ... curavit ... T. Hemsterhusius. Ceteras ... partes ordinavit, notasque suas adjecit, J. F. Reitzius.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hemsterhuis,Tiberius, 1685-1766.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 17 borrowing records
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1775/11/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/12/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 297547
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 158
P. Jovii Historia 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Paolo Giovio (Male, born 1483, died 1552)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Pauli Iouii Nouocomensis episcopi Nucerini Vitae illustrium virorum [Giovio]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.101.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Paolo Giovio (Male, born 1483, died 1552)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Pauli Iovii ... Elogia virorum literis illustrium ... Ex eiusdem musæo ... ad viuum expressis imaginibus exornata.
Language: Latin . Published: Basel. Date of publication: 1577-1578. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records
Paolo Giovio (Male, born 1483, died 1552)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Elogia Virorum Literis Illustrium
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Author: Paolo Giovio (Male, born 1483, died 1552), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Elogia Virorum Literis Illustrium
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297556
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 159
Oeuvres de la Mothe Vayer 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
Les oeuvres [La Mothe Le Vayer]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.2.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
OEuvres. [Edited by F. de La Mothe Le Vayer the younger.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1662. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
Works of François de La Mothe Le Vayer
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
Works of François de La Mothe Le Vayer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297595
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 162
Lord Lyttletons Works 4to
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
The works of George Lord Lyttelton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.5.19.
Confidence level: Certain
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
The works of George Lord Lyttelton; formerly printed separately, and now first collected together: with some other pieces, never before printed.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T79264
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of George Lord Lyttelton
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Record ID 297622
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Spence Polymetis fol
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.
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.
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists [Spence]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.1.7.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133753
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Record ID 298867
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 182
Littletons dialogues of the dead 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/12/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/21 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead [Lyttelton/Montagu]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].4/2.18 .
Confidence level: Certain
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T78375
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the Dead
Borrowed: 1775/12/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/21 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 299173
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 192
Walpoles anecdotes of polite Literature 5 vol. 8
Borrowed: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
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: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of Polite Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299197
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 195
Oeuvres de Voltaire 7 tom 8
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). 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.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.121.f.22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. de Voltaire. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée par l'auteur, enrichie de figures en taille-douce.
Language: French . Published: Dresden. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 4 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 299218
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 198
Demetrius Phalerius de elecutione 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/29 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Shillings sterl.
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.
Pietro Vettori (Male, born 1499, died 1585)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Petri Victorii Commentarii in librum Demetrii Phalerei de elocutione.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.43.a.9.
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Vettori (Male, born 1499, died 1585)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Petri Victorii Commentarii in librum Demetrii Phalerei de elocutione, positis ante singulas Declarationes Græcis vocibus Auctoris: ijsdemque ad verbum Latine expressis.
Language: Latin | Greek . Published: Florence. Date of publication: 1562. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
Pietro Vettori (Male, born 1499, died 1585)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii in Librum Demetrii Phalerei de Elocutione
Borrowed: 1776/1/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/29 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Pietro Vettori (Male, born 1499, died 1585), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 299494
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 207
Sadoleti Opera 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/14 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Allan Maconochie of Meadowbank; Lord Meadowbank
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1748-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Jacopo Sadoleto (Male, born 1477, died 1547)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Iacobi Sadoleti ... Opera quae exstant omnia
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Alex.I.6.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Jacopo Sadoleto (Male, born 1477, died 1547)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
J. Sadoleti Opera, quæ exstant, omnia ad Eloquentiam, Philosophiam, ac Theologiam pertinentia, nunc primum edita [by D. Ranstius] adhæc A. Florebelli orationes III. ... (A. Florebelli de vita J. Sadoleti ... commentarius.).
Language: Latin . Published: Mainz. Date of publication: 1607. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
Jacopo Sadoleto (Male, born 1477, died 1547)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Opera, quae exstant, Omnia ad Eloquentiam, Philosophiam, ac Theologiam Pertinentia
Borrowed: 1776/2/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Allan Maconochie of Meadowbank; Lord Meadowbank
Author: Jacopo Sadoleto (Male, born 1477, died 1547), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Opera, quae exstant, Omnia ad Eloquentiam, Philosophiam, ac Theologiam Pertinentia
Record ID 299650
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 217
Histoire literaire de la France tom 7.8.9.10.11. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/26 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: T.453 (Wanting tom. 1-10, 12) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France ...
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1759-1927. Format: 4to. Pagination: 36 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 1 borrowing record
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 299968
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 221
Scriptores rei rustica fol.
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores rei rusticae veteres Latini [Gesner]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.75.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores Rei Rusticae veteres Latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius, quibus nunc accedit Vegetius de Mulo-Medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Author: Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761), Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299971
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 221
Perotti Cornucopia fol.
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Niccolò Perotti (Male, born 1430, died 1480)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Cornucopiae; sive commentarii linguae Latinae [Peroti]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.1.8.
Confidence level: Certain
Niccolò Perotti (Male, born 1430, died 1480)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Cornucopiae; sive commentarii linguae Latinae ...
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1507. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
Niccolò Perotti (Male, born 1430, died 1480)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Cornucopiae; sive Commentarii Linguae Latinae
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Author: Niccolò Perotti (Male, born 1430, died 1480), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 299965
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 221
Vallae elegan Ling. Lat. 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds Sterl.
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Lorenzo Valla (Male, born 1406, died 1457)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De linguae Latinae elegantia [Valla]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Lorenzo Valla (Male, born 1406, died 1457)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Doctissimi Laur. Vallae in Latinae linguae elegantias libri sex, post omnes hactenus excusos lõge castigatissimi, De reciprocatione sui et suus ... Annotationes doctissimæ in Anto. raudensem, Festiuissimus Dialogus in Poggium florentinum.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1541. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Lorenzo Valla (Male, born 1406, died 1457)
Genre: Belles Lettres
In Latinae Linguae Elegantias
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Author: Lorenzo Valla (Male, born 1406, died 1457), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 301117
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 224
Lord Littleton's Persian Letters 2 vol. 12.mo
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his friend at Ispahan [Lyttelton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NF.613.g.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T65251
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301165
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 230
Harleian Miscellany vol. 1.2. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/13 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian miscellany: or, a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.39.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford’s library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; introduction by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T36012
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Borrowed: 1776/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301177
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 232
Menckenius Charlataneria eruditorum in 8
Borrowed: 1776/3/15 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/15 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shillings sterl.
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Johann Burkhard Mencke (Male, born 1674, died 1732)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De charlataneria eruditorum, declamationes duae [Mencke]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.III.5.38.
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Burkhard Mencke (Male, born 1674, died 1732)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De charlataneria eruditorum declamationes duæ.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1715. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Johann Burkhard Mencke (Male, born 1674, died 1732)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Charlataneria Eruditorum Declamationes Duae
Borrowed: 1776/3/15 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Author: Johann Burkhard Mencke (Male, born 1674, died 1732), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 301186
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 233
Ditto english by Holyday fol.
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Decimus Junius Juvenalis, and Aulus Persius Flaccus translated and illustrated, as well with sculpture as notes.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.55.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Decimus Junius Juvenalis, and Aulus Persius Flaccus translated and illustrated, as well with sculpture as notes.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1673. Format: folio.
Translators: Holyday, Barten, 1593-1661
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R12290
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus
Record ID 301183
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 233
Juvenal et Persius Delphini 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satirae. Interpretatione ac notis illustravit Lodovicus Prateus, ... in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.76.e[3].
Confidence level: Certain
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satiræ. Interpretatione ac notis illustravit Lodovicus Prateus, rhetoricæ professor emeritus; jussu Christianissimi regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T217934
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus
Record ID 301219
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 234
Ciceronis Orationes Delphini 3 vol. 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/19 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: four Pounds Sterl.
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. T. Ciceronis Orationes [Delphini]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.76.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. T. Ciceronis orationes interpretatione et notis illustravit P. Carolus de Merouville ... ad usum serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1684. Format: 4to.
Editors: Merouville, Charles.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 53 times in 30 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Cicero
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301306
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 238
Crenii Methodus Studiorum 4to
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday).
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Thomas Theodor Crusius (Male, born 1648, died 1728)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Consilia et Methodi Aureae Studiorum optime Instituendorum [Crenius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.3.39 (or Milc.3.64).
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Theodor Crusius (Male, born 1648, died 1728)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Consilia et methodi aureae studiorum optime instituendorum, praescripta studiosae juventuti a maximis in re litteraria viris.
Language: Latin . Published: Rotterdam. Date of publication: 1692. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
Thomas Theodor Crusius (Male, born 1648, died 1728)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Consilia et Methodi Aureae Studiorum Optime Instituendorum
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Author: Thomas Theodor Crusius (Male, born 1648, died 1728), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 301315
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 239
Guthrie's Quintilian 2 vol. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: twelve shill. Sterl..
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus his institutes of eloquence [Guthrie]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: ABS.2.90.75.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus. His Institutes of Eloquence: or, the art of speaking in public, in every character and capacity. Translated into English, after the Best Latin Editions, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by William Guthrie, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: William Guthrie
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: T126443
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301363
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245
Quintiliana Rollin 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.73.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Rollin, Charles
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T115452
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 301387
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 247
Barclaij Argenis 2.d vol. in 8.
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Barclay (Male, born 1582, died 1621)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Jo. Barclaii Argenis, nunc primum illustrata.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.32.c.9.
Confidence level: Certain
John Barclay (Male, born 1582, died 1621)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Jo. Barclaii Argenis, nunc primum illustrata.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1664. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: 1
John Barclay (Male, born 1582, died 1621)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Argenis
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Author: John Barclay (Male, born 1582, died 1621), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Record ID 301405
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 247
Luciani Opera 3 vol 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Apanta. Opera [Lucian]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.15.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Λουκιανου ... ἁπαντα. Luciani opera, cum nova versione T. Hemsterhusii et J. M. Gesneri, Graecis scholiis, ac notis omnium proximae editionis commentatorum, additis J. Brodaei, J. Jensii, L. Kusteri, B. Bosii, H. Vitringae, J. de la Faye, E. Leedes ... ac praecipue M. Solani et J. M. Gesneri, ... priorem partem ... curavit ... T. Hemsterhusius. Ceteras ... partes ordinavit, notasque suas adjecit, J. F. Reitzius.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hemsterhuis,Tiberius, 1685-1766.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 17 borrowing records
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301459
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 253
Revisal of Shakespeares Text in 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/5/31 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six Shillings Sterl.
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
A revisal of Shakespear's text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics, are particularly considered [Heath]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Am].6/2.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
A revisal of Shakespear’s text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics, are particularly considered.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T138280
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Revisal of Shakespeare’s Text
Borrowed: 1776/5/31 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Record ID 301486
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 257
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 21. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.3.4-33.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1768-1777. Format: 4to. Pagination: 30 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 7 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Record ID 301201
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 263
Harleian Miscellany tom. 1.2.3 in 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
Mr John Cuming Ramsay younger of Templehall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian miscellany: or, a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.39.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford’s library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; introduction by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T36012
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Cuming Ramsay younger of Templehall
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299140
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 264
Cicero Oliveti, 2 vol. 4.
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/8/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl..
Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1719-1784.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/8/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298417
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Histoire de l'accadmie royale de Inscriptions 6 tom in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.800-801 (Wanting vol. 44-46) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 298420
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Also memoires de literature de l'Accademie royale 6 tom 12mo
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie ... (Mémoires de Littérature) ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.803.f.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 169941
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 1
Essays Physical & Literary 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 169980
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 4
Blairs Lectures 2 Vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1788/4/21 (Monday). Returned: 1788/5/21 (Wednesday).
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
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
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 112 times in 82 borrowing records
ESTC: T143711
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1788/4/21 (Monday). Returned: 1788/5/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 169983
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 4
Johnsons Works tom 1-4 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/4/21 (Monday). Returned: 1788/5/21 (Wednesday).
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].3/1.1-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Together with his life, and notes on his lives of the poets, by Sir John Hawkins
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 11 vols.
Editors: Hawkins, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 229 times in 100 borrowing records
ESTC: T83967
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. In fourteen volumes. Vol. XIV.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: N25884
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. In thirteen volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: vols 12-13.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T144270
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Borrowed: 1788/4/21 (Monday). Returned: 1788/5/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 171003
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 11
Johnsons Works Oct. 1787 vol. 8, 9. 10, 11
Borrowed: 1788/5/19 (Monday). Returned: 1788/6/19 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound ster.
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].3/1.1-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Together with his life, and notes on his lives of the poets, by Sir John Hawkins
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 11 vols.
Editors: Hawkins, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 229 times in 100 borrowing records
ESTC: T83967
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. In fourteen volumes. Vol. XIV.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: N25884
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. In thirteen volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: vols 12-13.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T144270
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Borrowed: 1788/5/19 (Monday). Returned: 1788/6/19 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 171807
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 25
Spences Polymetis fol
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists [Spence]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.1.7.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133753
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Record ID 172164
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 31
Languii Philologia Græco-Barbara 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/26 (Saturday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Johann Michael Lange (Male, born 1664, died 1731)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Philologia Barbaro-Graeca, duabus part [Lange]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.84.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Michael Lange (Male, born 1664, died 1731)
Genre: Belles Lettres
J. M. Langii ... Philologiæ Barbaro-Græcæ pars prior (-altera).
Language: Latin . Published: Nuremberg. Date of publication: 1707-1708. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Johann Michael Lange (Male, born 1664, died 1731)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Philologiae Barbaro-Graecae
Borrowed: 1788/6/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Johann Michael Lange (Male, born 1664, died 1731), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 172170
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 32
Winter Evenings 3 vol.
Borrowed: 1788/6/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/26 (Saturday).
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.
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 88 times in 34 borrowing records
ESTC: T92823
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters
Borrowed: 1788/6/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
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 173421
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 36
Fontenelle Oeuvres tom 2
Borrowed: 1788/7/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/8/3 (Sunday).
Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Bernard de Fontenelle (Male, born 1657, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres de Fontenelle, des Académies Française, des Sciences, des Belles-lettres, de Londres, de Nancy, de Berlin et de Rome.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: As.7.25-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Bernard de Fontenelle (Male, born 1657, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres de Monsieur de Fontenelle...
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records
Bernard de Fontenelle (Male, born 1657, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Works of Fontenelle
Borrowed: 1788/7/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/8/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Author: Bernard de Fontenelle (Male, born 1657, died 1757), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 173439
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 38
Ciceronis Opera Oliveti tom 5
Borrowed: 1788/7/4 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/4 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1788/7/4 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/4 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 173643
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 41
Ciceronis Opera Oliveti tom 1. 4to
Borrowed: 1788/7/14 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/14 (Thursday).
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.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1788/7/14 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 173646
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 42
Arnaldi Idea di un Teatro 4to
Borrowed: 1788/7/14 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/14 (Thursday).
Mr James Urquhart of Meldrum
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1759-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Conte Enea Arnaldi (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Idea di un teatro, nelle principali sue parti simile a'testri antichi, all'uso moderno accomodato [Arnaldi]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cw.5.30.
Confidence level: Certain
Conte Enea Arnaldi (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Idea di un teatro, nelle principali sue parti simile a'testri antichi, all'uso moderno accomodato. Con due discorsi; Puno, che versa intorno a'teatri in generale, riguardo solo al coperto della scena esteriore, l'altro intorno al sofitto di quella del teatro Olimpico di Vincenza.
Language: Italian . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Conte Enea Arnaldi (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Idea di un Teatro
Borrowed: 1788/7/14 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Urquhart of Meldrum
Author: Conte Enea Arnaldi (Male, born 1716, died 1794), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 173964
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 50
Aristotelis Ars Poetica Goulstoni
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
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.
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotelis de poetica liber, ad optimorum codicum fidem emendatus [Goulston]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.27.f .
Confidence level: Certain
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotelis de poetica liber, ad optimorum codicum fidem emendatus: additis, quæ majoris momenti sunt, variantibus lectionibus: cum versione Latina Theodori Goulstoni.
Language: Latin | Greek . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1731. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Goulson, Theodore
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T140274
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Poetics
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 173961
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 50
Aristidis opera omnia Gr. Lat. 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
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.
Aelius Aristides (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Aelii Aristidis Adrianensis Opera omnia Graece & Latine, in duo volumina distributa; cum notis & emendationibus.
Possible modern shelfmark: K.14.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Aelius Aristides (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Aelii Aristidis Adrianensis Opera omnia Graece & Latine, in duo volumina distributa; cum notis & emendationibus.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1722-1730. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T133617
Aelius Aristides (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Aelius Aristides
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Aelius Aristides (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 174183
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 55
Vossius de viribus Rythmi 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/7/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/1 (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.
Isaac Vossius (Male, born 1618, died 1689)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De poematum cantu et viribus rythmi [Vossius]
Possible modern shelfmark: DNS.783.
Confidence level: Certain
Isaac Vossius (Male, born 1618, died 1689)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De poematum cantu Et viribus rythmi.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1673. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R581
Isaac Vossius (Male, born 1618, died 1689)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De Poematum Cantu et Viribus Rythmi
Borrowed: 1788/7/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Isaac Vossius (Male, born 1618, died 1689), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 179403
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 61
Cæsaris Opera Variorum
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/7 (Sunday).
Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
C. Julii Caesaris quae extant : cum notis & animadversionibus Dionysii Vossii, ut & qui vocatur Julius Celsus De vita et rebus gestis C. Julii Caesaris.
Possible modern shelfmark: K.61.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
C. Julii Cæsaris quæ extant cum notis & animadversionibus Dionysii Vossii, ut & qui vocatur Julius Celsus de vita et rebus gestis C. Julii Cæsaris, ex musæo Joannis Georgii Graevii.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1697. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Works of Julius Caesar
Borrowed: 1788/8/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/9/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Author: Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
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 112 times in 82 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 88 times in 34 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 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 180942
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 97
Ciceronis Opera Oliveti rom 1.4.5 & 6
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.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1788/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/12/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
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 198200
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 129
Morgani Phoenix 4to
Borrowed: 1789/1/2 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/2 (Monday).
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: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Phœnix Britannicus: being a miscellaneous collection of scarce and curious tracts, historical, political, biographical [Morgan]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ap].1/1.8.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Phoenix Britannicus: being a miscellaneous collection of scarce and curious tracts, historical, political, biographical, Satirical, Critical, Characteristical, &c. Prose and Verse.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732. Format: 4to.
Editors: Collected by J. Morgan, Gent.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T101295
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Phoenix Britannicus: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts
Borrowed: 1789/1/2 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/2 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Phoenix Britannicus: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts
Record ID 198206
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 130
Walpoles Anecdotes of Polite Litterature 5 vol
Borrowed: 1789/1/5 (Monday). Returned: 1789/2/5 (Thursday).
Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: 1750-1827.
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: 1789/1/5 (Monday). Returned: 1789/2/5 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of Polite Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 198281
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 136
Works of Fr. Rabelais 4 vol. in 12
Borrowed: 1789/1/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/13 (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).
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Francis Rabelais
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.5.39-42.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Francis Rabelais. Translated from the French, and illustrated with explanatory notes, by M. le du Chat, and others.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Editors: Du Chat
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T13267
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of François Rabelais
Borrowed: 1789/1/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/13 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 198278
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 136
Winstanleys historical rarities 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/1/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/13 (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).
William Winstanley (Male, born c.1628, died 1698)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Histories and observations domestick and foreign. Or, A miscellany of historical rarities [Winstanley]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.106.g.20.
Confidence level: Certain
William Winstanley (Male, born c.1628, died 1698)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Histories and observations domestick and foreign. Or, A miscellany of historical rarities, collected out of approved authors.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1683. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: R12364
William Winstanley (Male, born c.1628, died 1698)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Histories and Observations Domestick and Foreign. Or, A Miscellany of Historical Rarities, Collected out of Approved Authors
Borrowed: 1789/1/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/13 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: William Winstanley (Male, born c.1628, died 1698), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 198392
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 150
Sir J. Sinclairs Observations on the Scotish dialect 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/1/23 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/23 (Monday).
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.
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Observations on the Scottish dialect [Sinclair]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.119.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Observations on the Scottish dialect.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T98144
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Observations on the Scottish Dialect
Borrowed: 1789/1/23 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/23 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Author: Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 198482
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 153
Le Commedie del Carlo Goldoni tom. 1 & 2. in 12 tom. 3 & 4
Borrowed: 1789/1/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/2/28 (Saturday).
Mr Archibald Roberton of Bedlay
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: d. 1798.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle commedie [Goldoni]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].4/2.13-29.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni.
Language: Italian . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 16 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 10 borrowing records
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni
Borrowed: 1789/1/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/2/28 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Roberton of Bedlay
Author: Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793), Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 198563
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 155
Bibliotheque d'un homme de Gout 2 vol
Borrowed: 1789/1/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/3/1 (Sunday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Bibliothèque d'un homme de go^ut, ou Avis sur le choix de meilleurs livres écrits en notre langue sur tous les genres de sciences & de littérature [Chaudon]
Possible modern shelfmark: At.7.39-40.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Bibliothèque d'un homme de goût, ou avis sur le choix des meilleurs livres écrits en notre langue ... avec les jugemens que les critiques les plus impartiaux ont porté sur les bons ouvrages qui ont paru depuis le renouvellement des lettres jusqu'en 1772.
Language: French . Published: Avignon. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Bibliothèque d'un Homme de goût, ou Avis sur le Choix des Meilleurs Livres écrits en Notre Langue
Borrowed: 1789/1/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/3/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Reference Works
Bibliothèque d'un Homme de goût, ou Avis sur le Choix des Meilleurs Livres écrits en Notre Langue
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 199169
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 183
Johnson's Lives of the Poets 10 vol. in 12
Borrowed: 1789/2/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/3/25 (Wednesday).
Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Johnson's Lives of the Poets (original title)
Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets [Johnson] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ai].7/1.1-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779-1781. Format: 16mo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T44190
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Lives of the English Poets
Borrowed: 1789/2/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/3/25 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 199310
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 190
Popma de differentiis verborum 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/3/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/4/5 (Sunday).
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.
Ausonius van Popma (Male, born 1563, died 1613)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Ausonii Popmae Frisii, De differentiis verborum libri quatuor, et De usu antiquae locutionis libri duo, nunc primum in Germania magno Iuventutis bono editi [Popma]
Possible modern shelfmark: Historical Collection e.7.2.
Confidence level: Certain
Ausonius van Popma (Male, born 1563, died 1613)
Genre: Belles Lettres
A. Popmæ ... de differentiis veborum libri quatuor, et de usu antiquæ locutionis libri duo, nunc primum in Germania ... editi curante B. Musculo, cum prefatione ... F. Taubmani.
Language: Latin . Published: Giessen. Date of publication: 1618. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Ausonius van Popma (Male, born 1563, died 1613)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De Differentiis Veborum et De Usu Antiquae Locutionis
Borrowed: 1789/3/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/4/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Ausonius van Popma (Male, born 1563, died 1613), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 199319
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 191
Addisons Works 4 vol.
Borrowed: 1789/3/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/4/5 (Sunday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; In four volumes.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.7.1-4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; In four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: N24149
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Joseph Addison
Borrowed: 1789/3/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/4/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 199388
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 196
Voltaire Siecle de Louis XIV 4to
Borrowed: 1789/3/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/4/17 (Friday).
Mr John Burnet
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.3.4-33.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1768-1777. Format: 4to. Pagination: 30 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 7 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1789/3/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/4/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Burnet
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12
Record ID 199421
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 198
Essays Physical & Literary 3 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/3/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/4/18 (Saturday).
Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1789/3/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/4/18 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 199433
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 199
Pratt on Sublime 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1789/3/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/4/19 (Sunday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
The sublime and beautiful of scripture: being essays on select passages of sacred composition [Pratt]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: EE.7/1.9-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
The sublime and beautiful of Scripture: being essays on select passages of sacred composition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T124076
Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred Composition
Borrowed: 1789/3/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/4/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred Composition
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 199556
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 202
Goldoni Comedie tom 1-4.
Borrowed: 1789/3/27 (Friday). Returned: 1789/4/27 (Monday).
Mr David Hume Baron Hume
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1779. Life dates: 1757-1838.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle commedie [Goldoni]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].4/2.13-29.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni.
Language: Italian . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 16 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 10 borrowing records
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni
Borrowed: 1789/3/27 (Friday). Returned: 1789/4/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr David Hume Baron Hume
Author: Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793), Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 199604
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 202
Gossons School of Abuse
Borrowed: 1789/3/30 (Monday). Returned: 1789/4/30 (Thursday).
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Stephen Gosson (Male, born 1554, died 1624)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The schoole of abuse [Gosson]
Possible modern shelfmark: H.26.h.23.
Confidence level: Certain
Stephen Gosson (Male, born 1554, died 1624)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The schoole of abuse, contayning a pleasaunt inuectiue against poets, pipers, players, iesters, and such like caterpillers of a common wealth; setting vp the flagge of defiance to their mischiuous exercise, and ouerthrowing their bulwarkes, by prophane writers, naturall reason and common experience. A discourse as pleasaunt for gentlemen that fauour learning, as profitable for all that will follow vertue.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1587. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: S105683
Stephen Gosson (Male, born 1554, died 1624)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Schoole of Abuse, Contayning a Pleasaunt Inuectiue against Poets, Pipers, Players, Jesters, and Such like Caterpillers of a Common Wealth
Borrowed: 1789/3/30 (Monday). Returned: 1789/4/30 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Stephen Gosson (Male, born 1554, died 1624), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 199553
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 202
Denina della letteratura
Borrowed: 1789/3/27 (Friday). Returned: 1789/4/27 (Monday).
Mr David Hume Baron Hume
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1779. Life dates: 1757-1838.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Discorso sopra le vicende della letteratura [Denina]
Possible modern shelfmark: Jac.V.6.21.
Confidence level: Certain
Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Discorso sopra le vicende della letteratura, del Sig. Carlo Denina, Professore DI Eloquenza, E Umane Letters Nelle Regie Scuole DI Torino.
Language: Italian . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T136517
Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the Revolutions of Literature
Borrowed: 1789/3/27 (Friday). Returned: 1789/4/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr David Hume Baron Hume
Author: Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 199634
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 204
Mothe le Vayer Oeuvres 2 vol fol
Borrowed: 1789/3/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/5/1 (Friday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
Les oeuvres [La Mothe Le Vayer]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.2.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
OEuvres. [Edited by F. de La Mothe Le Vayer the younger.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1662. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
Works of François de La Mothe Le Vayer
Borrowed: 1789/3/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/5/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: History
Works of François de La Mothe Le Vayer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 199688
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 208
Beatties dissertations 4to
Borrowed: 1789/4/6 (Monday). Returned: 1789/5/6 (Wednesday).
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.
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertations moral and critical. On memory and imagination. On dreaming. The theory of language. On fable and romance. On the attachments of kindred. Illustrations on sublimity [Beattie]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ven].3/1.1.
Confidence level: Certain
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertations moral and critical. On memory and imagination. On dreaming. The theory of language. On fable and romance. On the attachments of kindred. Illustrations on sublimity. By James Beattie
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 22
ESTC: T97900
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertations Moral and Critical
Borrowed: 1789/4/6 (Monday). Returned: 1789/5/6 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 199694
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 209
Burnetts Origin of Language tom 1.2.4
Borrowed: 1789/4/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/5/8 (Friday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the origin and progress of language [Monboddo]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.115.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the origin and progress of language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773-1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 112 times in 58 borrowing records
ESTC: T42127
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the Origin and Progress of Language
Borrowed: 1789/4/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/5/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799), Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the Origin and Progress of Language
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4
Record ID 199757
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 213
Wartons Hist. of English Poetry tom 2.3
Borrowed: 1789/4/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/5/21 (Thursday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century [Warton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.I.1.8-10(1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1781. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T145505
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century
Borrowed: 1789/4/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/5/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 199934
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 216
Goldoni Comeodie vol 5.6.7.8
Borrowed: 1789/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/5/28 (Thursday).
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).
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle commedie [Goldoni]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].4/2.13-29.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni.
Language: Italian . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 16 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 10 borrowing records
Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni
Borrowed: 1789/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/5/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793), Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 200042
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 220
Shakepeare's revisal of his Text
Borrowed: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/6/7 (Sunday).
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.
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
A revisal of Shakespear's text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics, are particularly considered [Heath]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Am].6/2.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
A revisal of Shakespear’s text, wherein the alterations introduced into it by the more modern editors and critics, are particularly considered.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T138280
Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Revisal of Shakespeare’s Text
Borrowed: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/6/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Benjamin Heath (Male, born 1704, died 1766), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Record ID 200039
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 220
Ritsons Remarks on Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1789/5/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/6/7 (Sunday).
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 Ritson (Male, born 1752, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks, critical and illustrative, on the text and notes of the last edition of Shakspeare [Ritson]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Am].6/2.7.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Ritson (Male, born 1752, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks, critical and illustrative, on the text and notes of the last edition of Shakspeare.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T46740
Joseph Ritson (Male, born 1752, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the Text and Notes of the Last Edition of Shakspeare
Borrowed: 1789/5/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/6/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Joseph Ritson (Male, born 1752, died 1803), Genre: Belles Lettres
Remarks, Critical and Illustrative, on the Text and Notes of the Last Edition of Shakspeare
Record ID 200078
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 223
Ciceronis Opera tom 18.19
Borrowed: 1789/5/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/6/14 (Sunday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18, Volume 19
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1789/5/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/6/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18, Volume 19
Record ID 200099
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 225
Wrights retired Pleasures
Borrowed: 1789/6/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/2 (Thursday).
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.
George Wright Esq. (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Retired pleasures, in prose and verse, addressed to the lovers of a country life; with occasional notes and illustrations [Wright]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ai].5/2.49.
Confidence level: Certain
George Wright Esq. (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Retired pleasures, in prose and verse, addressed to the lovers of a country life; with occasional notes and illustrations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T145820
George Wright Esq. (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Retired Pleasures, in Prose and Verse, Addressed to the Lovers of a Country Life
Borrowed: 1789/6/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: George Wright Esq. (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Retired Pleasures, in Prose and Verse, Addressed to the Lovers of a Country Life
Record ID 200150
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 228
Blairs Lectures on Rhetorick 2 vol
Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
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 112 times in 82 borrowing records
ESTC: T143711
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2