William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
A General History of Scotland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. By William Guthrie, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
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William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie]

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The Works of Virgil. In English Verse. The Aeneid Translated by the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, The Eclogues and Georgics, with Notes on the Whole, by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Watson. With several New Observations by Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Spence, and Others. Also, A Dissertation on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, by Mr. Warburton. On the Shield of Aeneas, by Mr. W. Whitehead. On the Character of Iapis, by the late Dr. Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. And, Three Essay on Pastoral, Didactic and Epic Poetry, by the Editor. In Four Volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Christopher Pitt
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 34 borrowing records

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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

William Harris (Male, born 1720, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
An historical and critical account of the life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. After the manner of Mr. Bayle. Drawn from original writers and state papers. To which is added, an appendix of Original Papers, Now first published. By William Harris.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 20 borrowing records

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William Harris (Male, born 1720, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Oliver Cromwell

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. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records

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David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful... With an introductory discourse concerning taste, and several other additions / [by Edmund Burke].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 27

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Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Richard Bathurst (Male, died 1762), John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The adventurer. ... . On vent’rous wing in quest of praise I go, And leave the gazing multitude below.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 222 times in 105 borrowing records

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Richard Bathurst (Male, died 1762), John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Adventurer ... . On Vent’rous Wing in Quest of Praise I Go, And Leave the Gazing Multitude Below

Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld (Male, born 1717, died 1770)
Genre: Education
The elements of universal erudition, containing an analytical abridgment of the sciences, polite arts, and belles lettres, By Baron Bielfeld, Secretary of Legation to the King of Prussia, Preceptor to Prince Ferdinand, and Chancellor of all the Universities in the dominions of His Prussian Majesty, Author of the Political Institutes, &c. Translated from the last edition printed at Berlin, By W. Hooper, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 55 times in 31 borrowing records

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Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld (Male, born 1717, died 1770)
Genre: Education
Elements of Universal Erudition

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes or a philosophical inqviry concerning vniversal grammar by Iames Harris Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 35

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James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The young measurer’s complete guide; or a new and universal treatise of mensuration, both with regard to theory and practice. Containing: I. A plain and easy Introduction to Decimal and Duodecimal Arithmetic, and the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. II. A select Number of Geometrical Problems useful in Mensuration. III. The Method of measuring all kinds of Superficies. IV. The whole Art of surveying or measuring Land, explained in the most easy and familiar Manner. V. The Method of measuring the Works of Bricklayers, Joyners, Carpenters, Glaziers, Painters, Plasterers, and Plumbers. VI. The Art of measuring Solids, both regular and irregular. Vii. The Art of Guaging all kinds of Vessels. Viii. The practical and true Methods of Measuring Timber, Stone, &c. IX. The Manner of calculating Tables for measuring Timber, &c. X. The best Methods of taking the Dimensions of Timber, so as to avoid the gross Errors attending the common Practice. XI. The Art of measuring standing Timber. XII. The Manner of finding the Tonnage of Ships very accurately. XIII. The Method of measuring Sawyers Work. XIV. Of measuring Cases, &c. sent by Sea, and which pay Freight by the solid Foot. XV. The Method of measuring Cord-Wood, Marle-Pits, Hayricks, Statues, and other irregular Bodies. XVI. The Construction of the Plain Scale, and its various Uses in the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. The Whole laid down in so easy and familiar a Manner, as to render it not only useful for Youths at School, but also necessary for Artificers of every Kind, and for such Gentlemen as are desirous of Surveying their Lands, Measuring their Buildings, Timber, &c. By D. Fenning. Author of the British Youth’s Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic, and the Royal English Dictionary, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 15

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Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Young Measurer’s Complete Guide

John Huddlestone Wynne (Male, born 1743, died 1788)
Genre: History
A general history of the British Empire in America: containing, an historical, political, and commercial view of the English settlements; including all the countries in North-America, and the West-Indies, ceded by the Peace of Paris. In two volumes. By Mr. Wynne.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 25 borrowing records

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John Huddlestone Wynne (Male, born 1743, died 1788)
Genre: History
General History of the British Empire in America

William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new geographical, Historical, and Commercial grammar; and present state of the several kingdoms of the world. Containing I. The Figures, Motions, and Distances of the Planets, according to the Newtonian System and the latest Observations. II. A general View of the Earth considered as a Planet; with several useful Geographical Definitions and Problems. III. The grand Divisions of the Globe into Land and Water, Continents and Islands. IV. The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, and Colonies. V. Their Climate, Air, Soil, vegetable Productions, Metals, Minerals, natural Curiosities, Seas, Rivers, Bays, Capes, Promontories, and Lakes. VI. The Birds and Beasts peculiar to each Country. Vii. Observations on the Changes that have been any where observed upon the Face of Nature since the most early Periods of History. Viii. The History and Origin of Nations: their Forms of Government, Religion, Laws, Revenues, Taxes, naval and military Strength. IX. The Genius, Manners, Customs, and Habits of the People. X. Their Language, Learning, Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Commerce. XI. The chief Cities, Structures, Ruins, and artificial Curiosities. XII. The Longitude, Latitude, Bearings, and Distances of principal Places from London. With a table of the coins of all nations, and their value in English money. By William Guthrie, Esq. Illustrated with a new and correct set of maps, Engraved by Mr. Kitchin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 57

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William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Education
A new grammar of the English language; or an easy introduction to the art of speaking and writing English with propriety and correctness: The whole laid down in the most plain and familiar manner, and calculated for the use, not only of Schools, but of private Gentlemen. By D. Fenning. Author of the Royal English Dictionary (published by the King’s Authority)-The Schoolmaster’s Companion in the Knowledge of Arithmetic. - --The Universal Spelling-Book. --- The New Spelling-Dictionary. - --The British Youth’s Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic. - --The Ready Reckoner, being correct Tables of Accompts ready cast up. And the Young Man’s Book of Knowledge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 2

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Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Education
New Grammar of the English Language

Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are Restored. Also, to this second edition is added the book of Euclid’s data. In like manner Corrected. By Robert Simson, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Robert Simson
Number of borrowings: 37

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Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Geometry [Euclid]

Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are Restored. Also, to this second edition is added the book of Euclid’s data. In like manner Corrected. By Robert Simson, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Robert Simson
Number of borrowings: 37

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Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Geometry [Euclid]

Robert Bremner (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Education, Genre: Fine Arts
The rudiments of music: or, a short and easy treatise on that subject. To which is annexed, a collection of the best church-tunes, Canons, and Anthems. The second edition. With considerable additions ; particularly, Instructions for Song; and, A Plan for teaching a Croud. By Robert Bremner.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10

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Robert Bremner (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Education, Genre: Fine Arts
Rudiments of Music: or, A Short and Easy Treatise on that Subject

Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are Restored. Also, to this second edition is added the book of Euclid’s data. In like manner Corrected. By Robert Simson, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Robert Simson
Number of borrowings: 37

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Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Geometry [Euclid]

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. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records

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David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 36 borrowing records

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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

John Wright (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of trigonometry, plane and spherical; With the principle of perspective, and projection of the sphere. By John Wright.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17

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John Wright (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments. By Adam Smith, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 40

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Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments

Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld (Male, born 1717, died 1770)
Genre: Education
The elements of universal erudition, containing an analytical abridgment of the sciences, polite arts, and belles lettres, By Baron Bielfeld, Secretary of Legation to the King of Prussia, Preceptor to Prince Ferdinand, and Chancellor of all the Universities in the dominions of His Prussian Majesty, Author of the Political Institutes, &c. Translated from the last edition printed at Berlin, By W. Hooper, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 55 times in 31 borrowing records

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Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld (Male, born 1717, died 1770)
Genre: Education
Elements of Universal Erudition

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 36 borrowing records

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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

William Duff (Male, born 1732, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on original genius; and its various modes of exertion in philosophy and the fine arts, particularly in poetry / [by William Duff].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 36

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William Duff (Male, born 1732, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on Original Genius

John Herries (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Education
The elements of speech / by John Herries...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10

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John Herries (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Education
Elements of Speech [John Herries]

Richard Brookes (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new and accurate system of natural history; containing I. The history of quadrupedes, including Amphibious Animals, Frogs, and Lizards, with their Properties and Uses in Medicine. II. The History of Birds, with the Method of bringing up those of the singing Kind. III. The History of Fishes and Serpents, including Sea-Turtles, Crustaceous and Shell-Fishes; with their medicinal Uses. IV. The History of Insects, with their Properties and Uses in Medicine. V. The History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils, and Minerals; with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses: To which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these Subjects. VI. The history of vegetables, as well Foreign as Indigenous, including an Account of the Roots, Barks, Woods, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits, Seeds, Resins, Gums, and concreted Juices; as also their Properties, Virtues, and Uses in Medicine; together with the Method of cultivating those planted in Gardens. By R. Brookes, M. D. Author of the General Practice of Physic. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 106 times in 47 borrowing records

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Richard Brookes (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New and Accurate System of Natural History

Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are Restored. Also, to this second edition is added the book of Euclid’s data. In like manner Corrected. By Robert Simson, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Robert Simson
Number of borrowings: 37

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Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Geometry [Euclid]

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin : accurately corrected by the best editions. With the author's life and character; notes historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition. In eight volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 293 times in 154 borrowing records

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Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The Works of Virgil. In English Verse. The Aeneid Translated by the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, The Eclogues and Georgics, with Notes on the Whole, by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Watson. With several New Observations by Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Spence, and Others. Also, A Dissertation on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, by Mr. Warburton. On the Shield of Aeneas, by Mr. W. Whitehead. On the Character of Iapis, by the late Dr. Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. And, Three Essay on Pastoral, Didactic and Epic Poetry, by the Editor. In Four Volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Christopher Pitt
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 34 borrowing records

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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

John Wright (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of trigonometry, plane and spherical; With the principle of perspective, and projection of the sphere. By John Wright.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17

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John Wright (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical

Peter Annet (Male, born 1693, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Annet's Short-Hand, Perfected, Containing, Plain and easy Examples and Instructions for Learning it.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 26

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Peter Annet (Male, born 1693, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Annet's Short-Hand, Perfected

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records

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Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

Richard Bathurst (Male, died 1762), John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The adventurer. ... . On vent’rous wing in quest of praise I go, And leave the gazing multitude below.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 222 times in 105 borrowing records

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Richard Bathurst (Male, died 1762), John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Adventurer ... . On Vent’rous Wing in Quest of Praise I Go, And Leave the Gazing Multitude Below

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin : accurately corrected by the best editions. With the author's life and character; notes historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition. In eight volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 293 times in 154 borrowing records

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Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift

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: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Robertson, William, 1740-1803
Number of borrowings: 74

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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 [Pons Augustin Alletz]

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The young measurer’s complete guide; or a new and universal treatise of mensuration, both with regard to theory and practice. Containing: I. A plain and easy Introduction to Decimal and Duodecimal Arithmetic, and the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. II. A select Number of Geometrical Problems useful in Mensuration. III. The Method of measuring all kinds of Superficies. IV. The whole Art of surveying or measuring Land, explained in the most easy and familiar Manner. V. The Method of measuring the Works of Bricklayers, Joyners, Carpenters, Glaziers, Painters, Plasterers, and Plumbers. VI. The Art of measuring Solids, both regular and irregular. Vii. The Art of Guaging all kinds of Vessels. Viii. The practical and true Methods of Measuring Timber, Stone, &c. IX. The Manner of calculating Tables for measuring Timber, &c. X. The best Methods of taking the Dimensions of Timber, so as to avoid the gross Errors attending the common Practice. XI. The Art of measuring standing Timber. XII. The Manner of finding the Tonnage of Ships very accurately. XIII. The Method of measuring Sawyers Work. XIV. Of measuring Cases, &c. sent by Sea, and which pay Freight by the solid Foot. XV. The Method of measuring Cord-Wood, Marle-Pits, Hayricks, Statues, and other irregular Bodies. XVI. The Construction of the Plain Scale, and its various Uses in the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. The Whole laid down in so easy and familiar a Manner, as to render it not only useful for Youths at School, but also necessary for Artificers of every Kind, and for such Gentlemen as are desirous of Surveying their Lands, Measuring their Buildings, Timber, &c. By D. Fenning. Author of the British Youth’s Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic, and the Royal English Dictionary, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 15

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Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Young Measurer’s Complete Guide

Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful... With an introductory discourse concerning taste, and several other additions / [by Edmund Burke].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 27

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Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The young measurer’s complete guide; or a new and universal treatise of mensuration, both with regard to theory and practice. Containing: I. A plain and easy Introduction to Decimal and Duodecimal Arithmetic, and the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. II. A select Number of Geometrical Problems useful in Mensuration. III. The Method of measuring all kinds of Superficies. IV. The whole Art of surveying or measuring Land, explained in the most easy and familiar Manner. V. The Method of measuring the Works of Bricklayers, Joyners, Carpenters, Glaziers, Painters, Plasterers, and Plumbers. VI. The Art of measuring Solids, both regular and irregular. Vii. The Art of Guaging all kinds of Vessels. Viii. The practical and true Methods of Measuring Timber, Stone, &c. IX. The Manner of calculating Tables for measuring Timber, &c. X. The best Methods of taking the Dimensions of Timber, so as to avoid the gross Errors attending the common Practice. XI. The Art of measuring standing Timber. XII. The Manner of finding the Tonnage of Ships very accurately. XIII. The Method of measuring Sawyers Work. XIV. Of measuring Cases, &c. sent by Sea, and which pay Freight by the solid Foot. XV. The Method of measuring Cord-Wood, Marle-Pits, Hayricks, Statues, and other irregular Bodies. XVI. The Construction of the Plain Scale, and its various Uses in the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. The Whole laid down in so easy and familiar a Manner, as to render it not only useful for Youths at School, but also necessary for Artificers of every Kind, and for such Gentlemen as are desirous of Surveying their Lands, Measuring their Buildings, Timber, &c. By D. Fenning. Author of the British Youth’s Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic, and the Royal English Dictionary, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 15

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Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Young Measurer’s Complete Guide

Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
British education: or, the source of the disorders of Great Britain. Being an essay towards proving, that the immorality, ignorance, and false taste, which so generally prevail, are the natural and necessary consequences of the present defective system of education. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8

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Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
British Education

Peter Annet (Male, born 1693, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Annet's Short-Hand, Perfected, Containing, Plain and easy Examples and Instructions for Learning it.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 26

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Peter Annet (Male, born 1693, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Annet's Short-Hand, Perfected

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records

Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records

Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Arithmetic, rational and practical : wherein the properties of numbers are clearly pointed out, the theory of the science deduced from first principles, the methods of operation demonstratively explained, and the whole reduced to practice in a great variety of useful rules : consisting of three parts, viz. : I. Vulgar arithmetic : II. Decimal arithmetic : III. Practical arithmetic / by John Mair, A.M.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 49 times in 29 borrowing records