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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 297589
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 161
Buffon Histoire Naturelle tom 18 in 4
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
Record ID 297622
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Spence Polymetis fol
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists [Spence]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.1.7.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133753
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Record ID 297631
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 166
Andersons diplomata Scotiae
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/3 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus, in duas partes distributus: prior syllogen complectitur veterum diplomatum sive chartarum regum & procerum Scotiae, una cum eorum sigillis, a Duncano II. ad Jacobum I [Anderson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.284.c.
Confidence level: Certain
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus, in duas partes distributus; prior syllogen complectitur veterum diplomatum sive chartarum regum et procerum Scotiae, una cum eorum sigillis, a Duncano II, ad Jacobum I id est, ab anno 1094 ad 1412; adjuncta sunt reliquorum Scotiae et Magno Britanniae regum sigilla ...
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 25
ESTC: T133809
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Diplomata Scoticae
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/3 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728), Genre: History
Record ID 298051
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 170
Viner's abridgmetn vol. VIII in fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday). 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.
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with references to the whole [Viner]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.145.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole.
Language: English . Published: Aldershot. Date of publication: 1742-1753. Format: folio. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T137938
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Author: Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756), Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 298084
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 172
Buffon Histoire naturelle tom 1. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1775/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 298147
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 173
Acta Sanctorum Jan. tom 2. februarii tom 3. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten 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.
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum (original title)
Acta Sanctorum, quotquot toto orbe coluntur, vel a Catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, quae ex antiquis monumentis Latinis, aliarumque gentium collegit, digessit, notis illustravit Joannes Bollandus. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.184.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur vel a Catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, quae ab antiquis monumentis latinis aliarumque gentium collegit digessit notis illustravit J. Bollandus, servata primigenia scriptorum phrasi. Operam et studium contulit G. Henschenius.
Language: Latin . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1734-1761. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto Orbe Coluntur vel a Catholicis Scriptoribus Celebrantur
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665), Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto Orbe Coluntur vel a Catholicis Scriptoribus Celebrantur
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 298150
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 173
Arpus de Cimbrorum 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Peter Friedrich Arpe (Male, born 1682, died 1740)
Genre: History
Petri Frid. Arpi ... Themis Cimbrica, sive de cimbrorum et vicinarum gentium antiquissimis institutis commentarius [Arpe]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.90.b.
Confidence level: Certain
Peter Friedrich Arpe (Male, born 1682, died 1740)
Genre: History
Petri Frid. Arpi ... Themis Cimbrica, sive de Cimbrorum et vicinarum gentium antiquissimis institutis commentarius.
Language: Latin . Published: Hamburg. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Peter Friedrich Arpe (Male, born 1682, died 1740)
Genre: History
Themis Cimbrica, sive De Cimbrorum et Vicinarum Gentium Antiquissimis Institutis Commentarius
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Peter Friedrich Arpe (Male, born 1682, died 1740), Genre: History
Themis Cimbrica, sive De Cimbrorum et Vicinarum Gentium Antiquissimis Institutis Commentarius
Record ID 298783
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 176
Bacons abridgement vol. 6 fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1734-1823.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Walter Lockhart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New abridgment of the law [Bacon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.143.4].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
A new abridgment of the law. By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T145688
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New Abridgment of the Law
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Author: Matthew Bacon (Male), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 298804
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 177
Vernon's Abridgement Vol. 13 & 22
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
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.
William Steuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with references to the whole [Viner]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.145.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 22
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole.
Language: English . Published: Aldershot. Date of publication: 1742-1753. Format: folio. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T137938
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove, William Steuart
Author: Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756), Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 22
Record ID 298792
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 177
Cases in Chancery fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). 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.
William Steuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery [Peere Williams]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench: collected by William Peere Williams.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1746. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T94601
William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery ... Collected by William Peere Williams
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove, William Steuart
Author: William Peere Williams (Male, born 1664, died 1736), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 298795
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 177
Freemans Cases fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). 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.
William Steuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Richard Freeman (Male, born c.1645, died 1710)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Courts of King’s Bench and Common Pleas, from 1670-1683 [Freeman]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.161.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Freeman (Male, born c.1645, died 1710)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery, From 1676 to 1706.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T160869
Richard Freeman (Male, born c.1645, died 1710)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Decreed in the High Court of Chancery, from 1676 to 1706
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove, William Steuart
Author: Richard Freeman (Male, born c.1645, died 1710), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Decreed in the High Court of Chancery, from 1676 to 1706
Record ID 298789
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 177
Vernons Cases 2 vol fol[note in margin] Vernon 1.st vol returnd
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds 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.
William Steuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery [Vernon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.2].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726-1728. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Vernon, Thomas, 1654-1721.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T95791
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove, William Steuart
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 298798
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 177
Hawkins pleas of the Crown 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
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.
William Steuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown [Hawkins, 1739]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.142.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown: or a system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under their proper heads.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T107637
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove, William Steuart
Author: William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746), Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298834
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 179
Craigii Jus Feudale fol
Borrowed: 1775/12/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/14 (Sunday). 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.
Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608)
Genre: Law
Jus feudale, tribus libris comprehensum [Craig, folio]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR (multiple copies).
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608)
Genre: Law
Jus feudale, tribus libris comprehensum
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1732. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T144476
Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608)
Genre: Law
Jus Feudale
Borrowed: 1775/12/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608), Genre: Law
Record ID 298837
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 180
Baxters immateriality of the Soul 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/15 (Friday). Returned: 1776/1/15 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings Sterl.
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Andrew Baxter (Male, born c.1686, died 1750)
Genre: Theology
An enquiry into the nature of the human soul; wherein the immateriality of the soul is evinced from the principles of reason and philosophy [Baxter]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ven].3/1.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Andrew Baxter (Male, born c.1686, died 1750)
Genre: Theology
An enquiry into the nature of the human soul; wherein the immateriality of the soul is evinced from the principles of reason and philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 37
ESTC: T32759
Andrew Baxter (Male, born c.1686, died 1750)
Genre: Theology
Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul
Borrowed: 1775/12/15 (Friday). Returned: 1776/1/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Andrew Baxter (Male, born c.1686, died 1750), Genre: Theology
Record ID 298843
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 181
Vernon Cases vol. 2 in fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
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.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery [Vernon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.2].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726-1728. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Vernon, Thomas, 1654-1721.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T95791
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 298849
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 181
Viner's d.o vol. 16th in fol
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday). 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.
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with references to the whole [Viner]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.145.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole.
Language: English . Published: Aldershot. Date of publication: 1742-1753. Format: folio. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T137938
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756), Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 298846
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 181
Bacon's Abrigt. vol. 3.d in fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday). 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.
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New abridgment of the law [Bacon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.143.4].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
A new abridgment of the law. By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T145688
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New Abridgment of the Law
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Matthew Bacon (Male), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
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 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 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 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 299185
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 194
Chardin Voyages tom 1.2. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/26 (Friday). Returned: 1776/2/26 (Monday). 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.
Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.174.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Voyages ... en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 28 borrowing records
Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies
Borrowed: 1776/1/26 (Friday). Returned: 1776/2/26 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713), Genre: Travel
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299278
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 200
Precedents in Chancery fol
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1752. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Law
Precedents in Chancery [2nd edn, 1747]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.2].
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Precedents in Chancery, being a collection of cases, argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery; from the year 1689, to 1722.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T95286
Genre: Law
Precedents in Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Genre: Law
Record ID 299260
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 200
Viners Vol. 4. 5. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday).
Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1752. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with references to the whole [Viner]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.145.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole.
Language: English . Published: Aldershot. Date of publication: 1742-1753. Format: folio. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T137938
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Author: Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756), Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299263
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 200
Vernons Cases 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1752. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery [Vernon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.2].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726-1728. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Vernon, Thomas, 1654-1721.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T95791
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
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 299287
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 200
Viner Vol. 8.th
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1752. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with references to the whole [Viner]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.145.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of law and equity alphabetically digested under proper titles with notes and references to the whole.
Language: English . Published: Aldershot. Date of publication: 1742-1753. Format: folio. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T137938
Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756)
Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Author: Charles Viner (Male, born 1678, died 1756), Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Law and Equity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 299338
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 202
Hookes Roman History 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.
Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1727-1780.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Military > Officer.
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The Roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates. Vol.I. [Hooke]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.64.C.7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 241 times in 184 borrowing records
ESTC: T71736
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Borrowed: 1776/2/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Author: Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763), Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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 299368
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Law for and against Bancrupts 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six Shillings Sterl.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Genre: Law
The law for and against bankrupts: containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, ... down to the present time.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.139.6].
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
The law for and against bankrupts: containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, Judgments and Decrees, under the Head of Bankruptcy, down to the present time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T117205
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Genre: Law
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 299581
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 210
Hawkins pleas of the Crown 2 vol. 2. fol
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/25 (Sunday). 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.
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown [Hawkins, 1739]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.142.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown: or a system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under their proper heads.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T107637
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Author: William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746), Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299590
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 211
Statutes at large vol. 4. fol
Borrowed: 1776/2/19 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten 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.
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
The statutes at large, from Magna Charta, to the seventh year of King George the Second, inclusive. In six volumes.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Treasurer's Room.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
The statutes at large, from Magna Charta to the seventh year of King George the Second, inclusive. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1742. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T145897
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the Seventh Year of King George the Second
Borrowed: 1776/2/19 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Author: William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746), Genre: Law
Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the Seventh Year of King George the Second
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 299602
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 212
Ancient universal History tom 6. & 8. in 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/3/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr James Erskine Lord Barjarg; Lord Alva
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1722-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer.
Mr Robert Auld
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Factor/Agent. Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Possible modern shelfmark: various.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/3/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr James Erskine Lord Barjarg; Lord Alva, Mr Robert Auld
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 8
Record ID 299605
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 212
Muratori Antiquitates Italicae medii Ævi. tom. 2. 3. in fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound Sterl.
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Ludovico Antonio Muratori (Male, born 1672, died 1750)
Genre: History
Antiquitates Italicae medii aevi, sive dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, aliisque faciem & mores Italici populi referentibus post declinationem Rom. Imp. ad annum usque MD. Auctore Ludovico Antonio Muratorio.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.59.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Ludovico Antonio Muratori (Male, born 1672, died 1750)
Genre: History
Antiquitates Italicae medii ævi; sive dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione ... Italici populi referentibus post declinationem Rom. Imp. ad Annum usque MD.
Language: Latin . Published: Milan. Date of publication: 1738-1742. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 7 borrowing records
Ludovico Antonio Muratori (Male, born 1672, died 1750)
Genre: History
Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi
Borrowed: 1776/2/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Ludovico Antonio Muratori (Male, born 1672, died 1750), Genre: History
Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299611
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 213
Salmons review of the State Trials fol
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday). 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.
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Law
New abridgement and critical review of the state trials [Salmon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Law
A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials. Wherein are inserted, several trials not in any other collection.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T174071
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Law
New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Author: Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767), Genre: Law
Record ID 299626
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 215
Harris Voyages 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/23 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/23 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels [Harris]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.126.b.28-29.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records
ESTC: N10532
John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Borrowed: 1776/2/23 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719), Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299632
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 216
Reflections on the Finances & Commerce of France in 8
Borrowed: 1776/2/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/24 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six Shllings 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.
Dutot (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political reflections upon the finances and commerce of France [Dutot[
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Aq].7/1.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Dutot (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political reflections upon the finances and commerce of France; shewing the causes which formerly obstructed the advancement of her trade; on how much better footing it stands now than it did under Lewis XIV. with several Expedients for raising it still to a greater Heighth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T109812
Dutot (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Reflections upon the Finances and Commerce of France
Borrowed: 1776/2/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/24 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Dutot (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Reflections upon the Finances and Commerce of France
Record ID 299830
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 218
Alonço Histoire de Donna Rusine 2 vol. 12.o
Borrowed: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday). 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.
Alonso de Castillo Solórzano (Male, born 1584, died c.1648)
Genre: Fiction
Histoire et avantures de Dona Rusine, fameuse courtisane de Seville.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ag].8/1.13-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Alonso de Castillo Solórzano (Male, born 1584, died c.1648)
Genre: Fiction
Histoire et avantures de Dona Rusine, fameuse courtisane de Seville.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Alonso de Castillo Solórzano (Male, born 1584, died c.1648)
Genre: Fiction
Histoire et Avantures de Dona Rusine, Fameuse Courtisane de Seville
Borrowed: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Alonso de Castillo Solórzano (Male, born 1584, died c.1648), Genre: Fiction
Histoire et Avantures de Dona Rusine, Fameuse Courtisane de Seville
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299986
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 221
Gundlingius de emptione uxorum 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling (Male, born 1671, died 1729)
Genre: Law
De emptione uxorum dote et morgengaba [Gundling]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [f].3.9.
Confidence level: Certain
Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling (Male, born 1671, died 1729)
Genre: Law
N. H. G. ... de Emptione uxorum, dote, et morgengaba, ex jure Germanico libellus singularis.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1731. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling (Male, born 1671, died 1729)
Genre: Law
De Emptione Uxorum, Dote, et Morgengaba, ex Jure Germanico Libellus Singularis
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Author: Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling (Male, born 1671, died 1729), Genre: Law
De Emptione Uxorum, Dote, et Morgengaba, ex Jure Germanico Libellus Singularis
Record ID 299956
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 221
Hemingford Annales 2 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Walter de Hemingburgh (Male)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Walteri Hemingford, Canonici de Gisseburne, Historia de rebus gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.d .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Walter de Hemingburgh (Male)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Walteri Hemingford, Canonici de Gisseburne, Historia de rebus gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1731. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T145984
Walter de Hemingburgh (Male)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Historia de Rebus Gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III
Borrowed: 1776/2/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Walter de Hemingburgh (Male), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Historia de Rebus Gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299968
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 221
Scriptores rei rustica fol.
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores rei rusticae veteres Latini [Gesner]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.75.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores Rei Rusticae veteres Latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius, quibus nunc accedit Vegetius de Mulo-Medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini
Borrowed: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Author: Johann Matthias Gesner (Male, born 1691, died 1761), Genre: Belles Lettres
Scriptores Rei Rusticae Veteres Latini
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 300514
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 223
Benedictus Petroburgensis Ab. Historia 2V.
Borrowed: 1776/3/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/6 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten shillings sterl.
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Benedict Abbot of Peterborough (Male, died 1193)
Genre: History
Benedictus, abbas Petroburgensis, de vita & gestis Henrici II. et Ricardi I.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.7.d.9-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Benedict Abbot of Peterborough (Male, died 1193)
Genre: History
Benedictus, abbas Petroburgensis, de vita & gestis Henrici II. et Ricardi I. E Codice MS. In Bibliotheca Harleiana descripsit, Et nunc primus edidit Thomas Hearnius. Accesserunt alia. Duobus Tomis.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T21523
Benedict Abbot of Peterborough (Male, died 1193)
Genre: History
De Vita et Gestis Henrici II. et Ricardi I
Borrowed: 1776/3/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/6 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Author: Benedict Abbot of Peterborough (Male, died 1193), Genre: History
De Vita et Gestis Henrici II. et Ricardi I
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301117
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 224
Lord Littleton's Persian Letters 2 vol. 12.mo
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his friend at Ispahan [Lyttelton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NF.613.g.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T65251
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301111
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 224
Du Halde's History of China eng: 4 Vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
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.
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
The general history of China [Du Halde]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.146.d.7-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
The general history of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T114211
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
General History of China
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301120
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 225
Laws of Virginia in fol.
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.
Genre: Law
An abridgment of the publick laws of Virginia, in force and use, June 10. 1720.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Drill Hall UNI.SA/VIR.
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Genre: Law
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 301141
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 227
Microscope made easy by ditto 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/8 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
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).
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The microscope made easy [Baker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cq.5.10.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The microscope made easy: or, I. The nature, uses, and magnifying powers of the best kinds of microscopes described, calculated, and explained: ... II. An account of what surprizing discoveries have been already made by the microscope: ... And also a great variety of new experiments and observations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T90180
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Microscope Made Easy
Borrowed: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/8 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 301165
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 230
Harleian Miscellany vol. 1.2. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/13 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian miscellany: or, a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.39.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford’s library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; introduction by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T36012
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Borrowed: 1776/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301162
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 230
Labat Voyage a l'Amerique 8 tom 12o
Borrowed: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday). 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 Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique [Labat]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.133.f.11-18.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amérique, contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays, l'origine, ... la religion et le gouvernement des habitans anciens et modernes, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 1 borrowing record
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amérique
Borrowed: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738), Genre: Travel
Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amérique
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 301183
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 233
Juvenal et Persius Delphini 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satirae. Interpretatione ac notis illustravit Lodovicus Prateus, ... in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.76.e[3].
Confidence level: Certain
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
D. Junii Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci Satiræ. Interpretatione ac notis illustravit Lodovicus Prateus, rhetoricæ professor emeritus; jussu Christianissimi regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T217934
Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus
Borrowed: 1776/3/18 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: Aulus Persius Flaccus (Male, born 34-12-4, died 62-11-24), Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus
Record ID 301240
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 235
Dodsley's collection of old plays 12 vol. in 12.
Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/22 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl..
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Drama
Select collection of old plays [Dodsley]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].7/1.1-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Drama
A select collection of old plays.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Editors: Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 53 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T79279
Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Genre: Drama
Select Collection of Old Plays
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12
Record ID 301249
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 236
Hemingford Annales Vol. 2 in 8
Borrowed: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten 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.
Walter de Hemingburgh (Male)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Walteri Hemingford, Canonici de Gisseburne, Historia de rebus gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.d .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Walter de Hemingburgh (Male)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Walteri Hemingford, Canonici de Gisseburne, Historia de rebus gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1731. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T145984
Walter de Hemingburgh (Male)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Historia de Rebus Gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III
Borrowed: 1776/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/4/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes
Author: Walter de Hemingburgh (Male), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Historia de Rebus Gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 301279
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 238
Baconi Opera tom 1. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five 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.
Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio, ... opera omnia, quatuor voluminibus.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.6.5-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio, Vicecomitis Sancti Albani, Magni Angliae Cancellarii, opera omnia, quatuor voluminibus Comprehensa: Hactenus Edita, ad Autographorum maxime fidem, emendantur; Nonnulla etiam, ex Mss Codicibus deprompta, nunc primum prodeunt. ... . In quo continentur I. Dr Rawley’s Life of the Author. II. Collections relating to our Author’s Life. III. An Account of this Present Edition. IV. Instauratio Magna: Pars I. sive de Augmentis Scientiarum. V. Pars II. sive Novum Organum.
Language: Latin | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1730. Format: folio. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T88308
Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Francis Bacon
Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301312
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 239
Fletcher of Saltons Speeches and other Pamphlets in 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/3 (Friday). 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.
Andrew Fletcher (Male, born 1655, died 1716)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The political works of Andrew Fletcher, Esq [8vo, 1737]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ad].6/1.22.
Confidence level: Certain
Andrew Fletcher (Male, born 1655, died 1716)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The political works of Andrew Fletcher, Esq; containing, I. A discourse of government with relation to militia’s. II, III. Discourses concerning the Affairs of Scotland; written in the Year 1698. IV. Discorso delle cose di Spagna scritto nel mese di Luglio 1698. V. A Speech upon the State of the Nation; in April 1701. VI. Speeches by a Member of the Parliament, which began at Edinburgh the 6th of May 1703. Vii. An account of a conversation concerning a right regulation of governments for the common good of Mankind: In a Letter to the Marquis of Montrose, the Earls of Rothes, Roxburg and Haddington, from London the 1st of December, 1703.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T130895
Andrew Fletcher (Male, born 1655, died 1716)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Works of Andrew Fletcher
Borrowed: 1776/4/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/5/3 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Author: Andrew Fletcher (Male, born 1655, died 1716), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
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 301330
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 241
Newton on the Prophecies of Daniel 4to
Borrowed: 1776/4/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/16 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Theology
Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John [Newton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: W.6.6..
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Theology
Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John : In two parts / by Sir Isaac Newton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 25
ESTC: T41883
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Theology
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St John
Borrowed: 1776/4/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/16 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Author: Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20), Genre: Theology
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St John
Record ID 301333
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 242
Thucydidis Dukeri fol
Borrowed: 1776/4/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/16 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390)
Genre: History
De bello Peloponnesiaco libri viii [Thucydides/Wasse/Duker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.372.d.[13].
Confidence level: Certain
Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390)
Genre: History
Thoukydidou peri tou Peloponnēsiakou Polemou biblia oktō = Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo / cum adnotationibus integris Henrici Stephani, & Joannis Hudsoni. Recensuit, & notas suas addidit Josephus Wasse. Editionem curavit, suasque animadversiones adjecit Carolus Andreas Dukerus. Cum variis dissertationibus, msctor. collationibus, et indicibus novis locupletissimis.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1731. Format: folio.
Editors: Wasse, Josephus
Number of borrowings: 2
Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390)
Genre: History
History of the Peloponnesian War
Borrowed: 1776/4/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/5/16 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Author: Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390), Genre: History
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 301366
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245
Ovid Banier 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
P. Ovidii Nasonis metamorphoseōn libri XV. Cum variis lectionibus ... With Abbé Banier's arguments and explanations of the history of mythology of each fable in English.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.55.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV. Cum variis lectionibus indiceque rerum & fabularum. With Abbe Banier's arguments and explanations of the history and mythology of each fable in English.
Language: Latin | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Banier
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T99263
Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Metamorphoses
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Record ID 301363
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245
Quintiliana Rollin 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.73.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Rollin, Charles
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T115452
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]
Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 301375
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 246
Byrsonius de Verb. Significat 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/5/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/2 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pound Sterl.
Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Mr William Smellie
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Life dates: 1740-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Print and Book Trade > Publishers.
Barnabé Brisson (Male, born 1531, died 1591)
Genre: Law
De verborum quae ad ius ciuile pertinent significatione opus praestantissimum in meliorem commodioremque ordinem redactum, innumeris mendis emaculatum et post aliorum curas plurimis accessionibus, obseruationibusque philologicis, criticis, iuridicis locupletatum [Brisson]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.84.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Barnabé Brisson (Male, born 1531, died 1591)
Genre: Law
Barnabae Brissonii Regii in Gallia Consistorii quondam Consiliarii ... De verborum quae ad ius civile pertinent significatione opus praestantissimum in meliorem commodioremque ordinem redactum innumeris mendis emaculatum et post aliorum curas plurimis accessionibus, observationibusque philologicis, criticis, iuridicis locupletatum.
Language: Latin . Published: Halle. Date of publication: 1743. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Barnabé Brisson (Male, born 1531, died 1591)
Genre: Law
De Verborum quae ad Ius Cvile Pertinent
Borrowed: 1776/5/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/2 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr Robert Dick of Kirkfield, Mr William Smellie
Author: Barnabé Brisson (Male, born 1531, died 1591), Genre: Law
De Verborum quae ad Ius Cvile Pertinent
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301405
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 247
Luciani Opera 3 vol 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Apanta. Opera [Lucian]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.15.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Λουκιανου ... ἁπαντα. Luciani opera, cum nova versione T. Hemsterhusii et J. M. Gesneri, Graecis scholiis, ac notis omnium proximae editionis commentatorum, additis J. Brodaei, J. Jensii, L. Kusteri, B. Bosii, H. Vitringae, J. de la Faye, E. Leedes ... ac praecipue M. Solani et J. M. Gesneri, ... priorem partem ... curavit ... T. Hemsterhusius. Ceteras ... partes ordinavit, notasque suas adjecit, J. F. Reitzius.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hemsterhuis,Tiberius, 1685-1766.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 17 borrowing records
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301399
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 247
Majori Historia 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Major (Male, born 1469, died 1550)
Genre: History
Historia Majoris Britanniae, tam Angliae quam Scotiae,
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.b.(1-2).
Confidence level: Certain
John Major (Male, born 1469, died 1550)
Genre: History
Historia Majoris Britanniæ, tam Angliæ quam Scotiæ, per Joannem Majorem, nomine quidem Scotum, professione autem Theologum, é veterum monumentis concinnata.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T99614
John Major (Male, born 1469, died 1550)
Genre: History
Historia Majoris Britanniae
Borrowed: 1776/5/9 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/6/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: John Major (Male, born 1469, died 1550), Genre: History
Record ID 301426
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 250
Voyages par Bergeron 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/15 (Saturday). 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.
Pierre de Bergeron (Male, died 1637)
Genre: Travel
Voyages faits principalement en Asie dans les xii., xiii., xiv., et xv. siecles [Bergeron]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.148.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre de Bergeron (Male, died 1637)
Genre: Travel
Voyages faits principalement en Asie dans les XII, XIII, XIV, et XV siècles, par Benjamin de Tudèle, Jean du Plan-Carpin, N. Ascelin, Guillaume de Rubruquis, Marc Paul Vénitien, Haiton, Jean de Mandeville, et Ambroise Contarini: accompagnés de l'Histoire des Sarasins et des Tartares, et précédez d'une introduction concernant les voyages et les nouvelles découvertes des principaux voyageurs, par Pierre Bergeron.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Pieter van der Aa, 1659-1733
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Pierre de Bergeron (Male, died 1637)
Genre: Travel
Voyages Faits Principalement en Asie dans les XII, XIII, XIV, et XV Siècles
Borrowed: 1776/5/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Pierre de Bergeron (Male, died 1637), Genre: Travel
Voyages Faits Principalement en Asie dans les XII, XIII, XIV, et XV Siècles
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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 301453
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 253
Orleans revolutions d'Espagne 3 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/30 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/1 (Monday). 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.
Pierre Joseph d’ Orléans (Male, born 1641, died 1698)
Genre: History
Histoire des revolutions d'Espagne [Orleans]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.75.c.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Joseph d’ Orléans (Male, born 1641, died 1698)
Genre: History
Histoire des Révolutions d'Espagne; depuis la destruction de l'Empire des Goths, jusqu'à l'entière ... réünion des Royaumes de Castille et d'Arragon en une seule monarchie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
Pierre Joseph d’ Orléans (Male, born 1641, died 1698)
Genre: History
Histoire des Révolutions d'Espagne; Depuis la Destruction de l'Empire des Goths, jusqu'à l'Entière ... Réünion des Royaumes de Castille et d'Arragon en une Seule Monarchie
Borrowed: 1776/5/30 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: Pierre Joseph d’ Orléans (Male, born 1641, died 1698), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301474
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 255
Vernon's Cases &c. 2 vol. in fol.[note in margin] First Vol. returned W. G.
Borrowed: 1776/6/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery [Vernon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.2].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726-1728. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Vernon, Thomas, 1654-1721.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T95791
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/6/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/6/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
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 301201
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 263
Harleian Miscellany tom. 1.2.3 in 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
Mr John Cuming Ramsay younger of Templehall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian miscellany: or, a collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.39.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford’s library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; introduction by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T36012
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Cuming Ramsay younger of Templehall
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 301198
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 263
Bruckeri Hist. Critica Philosophiae 5 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1748-1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia critica philosophiae [Brucker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.III.1.2-1.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Iacobi Bruckeri ... Historia critica philosophiae, a mundi incunabulis ad nostram usque aetatem deducta.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1742-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 7 borrowing records
Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia Critica Philosophiae, a Mundi Incunabulis ad Nostram usque Aetatem Deducta
Borrowed: 1776/6/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/7/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Neil Ferguson of Woodhill
Author: Johann Jakob Brucker (Male, born 1696, died 1770), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Historia Critica Philosophiae, a Mundi Incunabulis ad Nostram usque Aetatem Deducta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299140
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 264
Cicero Oliveti, 2 vol. 4.
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/8/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl..
Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1719-1784.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/8/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299128
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 266
Buffon Histoire naturelle tom 6. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1754-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1776/6/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 298420
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 267
Also memoires de literature de l'Accademie royale 6 tom 12mo
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie ... (Mémoires de Littérature) ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.803.f.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1776/6/28 (Friday). Returned: 1776/7/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 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 298387
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 272
Considerations on the Trade to Africa 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/6/6 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/6 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings 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.
M. O'Connor (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on the trade to Africa [O'Connor]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: PSNC.55(4).
Confidence level: Certain
M. O'Connor (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on the trade to Africa. Together with a proposal for securing the Benefits thereof to this Nation. For Fixing and Ascertaining the Capital Stock of the Royal African Company of England. For Uniting the Creditors and Proprietors thereof in One Joint, or Common Interest. For raising the Sun of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds to be employed in the Trade and Service of that Corporation. And (by Means of a Parliamentary Allowance) for Establishing their Affairs, both at Home and Abroad, upon a solid and lasting Foundation. In a Letter to a Noble Lord: With whom that proposal was left for his Consideration the last Year, but with no Sort of Interntion that it should ever appear in Print. And a postscript: Containing, amongst other Things, The Author’s Reasons for Publishing the same at this Time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T31555
M. O'Connor (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on the Trade to Africa. Together with a Proposal for Securing the Benefits thereof to this Nation
Borrowed: 1776/6/6 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/6 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: M. O'Connor (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 295456
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 273
Middletons life of Cicero 2 vol in 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/7/8 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/8 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two Pounds Sterl.
Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1745-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sheriff Depute of Stirling 1775; Advocate-Depute 1780; Lord Abercrombie 7 June 1792
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero [Middleton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.64.a.2-3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In two volumes. By Conyers Middleton, D. D. Principal Library-Keeper of the University of Cambridge
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 104 times in 73 borrowing records
ESTC: T125960
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Borrowed: 1776/7/8 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Author: Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750), Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 291028
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 277
Carntemirs History of the Ottoman Empire fol.
Borrowed: 1776/7/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/13 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl..
Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1727-1780.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Military > Officer.
Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723)
Genre: History
The history of the growth and decay of the Othman empire [Cantemir]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.150.a.2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723)
Genre: History
The history of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire. Containing the Growth of the Othman Empire, from the Reign of Othman the Founder, to the Reign of Mahomet IV. That is From the Year 1300, to the Siege of Vienna, in 1683. Written Originally in Latin, by Demetrius Cantemir, late Prince of Moldavia. Translated into English, from the Author's own Manuscript, by N. Tindal, M. A. Vicar of Great Waltham in Essex. Adorn'd with the Heads of the Turkish Emperors, Ingraven from Copies taken from Originals in the Grand Seignor's Palace, by the late Sultan's Painter.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Nicolas Tindal (1687 – 27 June 1774)
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T136520
Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723)
Genre: History
History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire
Borrowed: 1776/7/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/8/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Author: Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723), Genre: History
History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 291016
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 278
Hales pleas of the Crown 2 vol. fol
Borrowed: 1776/7/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr George Ogilvie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir Matthew Hale (Male, born 1609, died 1676)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historia placitorum coronae. The history of the pleas of the Crown [Hale]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Matthew Hale (Male, born 1609, died 1676)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historia placitorum coronæ. The history of the pleas of the Crown, by Sir Matthew Hale ... Now first published from his Lordship’s original manuscript, and the several references to the records examined by the originals, with large notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: folio.
Editors: Emlyn, Sollom.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T187517
Sir Matthew Hale (Male, born 1609, died 1676)
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historia placitorum coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown
Borrowed: 1776/7/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr George Ogilvie
Author: Sir Matthew Hale (Male, born 1609, died 1676), Genre: History, Genre: Law
Historia placitorum coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 290992
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 279
Hawkin's pleas of the Crown 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/7/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/22 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl..
Mr George Ogilvie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown [Hawkins, 1739]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.142.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown: or a system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under their proper heads.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T107637
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Borrowed: 1776/7/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/7/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr George Ogilvie
Author: William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746), Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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 171120
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 14
Monthly Review tom 11-15 onches
Borrowed: 1788/5/23 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/23 (Monday).
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 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
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: 1788/5/23 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/23 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Record ID 171252
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 15
Wotton leges Wallicae fol
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/30 (Monday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Genre: Law
Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, seu leges Wallicae ecclesiasticae & civiles Hoeli Boni et aliorum Walliae principum [Wotton]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.144.5.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, seu leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum, quas Ex variis Codicibus Manuscriptis eruit, Interpretatione Latina, Notis & Glossario illustravit Guilielmus Wottonus, S.T.P. adjuvante Mose Guilielmio, A.M.R.S. Soc. Qui & appendicem adjecit.
Language: Latin | Welsh . Published: London. Date of publication: 1730. Format: folio.
Editors: Wotton, William; Clarke, William
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T63960
Genre: Law
Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac eraill, seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Hoeli Boni et Aliorum Walliae Principum
Borrowed: 1788/5/30 (Friday). Returned: 1788/6/30 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Genre: Law
Record ID 171300
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 16
Cointi Smyrnaei Paralipsium in 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Smyrnaeus Quintus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Quinti Calabri prætermissorum ab Homero libri XIV.
Possible modern shelfmark: K.10.c .
Confidence level: Certain
Smyrnaeus Quintus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Quinti Calabri Prætermissorum ab Homero Libri XIV. Græce, cum versione latina et integris emendationibus L. Rhodomanni; et adnotamentis selectis C. Dausqueji; curante I. C. de Pauw, qui suas etiam emendationes addidit.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Pauw, Jan Cornelis de, -1749.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: .
Smyrnaeus Quintus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Praetermissorum ab Homero
Borrowed: 1788/6/3 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Smyrnaeus Quintus (Male), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 171705
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 22
Lord Sommers Tracts vol 16
Borrowed: 1788/6/13 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/13 (Sunday).
Mr William Grant of Congalton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1821.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Somers Tracts (original title)
A collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: A.39.b .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
A third collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects: but chiefly such as relate to the history and constitution of these kingdoms. Selected from an infinite number in print and manuscript, in the Royal, Cotton, Sion, and other public, as well as private libraries; particularly that of the late Lord Somers.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T84209
Genre: History
Third Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects: but chiefly such as relate to the history and constitution of these kingdoms. Selected from an infinite number in print and manuscript, in the Royal, Cotton, Sion, and other publick, as well as private libraries; particularly that of the late Lord Sommers.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T67
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A second collection of scarce and valuable tracts, on the most interesting and entertaining subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T79263
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Second Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, on the most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects
Borrowed: 1788/6/13 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Grant of Congalton
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Third Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, Second Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, on the most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 171807
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 25
Spences Polymetis fol
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists [Spence]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.1.7.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133753
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1788/6/18 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/7/18 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Record ID 172029
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 27
Horsleys Britannia Romana fol
Borrowed: 1788/6/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/19 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or the Roman antiquities of Britain: in three books [Horsley]
Possible modern shelfmark: A.42.c.4.
Confidence level: Certain
John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or the Roman antiquities of Britain: in three books. The I. Contains the history of all the Roman Transactions in Britain, with an account of their legionary and auxiliary forces employed here, and a determination of the stations per lineam valli; also a large description of the Roman walls, with maps of the same laid down from a geometrical survey. II. Contains a compleat collection of the Roman inscriptions and sculptures which have hitherto been discovered in Britain, with the letters engraved in their proper shape and proportionate size, and the reading placed under each; as also an historical account of them, with explanatory and critical observations. III. Contains the Roman Geography of Britain, in which are given the originals of Ptolemy, Antonini Itinerarium, the Notitia, the anonymous Ravennas, and Peutinger’s table, so far as they relate to this island, with particular essays on each of these ancient authors, and the several places in Britain mentioned by them. To which are added, A chronological table, and indexes to the inscriptions and sculptures after the manner of Gruier and Reinsius. also geographical indexes both of the latin and english names of the roman place in Britain, and a general index to the work. The whole illustrated with above an hundred copper plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T115200
John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain
Borrowed: 1788/6/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1788/7/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732), Genre: History
Record ID 172158
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 30
Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest passage &c. 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/6/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/24 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill. sterl..
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Clerk of the California (Male)
Genre: Travel
An account of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage by Hudson's Streights, to the western and southern ocean of America.
Possible modern shelfmark: K.188.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Clerk of the California (Male)
Genre: Travel
An account of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage by Hudson's Streights, to the western and southern ocean of America. Performed in the year 1746 and 1747, in the ship California, Capt. Francis Smith, commander.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748-1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T91648
Clerk of the California (Male)
Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Hudson's Streights
Borrowed: 1788/6/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/7/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Clerk of the California (Male), Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Hudson's Streights
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 172179
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 33
Burlamaqui principes du droit naturel 4to
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui (Male, born 1694, died 1748)
Genre: Law
Principes du droit naturel [Burlamaqui]
Possible modern shelfmark: [g].2.25.
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui (Male, born 1694, died 1748)
Genre: Law
Principes du droit naturel.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui (Male, born 1694, died 1748)
Genre: Law
Principles of Natural Law [Jean Jacques Burlamaqui]
Borrowed: 1788/6/27 (Friday). Returned: 1788/7/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Jean Jacques Burlamaqui (Male, born 1694, died 1748), Genre: Law
Record ID 173439
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 38
Ciceronis Opera Oliveti tom 5
Borrowed: 1788/7/4 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/4 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1788/7/4 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/4 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 173643
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 41
Ciceronis Opera Oliveti tom 1. 4to
Borrowed: 1788/7/14 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/14 (Thursday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Cum delectu commentariorum [Olivet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.66.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero
Borrowed: 1788/7/14 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 173664
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 44
Hills natural History of Fossils fol
Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/18 (Monday).
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A general natural history: or, new and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables, and minerals of the different parts of the world [Hill]
Possible modern shelfmark: Am.2.5-5b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A general natural history: or, new and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables, and minerals, of the different parts of the world; ... With a great number of figures, elegantly engraved.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748-1752. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 22 borrowing records
ESTC: T40566
John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
General Natural History
Borrowed: 1788/7/18 (Friday). Returned: 1788/8/18 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 173925
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 48
Wachteri Glossorium Germanicum
Borrowed: 1788/7/21 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/21 (Thursday).
Mr John Wright
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: d. 1813.
Johann Georg Wachter (Male, born 1673, died 1757)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium Germanicum, continens origines et antiquitates totius linguae Germanicae [Wachter]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.145.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Georg Wachter (Male, born 1673, died 1757)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium Germanicum, continens origines et antiquitates totius linguæ Germanicæ, et omnium pene vocabulorum, vigentium et desitorum.
Language: German | Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1737. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
Johann Georg Wachter (Male, born 1673, died 1757)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium Germanicum
Borrowed: 1788/7/21 (Monday). Returned: 1788/8/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Wright
Author: Johann Georg Wachter (Male, born 1673, died 1757), Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 173967
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 50
Andersons royal Genealogies fol
Borrowed: 1788/7/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/23 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Henderson of Fordel
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1762-1833.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Anderson (Male, born c.1680, died 1739)
Genre: History
Royal genealogies [Anderson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.93.a.11.
Confidence level: Certain
James Anderson (Male, born c.1680, died 1739)
Genre: History
Royal genealogies: or, the genealogical tables of emperors, kings and princes, from Adam to these times; in two parts. Part I. Begins with a chronological history of the world, from the Beginning of Time to the Christian Era, and then the Genealogies of the earliest great Families and most ancient Sovereigns of Asia, Europe, Africa and America, down to Charlemain, and many of ’em down to these Times. Part II. begins with the grand revolution of Charlemain, and carries on the Royal and Princely Genealogies of Europe down to these Times; concluding with those of the Britannic Isles.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T133816
James Anderson (Male, born c.1680, died 1739)
Genre: History
Royal Genealogies: or, The Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes, from Adam to These Times
Borrowed: 1788/7/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Henderson of Fordel
Author: James Anderson (Male, born c.1680, died 1739), Genre: History
Record ID 173961
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 50
Aristidis opera omnia Gr. Lat. 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Aelius Aristides (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Aelii Aristidis Adrianensis Opera omnia Graece & Latine, in duo volumina distributa; cum notis & emendationibus.
Possible modern shelfmark: K.14.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Aelius Aristides (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Aelii Aristidis Adrianensis Opera omnia Graece & Latine, in duo volumina distributa; cum notis & emendationibus.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1722-1730. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T133617
Aelius Aristides (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Aelius Aristides
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Aelius Aristides (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 173964
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 50
Aristotelis Ars Poetica Goulstoni
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotelis de poetica liber, ad optimorum codicum fidem emendatus [Goulston]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.27.f .
Confidence level: Certain
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotelis de poetica liber, ad optimorum codicum fidem emendatus: additis, quæ majoris momenti sunt, variantibus lectionibus: cum versione Latina Theodori Goulstoni.
Language: Latin | Greek . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1731. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Goulson, Theodore
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T140274
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Poetics
Borrowed: 1788/7/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 174294
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 57
Duke of Marlboroughs conduct
Borrowed: 1788/8/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/9/2 (Tuesday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Jean Dumont Baron de Carlscroon (Male, born 1667, died 1727), Jean Rousset de Missy (Male, born 1686, died 1762)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the lives and conduct of those illustrious heroes Prince Eugene of Savoy, and John Duke of Marlborough.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.18.a.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Dumont Baron de Carlscroon (Male, born 1667, died 1727), Jean Rousset de Missy (Male, born 1686, died 1762)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the lives and conduct of those illustrious heroes Prince Eugene of Savoy, and John Duke of Marlborough: wherein is included a full, particular and impartial account of their Behaviour in the late Wars, as likewise the Military and gallant Actions of The Duke of Argyle, The Earl of Stair, The Lord Cobham, The Earl of Cadogan.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: folio.
Translators: Campbell, John
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T146545
Jean Dumont Baron de Carlscroon (Male, born 1667, died 1727), Jean Rousset de Missy (Male, born 1686, died 1762)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the Lives and Conduct of those Illustrious Heroes Prince Eugene of Savoy, and John Duke of Marlborough
Borrowed: 1788/8/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1788/9/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Jean Dumont Baron de Carlscroon (Male, born 1667, died 1727), Jean Rousset de Missy (Male, born 1686, died 1762), Genre: Lives