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Record ID 207230
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 5
Buffon histoire naturelle tom. VI & VII. in 4o
Borrowed: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
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, Volume 7
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 237 times in 126 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: 1770/12/14 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
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, Volume 7
Record ID 208976
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 21
La Vie de Madam Maintenon, in 12o
Borrowed: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
William Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Madame de Maintenon, et à celle du siècle passé.
Possible modern shelfmark: D.27.e.6-20.
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, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Mme de Maintenon et à celle du siècle passé.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 2 borrowing records
Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719)
Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire de Mme de Maintenon
Borrowed: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, William Murray
Author: Françoise d' Aubigné Marquise de Maintenon (Female, born 1635, died 1719), Genre: Lives
Mémoires pour Servir à l'Histoire de Mme de Maintenon
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, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15
Record ID 209603
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 41
Buffon histoire Naturelle tom. X. & XI. in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
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).
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 10, Volume 11
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 237 times in 126 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: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
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 10, Volume 11
Record ID 210062
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 45
Fodun's Scotichronicon 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, cum supplementis et continuatione Walteri Boweri, Insulae Sancti Columbae Abbatis: E Codicibus Mss, editum, cum notis et variantibus lectionibus. Præfixa est ad historiam Scotorum introductio brevis, curâ Walteri Goodall.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T96013
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Scotichronicon [John Fordun]
Borrowed: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: John Fordun (Male, died 1384), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210143
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 53
Item Mabillere de re diplimatica fol
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707)
Genre: History
De re diplomatica libri VI [Mabillon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.59.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707)
Genre: History
De Re Diplomatica libri VI. In quibus quidquid ad veterum instrumentorum antiquitatem, materiam, scripturam et stilum; quidquid ad sigilla, monogrammata, subscriptiones, ac notas chronologicas; quidquid inde ad antiquariam, historiam forensemque disciplinam pertinet, explicatur et illustratur.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1681. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 3
Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707)
Genre: History
De Re Diplomatica
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707), Genre: History
Record ID 210140
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 53
Du Cange's Glossary vol. 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 fol.
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six guineas.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis [Du Cange]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.89.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1733-1736. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 14 borrowing records
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688), Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 210176
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 56
James Vi his works in English fol.
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Record ID 210179
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 56
Madox's forumulare Anglicanum fol.
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727)
Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum [Madox]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.161.4.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727)
Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum: or, a collection of ancient charters and instruments of divers kinds, taken from the originals.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1702. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T97067
Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727)
Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum: or, A Collection of Ancient Charters and Instruments of Divers Kinds
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727), Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum: or, A Collection of Ancient Charters and Instruments of Divers Kinds
Record ID 210191
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 58
Euripides per Barnes Gr. Lat. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/4/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/5/10 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
William Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Euripidis quae extant omnia [Barnes]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.5.a .
Confidence level: Certain
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Euripidou sōzomena hapanta· Dēlonoti tragōdiai eikosi, plēn hystatē, pasai teleiai· eti dē kai apospasmatia tōn allōn hyper tas hexēkonta· kai epistolai pente, kai autai nun to prōton prospara grapheisai. scholia tōn panu dokimōn eis hepta tas proteras tragōdias, syllegenta ek diaphorōn palaiōn bibliōn, kai synarmologōthenta para Arseniou Archiepiskopou Monembasias. = Euripidis quæ extant omnia: tragoediæ nempe XX, præter ultimam, omnes completæ: item fragmenta aliarum plusquam LX tragœdiarum; et epistolæ V. Nunc primùm & ipsæ hùc adjectæ: scholia demùm doctorum virorum in septem priores tragœdias, ex diversis antiquis exemplaribus undiquaque collecta & concinnata ab Arsen Monembasiæ Archiepiscopo
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1694. Format: folio.
Editors: Barnes, Joshua, 1654-1712.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: R24132
Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Works of Euripides
Borrowed: 1771/4/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/5/10 (Friday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, William Murray
Author: Euripides (Male, born c.BCE480, died BCE406), Genre: Drama
Record ID 210260
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 67
Cases of Appeals for 1727 & 1728 fol
Borrowed: 1771/6/10 (Monday). Returned: 1771/6/15 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl..
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).
John McIntosh
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Genre: Law
Appeal Cases 1727-1728
Borrowed: 1771/6/10 (Monday). Returned: 1771/6/15 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, John McIntosh
Genre: Law
Record ID 210410
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 74
Anderson's historical Collections 4 vol. in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/7/25 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections relating to the history of Mary Queen of Scotland [Anderson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.110.a.1 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections relating to the history of Mary Queen of Scotland, in four volumes : containing a great number of original papers never before printed : also a few scarce pieces reprinted, taken from the best copies / revised and published by James Anderson, Esq; with an explanatory index of the obsolete words, and prefaces shewing the importance of these collections.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1727-1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T133808
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland
Borrowed: 1771/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/7/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 210548
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 86
Session Papers ofr 1733. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/7/19 (Friday). Returned: 1771/7/22 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Law
Session Papers 1733
Borrowed: 1771/7/19 (Friday). Returned: 1771/7/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Genre: Law
Record ID 210557
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 87
Cases of Appeals 1750-8 fol
Borrowed: 1771/7/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/7/29 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl..
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).
Genre: Law
Appeal Cases 1750-1758
Borrowed: 1771/7/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/7/29 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Genre: Law
Record ID 210662
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 98
Burn's ecclesiastical Law vol. 1.st in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/8/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/9/20 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
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).
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law [Burn]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T70032
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Borrowed: 1771/8/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/9/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Author: Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 210665
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 98
Puffendorf by Barbeyrac tom. 1 in 4.o
Borrowed: 1771/8/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/9/20 (Friday). 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).
Jean Barbeyrac (Male, born 1674, died 1744), Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf (Male, born 1632, died 1694)
Genre: Law
Le droit de la nature et des gens [Pufendorf/Barbeyrac]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.84.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Barbeyrac (Male, born 1674, died 1744), Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf (Male, born 1632, died 1694)
Genre: Law
Le droit de la nature et des gens ... Traduit du Latin ... par Jean Barbeyrac. Avec des notes du traducteur ... et une préface ...
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1706. Format: 4to.
Editors: Barbeyrac, Jean, 1674-1744.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records
Jean Barbeyrac (Male, born 1674, died 1744), Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf (Male, born 1632, died 1694)
Genre: Law
Droit de la Nature et des Gens
Borrowed: 1771/8/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/9/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Author: Jean Barbeyrac (Male, born 1674, died 1744), Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf (Male, born 1632, died 1694), Genre: Law
Droit de la Nature et des Gens
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 210692
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 100
Lindesay's of Pitscottie's history of Scotland fol
Borrowed: 1771/9/20 (Friday). Returned: 1771/10/20 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
History of Scotland; from 21 February, 1436. to March, 1565 [Lindsay/Freebairn] [folio]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a.13.
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from 21 February, 1436. to March, 1565: in which are contained accounts of many remarkable passages altogether differing from our other historians, and many facts are related, either concealed by some, or omitted by others.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1728. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T87021
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay]
Borrowed: 1771/9/20 (Friday). Returned: 1771/10/20 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565), Genre: History
Record ID 210701
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 101
Douglass's Peerage fol
Borrowed: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/11/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation [Douglas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.287.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their Origin to the present Generation: collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, the Charters, and other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of our best Historians.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T145745
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom
Borrowed: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/11/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 210713
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 103
Nisbet's Heraldry vol. 2.d fol.
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725)
Genre: History
A system of heraldry speculative and practical [Nisbet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: AB.9.207.01.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725)
Genre: History
A system of heraldry speculative and practical: with the true art of blazon, according to the most approved heralds in Europe: illustrated with suitable examples of armorial figures, and Atchievements of the most considerable Sirnames and Families in Scotland, &c. Together With Historical and Genealogical Memorials relative thereto.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1722. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T135745
Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725)
Genre: History
System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725), Genre: History
System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 210716
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 103
Item Prynne's History of King John &c. vol. 3d fol
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669)
Genre: Lives
The history of King John, King Henry III. and the most illustrious King Edward the I [Prynne]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.36.a.15.
Confidence level: Certain
William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669)
Genre: Lives
The history of King John, King Henry III. and the most illustrious King Edward the I.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1670. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R471
William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669)
Genre: Lives
History of King John, King Henry III. and the Most Illustrious King Edward the I
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669), Genre: Lives
History of King John, King Henry III. and the Most Illustrious King Edward the I
Record ID 210731
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 105
Catullus &c cum notis variorum in 8.o
Borrowed: 1771/11/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/12/13 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54), Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19)
Genre: Poetry
Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius cum notis variorum (original title)
Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.56.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54), Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19)
Genre: Poetry
Catullus, Tibullus, et Propertius ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii, cum notis integris Jos. Scaligeri, M. Ant. Mureti, Achill. Statii, Roberti Titii, Hieronymi Avantii, Jani Dousae patris & filii, Theodori Marcilii, nec non selectis aliorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Utrecht. Date of publication: 1680. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54), Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius
Borrowed: 1771/11/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/12/13 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54), Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 210725
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 105
Collectio Pisaurenisis vol. 2. in 4.o
Borrowed: 1771/11/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/12/13 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis omnium poematum, carminum, fragmentorum latinorum [Amati]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.53.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis omnium poematum, carminum, fragmentorum latinorum ... a prima latinæ linguæ ætate ad sextum usque Christianum seculum et Longobardorum in Italiam adventum pertinens.
Language: Latin . Published: Pesaro. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 4to.
Editors: Amati, Pasquale
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis Omnium Poematum, Carminum, Fragmentorum Latinorum
Borrowed: 1771/11/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/12/13 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis Omnium Poematum, Carminum, Fragmentorum Latinorum
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 210728
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 105
Catallus, Tibullus &c. in usum Delphini 2 tom.
Borrowed: 1771/11/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/12/13 (Friday). 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).
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54)
Genre: Poetry
C. Valerii Catulli Opera. (Albii Tibulli ... Elegiarum libri quatuor. - Sexti Aurelii Propertii ... Elegiarum libri quatuor.) Interpretatione et notis illustravit Philippus Silvius ... in usum ... Delphini.
Possible modern shelfmark: K.76.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54)
Genre: Poetry
C. Valerii Catulli opera. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Philippus Silvius ... in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1685. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 15 borrowing records
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Catullus
Borrowed: 1771/11/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/12/13 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Gaius Valerius Catullus (Male, born c.BCE84, died BCE54), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210788
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 111
Codex Theodosianus tom. III. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/11/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/12/22 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
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).
John McIntosh
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450)
Genre: Law
Codex Theodosianus cum perpetuis commentariis Iacobi Gothofredi.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: MacMillan Collection B.2.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450)
Genre: Law
Codex Theodosianus cum perpetuis commentariis Iacobi Gothofredi.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1665. Format: folio.
Editors: Gothofredus
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 13 borrowing records
Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450)
Genre: Law
Codex Theodosianus cum Perpetuis Commentariis Jacobi Gothofredi
Borrowed: 1771/11/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/12/22 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, John McIntosh
Author: Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450), Genre: Law
Codex Theodosianus cum Perpetuis Commentariis Jacobi Gothofredi
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 210809
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 114
Martlialis Epigrammata in us. Delph. 4.o
Borrowed: 1771/11/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/12/26 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Borrowed: 1771/11/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/12/26 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Record ID 210812
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 114
Ovidius in us. Delph. tom. 1. 4o
Borrowed: 1771/11/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/12/26 (Thursday). 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).
Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Pub. Ovidii Nasonis operum tomus primus [-quartus] [Delphini]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.76.a.8-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Pub. Ovidii Nasonis Operum tomus primus(-quartus). Interpretatione et notis illustravit D. Crispinus ... ad usum Delphini, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1689. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 5 borrowing records
Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Ovid
Borrowed: 1771/11/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/12/26 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 210851
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 119
Epistolae regum Scotorum 2 vol. 8o
Borrowed: 1771/11/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/12/30 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolæ Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariæ, regum Scotorum [Ruddiman]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.d.19-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolæ Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariæ, regum Scotorum, eorumq; tutorum & regni gubernatorum; ad imperatores, reges, pontifices, principes, civitates, & alios, ab anno 1505, ad annum 1545.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1722-1724. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T146909
James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolae Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariae, Regum Scotorum
Borrowed: 1771/11/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/12/30 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolae Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariae, Regum Scotorum
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210881
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 221
Ferguson's Lectures 4o
Borrowed: 1771/12/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/1/4 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
William Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects: in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics [Ferguson 1764]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cp.4.30(1).
Confidence level: Certain
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 51
ESTC: T53437
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics
Borrowed: 1771/12/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/1/4 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, William Murray
Author: James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics
Record ID 211073
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 241
Cases of Appeals 1734-38.
Borrowed: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/1 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl..
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).
Genre: Law
Appeal Cases 1734-1738
Borrowed: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Genre: Law
Record ID 211079
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 241
Cragij Jus feudale two Copies [one in fol.] the other in 4o
Borrowed: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/1 (Saturday). 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).
Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608)
Genre: Law
Thomae Cragii de Riccartoun, in senatu Edenburgensi patroni & jure consultissimi, jus feudale, tribus libris comprehensum [4to]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.35.c.31.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608)
Genre: Law
Jus Feudale, tribus libris comprehensum ... Cum præfatione Lüderi Menckenii.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1716. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608)
Genre: Law
Jus Feudale
Borrowed: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Author: Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608), Genre: Law
Record ID 211076
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 241
Cragij Jus feudale two Copies one in fol. [the other in 4o]
Borrowed: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/1 (Saturday). 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).
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: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Author: Sir Thomas Craig (Male, born 1538, died 1608), Genre: Law
Record ID 211109
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 244
Cases of Appeals from 1734-1739 folio
Borrowed: 1772/2/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/9 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds.
Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1739-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Politics/Office Holders > Secretary of State.
Mr James Hardy Hardie
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Genre: Law
Appeal Cases 1734-1739
Borrowed: 1772/2/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/9 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr Henry Dundas of Melville, Mr James Hardy Hardie
Genre: Law
Record ID 211124
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 246
Senecae opera, notis Gronoij 3. vol. 8.o
Borrowed: 1772/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/3/8 (Sunday). 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).
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Male, born c.BCE4, died 65)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
L. Annaei Senecae Opera [Gronovius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.69.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Male, born c.BCE4, died 65)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
L. Annaei Senecae Opera, quae exstant, integris Justi Lipsii, J. Fred. Gronovii, & selectis variorum commentariis illustrata. Accedunt Liberti Fromondi in quaestionum naturalium libros & apokolokuntosin notae & emendationes ...
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1672-1673. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, 1611-1671
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Male, born c.BCE4, died 65)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Seneca
Borrowed: 1772/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/3/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Male, born c.BCE4, died 65), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 211121
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 246
Chaucer's works by Urry. fol.
Borrowed: 1772/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/3/8 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [Urry]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.1.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, compared with the former editions, and many valuable Mss. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; By John Urry, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. Deceased: March, 17, 1714/9. Together with a Glossary, By a Student of the same College. Jim Thomas. To the Whole is prefixed The Author’s Life, newly written, and a Preface, giving an Account of this Edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: folio.
Editors: Urry, John; Thomas, Timothy
Number of borrowings: 16
ESTC: T106027
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Borrowed: 1772/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/3/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 211313
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 258
Session Papers for 1731 &c. on vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1772/3/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/3/10 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl.
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).
Genre: Law
Session Papers 1731
Borrowed: 1772/3/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/3/10 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Genre: Law
Record ID 211340
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 261
Museum Estruscum vol. 1 & 2. fol
Borrowed: 1772/3/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/13 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three Guineas.
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).
Antonio Francesco Gori (Male, born 1691, died 1757)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Etruscum, exhibens insignia veterum Etruscorum monumenta [Gori]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.59.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Antonio Francesco Gori (Male, born 1691, died 1757)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Etruscum exhibens insignia veterum Etruscorum monumenta, æreis tabulis CC. nunc primum edita et illustrata observationibus A. F. G., etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Florence. Date of publication: 1737-1743. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Antonio Francesco Gori (Male, born 1691, died 1757)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Etruscum Exhibens Insignia Veterum Etruscorum Monumenta
Borrowed: 1772/3/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/13 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Antonio Francesco Gori (Male, born 1691, died 1757), Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Etruscum Exhibens Insignia Veterum Etruscorum Monumenta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 211343
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 261
Buffon Histoire Naturelle tom 5 4to
Borrowed: 1772/3/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/13 (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).
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 5
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 237 times in 126 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: 1772/3/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/13 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
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 5
Record ID 211376
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 266
Sophoclis tragoediae Gr. apud, Steph.
Borrowed: 1772/3/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/5/1 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl.
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
William Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Sophokleous hai hepta tragōdiai. Sophoclis tragoediæ septem [Estienne]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.6.a.[2].
Confidence level: Certain
Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Sophokleous hai hepta tragōdiai. Sophoclis Tragoediae septem. Una cum omnibus Graecis scholiis et cum Latinis Joach. Camerarii. Annotationes Henrici Stephani in Sophoclem et Euripidem, seorsum excusae simul prodeunt.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1568. Format: 4to.
Editors: Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598
Number of borrowings: 1
Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Tragedies of Sophocles
Borrowed: 1772/3/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/5/1 (Friday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, William Murray
Author: Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406), Genre: Drama
Record ID 211397
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 269
Session Papers for 1744 & 1745 one vol folio
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Returned: 1772/5/27 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds sterl.
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).
John McIntosh
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Genre: Law
Session Papers 1744-45
Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Returned: 1772/5/27 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, John McIntosh
Genre: Law
Record ID 211424
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 272
General Abridgement of Cases in Equity 2 vols folio
Borrowed: 1772/5/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/5/30 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two Pounds Sterlg.
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).
John McIntosh
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of cases in equity.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.161.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
A general abridgment of cases in equity, argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T97047
Borrowed: 1772/5/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/5/30 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, John McIntosh
Genre: Law
General Abridgment of Cases in Equity
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 211601
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 289
Millars Gardiners Dictionary 2 vols folio
Borrowed: 1772/7/3 (Friday). Returned: 1772/8/3 (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).
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ao.4.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving The Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, As Also, The Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard; According to the Practice of the Most Experienc’d Gardeners of the Present Age. Interspers’d with The History of the Plants, the Characters of each Genus, and the Names of all the particular Species, in Latin and English; and an Explanation of all the Terms used in Botany and Gardening. Together with Accounts of the Nature and Use of Barometers, Thermometers, and Hygrometers, proper for Gardeners; And of the Origin, Causes, and Nature of Meteors, and the particular Influences of Air, Earth, Fire and Water upon Vegetation, according to the best Natural Philosophers. Adorn’d with copper plates. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden at Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N18273
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Gardeners Dictionary
Borrowed: 1772/7/3 (Friday). Returned: 1772/8/3 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 211598
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 289
Description of England & Wales vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 in 12 vols. 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10th
Borrowed: 1772/7/3 (Friday). Returned: 1772/8/3 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Travel
A description of England and Wales. Containing a particular account of each county ... Embellished with two hundred and forty copper plates, of palaces, castles, cathedrals.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.43.f..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
A description of England and Wales. Containing a particular account of each county ... Embellished with two hundred and forty copper plates, of palaces, castles, cathedrals.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769-1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T63423
Borrowed: 1772/7/3 (Friday). Returned: 1772/8/3 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Genre: Travel
Description of England and Wales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 281435
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 334
Collectio Pisaurensis. vols 2.3. in 4.to
Borrowed: 1772/11/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/12/13 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two Pound Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis omnium poematum, carminum, fragmentorum latinorum [Amati]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.53.c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis omnium poematum, carminum, fragmentorum latinorum ... a prima latinæ linguæ ætate ad sextum usque Christianum seculum et Longobardorum in Italiam adventum pertinens.
Language: Latin . Published: Pesaro. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 4to.
Editors: Amati, Pasquale
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis Omnium Poematum, Carminum, Fragmentorum Latinorum
Borrowed: 1772/11/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/12/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Genre: Poetry
Collectio Pisaurensis Omnium Poematum, Carminum, Fragmentorum Latinorum
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 4
Record ID 281459
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 337
Diogenes Laert. Gr. Lat. in 8.
Borrowed: 1772/11/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/12/17 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
William Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Diogenes Laertius (Male)
Genre: Lives
Diogenis Laertii de vitis.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.37.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Diogenes Laertius (Male)
Genre: Lives
Διογενους Λαερτιου περι βιων, δογματων και ἀποφθεγματων των ἐν φιλοσοφιᾳ εὐδοκιμησαντων, βιβλια ιʹ. Diogenis Laertii De vitis, dogmatis & apophthegmatis eorum qui in philosophia claruerunt, libri X.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1570. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Diogenes Laertius (Male)
Genre: Lives
De Vita et Moribus Philosophorum
Borrowed: 1772/11/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/12/17 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, William Murray
Author: Diogenes Laertius (Male), Genre: Lives
Record ID 281501
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 341
Peau recherches philosophique sur les Americains 3 vols 12o
Borrowed: 1772/11/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/12/19 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten shillings sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains [Pauw]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.133.f.22-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains, ou Mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Espèce humaine.
Language: French . Published: Cleves. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Borrowed: 1772/11/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/12/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799), Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 282128
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 363
Anacreon notis Barnes 8vo
Borrowed: 1772/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shillings sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485)
Genre: Poetry
Anacreon Teius, poeta lyricus [Barnes]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.9.f.
Confidence level: Certain
Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485)
Genre: Poetry
Anacreon Teius, poeta lyricus, summa cura et diligentia, ad fidem etiam vet. MS. Vatican.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: London. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Barnes, Joshua, 1654-1712
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T85597
Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Anacreon
Borrowed: 1772/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 282185
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 369
Musaei Moschi Whiteforde
Borrowed: 1772/12/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/19 (Tuesday). 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).
Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Musaei, Moschi & Bionis, quae extant omnia [Whitford]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.10.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Musæi, Moschi & Bionis, quæ extant omnia: quibus accessere quædam selectiora Theocriti Eidyllia. Impressa majore charactere, sculpturâ adornata, Latinóque carmine reddita, Græcis è regione appositis.
Language: Latin | Greek . Published: London. Date of publication: 1659. Format: 4to.
Translators: Whitford, David, 1626-1674
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R7777
Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Moschus, Bion and Theocritus
Borrowed: 1772/12/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Theocritus (Male), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 282182
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 369
Theocritis Scaligeri 4to
Borrowed: 1772/12/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Theocriti quae extant cum Graecis scholiis notis et indicibus [Scaliger/Casaubon/Heinsius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.10.f .
Confidence level: Very likely
Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Theokritou ta euriskomena.= Theocriti quæ extant cum Græcis scholiis notis et indicibus.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1699. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: R219243
Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Theocriti quae Extant cum Graecis Scholiis Notis et Indicibus
Borrowed: 1772/12/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Theocritus (Male), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Theocriti quae Extant cum Graecis Scholiis Notis et Indicibus
Record ID 291169
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 2
Memoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux par Labat 6 tom in 12
Borrowed: 1774/12/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/3 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Memoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.149.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Mémoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux, contenant ses voyages à Constantinople, dans l'Asie, la Syrie, la Palestine, l'Egypte & la Barbarie ... recueillis de ses mémoires originaux, & mis en ordre, avec des réflexions.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 2 borrowing records
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Mémoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux, contenant ses Voyages
Borrowed: 1774/12/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/3 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738), Genre: Travel
Mémoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux, contenant ses Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 291256
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 11
Bergersdiij institiones metaphysicae in 12
Borrowed: 1774/12/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/1/23 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Franco Petri Burgersdijk (Male, born 1590, died 1635)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Franconis Burgersdici Institutionum metaphysicarum lib. II.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Vir].10/1.2.
Confidence level: Certain
Franco Petri Burgersdijk (Male, born 1590, died 1635)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Franconis Burgersdici Institutionum metaphysicarum lib. II. Opus posthumum.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1675. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R28520
Franco Petri Burgersdijk (Male, born 1590, died 1635)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Institutionum Metaphysicarum
Borrowed: 1774/12/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/1/23 (Monday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Franco Petri Burgersdijk (Male, born 1590, died 1635), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 291448
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 20
Charlevoix histoire de la nouvelle France 6 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/1/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/2/17 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France [Charlevoix]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.135.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal historique d'un voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionnale.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 6 borrowing records
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionnale
Borrowed: 1775/1/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/2/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 291595
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 27
Burrow's reports 3 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/1/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/1/31 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
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).
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond [Burrow]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.159.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond; in four parts, Distributed according to the Times of his four Successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T97747
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Borrowed: 1775/1/25 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/1/31 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Author: James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 293557
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 42
Millars Plants 2 vol. fol
Borrowed: 1775/2/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/3/22 (Wednesday). 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).
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: An.1.18-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the gardeners dictionary, exhibited on three hundred copper plates, accurately engraven after drawings taken from nature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T59417
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary
Borrowed: 1775/2/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/3/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 293554
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 42
Millars Gardiners dictionary 2 vol. fol.[note] This not scored Millars dictionary not being returned. W. G.
Borrowed: 1775/2/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/3/22 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ao.4.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving The Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, As Also, The Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard; According to the Practice of the Most Experienc’d Gardeners of the Present Age. Interspers’d with The History of the Plants, the Characters of each Genus, and the Names of all the particular Species, in Latin and English; and an Explanation of all the Terms used in Botany and Gardening. Together with Accounts of the Nature and Use of Barometers, Thermometers, and Hygrometers, proper for Gardeners; And of the Origin, Causes, and Nature of Meteors, and the particular Influences of Air, Earth, Fire and Water upon Vegetation, according to the best Natural Philosophers. Adorn’d with copper plates. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden at Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N18273
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Gardeners Dictionary
Borrowed: 1775/2/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/3/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 293608
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 49
Desaguliers natural Philosophy 4to
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A course of experimental philosophy [Desaguliers]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cp.4.22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A course of experimental philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1744. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T135357
John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Course of Experimental Philosophy
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Course of Experimental Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 293611
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 49
Jacobs improvement of wheel Carriages
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Joseph Jacob (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the structure and draught of wheel-carriages [Jacob]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: I.34.b.14.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jacob (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the structure and draught of wheel-carriages.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T75420
Joseph Jacob (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the Structure and Draught of Wheel-carriages
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Joseph Jacob (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the Structure and Draught of Wheel-carriages
Record ID 293626
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 51
Encyclopedie tom 3 fol
Borrowed: 1775/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1775/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 294958
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 67
Essays Physical and literary vol. 2. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/5/13 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six Shillings sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1775/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/5/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 295399
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 79
Memoires dy Cardinal de Retz 5 tom 12
Borrowed: 1775/5/22 (Monday). Returned: 1775/6/21 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Guy Joly (Male, died 1678)
Genre: Lives
Memoires du Cardinal Retz, 5 vols
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Guy Joly (Male, died 1678)
Genre: Lives
Memoires du cardinal de Retz, contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable en France pendant les premières années du règne de Louis XIV..
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1718. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 6 borrowing records
Guy Joly (Male, died 1678)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Guy Joli, Private Secretary to Cardinal de Retz; Claude Joli, Canon of Notre-Dame; and the Dutchess de Nemours
Borrowed: 1775/5/22 (Monday). Returned: 1775/6/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Guy Joly (Male, died 1678), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 296179
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 99
Plates for Millars Gardiners Dictionary 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ao.4.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving The Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, As Also, The Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory, and Vineyard; According to the Practice of the Most Experienc’d Gardeners of the Present Age. Interspers’d with The History of the Plants, the Characters of each Genus, and the Names of all the particular Species, in Latin and English; and an Explanation of all the Terms used in Botany and Gardening. Together with Accounts of the Nature and Use of Barometers, Thermometers, and Hygrometers, proper for Gardeners; And of the Origin, Causes, and Nature of Meteors, and the particular Influences of Air, Earth, Fire and Water upon Vegetation, according to the best Natural Philosophers. Adorn’d with copper plates. By Philip Miller, Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden at Chelsea, and F. R. S.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N18273
Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Gardeners Dictionary
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 296185
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 99
Walpoles Anecdotes 4 vol. 4.to
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). 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).
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of painting in England [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Al.5.8-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS.
Language: English . Published: Twickenham. Date of publication: 1762-1780. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T71274
Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 296182
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 99
Felebien Vies de Peintures w tom 4.to
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). 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).
André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695)
Genre: Fine Arts
Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des plus Excellens Peintres Anciens et Modernes [Felibien]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cw.2.72-73.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695)
Genre: Fine Arts
Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1685-1688. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695)
Genre: Fine Arts
Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des Plus Excellens Peintres Anciens et Modernes
Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695), Genre: Fine Arts
Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des Plus Excellens Peintres Anciens et Modernes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 296380
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 119
Boyles Works vol. 1. 2. fol
Borrowed: 1775/7/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/8/26 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cy.4.13-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In Five Volumes. To which is prefixed The Life of the Author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T4460
Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Works of Robert Boyle
Borrowed: 1775/7/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/8/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297196
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 141
Falconer's Session papers vol. 4.th in fol.
Borrowed: 1775/9/16 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/9/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound sterl.
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.
Genre: Law
Session papers collected by David Falconer of Allanhill [1744-1751]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Session Papers Collection Store 2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Borrowed: 1775/9/16 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/9/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Genre: Law
Session papers collected by David Falconer of Allanhill [1744-1751]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 297244
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 145
Session Papers 1752 One vol fol
Borrowed: 1775/10/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/11/1 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
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.
Genre: Law
Session Papers 1752
Borrowed: 1775/10/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/11/1 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Genre: Law
Record ID 297643
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 167
Peckius de Jure sistendi
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/10 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Shillings Sterl.
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.
Pierre Peck (Male, born 1529, died 1589)
Genre: Law
De iure sistendi et manuum iniection [Peck]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.88.5.
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Peck (Male, born 1529, died 1589)
Genre: Law
De iure sistendi et manuum iniectione quam vulgo arrestationem vocant succincta explicatio.
Language: Latin . Published: Cologne. Date of publication: 1581. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
Pierre Peck (Male, born 1529, died 1589)
Genre: Law
De Jure Sistendi et Manuum Injectione quam Vulgo Arrestationem Vocant Succincta Explicatio
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/10 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Author: Pierre Peck (Male, born 1529, died 1589), Genre: Law
De Jure Sistendi et Manuum Injectione quam Vulgo Arrestationem Vocant Succincta Explicatio
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 298777
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 176
Cunninghams law Dictionary 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds sterl.
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.
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law
A new and complete law-dictionary, or, General abridgment of the law [Cunningham]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.1].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law
A new and complete law-dictionary. Or, general abridgment of the law; on a more extensive plan than any law-dictionary hitherto published.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764-1765. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T140761
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law
New and Complete Law-Dictionary
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Author: Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789), Genre: Law
New and Complete Law-Dictionary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298780
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 176
Atkyns Reports vol. 1. 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.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Atkyns]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns, Of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1768. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Atkyns, John Tracy, ca. 1710-1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T98193
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: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299173
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 192
Walpoles anecdotes of polite Literature 5 vol. 8
Borrowed: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of polite literature. In five volumes [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].8/2.15-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of polite literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T89122
Borrowed: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of Polite Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299203
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 196
Priestly on Electricity 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments, by Joseph Priestley.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cp.3.27..
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 20
ESTC: T36344
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Record ID 299584
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 211
Encyclopedie tom 5 fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds Sterl.
Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1739-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Politics/Office Holders > Secretary of State.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 299587
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 211
Abridgement of the plantation laws in 8
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1739-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Politics/Office Holders > Secretary of State.
Genre: Law
An abridgement of the laws in force and use in Her Majesty’s plantations.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Drill Hall UNI.SA/PLA.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
An abridgement of the laws in force and use in Her Majesty’s plantations; (viz.) of Virginia, Jamaica, Barbadoes, Maryland, New-England, New-York, Carolina, &c. Digested under proper heads in the method of Mr. Wingate, and Mr. Washington’s Abridgments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T137593
Genre: Law
Abridgement of the Laws in Force and Use in Her Majesty’s Plantations
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Genre: Law
Abridgement of the Laws in Force and Use in Her Majesty’s Plantations
Record ID 299614
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 213
Sheridans Lectures 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Twelve Shillings Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the art of reading; ... By Thomas Sheridan.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.2.23-24.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the art of reading; First Part: Containing The Art of Reading Prose.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T91105
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the Art of Reading
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788), Genre: Education
Lectures on the Art of Reading
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301138
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 227
Baker's employment for the Microscope 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/8 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4/8 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shillings sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the microscope [Baker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cq.5.10a.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the microscope. In two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances, their amazing Configurations and Crystals, as formed under the eye of the observer: with Plain Directions how to prepare such Substances, and preserve them in constant Readiness for Inspection; whereby the Curious may always be furnished with numberless Objects hitherto little known. Also Occasional Considerations on Gems, Poisons, the Vegetation of Metals, the Resuscitation of Plants, the Formation of Amber, Corals, and many other Subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described, and of many other Microscopical Discoveries: With Observations and Remarks. Likewise A Description of the Microscope used in these Experiments, and of a new Micrometer serving to shew the Size of magnified Objects. Together with Instructions for printing off any Medal or Coin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T94557
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the Microscope
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 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 301429
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 250
Hogarths Analysis of Beauty 4to
Borrowed: 1776/5/17 (Friday). Returned: 1776/6/17 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of beauty [Hogarth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].1/2.1.
Confidence level: Certain
William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The analysis of beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: T2690
William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste
Borrowed: 1776/5/17 (Friday). Returned: 1776/6/17 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste
Record ID 301516
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 260
World of Wonders in fol
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Henri Estienne (Male, born 1531, died 1598)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
A world of vvonders: or An introduction to a treatise touching the conformitie of ancient and moderne wonders.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ry.III.c.8.
Confidence level: Certain
Henri Estienne (Male, born 1531, died 1598)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
A world of wonders: or An introdvction to a treatise touching the conformitie of ancient and moderne wonders: or A preparatiue treatise to the Apologie for Herodotvs.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1607. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: S121359
Henri Estienne (Male, born 1531, died 1598)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
World of Wonders: or An introduction to a Treatise Touching the Conformitie of Ancient and Moderne Wonders
Borrowed: 1776/6/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/7/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Henri Estienne (Male, born 1531, died 1598), Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Record ID 169941
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 1
Essays Physical & Literary 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1788/4/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/5/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 174027
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 51
Aschams Works 4to
Borrowed: 1788/7/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/23 (Saturday).
Mr Charles Hope of Granton; Lord Granton
Gender: Male. Address: 22 Castle Street.
Admission date: 1784. Life dates: 1763-1851.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Roger Ascham (Male, born 1515, died 1568)
Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The English works of Roger Ascham.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].1/1.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Roger Ascham (Male, born 1515, died 1568)
Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The English works of Roger Ascham.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T140586
Roger Ascham (Male, born 1515, died 1568)
Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
English Works of Roger Ascham
Borrowed: 1788/7/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/8/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Charles Hope of Granton; Lord Granton
Author: Roger Ascham (Male, born 1515, died 1568), Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 180612
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 74
Polybius Gronovii 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Historiarum libri qui supersunt ... [Polybius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.24.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Polybii historiarum libri qui supersunt interprete I. Casaubono. J. Gronovius recensuit ac utriusque Casauboni, F. Ursini, H. Valesii, I. Palmerii, et suas notas adjecit.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1763-1764. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Casaubon, Isaac; Gronovius, Jacobus
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Histories [Polybius]
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180615
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 74
Voltaire Historie generalle tom 1-4
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essai sur l'histoire generale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'a nos jours [Voltaire]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.93.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay sur l'histoire générale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à nos jours.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 6 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on Universal History
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 180849
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 86
Philosophical Transactions 1771
Borrowed: 1788/11/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/12 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: J.202-205 PER.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1771
Confidence level: Certain
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1665. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 172 times in 85 borrowing records
ESTC: P6614
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions
Borrowed: 1788/11/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/12/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1771
Record ID 197450
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 119
Johnson's Tracts 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/12/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/18 (Sunday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political tracts. Containing, The false alarm. Falkland's Islands. The patriot; and, Taxation no tyranny.
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ad].5/2.5 .
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political tracts. Containing, The false alarm. Falkland’s Islands. The patriot; and Taxation no tyranny.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T130899
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Tracts. Containing, The False Alarm. Falkland’s Islands. The Patriot; and Taxation No Tyranny
Borrowed: 1788/12/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/1/18 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 197903
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 122
Poetarum Gallorium deliciae
Borrowed: 1788/12/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/1/20 (Tuesday).
Mr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun of Clathick
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1779. Life dates: 1754-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Poetry
Delitiae C. poetarm Gallorum [Gruterus]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Rob.II.6.40.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Delitiae C. poetarum Gallorum, hujus superiorisque aevi illustrium, collectore R. G.
Language: Latin . Published: Frankfurt am Main. Date of publication: 1609. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Gruterus, Janus, 1560-1627.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
Borrowed: 1788/12/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/1/20 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun of Clathick
Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 198215
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 131
Locke on human understanding fol
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay concerning humane understanding [Locke]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.4.6.
Confidence level: Certain
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay concerning humane understanding. In four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1700. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: R39072
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 198221
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 131
Leeuwen Censura forensis
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica [Leeuwen]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.86.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1678. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura Forensis Theoretico-Practica
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682), Genre: Law
Record ID 198224
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 131
Appeal Cases 1775-77
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Law
Cases of appeals before the House of Peers, from 1772 to 1805.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Cases of Appeals before the House of Peers, 1772-1805.
Language: English . Published: London. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 6 borrowing records
Genre: Law
Cases of Appeals before the House of Peers, 1772-1805
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Genre: Law
Record ID 198218
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 131
Humes essays 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays, moral and political [Hume]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ap].8/1.19.
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays, moral and political.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 30
ESTC: T4004
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays, Moral and Political
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 198314
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 140
Cranmer reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum 4to
Borrowed: 1789/1/16 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/16 (Monday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum [Cranmer]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR/E.141.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum, ex authoritate primum Regis Henrici 8. inchoata: deinde per Regem Edouardum 6. provecta, adauctáque in hunc modum, atq[ue] nunc ad pleniorem ipsarum reformationem in lucem edita.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1640. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: S109037
Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum, Ex Authoritate primum Regis Henrici 8. Inchoata: Deinde per Regem Edouardum 6
Borrowed: 1789/1/16 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/16 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 198383
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 149
Hist. generale des voyages &c abregée par M. de la Harpe tom 1 & 2 in 8.
Borrowed: 1789/1/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/2/22 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1717-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord Justice Clerk. Law > Lord President.
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Admission date: 1777. Life dates: 1755-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire générale des voyages de M. l'Abbé Prévost [La Harpe]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.125.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire générale des Voyages ... abrégée et rédigée sur un nouveau plan ... par M. de La Harpe, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1780-1786. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 23 vols.
Editors: La Harpe, Jean-François de, 1739-1803
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 2 borrowing records
Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire Générale des Voyages
Borrowed: 1789/1/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1789/2/22 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr Thomas Miller of Glenlee; Lord Barskimming; Lord Glenlee, Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763), Genre: Travel
Histoire Générale des Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 198920
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Leeuwen Censura forensis
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica [Leeuwen]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.86.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1678. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura Forensis Theoretico-Practica
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682), Genre: Law
Record ID 198923
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Magens on Insurance
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
An essay on insurances, explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe [Magens]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ab].1/1.2-3 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
An essay on insurances, explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe, and shewing their consistency or inconsistency with equity and the public good.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T98888
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Essay on Insurances
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Nicolaus Magens (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 198917
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Vinii Institutiones tom 2.
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657)
Genre: Law
Arnoldi Vinnii jc. In quatuor libros Institutionum imperialium commentarius: academicus & forensis.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.82.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657)
Genre: Law
Arnoldi Vinnii jc. in quatuor libros Institutionum imperialium commentarius academicus, et forensis.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 5 borrowing records
Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657)
Genre: Law
Institutionum Imperialium Commentarius Academicus, et Forensis
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657), Genre: Law
Institutionum Imperialium Commentarius Academicus, et Forensis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 198926
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Parkers laws of shipping
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male)
Genre: Law
The laws of shipping and insurance, with a digest of adjudged cases [Parker]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Colleciton TR E.145.4].
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male)
Genre: Law
The laws of shipping and insurance, with a digest of adjudged cases; containing the acts of parliament relative to shipping, insurance and navigation; Together With the Laws for the Government of the Navy, and An Account of the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty Courts. With the determinations of the courts of justice on trials concerning shipping, insurance, Losses, Averages, Bottomry, Barratry, &c. &c. from Trinity term 1693, to Michaelmas term 1774. With the Reporters Names and References. To which are added A Table and Index of the Titles of the Acts, the Names of the Cases, and-the Matter contained therein.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T101057
Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male)
Genre: Law
Laws of Shipping and Insurance
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male), Genre: Law
Record ID 199073
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 178
Jobi capitum primorum trium
Borrowed: 1789/2/20 (Friday). Returned: 1789/3/20 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..
Mr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun of Clathick
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1779. Life dates: 1754-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Borrowed: 1789/2/20 (Friday). Returned: 1789/3/20 (Friday).
Record ID 199076
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 178
metaphrasis poetica &c
Borrowed: 1789/2/20 (Friday). Returned: 1789/3/20 (Friday).
Mr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun of Clathick
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1779. Life dates: 1754-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Jacques-Auguste de Thou (Male, born 1553, died 1617)
Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
Metaphrasis poetica librorum aliquot sacrorum
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.F.3.
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques-Auguste de Thou (Male, born 1553, died 1617)
Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
Metaphrasis poetica librorum aliquot sacrorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Tours. Date of publication: 1588. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Jacques-Auguste de Thou (Male, born 1553, died 1617)
Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
Metaphrasis Poetica Libororum aliquot Sacrorum
Borrowed: 1789/2/20 (Friday). Returned: 1789/3/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun of Clathick
Author: Jacques-Auguste de Thou (Male, born 1553, died 1617), Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
Record ID 199328
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 192
Beatson's Satisfaction of Christ
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
John Beatson (Male, born 1743, died 1798)
Genre: Theology
The satisfaction of Christ demonstrated. In a series of dialogues [Beatson]
Possible modern shelfmark: L.31.e.
Confidence level: Certain
John Beatson (Male, born 1743, died 1798)
Genre: Theology
The satisfaction of Christ demonstrated. In a series of dialogues.
Language: English . Published: Leeds. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T115145
John Beatson (Male, born 1743, died 1798)
Genre: Theology
Satisfaction of Christ Demonstrated
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: John Beatson (Male, born 1743, died 1798), Genre: Theology
Record ID 199331
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 192
Fordyces Advices 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Record ID 199334
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 192
Helvetius Child of Nature 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Fiction
The child of nature, improved by chance. A philosophical novel.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.46a.9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Fiction
The child of nature, improved by chance. A philosophical novel. By Mr. Helvetius. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T100245
Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Fiction
Child of Nature, Improved by Chance. A Philosophical Novel
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26), Genre: Fiction
Child of Nature, Improved by Chance. A Philosophical Novel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 199337
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 192
Keates Poetical Works 2 vol
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1721-2 Apr. 1803.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Poetry
The poetical works of George Keate, Esq.
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ai].8/2.31-32 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Poetry
The poetical works of George Keate, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T122153
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of George Keate
Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/4/7 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Author: George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797), Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of George Keate
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2