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A new catalogue of the Edinburgh circulating library [electronic resource] : Containing twenty thous...

A new catalogue of the Edinburgh circulating library [electronic resource] : Containing twenty thous...

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A new catalogue of the Edinburgh circulating library [electronic resource] : Containing twenty thousand volumes, English, French, and Italian, of history, voyages, travels, lives, arts & sciences, nat. history, philosophy, agriculture, anatomy, physic, surgery, divinity, ecclesiastical history, poetry & plays, miscellaneous literature, novels, &c. Including all the books that have been lately published in every branch of literature; likewise music and printes: which are lent, by the year, half-year, or quarter, By J. Sibbald, bookseller, stationer, and printseller, Parliament-square, Edinburgh.

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A new catalogue of the Edinburgh circulating library [electronic resource] : Containing twenty thousand volumes, English, French, and Italian, of history, voyages, travels, lives, arts & sciences, nat. history, philosophy, agriculture, anatomy, physic, surgery, divinity, ecclesiastical history, poetry & plays, miscellaneous literature, novels, &c. Including all the books that have been lately published in every branch of literature; likewise music and printes: which are lent, by the year, half-year, or quarter, By J. Sibbald, bookseller, stationer, and printseller, Parliament-square, Edinburgh.

Publisher

[Edinburgh : s.n., 1786?]

Date

1786?]

Record Identifier

74VKDyNvZNyg

MMS ID

991019125649702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[4],270p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

[Edinburgh : s.n., 1786?]

Place of Publication

Scotland

Date Published

1786?]

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A new catalogue of the Edinburgh circulating library [electronic resource] : Containing twenty thousand volumes, English, French, and Italian, of history, voyages, travels, lives, arts & sciences, nat. history, philosophy, agriculture, anatomy, physic, surgery, divinity, ecclesiastical history, poetry & plays, miscellaneous literature, novels, &c....

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Notes

General note

James Sibbald acquired the circulating library in 1780 from the widow of John Yair, and in 1791 the management of the business was given to Messrs. Laurie and Symington.

Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.)

Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

The catalogue includes five appendices covering new books acquired for the library between 1781 and 1786....

Citation / References Note

ESTC T230846.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VKDyNvZNyg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDyNvZNyg

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MMS ID

991019125649702626