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Record ID 200174
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 228
Campbells Philsophy of Rhetorick 2 vol 8vo
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.
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Campbell Philosophy of rhetoric, 2 vol, 8vo, 1776 (original title)
The philosophy of rhetoric. (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The philosophy of rhetoric. By George Campbell, ... In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 87 borrowing records
ESTC: T145750
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Philosophy of Rhetoric
Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 200186
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 230
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 6. 4to
Borrowed: 1789/6/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/7/13 (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.
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 6
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: 1789/6/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/7/13 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 200243
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 231
Johnson's Works vol 11th
Borrowed: 1789/6/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/16 (Thursday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
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 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: 1789/6/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/16 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Record ID 200444
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 239
Barettis Introduction 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/6/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/7/20 (Monday).
Mr John Swinton tertius
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: 1759-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An introduction to the most useful European languages [Baretti]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.113.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An introduction to the most useful European languages, consisting of select passages, from the most celebrated English, French, Italian, and Spanish authors.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T83919
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages, Consisting of Select Passages
Borrowed: 1789/6/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/7/20 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton tertius
Author: Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789), Genre: Belles Lettres
Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages, Consisting of Select Passages
Record ID 200501
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 241
Walkers lectures on Elocution 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/6/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/23 (Thursday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of elocution. Being the substance of a course of lectures on the art of reading [Walker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.2.29 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of elocution. Being the substance of a course of lectures on the art of reading; ... In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T116110
John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Elocution. Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on the Art of Reading
Borrowed: 1789/6/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/23 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807), Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Elocution. Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on the Art of Reading
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 200519
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 241
Quintilian Rollin
Borrowed: 1789/6/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/23 (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 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: 1789/6/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/7/23 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 200534
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 242
Lettres de Juifs a Voltaire 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/6/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/7/24 (Friday).
Mr James Clerk-Rattray James Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1763-1831.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lettres de Quelques Juifs Portugais et Allemands, à M. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: Ak.8.3-5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lettres de quelques juifs portugais, allemands et polonois à M. de Voltaire, avec un petit commentaire extrait d'un plus grand.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Borrowed: 1789/6/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/7/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Clerk-Rattray James Clerk
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 200543
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 243
Aristotles Art of Poety by Twining 4to
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
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
Aristotle's treatise on poetry, translated [Twining]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.31.a.[5].
Confidence level: Certain
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotle's treatise on poetry, translated: with notes on the translation, and on the original; and two dissertations, on poetical, and musical, imitation. By Thomas Twining, M.A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to.
Translators: Twining, Thomas, 1735-1804
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T141489
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Poetics
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 200546
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 244
Winter Evenings 3 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
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 200684
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 248
Ciceros Letters by Melmoth 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/7/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/8/1 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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: 1789/7/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/8/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
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 200729
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 249
Bruyeres Characteres & Theophrate 2 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1789/7/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/8/1 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1815.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jean de La Bruyère (Male, born 1645, died 1696), Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Les caracteres de Theophraste, &c. [La Bruyere]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.7.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jean de La Bruyère (Male, born 1645, died 1696), Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Les caracteres de Theophraste, &c.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
Jean de La Bruyère (Male, born 1645, died 1696), Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec, avec les Caracteres ou les Moeurs de ce Siecle
Borrowed: 1789/7/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/8/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Author: Jean de La Bruyère (Male, born 1645, died 1696), Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec, avec les Caracteres ou les Moeurs de ce Siecle
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 200783
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 250
Lucian by Franklin 4 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/7/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/8/2 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Lucian, from the Greek [Francklin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.36.d.4-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Lucian, from the Greek, by Thomas Francklin, D. D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Translators: Francklin, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T59837
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1789/7/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/8/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 200879
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 257
Rabelais Works 4 vol
Borrowed: 1789/7/13 (Monday). Returned: 1789/8/13 (Thursday).
Mr George Buchan of Kelloe
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1789/7/13 (Monday). Returned: 1789/8/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Buchan of Kelloe
Author: François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 200993
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 263
Terentius Bentleij in 4
Borrowed: 1789/7/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/8/22 (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.
Aesop (Male, born c.BCE620, died BCE564), Syrus Publilius (Male), Terence (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama, Genre: Fiction
Publii Terentii Afri comoediae, Phaedri fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum veterum sententiae [Bentley]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.50.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Aesop (Male, born c.BCE620, died BCE564), Syrus Publilius (Male), Terence (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama, Genre: Fiction
Publii Terentii Afri comoediae, Phaedri fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum veterum sententiae, ex recensione et cum notis Richard Bentleii.
Language: Latin . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1726. Format: 4to.
Editors: Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T147530
Aesop (Male, born c.BCE620, died BCE564), Syrus Publilius (Male), Terence (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama, Genre: Fiction
Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae : Phaedri Fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum Veterum Sententiae
Borrowed: 1789/7/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/8/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Aesop (Male, born c.BCE620, died BCE564), Syrus Publilius (Male), Terence (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama, Genre: Fiction
Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae : Phaedri Fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum Veterum Sententiae
Record ID 201101
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 268
Dodd's Beauties of Shakspere 3 vol. 12
Borrowed: 1789/7/27 (Monday). Returned: 1789/8/27 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill sterl.
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The beauties of Shakespear: regularly selected from each play [Dodd]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Am].7/1.11-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The beauties of Shakespear: regularly selected from each play.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T93892
William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Beauties of Shakespear
Borrowed: 1789/7/27 (Monday). Returned: 1789/8/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: William Dodd (Male, born 1729, died 1777), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 201170
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 271
Harris Treatises 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/8/5 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/9/5 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: 1763-1831.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Three treatises the first concerning art the second concerning mvsic ... the third concerning happiness by Iames Harris Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: Cu.1/2.
Confidence level: Certain
James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Three treatises The first concerning art the second concerning mvsic [sic] painting and poetry the third concerning happiness by Iames Harris Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T71082
James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Three Treatises [James Harris]
Borrowed: 1789/8/5 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/9/5 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Hamilton
Author: James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 201614
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 284
Voltaire Oeuveres tom 8 9 & 10 4to 11 & 12
Borrowed: 1789/8/21 (Friday). Returned: 1789/9/21 (Monday).
Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1745-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sheriff Depute of Stirling 1775; Advocate-Depute 1780; Lord Abercrombie 7 June 1792
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.3.4-33.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, 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: 1789/8/21 (Friday). Returned: 1789/9/21 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12
Record ID 201641
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 286
Alembert Melanges 5 vol 12mo
Borrowed: 1789/8/31 (Monday). Returned: 1789/10/1 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de littérature, d'histoire, et de philosophie [Alembert]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.4.31-35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 16 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie
Borrowed: 1789/8/31 (Monday). Returned: 1789/10/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 201803
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 295
Kellys Scottish Proverbs
Borrowed: 1789/9/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/10/23 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
James Kelly (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
A complete collection of Scotish proverbs explained and made intelligible to the English reader [Kelly]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: L.C.257.
Confidence level: Certain
James Kelly (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
A complete collection of Scotish proverbs explained and made intelligible to the English reader.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T121536
James Kelly (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs
Borrowed: 1789/9/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/10/23 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: James Kelly (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 201815
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 295
Campbells Lexiphanes
Borrowed: 1789/9/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/10/23 (Friday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1789/9/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/10/23 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 202076
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 300
Hayleys essay on History 4to
Borrowed: 1789/10/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/11/8 (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.
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on history, in three epistles to Edward Gibbon [Hayly]
Confidence level: Certain
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on history; in three epistles to Edward Gibbon, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T1747
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on History
Borrowed: 1789/10/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/11/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 202079
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 300
Menagiana 4 tom
Borrowed: 1789/10/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/11/8 (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.
Gilles Ménage (Male, born 1613, died 1692)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Menagiana, ou Bons mots, rencontres agreables, pensées judicieuses, et observations curieuses [Menage]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ah].8/1.23-26.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Gilles Ménage (Male, born 1613, died 1692)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Suite du Menagiana, ou les bons mots, rencontres agréables, pensées judicieuses et observations curieuses, de M. Ménage.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1713. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
Gilles Ménage (Male, born 1613, died 1692)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Suite du Menagiana, ou les Bons Mots, Rencontres Agréables, Pensées Judicieuses et Observations Curieuses
Borrowed: 1789/10/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/11/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Gilles Ménage (Male, born 1613, died 1692), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 202112
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 302
Curne Histoire des Troubadours 3 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1789/10/23 (Friday). Returned: 1789/11/23 (Monday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (Male, born 1697, died 1781)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Histoire littéraire des troubadours [La Curne de Sainte-Palaye]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Dav.I.5.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (Male, born 1697, died 1781)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Histoire littéraire des Troubadours contenant leurs vies, les extraits de leurs pièces et plusieurs particularités sur les mœurs, les usages et l'histoire du douzième et du treizieme siècles.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 3 borrowing records
Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (Male, born 1697, died 1781)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Histoire Littéraire des Troubadours
Borrowed: 1789/10/23 (Friday). Returned: 1789/11/23 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Jean-Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye (Male, born 1697, died 1781), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Histoire Littéraire des Troubadours
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 197771
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 309
Sir Geo MacKenzie Works vol. 1st fol.
Borrowed: 1789/11/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/12/12 (Saturday).
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
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 1
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: 1789/11/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/12/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
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 1
Record ID 311818
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 6
Lucian by Franklin 4 vol
Borrowed: 1792/7/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/8/26 (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).
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Lucian, from the Greek [Francklin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.36.d.4-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Lucian, from the Greek, by Thomas Francklin, D. D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Translators: Francklin, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T59837
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1792/7/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/8/26 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 312196
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 8
Sheridans lectures 4to
Borrowed: 1792/8/3 (Friday). Returned: 1792/9/3 (Monday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on elocution [Sheridan]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.17.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on elocution: together with two dissertations on language; and some other tracts relative to those subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 12
ESTC: T90536
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Course of Lectures on Elocution
Borrowed: 1792/8/3 (Friday). Returned: 1792/9/3 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
Author: Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 312202
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 8
Walker on elocution 2 vol
Borrowed: 1792/8/3 (Friday). Returned: 1792/9/3 (Monday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of elocution. Being the substance of a course of lectures on the art of reading [Walker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.2.29 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of elocution. Being the substance of a course of lectures on the art of reading; ... In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T116110
John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Elocution. Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on the Art of Reading
Borrowed: 1792/8/3 (Friday). Returned: 1792/9/3 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
Author: John Walker (Male, born 1732, died 1807), Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Elocution. Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on the Art of Reading
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 312208
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 9
Aristotles Art of Poetry 4to
Borrowed: 1792/8/6 (Monday). Returned: 1792/9/6 (Thursday).
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.
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotle's treatise on poetry, translated [Twining]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.31.a.[5].
Confidence level: Certain
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotle's treatise on poetry, translated: with notes on the translation, and on the original; and two dissertations, on poetical, and musical, imitation. By Thomas Twining, M.A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to.
Translators: Twining, Thomas, 1735-1804
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T141489
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Poetics
Borrowed: 1792/8/6 (Monday). Returned: 1792/9/6 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 312223
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 10
Richardsons dissertation 8vo
Borrowed: 1792/8/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/9/7 (Friday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
Dissertation on the languages, literature, and manners of eastern nations [Richardson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: BB.3/1.3.
Confidence level: Certain
John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
A dissertation on the languages, literature, and manners of eastern nations. Originally prefixed to a dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T90670
John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
Dissertation on the Languages, Literature and Manners of Eastern Nations
Borrowed: 1792/8/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/9/7 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
Dissertation on the Languages, Literature and Manners of Eastern Nations
Record ID 320089
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 15
Ciceronis Opera Oliveti tom 1.
Borrowed: 1792/8/16 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/9/16 (Sunday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
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: 1792/8/16 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/9/16 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
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 320095
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 16
Voltaire Oeuvres Vol. 11.16.17.18.19.
Borrowed: 1792/8/17 (Friday). Returned: 1792/9/17 (Monday).
Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: 1766-1845.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
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 11, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19
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: 1792/8/17 (Friday). Returned: 1792/9/17 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19
Record ID 320131
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 19
Art of delivering written language
Borrowed: 1792/8/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/9/21 (Friday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
William Cockin (Male, born 1736, died 1801)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The art of delivering written language [Cockin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo Bal 2.25.
Confidence level: Certain
William Cockin (Male, born 1736, died 1801)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The art of delivering written language; or, an essay on reading.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T22445
William Cockin (Male, born 1736, died 1801)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Art of Delivering Written Language; or, An Essay on Reading
Borrowed: 1792/8/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/9/21 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
Author: William Cockin (Male, born 1736, died 1801), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 320146
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 20
Goldoni Comoediae tom 5
Borrowed: 1792/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/9/22 (Saturday).
Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1761-1837.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
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
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: 1792/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/9/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Author: Carlo Goldoni (Male, born 1707, died 1793), Genre: Belles Lettres
Delle Commedie di Carlo Goldoni
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 320170
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 22
Harleian Miscellany tom 2.8
Borrowed: 1792/8/27 (Monday). Returned: 1792/9/27 (Thursday).
Mr John Macfarlane
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1846.
Occupation (normalised): 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 2, Volume 8
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: 1792/8/27 (Monday). Returned: 1792/9/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Macfarlane
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 2, Volume 8
Record ID 320188
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 23
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 27.28.36
Borrowed: 1792/8/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/9/28 (Friday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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 27, Volume 28, Volume 36
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: 1792/8/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/9/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 36
Record ID 320191
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 24
Petrachs view of Human life
Borrowed: 1792/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/9/29 (Saturday).
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Francesco Petrarca (Male, born 1304, died 1374)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Petrarch's view of human life. By Mrs. Dobson.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bh.3.64.
Confidence level: Certain
Francesco Petrarca (Male, born 1304, died 1374)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Petrarch’s view of human life. By Mrs. Dobson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1791. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Dobson, Susanna
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T144902
Francesco Petrarca (Male, born 1304, died 1374)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Petrarch’s View of Human Life. By Mrs Dobson
Borrowed: 1792/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/9/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: Francesco Petrarca (Male, born 1304, died 1374), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 320221
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 27
Shenstons Works 2 vol
Borrowed: 1792/9/7 (Friday). Returned: 1792/10/7 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: 1766-1845.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
William Shenstone (Male, born 1714, died 1763)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].4/1.18-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Shenstone (Male, born 1714, died 1763)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; most of which were never before printed.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764-1769. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T92444
William Shenstone (Male, born 1714, died 1763)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone
Borrowed: 1792/9/7 (Friday). Returned: 1792/10/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Author: William Shenstone (Male, born 1714, died 1763), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works in Verse and Prose of William Shenstone
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 320377
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 32
Observer 8vo
Borrowed: 1792/9/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/10/20 (Saturday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The observer: being a collection of moral, literary and familiar essays [Cumberland]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].5/2.7-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The observer: being a collection of moral, literary and familiar essays.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T116942
Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays
Borrowed: 1792/9/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/10/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
Author: Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811), Genre: Belles Lettres
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 321103
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 38
Dramatick Censor 2 vol
Borrowed: 1792/10/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/11/9 (Friday).
Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: 1766-1845.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Francis Gentleman (Male, born 1728, died 1784)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dramatic censor; or, critical companion [Gentleman]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.49-50.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Gentleman (Male, born 1728, died 1784)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The dramatic censor; or, critical companion.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T113864
Francis Gentleman (Male, born 1728, died 1784)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dramatic Censor; or, Critical Companion
Borrowed: 1792/10/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/11/9 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Author: Francis Gentleman (Male, born 1728, died 1784), Genre: Belles Lettres
Dramatic Censor; or, Critical Companion
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 321139
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 40
Peachams valley of Variety
Borrowed: 1792/10/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/11/16 (Friday).
Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1790. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Hutcheson in FR 263
Henry Peacham (Male, born c.1576, died c.1643)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The valley of varietie: or, Discourse fitting for the times [Peacham]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.24.g.21.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Peacham (Male, born c.1576, died c.1643)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The valley of varietie: or, Discourse fitting for the times, containing very learned and rare passages out of antiquity, philosophy, and history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1638. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: S114364
Henry Peacham (Male, born c.1576, died c.1643)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Valley of Varietie: or, Discourse fitting for the Times, Containing Very Learned and Rare Passages out of Antiquity, Philosophy, and History
Borrowed: 1792/10/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/11/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
Author: Henry Peacham (Male, born c.1576, died c.1643), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 321199
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 47
Cailhava de l'art de la Comedie 3 vol
Borrowed: 1792/10/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/12/1 (Saturday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jean François Cailhava (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De l'art de la comédie, ou détail raisonné des diverses parties de la comédie, et de ses différents genres [Cailhava]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.43-46.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean François Cailhava (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De l'art de la comédie, ou Détail raisonné des diverses parties de la comédie, et de ses différents genres; suivi d'un Traité de l'imitation ... Terminé par l'exposition des causes de la décadence du théâtre et des moyens de le faire réfleurir.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Jean François Cailhava (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De l'Art de la Comédie, ou Détail Raisonné des Diverses Parties de la Comédie
Borrowed: 1792/10/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/12/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: Jean François Cailhava (Male, born 1731, died 1813), Genre: Belles Lettres
De l'Art de la Comédie, ou Détail Raisonné des Diverses Parties de la Comédie
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 322042
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 55
Melanges de litterateur tom 33.4.5.6
Borrowed: 1792/11/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/12/14 (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).
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de littérature, d'histoire, et de philosophie [Alembert]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.4.31-35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 16 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie
Borrowed: 1792/11/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/12/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 317629
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 61
Melanges de litteature tom 1 4
Borrowed: 1792/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/12/20 (Thursday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de littérature, d'histoire, et de philosophie [Alembert]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.4.31-35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 16 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie
Borrowed: 1792/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/12/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Mélanges de Littérature, d'Histoire, et de Philosophie
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4
Record ID 322348
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 65
Marmontel Oeuvres 11 tom
Borrowed: 1792/11/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/12/22 (Saturday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Oeuvres complettes de M. Marmontel
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ah].5/1.18-28.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Œuvres complettes de M. Marmontel.
Language: French . Published: Liège. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 11 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 8 borrowing records
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Complete Works [Jean-François Marmontel]
Borrowed: 1792/11/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1792/12/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Complete Works [Jean-François Marmontel]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 322549
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 79
Ciceronis Opera tom 4.5
Borrowed: 1792/12/3 (Monday). Returned: 1793/1/3 (Thursday).
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
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 4, 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: 1792/12/3 (Monday). Returned: 1793/1/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
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 4, Volume 5
Record ID 322567
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 81
Goldoni Opere tom 1-4 6.7.8.
Borrowed: 1792/12/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/1/4 (Wednesday).
Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: 1771-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Poet. Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate. 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, 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: 1792/12/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1792/1/4 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford
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, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 322576
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 82
Piron Oeuvres 7 vol
Borrowed: 1792/12/5 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/1/5 (Saturday).
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.
Alexis Piron (Male, born 1689, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Oeuvres completes [Piron]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.1.44-50.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Alexis Piron (Male, born 1689, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Oeuvres complettes [Piron].
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 3 borrowing records
Alexis Piron (Male, born 1689, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Works of Alexis Piron
Borrowed: 1792/12/5 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/1/5 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Alexis Piron (Male, born 1689, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 322591
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 86
Tiraboschi Storia della Letteraturea Italiano tom 1-10
Borrowed: 1792/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/8 (Tuesday).
Mr James Urquhart of Meldrum
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1759-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della litteratura Italiana [Tiraboschi, 1774-1782]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Alex.I.31.
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
Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della Letteratura Italiana. (Tomo undecimo dell'Edizione prima, che contiene le giunte, e correzioni inserite dall'A. nella seconda edizione.)
Language: Italian . Published: Florence. Date of publication: 1774-1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 16 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 5 borrowing records
Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della Letteratura Italiana
Borrowed: 1792/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Urquhart of Meldrum
Author: Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della Letteratura Italiana
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 322597
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 87
Voltaire Oeuves tom 44-45-46
Borrowed: 1792/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/8 (Tuesday).
Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1822.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
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 44, Volume 45, Volume 46
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: 1792/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 44, Volume 45, Volume 46
Record ID 322603
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 88
Vega Opera tom 7.
Borrowed: 1792/12/10 (Monday). Returned: 1793/1/10 (Thursday).
Mr James Urquhart of Meldrum
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1759-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Lope de Vega (Male, born 1562, died 1635)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Obras sueltas, assi en prosa, como en verso [Vega]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ag].2/1.1-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Lope de Vega (Male, born 1562, died 1635)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Coleccion de las obras sueltas, assi en prosa, como en verso de D. Frey L. F. de V. C.
Language: Spanish . Published: Madrid. Date of publication: 1776-1779. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 21 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 9 borrowing records
Lope de Vega (Male, born 1562, died 1635)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Coleccion de las Obras Sueltas, Assi en Prosa, Como en Verso
Borrowed: 1792/12/10 (Monday). Returned: 1793/1/10 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Urquhart of Meldrum
Author: Lope de Vega (Male, born 1562, died 1635), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Coleccion de las Obras Sueltas, Assi en Prosa, Como en Verso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 322624
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 90
Wilkins Universal language fol
Borrowed: 1792/12/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/1/12 (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.
John Wilkins (Male, born 1614, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language [Wilkins]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.3.5.
Confidence level: Certain
John Wilkins (Male, born 1614, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1668. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R21115
John Wilkins (Male, born 1614, died 1672)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language
Borrowed: 1792/12/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/1/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: John Wilkins (Male, born 1614, died 1672), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language
Record ID 322636
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 92
Kings heathen Gods 12o
Borrowed: 1792/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1793/1/14 (Monday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
An historical account of the heathen gods and heroes; necessary for the understanding of the ancient poets [King]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.II.4.13.
Confidence level: Certain
William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
An historical account of the heathen gods and heroes; necessary for the understanding of the ancient poets. Being an improvement of whatever has been hitherto written, by the Greek, Latin, French, and English Authors, upon that subject. By Dr. King.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1710. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: N33034
William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Historical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes; Necessary for the Understanding of the Ancient Poets
Borrowed: 1792/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1793/1/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Record ID 322648
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 93
Cassiodori opera fol
Borrowed: 1792/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/15 (Tuesday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Senator Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (Male, born c.487, died c.580)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Magni Aurelii Cassiodori Senatoris Opera omnia, in duos tomos distributa.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.158.a.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Senator Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (Male, born c.487, died c.580)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Magni Aurelii Cassiodori Senatoris ... Opera omnia ... ad fidem MSS. codd. emendata & aucta, notis et obseruationibus illustrata ... quibus præmittitur illius vita ... cum dissertatione de ejus monachatu.
Language: Latin . Published: Rouen. Date of publication: 1679. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Senator Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (Male, born c.487, died c.580)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Works of Cassiodorus
Borrowed: 1792/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/15 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Senator Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (Male, born c.487, died c.580), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 322657
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 94
Hierocles Aurea Carmine &c 8vo
Borrowed: 1792/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/15 (Tuesday).
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.
Hierocles of Alexandria (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Hieroclis philosophi Alexandrini commentarius in Aurea carmina.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jolly.896.
Confidence level: Certain
Hierocles of Alexandria (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Hieroclis philosophi Alexandrini commentarius in Aurea carmina, de providentia & fato quæ supersunt, et reliqua fragmenta.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1709. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Needham, Peter
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T107427
Hierocles of Alexandria (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarius in Aurea Pythagoreorum Carmina
Borrowed: 1792/12/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/1/15 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Hierocles of Alexandria (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 322684
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 97
Blairs lectures on Rhetorick 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1792/12/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/1/20 (Sunday).
Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1748-1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
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: 1792/12/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/1/20 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
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 322756
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 106
Gesners Idyls 4to
Borrowed: 1793/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/2/9 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Hodshon Cay of Charlton Hall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: 1758-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres
New idylles by Gessner.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].1/2.13 .
Confidence level: Very likely
Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres
New idylles By Gessner. Translated by W. Hooper MD. With a letter to M. Fuslin, on landscape painting, and the Two friends of Bourbon, a moral tale, by M. Diderot.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T94317
Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres
New Idylles
Borrowed: 1793/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/2/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Hodshon Cay of Charlton Hall
Author: Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 322789
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 109
Marobii Opera
Borrowed: 1793/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/2/15 (Friday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Macrobius Opera 1670
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.70.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Accedunt notæ integræ J. Pontani, J. Meursii, J. Gronovii [Macrobius]
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1670. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Works of Macrobius
Borrowed: 1793/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/2/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Record ID 322999
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 113
Voltaire Siecle de Louis XIV 4to
Borrowed: 1793/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/2/19 (Tuesday).
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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: 1793/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/2/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12
Record ID 323092
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 121
Richardsons dissertations 8vo
Borrowed: 1793/1/25 (Friday). Returned: 1793/2/25 (Monday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
Dissertation on the languages, literature, and manners of eastern nations [Richardson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: BB.3/1.3.
Confidence level: Certain
John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
A dissertation on the languages, literature, and manners of eastern nations. Originally prefixed to a dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T90670
John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
Dissertation on the Languages, Literature and Manners of Eastern Nations
Borrowed: 1793/1/25 (Friday). Returned: 1793/2/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: John Richardson (Male, born 1741, died 1811), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Travel
Dissertation on the Languages, Literature and Manners of Eastern Nations
Record ID 323902
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 135
Bos reflexions critiques 2 vol
Borrowed: 1793/2/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/3/13 (Wednesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Du Bos Reflexions Critiques
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Réflexions critiques sur la poesie et sur la peinture.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 7 borrowing records
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Réflexions Critiques sur la Poesie et sur la Peinture
Borrowed: 1793/2/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/3/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742), Genre: Belles Lettres
Réflexions Critiques sur la Poesie et sur la Peinture
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 323890
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 135
Brumoy Theatre des Grecs 3 vol
Borrowed: 1793/2/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/3/13 (Wednesday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Pierre Brumoy (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Le théâtre des Grecs.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.5.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Brumoy (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Le Théâtre des Grecs.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1730. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 3 borrowing records
Pierre Brumoy (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Théatre des Grecs
Borrowed: 1793/2/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/3/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Pierre Brumoy (Male, born 1688, died 1742), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 323935
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 137
Gesners new Idyls 4to
Borrowed: 1793/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1793/3/15 (Friday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres
New idylles by Gessner.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].1/2.13 .
Confidence level: Very likely
Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres
New idylles By Gessner. Translated by W. Hooper MD. With a letter to M. Fuslin, on landscape painting, and the Two friends of Bourbon, a moral tale, by M. Diderot.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T94317
Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres
New Idylles
Borrowed: 1793/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1793/3/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
Author: Salomon Gessner (Male, born 1730, died 1788), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 324070
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 146
Bentley disserations on the Epistles of Phalaris
Borrowed: 1793/2/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/3/27 (Wednesday).
Mr George Cranstoun of Corehouse; Lord Corehouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: 1771-1850.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Dean of Faculty. Law > Sheriff. Law > Advocate Depute.
Charles Boyle Earl of Orrery (Male, born 1676, died 1731)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dr. Bentley's dissertations on the epistles of Phalaris, and the fables of Æsop, examin'd: by the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.37.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Boyle Earl of Orrery (Male, born 1676, died 1731)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dr. Bentley’s Dissertations on the epistles of Phalaris, and the fables of Æsop, examin’d: by the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T80856
Charles Boyle Earl of Orrery (Male, born 1676, died 1731)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, and the Fables of AEsop, examin’d: by the Honourable Charles Boyle
Borrowed: 1793/2/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/3/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr George Cranstoun of Corehouse; Lord Corehouse
Author: Charles Boyle Earl of Orrery (Male, born 1676, died 1731), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 324160
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 151
Johnsons Works 11 vol[note in margin] vol. 1oth not retd WG
Borrowed: 1793/3/4 (Monday). Returned: 1793/4/4 (Thursday).
Mr James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1766-1839.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
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, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, 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: 1793/3/4 (Monday). Returned: 1793/4/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Montgomery of Stanhope
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, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 324172
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 152
Lowth on Isaiah 4to
Borrowed: 1793/3/4 (Monday). Returned: 1793/4/4 (Thursday).
Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: 1750-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Isaiah. A new translation; with a preliminary dissertation, and notes critical, philological, and explanatory. By Robert Lowth.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: L.3.d..
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Isaiah. A new translation; with a preliminary dissertation, and notes critical, philological, and explanatory.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T144005
Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Isaiah. A New Translation; with a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes Critical, Philological, and Explanatory
Borrowed: 1793/3/4 (Monday). Returned: 1793/4/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Stewart of Grandtully
Author: Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Record ID 324373
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 154
Mackenzies eloquence of the Bar 8vo
Borrowed: 1793/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/4/7 (Sunday).
Mr Humphry Trafford Campbell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: 1770-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
An idea of the modern eloquence of the Bar [Mackenzie]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collections C.24.3.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
An idea of the modern eloquence of the bar. Together with a pleading out of every part of law.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1711. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T92410
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
Idea of the Modern Eloquence of the Bar
Borrowed: 1793/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Humphry Trafford Campbell
Author: Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Law
Record ID 324388
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 156
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 16.17.18.19.29.38.39.40.41.42.43.
Borrowed: 1793/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1793/4/8 (Monday).
Mr John Boyd Greenshiells of Drum
Gender: Male. Address: 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1845.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
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 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 29, Volume 38, Volume 39, Volume 40, Volume 41, Volume 42, Volume 43
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: 1793/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1793/4/8 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Boyd Greenshiells of Drum
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 29, Volume 38, Volume 39, Volume 40, Volume 41, Volume 42, Volume 43
Record ID 324385
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 156
Juvenal Schrevelij 8vo
Borrowed: 1793/2/8 (Friday). Returned: 1793/4/8 (Monday).
Mr John Boyd Greenshiells of Drum
Gender: Male. Address: 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1845.
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. Iunii et Auli Persii Flacci satyrae cum ... commentariis [Schrevel]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.58.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
D. J. Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satyræ: cum veteris scholiastæ et variorum commentariis. Accurante C. Schrevelio.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1658. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Schrevel, Cornelis, 1608-1664
Number of borrowings: 1
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: 1793/2/8 (Friday). Returned: 1793/4/8 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Boyd Greenshiells of Drum
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 324439
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 161
Cicero Lettres a Atticus par Mongaull 4 vol
Borrowed: 1793/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/3/12 (Tuesday).
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lettres a Atticus [Cicero; Mongault]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.68.d .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lettres de Cicéron à Atticus, avec des remarques et le texte latin de l'édition de Graevius, par M. Mongault, etc.
Language: French . Published: Liège. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Editors: Mongault
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Letters to Atticus
Borrowed: 1793/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/3/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 324844
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 167
Beatties Essays 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1793/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/4/26 (Friday).
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the nature and immutability of truth ... on poetry and music, ... on laughter, and ludicrous composition; on the utility of classical learning. By James Beattie.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.5.31.
Confidence level: Certain
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the nature and immutability of truth in opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism; on poetry and music, as they affect the mind; on laughter, and ludicrous composition; on the utility of classical learning.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T167262
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays [James Beattie]
Borrowed: 1793/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/4/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 324859
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 168
Barclai Ameoniorum &c
Borrowed: 1793/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/4/26 (Friday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
William Barclay (Male, born c.1570, died c.1630)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: Theology
Guil: Barclayi amoeniorum artium, & medicinae doctoris, judicium, de certamine G. Eglisemmii cum G. Buchanano, pro dignitate paraphraseos Psalmi CIIII.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.31.e.6.
Confidence level: Certain
William Barclay (Male, born c.1570, died c.1630)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: Theology
Guil: Barclayi amoeniorum artium, & medicinæ doctoris, judicium, de certamine G. Eglisemmii cum G. Buchanano, pro dignitate paraphraseos Psalmi CIIII. Non violandi manes. Adjecta sunt, Eglisemmii ipsum iudicium, ut editum fuit Londini, typis Eduardi Aldæi, ann. Dom. 1619: et in gratiam studiosæ iuventutis, ejusdem Psalmi elegans paraphrasis Thomae Rhaedi.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1620. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: S100818
William Barclay (Male, born c.1570, died c.1630)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: Theology
Amoeniorum Artium, & Medicinae Doctoris, Judicium, de Certamine G. Eglisemmii cum G. Buchanano, pro Dignitate Paraphraseos Psalmi CIIII
Borrowed: 1793/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/4/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: William Barclay (Male, born c.1570, died c.1630), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education, Genre: Theology
Record ID 324886
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 171
Homes elements of Criticism 2 vol
Borrowed: 1793/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/4/28 (Sunday).
Mr John Boyd Greenshiells of Drum
Gender: Male. Address: 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1845.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. The sixth edition. With the author's last corrections and additions [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.1/2..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. The sixth edition. With the author’s last corrections and additions.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T58639
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1793/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/4/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Boyd Greenshiells of Drum
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 324928
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 174
Lucien by Franklin 4 vol
Borrowed: 1793/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/5/4 (Saturday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Lucian, from the Greek [Francklin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.36.d.4-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Lucian, from the Greek, by Thomas Francklin, D. D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Translators: Francklin, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T59837
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1793/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/5/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 324979
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 179
Quinctilian Burmanni 2 vol 4to[note in margin] Quintil. tom 1.2. retd
Borrowed: 1793/4/15 (Monday). Returned: 1793/5/15 (Wednesday).
Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1790. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Hutcheson in FR 263
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quinctiliani de institutione oratoria libri duodecim [Burmann]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.73.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quinctiliani De institutione oratoria libri duodecim cum notis et animadversionibus virorum doctorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1720. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Burmann, Pieter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Borrowed: 1793/4/15 (Monday). Returned: 1793/5/15 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
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 325003
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 181
Quintilian by Patsall vol 2.
Borrowed: 1793/4/19 (Friday). Returned: 1793/5/19 (Sunday).
Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1790. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Hutcheson in FR 263
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Quintilian's Institutes of the orator [Patsall]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.73.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Quintilian's Institutes of the Orator. In twelve books. Translated from the original Latin, according to the Paris edition of Professor Rollin, and illustrated with critical and explanatory notes, by J. Patsall, A.M. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Rollin, Charles.
Translators: Patsall, J.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T139487
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Borrowed: 1793/4/19 (Friday). Returned: 1793/5/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 325453
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 190
Tunstall Epistola ad C. Middleton
Borrowed: 1793/5/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/6/14 (Friday).
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).
James Tunstall (Male, born 1708, died 1762)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Epistola ad virum eruditum Conyers Middleton, Vitae M. T. Ciceronis scriptorem; ... auctore Jacobo Tunstall.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.68.c..
Confidence level: Certain
James Tunstall (Male, born 1708, died 1762)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Epistola ad virum eruditum Conyers Middleton, Vitae M. T. Ciceronis scriptorem; In qua, ex locis ejus Operis quamplurimis, Recensionem Ciceronis Epistolarum ad Atticum et Quintum Fratrem desiderari ostenditur: De illarum verae, quae Ciceronis ad Marcum Brutum, Brutique ad Ciceronem vulgae feruntur, Epistolarum nonnulla disseruntur.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T75098
James Tunstall (Male, born 1708, died 1762)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Epistola ad Virum Eruditum Conyers Middleton, Vitae M. T. Ciceronis Scriptorem
Borrowed: 1793/5/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/6/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: James Tunstall (Male, born 1708, died 1762), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Epistola ad Virum Eruditum Conyers Middleton, Vitae M. T. Ciceronis Scriptorem
Record ID 325483
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 192
Cicero de Oratore engl. by Guthrie 8vo
Borrowed: 1793/5/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/6/14 (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).
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated into English [Guthrie]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.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
The Orations of Cicero, Translated into English, with notes Historical and Critical, and arguments to Each. by William Guthrie, Esq; in three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Translators: William Guthrie
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T137814
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Cicero
Borrowed: 1793/5/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/6/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
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 326326
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 208
Priestlys lectures on Oratory 4to
Borrowed: 1793/5/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on oratory and criticism [Priestley]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.19.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on oratory and criticism.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T34278
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism
Borrowed: 1793/5/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 326323
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 208
Priestly on Oratory
Borrowed: 1793/5/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on oratory and criticism [Priestley]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.19.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on oratory and criticism.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T34278
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Course of Lectures on Oratory and Criticism
Borrowed: 1793/5/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 326350
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 211
Littletons Works 4o
Borrowed: 1793/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1793/6/27 (Thursday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
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: 1793/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1793/6/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Record ID 326581
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 228
Fontenelle Oeuvres tom 2.
Borrowed: 1793/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/7/20 (Saturday).
Mr David Monypenny of Pitmilly
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1769-1850.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Law > Solicitor-General.
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: 1793/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/7/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr David Monypenny of Pitmilly
Author: Bernard de Fontenelle (Male, born 1657, died 1757), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 326599
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 230
Fienus de viribus imaginationis
Borrowed: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday).
Mr John Macfarlane
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1846.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thomas Feyens (Male, born 1567, died 1631)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De viribus imaginationis tractatus [Feyens]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.13.g.12.[alpha] .
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Feyens (Male, born 1567, died 1631)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De viribus imaginationis tractatus, authore Thoma Fieno antverpiano, serenissimorum Belgii & Bavariæ ducum quondam medico cubiculario.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1657. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R219815
Thomas Feyens (Male, born 1567, died 1631)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De Viribus Imaginationis Tractatus
Borrowed: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/6/25 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Macfarlane
Author: Thomas Feyens (Male, born 1567, died 1631), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 326623
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 233
Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum Grevii 2 vol
Borrowed: 1793/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1793/8/1 (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).
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolarum libri XVI ad T. Pomponium Atticum [Graevius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.65.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
M. Tullii Ciceronis epistolarum libri XVI ad T. Pomponium Atticum. Ex recensione Ioannis Georgii Grævii, cum ejusdem animadversionibus, et notis integris P. Victorii, P. Manutii, L. Malhespinae, D. Lambini, F. Ursini, S. Bosii, F. Iunii, A. Popmae, nec non selectis S. Corradi, I. Casauboni, I. F. Gronovii & aliorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1684. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Graevius, Joannes, Georgius, 1632-1703
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Letters to Atticus
Borrowed: 1793/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1793/8/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 327256
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 248
Murphys Works ^ vol 1.2.
Borrowed: 1793/7/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/8/16 (Friday).
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Arthur Murphy (Male, born 1727, died 1805)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Arthur Murphy, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].4/1.8-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Murphy (Male, born 1727, died 1805)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Arthur Murphy, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T147516
Arthur Murphy (Male, born 1727, died 1805)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Arthur Murphy
Borrowed: 1793/7/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/8/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: Arthur Murphy (Male, born 1727, died 1805), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 327277
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 249
Leland de Scriptoribus Britain. 2 vol
Borrowed: 1793/7/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/8/17 (Saturday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii de scriptoribus Britannicis [Leland]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Dav.I.2.4-5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii de scriptoribus Britannicis.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1709. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Hall, Anthony, 1679-1723.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T147251
John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis
Borrowed: 1793/7/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/8/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: John Leland (Male, born c.1506, died 1552), Genre: Belles Lettres
Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 327286
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 250
Tiraboschi Storia della Litteratura tom 1-4
Borrowed: 1793/7/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/8/18 (Sunday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della litteratura Italiana [Tiraboschi, 1774-1782]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Alex.I.31.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della Letteratura Italiana. (Tomo undecimo dell'Edizione prima, che contiene le giunte, e correzioni inserite dall'A. nella seconda edizione.)
Language: Italian . Published: Florence. Date of publication: 1774-1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 16 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 5 borrowing records
Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della Letteratura Italiana
Borrowed: 1793/7/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/8/18 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: Girolamo Tiraboschi (Male, born 1731, died 1794), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Storia della Letteratura Italiana
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 327361
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 252
Remarks on Tragedy &c
Borrowed: 1793/7/22 (Monday). Returned: 1793/8/22 (Thursday).
Mr George Joseph Bell
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1791. Life dates: 1770-1843.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Clerk of Session.
Edward Taylor (Male, born c.1741, died 1797)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Cursory remarks on tragedy, on Shakespear, and on certain French and Italian poets, principally tragedians.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Am].7/1.18.
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Taylor (Male, born c.1741, died 1797)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Cursory remarks on tragedy, on Shakespear, and on certain French and Italian poets, principally tragedians / [by Edward Taylor].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T109774
Edward Taylor (Male, born c.1741, died 1797)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Cursory Remarks on tragedy, on Shakespear, and on Certain French and Italian Poets
Borrowed: 1793/7/22 (Monday). Returned: 1793/8/22 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Joseph Bell
Author: Edward Taylor (Male, born c.1741, died 1797), Genre: Belles Lettres
Cursory Remarks on tragedy, on Shakespear, and on Certain French and Italian Poets
Record ID 327577
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 255
Kings Works 3 vol.
Borrowed: 1793/7/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/8/24 (Saturday).
Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The original works of William King.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].6/1.9-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The original works of William King, LL.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T149862
William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of William King
Borrowed: 1793/7/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/8/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Author: William King (Male, born 1663, died 1712), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 327589
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 256
Voltaire Oeuvres 37.38.39.
Borrowed: 1793/7/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/8/30 (Friday).
Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: 1766-1845.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
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 37, Volume 38, Volume 39
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: 1793/7/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/8/30 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39
Record ID 327610
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 258
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 22.24.27.28.40.41.42.43.
Borrowed: 1793/8/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/9/1 (Sunday).
Mr George Cranstoun of Corehouse; Lord Corehouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: 1771-1850.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Dean of Faculty. Law > Sheriff. Law > Advocate Depute.
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 22, Volume 24, Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 40, Volume 41
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: 1793/8/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/9/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Cranstoun of Corehouse; Lord Corehouse
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22, Volume 24, Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 40, Volume 41
Record ID 327628
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 260
Oeuvres de M. Labbe de Saint Real 6 vol.
Borrowed: 1793/8/5 (Monday). Returned: 1793/9/5 (Thursday).
Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
Abbé César Vichard Saint-Réal (Male, born 1639, died 1692)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Oeuvres [Saint-Real]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.4.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé César Vichard Saint-Réal (Male, born 1639, died 1692)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Œuvres [Saint-Real]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 1 borrowing record
Abbé César Vichard Saint-Réal (Male, born 1639, died 1692)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Oeuvres [César Vichard Saint-Réal]
Borrowed: 1793/8/5 (Monday). Returned: 1793/9/5 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Author: Abbé César Vichard Saint-Réal (Male, born 1639, died 1692), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Oeuvres [César Vichard Saint-Réal]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 327643
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 261
Johnsons Works tom. 14.15
Borrowed: 1793/8/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/9/6 (Friday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
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 13, Volume 14
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: 1793/8/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/9/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 14
Record ID 328057
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 265
Cookes elements of dramatick Criticism 8vo
Borrowed: 1793/8/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/9/20 (Friday).
Mr John Smyth of Balharry
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1854.
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: 1793/8/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/9/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Smyth of Balharry
Author: William Cook (Male, died 1824), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 328138
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 268
Addisons Papers tom 1.2
Borrowed: 1793/8/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/9/22 (Sunday).
Mr William Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: d. 1847.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The papers of Joseph Addison, Esq. in the Tatler, Spectator, Guardian, and Freeholder.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].5/1.9-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The papers of Joseph Addison, Esq. in the Tatler, Spectator, Guardian, and Freeholder. Together with his treatise on the Christian religion. To which are prefixed Tickell’s life of the author, and extracts from Dr. Johnson’s remarks on his prose writings. With original notes never before published.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T170346
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Joseph Addison
Borrowed: 1793/8/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/9/22 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Clerk
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
Record ID 328465
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 277
Buddæi Commentarij linguae Graecæ
Borrowed: 1793/9/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/10/26 (Saturday).
Mr John Robert Irving of Bonshaw
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1839.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Guillaume Budé (Male, born 1468, died 1540)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Commentarii Linguae Graecae [Bude]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.371.c .
Confidence level: Certain
Guillaume Budé (Male, born 1468, died 1540)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Commentarii linguæ Græcæ.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1529. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 3
Guillaume Budé (Male, born 1468, died 1540)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Commentarii Linguae Graecae
Borrowed: 1793/9/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/10/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Robert Irving of Bonshaw
Author: Guillaume Budé (Male, born 1468, died 1540), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 328456
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 277
Knoxs essays 2 vols
Borrowed: 1793/9/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/10/25 (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
Essays, moral and literary [Knox]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].6/1.39-40.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays, moral and literary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778-1779. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 58 times in 35 borrowing records
ESTC: T122387
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays Moral and Literary
Borrowed: 1793/9/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/10/25 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 328507
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 281
Rabelais Oeuvres 5 vol.
Borrowed: 1793/10/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/11/10 (Sunday).
Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1790. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Hutcheson in FR 263
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Oeuvres de Maitre François Rabelais.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.7.44-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5-6
Confidence level: Certain
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Œuvres de Maître François Rabelais publiées sous le titre de Faits et Dits du Géant Gargantua et de son fils Pantagruel, avec la Prognostication Pantagruéline ... Nouvelle édition. Où l'on a ajouté des remarques historiques, etc.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1711. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 9 borrowing records
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of François Rabelais
Borrowed: 1793/10/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/11/10 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Gilbert Hutchison Hutcheson
Author: François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5-6
Record ID 328513
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 282
Epistolae Philosophirum &c Aldi Græce 4to
Borrowed: 1793/10/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/11/17 (Sunday).
Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: 1766-1845.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Epistolae diuersorum philosophorum, oratorum, rhetorum sex & uiginti.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Inc.203 .
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Epistolae diversorum philosophorum, oratorum, rhetorum.
Language: Greek . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1499. Format: 4to.
Editors: Mousouros, Markos, approximately 1470-1517.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Epistolae Diversorum Philosophorum, Oratorum, Rhetorum
Borrowed: 1793/10/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/11/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Forsyth of Redhouse
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 326851
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 291
Juvenal Delphini 4to
Borrowed: 1793/11/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/12/12 (Thursday).
Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1735-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
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: 1793/11/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1793/12/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Ferguson younger of Pitfour
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 326821
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 295
Dictionnaire des Anecdotes tom 1. 3.
Borrowed: 1793/11/17 (Sunday). Returned: 1793/12/17 (Tuesday).
Mr John James Edmonstone of Newton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1840.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Honoré Lacombe de Prezel (Male, born 1725)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes, de Traits Singuliers et Caractéristiques, Historiettes, Bons Mots [Lacome de Prezel]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.6.41-42.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Honoré Lacombe de Prezel (Male, born 1725)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dictionnaire d'anecdotes, de traits singuliers et caractéristiques, historiettes, bons mots, naïvetés, saillies, reparties ingénieuses.
Language: French . Published: Lille. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Honoré Lacombe de Prezel (Male, born 1725)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres
Nouveau dictionnaire d'annecdotes, ou l'art de se désennuyer ... Pour servir de suite à l'ancien Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes de M. Lacombe Nouveau dictionnaire d'annecdotes, ou l'art de se désennuyer ... Pour servir de suite à l'ancien Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes de M. Lacombe.
Language: French . Published: Liège. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Genre: Belles Lettres
Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Annecdotes, ou l'Art de se Désennuyer
Borrowed: 1793/11/17 (Sunday). Returned: 1793/12/17 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John James Edmonstone of Newton
Author: Honoré Lacombe de Prezel (Male, born 1725), Genre: Belles Lettres
Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Annecdotes, ou l'Art de se Désennuyer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3