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Record ID 296725
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 128
Edins Penal law 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/8/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/9/5 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Baron William Eden Auckland (Male, born 1744, died 1814)
Genre: Law
Principles of Penal Law [Auckland]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Mackenzie Building A.120.4.
Confidence level: Certain
Baron William Eden Auckland (Male, born 1744, died 1814)
Genre: Law
Principles of penal law.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T113009
Baron William Eden Auckland (Male, born 1744, died 1814)
Genre: Law
Principles of Penal Law
Borrowed: 1775/8/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/9/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Baron William Eden Auckland (Male, born 1744, died 1814), Genre: Law
Record ID 296779
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 131
Reynal histoire des etablissemens des Europeans 6 tom. in 8.
Borrowed: 1775/8/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/9/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl..
Mr Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1746-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes [Raynal]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.138.c.2-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 29 borrowing records
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
Borrowed: 1775/8/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/9/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy
Author: Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 296785
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 132
Recherches philsophiques sur les Americains 3 vol. in 12.
Borrowed: 1775/8/11 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/11 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains [Pauw]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.133.f.22-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains, ou Mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Espèce humaine.
Language: French . Published: Cleves. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Borrowed: 1775/8/11 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/11 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799), Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 296809
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 134
Monthly review vol. 36.37.38.39. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/8/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/9/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 36, Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1775/8/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/9/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 36, Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39
Record ID 297079
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 137
Poesie di Metastasio tom 5.
Borrowed: 1775/8/25 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/25 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].7/3.15-22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Borrowed: 1775/8/25 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 297067
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 137
Crevier histoire des Empereurs Romains tom. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12. in 8.
Borrowed: 1775/8/25 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/25 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier (Male, born 1693, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Histoire des empereurs romains, depuis Auguste jusqu'a Constantin [Crevier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.65.f.1-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier (Male, born 1693, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Histoire des empereurs romains depuis Auguste jusqu'à Constantin.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1763-1771. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 3 borrowing records
Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier (Male, born 1693, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Histoire des Empereurs Romains depuis Auguste jusqu'à Constantin
Borrowed: 1775/8/25 (Friday). Returned: 1775/9/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier (Male, born 1693, died 1765), Genre: Lives
Histoire des Empereurs Romains depuis Auguste jusqu'à Constantin
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12
Record ID 297037
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 137
Herberts life 4to
Borrowed: 1775/8/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/9/23 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648)
Genre: Lives
The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.16.d.19.
Confidence level: Certain
Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648)
Genre: Lives
The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Written by himself.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Editors: Walpole, Horace
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T143437
Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648)
Genre: Lives
Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself
Borrowed: 1775/8/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/9/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Author: Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury (Male, born 1583, died 1648), Genre: Lives
Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself
Record ID 297085
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 138
Bibliotheca Westiana in 8
Borrowed: 1775/8/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/9/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shillings sterl.
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Samuel Paterson (Male, born 1728, died 1802)
Genre: Reference Works
Bibliotheca Westiana
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Paterson (Male, born 1728, died 1802)
Genre: Reference Works
Bibliotheca Westiana: a catalogue Of the curious and truly valuable library of the late James West, Esq; President of the Royal Society, Deceased.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T3188
Samuel Paterson (Male, born 1728, died 1802)
Genre: Reference Works
Bibliotheca Westiana: A Catalogue of the Curious and Truly Valuable Library of the Late James West
Borrowed: 1775/8/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/9/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Author: Samuel Paterson (Male, born 1728, died 1802), Genre: Reference Works
Bibliotheca Westiana: A Catalogue of the Curious and Truly Valuable Library of the Late James West
Record ID 297175
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 140
Acts Geo. III. anno decimo quarto vol.
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Law > Solicitor-General.
Genre: Law
Anno regni Georgii III. regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, decimo quarto. : c At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the tenth day of May, anno Domini 1768, in the eighth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third ... and from thence continued, by several prorogations, to the thirteenth day of January, 1774; being the seventh session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, decimo quarto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Tenth Day of May, Anno Domini 1768, in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Thirteenth Day of January, 1774; being the Seventh Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T227100
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Genre: Law
Record ID 297163
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 140
Acts of Geo: 3 anno decim quinto 2 vol fol
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Law > Solicitor-General.
Genre: Law
Anno regni Georgii III. regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, decimo quinto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty-ninth day of November, anno Domini 1774.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: RB.m.440.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, decimo quinto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty-ninth day of November, anno Domini 1774, in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Being the first session of the fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T232254
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Genre: Law
Record ID 297247
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 145
Kalms Travels 3 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/10/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/19 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Travels into North America [Kalm]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.136.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Travels into North America; containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, With The Civil, Ecclesiastical And Commercial State Of The Country, The Manners of the Inhabitants, and several curious and Important Remarks on various Subjects.
Language: English . Published: Warrington. Date of publication: 1770-1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T123563
Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Travels into North America, Containing its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in General
Borrowed: 1775/10/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 297391
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 148
Mairs Book-keeping 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-keeping moderniz'd: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form [Mair]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bh.7.54.
Confidence level: Certain
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping moderniz’d: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form. Wherein The Theory of the Art is clearly explained, and reduced to Practice, in copious Sets of Books, exhibiting all the varieties that usually occur in Real Business. To which is added, A Large Appendix. Containing, I. Descriptions and specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an account of her exports and imports. VI. The produce and commerce of the Sugar Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts kept by the factors or storekeepers; and an explication of wharf and plantation accounts. VII. The produce and commerce of the Tobacco Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts usually kept by the storekeepers. VIII. The method of keeping accounts proper for Shopkeepers or Retailers. IX. The method of keeping the accounts of a Land-Estate. X. A Dictionary; explaining abstruse words and terms that occur in merchandise.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T22994
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping Methodiz’d: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping Methodiz’d: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts
Record ID 297394
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 148
Osbecks Voyages 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Twelve Shillings Sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T172400
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297424
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 149
Raynal histoire politique et philsophique 6 tom 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/14 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes [Raynal]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.138.c.2-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 29 borrowing records
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
Borrowed: 1775/11/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 297505
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 153
Osbecks Voyages to China 2 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/12/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T172400
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Borrowed: 1775/11/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/12/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297517
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 154
Poesie del Metastasio tom 6 in 8
Borrowed: 1775/11/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shillings Sterl.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].7/3.15-22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Borrowed: 1775/11/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 297535
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 157
Henrys History vol. 1. in 4
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans [Henry]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.a.8-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 362 times in 250 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 297583
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 160
Goldmsmiths Natural History vol. 1.2.3. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/11/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature [Goldsmith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cu.7/1.1-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 722 times in 470 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1775/11/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 297574
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 160
Caledonian Mercury 1727 1731
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Caledonian Mercury.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1727, Volume 1731
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Caledonian Mercury.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1720-1867. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: P2025
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1727, Volume 1731
Record ID 297592
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 162
Campbles Survey, Political of Britain 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three pounds Sterl.
Mr George Buchan of Kelloe
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.44.c.10-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain: being a series of reflections on the situation, lands, inhabitants, revenues, colonies, and commerce of this island.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T90453
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Survey of Britain
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Buchan of Kelloe
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297595
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 162
Lord Lyttletons Works 4to
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
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: 7
ESTC: T79264
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of George Lord Lyttelton
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Record ID 297610
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 164
Ives Voyages 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV [Ives]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.c. .
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a Correspondence between the Admiral and the Nabob Serajah Dowlah. Interspersed with Some interesting Passages relating to the Manners, Customs, &c. of several Nations in Indostan. Also, a Journey From Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, Containing an Account of the Diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson’s Squadron: A Description of most of the Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, of India, with their real, or supposed, medicinal Virtues: Also a Copy of a Letter written by a late ingenious Physician, on the Disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T12210
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And An Historical Narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756 and 1757
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: Edward Ives (Male, died 1786), Genre: Travel
Record ID 297616
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Hawkesworths Voyages tom 2.3. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 297613
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Kames Scetches 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three Pounds Sterl.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of Man. In two volumes [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.86.a.8-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of man.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 108 borrowing records
ESTC: T48434
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the History of Man
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the History of Man
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297619
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Banks Voyages 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Genre: Travel
A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty's ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.b.[23].
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty’s ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken in pursuit of natural knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: Containing all the various occurrences of the Voyage, with descriptions of several new discovered countries in the Southern hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. To which is added, a concise vocabulary of the language of Otahitee.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T29207
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Voyage round the World, in His Majesty’s Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Genre: Travel
Record ID 298036
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 169
Leemius de Lappononibus in 4.
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1736-1785.
Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Lapponicum Bipartitum, Lapponico-Danico-Latinum & Danico-Latino-Lapponicum, cum indice Latino [Leem]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.137.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon lapponicum bipartitum, lapponico-danico-latinum & danico-latino-lapponicum, cum indice latino.
Language: Latin | Saami . Published: Trondheim. Date of publication: 1768-1781. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Lapponicum Bipartitum, Lapponico-danico-Latinum & Danico-Latino-Lapponicum
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Author: Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774), Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Lapponicum Bipartitum, Lapponico-danico-Latinum & Danico-Latino-Lapponicum
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 298186
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 175
Beawes lex Mercatoria fol
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, The merchant’s directory [Beawes]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, the merchant’s directory. Being a complete guide to all men in business, Whether AS Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, Agents. Containing an account of our trading companies and colonies, with their Establishments, and an Abstract of their Charters; the duty of consuls, and the Laws subsisting about Aliens, Naturalization and Denization. To which is added, a state of the present general traffick of the whole world ; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation: And Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of the European Coins, Weights, and Measures, with the Addition of all others that are known. Extracted from the works of the best writers both at Home and Abroad; more especially from those justly celebrated ones of Messieurs Savary; improved and corrected by the author’s own observations, during his long Continuance in Trade. The whole calculated for the Use and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, and Gentleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: N19415
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: or, the Merchant’s Directory
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Wyndham Beawes (Male), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 298897
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 183
London Magazine from 1732 to 1736 inclusive 5 vol.[note in margin] Vol. for 1732 returned W. G.
Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Q.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1732, Volume 1733, Volume 1734, Volume 1735, Volume 1736
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732-1782. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 51 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T154193
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1732, Volume 1733, Volume 1734, Volume 1735, Volume 1736
Record ID 298984
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 184
history of the Britons asserted in 8.
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The genuine history of the Britons asserted [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.c.19.
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The genuine history of the Britons asserted. In a full and candid refutation of Mr. Macpherson’s Introduction to the history of Great-Britain and Ireland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T100007
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Genuine History of the Britons Asserted
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Record ID 298981
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 184
Whitaker's history of Manchester Vol. 2 4.to
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.20.a.4-5 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester. In four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T145509
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
History of Manchester
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 299047
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 185
Scots Magazine 1745 1746
Borrowed: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/2 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten shillings sterl.
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1745, Volume 1746
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1745, Volume 1746
Record ID 299068
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 187
Causes celebres vol 1, 2, 3 & 4 5.6.7 & 8
Borrowed: 1776/1/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/11 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1746-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées [Gaylot de Pitaval]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [t].5.3-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1776/1/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 299074
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 188
Dows history of Hindostan 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/15 (Thursday).
Mr Joseph Williamson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1706-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi [Dow]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.141.a.12-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The history of Hindostan, from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A dissertation on the origin and nature of despotism in Hindostan. II. An enquiry into the state of Bengal; With a Plan for restoring that Kingdom to its former Prosperity and Splendor.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T91569
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan
Confidence level: Certain
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
The history of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi: Together with A Dissertation Concerning the Religion and Philosophy of the Brahmins; With an appendix, containing the history of the Mogul empire, from its decline in the reign of Mahummud Shaw, to the present times.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768-1772. Format: 4to.
Translators: Dow, Alexander, - 1779.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T91573
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Borrowed: 1776/1/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Joseph Williamson
Author: Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan, History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299098
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 189
Willamsons Short hand 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings sterl.
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Williamson (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, a concise and practical system of short-hand writing [Williamson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Wn.575.
Confidence level: Certain
William Williamson (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, A concise and practical system of short-hand writing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T180071
William Williamson (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, A Concise and Practical System of Short-Hand Writing
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Author: William Williamson (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, A Concise and Practical System of Short-Hand Writing
Record ID 299092
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 189
Monthly Review Vol. 22.23.24.25 (4 vol)
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25
Record ID 299158
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Denisart Decisions tom. 3.
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765)
Genre: Law
Collection de décisions nouvelles et de notions relatives a la jurisprudence actuelle [Denisart]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Drill Hall FRA/DEN.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765)
Genre: Law
Collection de décisions nouvelles, et de notions relatives à la jurisprudence actuelle.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 2
Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765)
Genre: Law
Collection de Décisions Nouvelles
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765), Genre: Law
Collection de Décisions Nouvelles
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299164
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Voyage to Mauritius 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius [Saint Pierre/Parish]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.181.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c. With observations and reflections upon nature, and mankind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Parish, John
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T98328
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814), Genre: Travel
Record ID 299146
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Causes celebres tom 16.
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl..
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées [Gaylot de Pitaval]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [t].5.3-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 299161
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Sharp on Slavery with the Appendix
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The just limitation of slavery in the laws of God [Sharp]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ad].5/2.25.
Confidence level: Certain
Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The just limitation of slavery in the laws of God, compared with the unbounded claims of the African traders and British American slaveholders.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T137093
Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Just Limitation of Slavery in the Laws of God
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 299152
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Trade from G. B. to Africa
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
African Merchant (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A treatise upon the trade from Great-Britain to Africa [African Merchant]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ab].2/1.29.
Confidence level: Certain
African Merchant (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A treatise upon the trade from Great-Britain to Africa; humbly recommended to the attention of government.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T51666
African Merchant (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Treatise upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: African Merchant (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 299167
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Pelloutier Histoire des Celtes 2 vol 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/1/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/18 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three pounds Sterl.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Gilbert Stuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757)
Genre: History
Histoire des Celtes, et particulierement, des Gaulois et des Germains [Pelloutier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.89.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757)
Genre: History
Histoire des celtes, et particulièrement des gaulois et des germains, depuis les temps fabuleux jusqu'à la prise de Rome par les gaulois.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757)
Genre: History
Histoire des Celtes, et Particulièrement des Gaulois et des Germains
Borrowed: 1776/1/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/18 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen, Gilbert Stuart
Author: Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757), Genre: History
Histoire des Celtes, et Particulièrement des Gaulois et des Germains
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299176
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 192
Repository or treasure of Politicks, 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/23 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings sterl.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
The repository: or treasury of politics and literature, for MDCCLXX.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ad].5/2.13-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Repository: or Treasury of politics and literature, for ..
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769-1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T111539
Genre: Periodicals
Repository: or Treasury of Politics and Literature
Borrowed: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/23 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Genre: Periodicals
Repository: or Treasury of Politics and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299209
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 197
Tears of Sensibility 2 vol 8vo by Murdoch
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299206
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 197
Barrettis Travels 4 vols 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France [Baretti]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.153.f .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T83927
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789), Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 299236
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 199
Hume History Vol 1 2 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/2 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/2 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.d.13-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T82472
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1776/2/2 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299329
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 202
Vezeys Cases 2 vol. fol
Borrowed: 1776/2/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755 [Vezey]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Editors: Vesey, Francis, 1721?-1804.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T6635
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/2/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299374
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Burrows reports 3 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond [Burrow]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.159.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond; in four parts, Distributed according to the Times of his four Successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T97747
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299362
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Monthly Review Vol. 50. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 50
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 50
Record ID 299359
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Ives Voyages 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV [Ives]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.c. .
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a Correspondence between the Admiral and the Nabob Serajah Dowlah. Interspersed with Some interesting Passages relating to the Manners, Customs, &c. of several Nations in Indostan. Also, a Journey From Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, Containing an Account of the Diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson’s Squadron: A Description of most of the Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, of India, with their real, or supposed, medicinal Virtues: Also a Copy of a Letter written by a late ingenious Physician, on the Disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T12210
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And An Historical Narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756 and 1757
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Edward Ives (Male, died 1786), Genre: Travel
Record ID 299380
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 204
Critical Review for the year 1760. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shill. sterl..
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1760
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 94 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: P2120
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1760
Record ID 299383
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 204
Opera del Metastasio tom 5 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Shillings Sterl.
Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].7/3.15-22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 299398
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 206
Bonnet palingenesie philophique 2 vol 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La palingénésie philosophique, ou idées sur l'état passé, et sur l'état futur des êtres vivans [Bonnet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Mar].6/1.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La palingénésie philosophique, ou Idées sur l'état passé et sur l'état futur des êtres vivans.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Palingénésie Philosophique
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Author: Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299476
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 207
Critical Review vol. 1 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 94 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: P2120
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299473
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 207
Monthly Review Vol. 1 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299557
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 208
Berenger's horsemanship 2 vol. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/16 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1755. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The history and art of horsemanship [Berenger]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: I.34.b.10-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The history and art of horsemanship.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T127820
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
History and Art of Horsemanship
Borrowed: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Author: Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
History and Art of Horsemanship
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299575
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 210
Travels of Imagination
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
The travels of the imagination; a true journey from Newcastle to London, in a stage-coach.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bl.6/1.11.
Confidence level: Certain
James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
The travels of the imagination; a true journey from Newcastle to London, in a stage-coach. With observations upon the metropolis. By J. M.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T11822
James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
Travels of the Imagination; a True Journey from Newcastle to London, in a Stage-Coach
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
Travels of the Imagination; a True Journey from Newcastle to London, in a Stage-Coach
Record ID 299584
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 211
Encyclopedie tom 5 fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds Sterl.
Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1739-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Politics/Office Holders > Secretary of State.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 299614
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 213
Sheridans Lectures 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Twelve Shillings Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the art of reading; ... By Thomas Sheridan.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.2.23-24.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the art of reading; First Part: Containing The Art of Reading Prose.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T91105
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the Art of Reading
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788), Genre: Education
Lectures on the Art of Reading
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299650
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 217
Histoire literaire de la France tom 7.8.9.10.11. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/26 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: T.453 (Wanting tom. 1-10, 12) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France ...
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1759-1927. Format: 4to. Pagination: 36 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 1 borrowing record
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 299875
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 219
Bougainvilles Voyage 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world. Performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. By Lewis de Bougainville.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world. Performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T82890
Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World ... in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 [Bougainville]
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World ... in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 [Bougainville]
Record ID 299851
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 219
Pembertons Chemistry 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1761. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
A course of chemistry, divided into twenty-four lectures, formerly given by the late learned Doctor Henry Pemberton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.30.d.alpha.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
A course of chemistry, divided into twenty-four lectures, formerly given by the late learned Doctor Henry Pemberton, Professor of Physic at Gresham College, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of that at Berlin. Now first published from the author’s manuscript by James Wilson, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Wilson, James
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T78167
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Course of Chemistry
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Author: Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 299905
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 220
Beawes's lex mercatoria rediv. in fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, The merchant’s directory [Beawes]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, the merchant’s directory. Being a complete guide to all men in business, Whether AS Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, Agents. Containing an account of our trading companies and colonies, with their Establishments, and an Abstract of their Charters; the duty of consuls, and the Laws subsisting about Aliens, Naturalization and Denization. To which is added, a state of the present general traffick of the whole world ; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation: And Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of the European Coins, Weights, and Measures, with the Addition of all others that are known. Extracted from the works of the best writers both at Home and Abroad; more especially from those justly celebrated ones of Messieurs Savary; improved and corrected by the author’s own observations, during his long Continuance in Trade. The whole calculated for the Use and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, and Gentleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: N19415
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: or, the Merchant’s Directory
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: Wyndham Beawes (Male), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 301123
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 225
Causes celebres tom. 15.th in 12
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées [Gaylot de Pitaval]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [t].5.3-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Record ID 301147
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 228
Hawkesworth's Voyages vol. 1. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/4/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound Sterl.
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/4/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301192
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 233
Oeeuvres de Moliere tom 1. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/19 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres [Moliere]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ah].6/1.7-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque pièce, par M. Bret.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 5 borrowing records
Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Works of Molière
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Author: Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301180
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 233
Phipps Voyage 4to
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773 [Phipps]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.188.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Record ID 301225
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 234
Goldsmiths natural History Vol. 1.2. in 8 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shillings Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature [Goldsmith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cu.7/1.1-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 722 times in 470 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 301318
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 239
Monthly Review vol. 4 & 9 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 9
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 9
Record ID 301321
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 240
Henry's History of Britain vol. 2. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans [Henry]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.a.8-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 362 times in 250 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1776/4/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 301342
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 243
Recherches philosophique sur les Americains 3 tom. 12
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/20 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: twelve shill. sterl..
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains [Pauw]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.133.f.22-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains, ou Mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Espèce humaine.
Language: French . Published: Cleves. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/20 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799), Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301345
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 243
Hawkesworths voyages tom 2 & 3.d in 4
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/24 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1776/4/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301354
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 244
Tears of Sensibility 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/25 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six Shillings Sterl.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1776/4/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/5/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301360
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245
Monthly Review tom 6.7. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 301432
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 251
London Magazine for 1736 1737 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/5/20 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shillings Sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Q.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1736, Volume 1737
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732-1782. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 51 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T154193
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Borrowed: 1776/5/20 (Monday). Returned: 1776/6/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1736, Volume 1737
Record ID 301438
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 252
Monthly Review Vols. 51.52.53. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/6/21 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 51, Volume 52, Volume 53
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/6/21 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 51, Volume 52, Volume 53
Record ID 301486
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 257
Voltaire Oeuvres tom 21. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.3.4-33.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1768-1777. Format: 4to. Pagination: 30 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 7 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Record ID 301483
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 257
Astronomie de La Lande 3 vol. 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds Sterl.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande, lecteur royal en mathématiques.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cm.4/32-35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie, par M. de La Lande,... 2e édition.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 4 borrowing records
Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Borrowed: 1776/6/14 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (Male, born 1732, died 1807), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomie [Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301495
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 258
Tears of sensibility, 2 vol. in 12.
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six shill. sterl.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301498
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 258
Hughes's letters 2 vol. in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720)
Genre: Lives
Letters, by several eminent persons deceased. Including the correspondence of John Hughes.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].6/1.14-15.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720)
Genre: Lives
Letters, by several eminent persons deceased. Including the correspondence of John Hughes, Esq. (author of the siege of damascus) and several of his friends, published from the originals: with notes explanatory and historical.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Duncombe, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T64308
John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720)
Genre: Lives
Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased. Including the Correspondence of John Hughes
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: John Hughes (Male, born 1677, died 1720), Genre: Lives
Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased. Including the Correspondence of John Hughes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301501
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 258
Falck's medical qualities, &c. in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the medical qualities of mercury [Falck]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.25/1.f.[alpha].
Confidence level: Certain
Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the medical qualities of mercury.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T59680
Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Medical Qualities of Mercury
Borrowed: 1776/6/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/18 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Nikolai Detlef Falck (Male, born 1736, died 1783), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 301504
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 259
Systema Naturae Linnæi tom 1.2. in 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnaei ... Systema naturae : per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.43/1.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Systema naturæ, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis.
Language: Latin . Published: Vienna. Date of publication: 1767-1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Systema Naturae
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301207
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 262
Voyage to Mauritius, in 8
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius [Saint Pierre/Parish]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.181.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c. With observations and reflections upon nature, and mankind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Parish, John
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T98328
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c
Borrowed: 1776/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/8/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814), Genre: Travel
Record ID 299143
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 264
Macaulays History of England vol. 5. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1748. Life dates: 1726-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick line [Macaulay]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.9.c.5-12..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick line.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1783. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 42 borrowing records
ESTC: T106230
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir John Dalrymple Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-Dalrymple
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 298420
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Also memoires de literature de l'Accademie royale 6 tom 12mo
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie ... (Mémoires de Littérature) ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.803.f.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 298417
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Histoire de l'accadmie royale de Inscriptions 6 tom in 12
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.800-801 (Wanting vol. 44-46) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 298402
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 269
Scots Magazine for the years 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. in 8 also for the Years 1747. 1752. & 1753. in 8. Also for 1757.
Borrowed: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742, Volume 1743, Volume 1744, Volume 1747, Volume 1752, Volume 1753, Volume 1757
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1776/7/1 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742, Volume 1743, Volume 1744, Volume 1747, Volume 1752, Volume 1753, Volume 1757
Record ID 298405
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 269
Parker's Reports in fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Law > Solicitor-General.
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases concerning the revenue, argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter Term 1743, to Hilary Term 1767 [Parker]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.4].
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases concerning the revenue, argued and determined in the Court of Exchequer, from Easter term 1743, to Hilary term 1767.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: folio.
Editors: Parker, Thomas, 1695?-1784
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T95680
Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases in the Court of Exchequer
Borrowed: 1776/7/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Author: Court of Exchequer Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 298390
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 271
Sir John Dalrymple's Memoirs 2 vol. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two guineas.
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Dalrymple's Memoirs, 2 vols (original title)
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland [Dalrymple] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.18.c.9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue. Volume II. Consisting chiefly of letters from the French Ambassadors in England to their Court; and from Charles II. James II. King William, and Queen Mary, And the Ministers and Generals of those Princes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T145645
Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298384
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 272
Gray's poems in 4. published by Mason with Letters & c.
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1740-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason, M.A.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ak].2/1.20.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his life and writings.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T107045
Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Borrowed: 1776/7/5 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Author: Thomas Gray (Male, born 1716, died 1771), William Mason (Male, born 1725, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mr Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings
Record ID 291040
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 276
Encyclopedie tom 6.7 12 & 13
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds sterl.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 12, Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1776/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/8/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 12, Volume 13
Record ID 169941
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 1
Essays Physical & Literary 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 169938
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 1
Coxe's Account of the Russian Discoveries in 4.
Borrowed: 1788/4/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/5/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: 15 shilllings.
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America [Coxe]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.c.9 .
Confidence level: Certain
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Russian discoveries between Asia and America.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 11 borrowing records
ESTC: T134277
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America
Borrowed: 1788/4/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/5/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Record ID 169971
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 3
Buffon Hist. des Oiseaux Tom 1.2.3
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux [Buffon]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1770-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 6 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 169977
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 4
Burrows Reports tom 2
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond [Burrow]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.159.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond; in four parts, Distributed according to the Times of his four Successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T97747
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Borrowed: 1788/4/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/5/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 170517
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 6
Robertsons History of Greece 12o
Borrowed: 1788/4/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/30 (Friday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, from the earliest times, till it became a Roman province.
Confidence level: Certain
Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, from the earliest times, till it became a Roman province.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Robertson, William, 1721-1793.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T99769
Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times, till it became a Roman Province
Borrowed: 1788/4/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/30 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Author: Pons Augustin Alletz (Male, born c.1705, died 1785), Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times, till it became a Roman Province
Record ID 170529
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 8
Swinburns Travels 4to
Borrowed: 1788/5/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776 [Swinburne]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.173.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776. In which several monuments of Roman and Moorish architecture are illustrated by accurate drawings taken on the spot.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T88882
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776
Borrowed: 1788/5/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803), Genre: Travel
Record ID 170532
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 8
Chandlers Travels 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti.
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or an account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T63359
Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti
Borrowed: 1788/6/6 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Richard Chandler (Male, born 1738, died 1810), Genre: Travel
Travels in Greece: or An Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti
Record ID 170535
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 9
Scots Magazine for 1747
Borrowed: 1788/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Craig of Riccarton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1730-1823.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1747
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1788/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craig of Riccarton
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1747
Record ID 170544
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 10
Mansteins Memoires of Russia
Borrowed: 1788/5/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/14 (Saturday).
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, historical, political, and military, from the year M DCC XXVII, to M DCC XLIV [Manstein]
Confidence level: Certain
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, historical, political, and military, from the year M DCC XXVII, to M DCC Xliv.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hume, David.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T122596
Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political, and Military, from the Year MDCC XXVII, to MDCC XIIV
Borrowed: 1788/5/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/6/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Cristof Hermann Manstein (Male, born 1711, died 1757), Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political, and Military, from the Year MDCC XXVII, to MDCC XIIV
Record ID 171144
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Whitakers Hist. of Manchester 2 vol 8.vo
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.20.a.4-5 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester. In four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T145509
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
History of Manchester
Borrowed: 1788/5/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/6/27 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2