An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1790/7/24
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Record ID 387291
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.23 (1789-1790, Type: Student). Page: 295
Swediauer on V. Disease
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see previous entry.
Richard Verrale
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80642. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Franz Swediauer (Male, born 1748, died 1824)
Genre: Medicine
Swediaur on V. Disease (original title)
Practical observations on venereal complaints (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; H*22.24.
Confidence level: Certain
Franz Swediauer (Male, born 1748, died 1824)
Genre: Medicine
Practical observations on venereal complaints, by F. Swediaur, M.D. The third edition corrected and enlarged; to which are added, an account of a new venereal disease, Which has Lately appeared in Canada; and a pharmacopoeia syphilitica.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T53268
Franz Swediauer (Male, born 1748, died 1824)
Genre: Medicine
Practical Observations on Venereal Complaints
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Richard Verrale
Author: Franz Swediauer (Male, born 1748, died 1824), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 387303
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.23 (1789-1790, Type: Student). Page: 296
Blair's Lectures Vol. 2:d
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.
Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Blair's Lectures (original title)
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. F .808 Bla..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres. By Hugh Blair, ... In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T143374
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Cuming
Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 184329
Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 49r
Buffon's nat. his. Vol. 4, 7
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Conditions: 6 weeks.
Thomas Thomson
Gender: Male. Address: Crieff.
Occupation (original): Student.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9 vols.
Translators: Smellie, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 372 times in 279 borrowing records
ESTC: T121678
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: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Thomson
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 4, Volume 7
Record ID 184326
Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 49r
Gibbons Decline & fall Vol 2nd
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Conditions: 6 weeks.
John Caw
Gender: Male. Address: Innerpeffray.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Dyer.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ... A new edition
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792-1797. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 195 times in 150 borrowing records
ESTC: N33264
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Caw
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 43266
Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 34
Dow's Hist: of Hind: second Volume
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/9/25 (Saturday). Lending Record Other Info: Renewed on 13 Aug 1790..
Sir James Campbell
Gender: Male. Address: Aberuchill, later Kilbryde.
Subs Date: 31 October 1734. Subs: £3. Life dates: 1723-1812.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
The history of Hindostan.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1770-72. Format: 4to (quarto).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
The history of Hindostan; translated from the Persian.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770-1772. Format: 4to.
Translators: Dow, Alexander, d. 1779.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T91572
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/9/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Sir James Campbell
Author: Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623), Genre: History
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 231929
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 20
World displayed vol. 3d
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 235070
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 69
Hume's History v. 3
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England (original title)
Hume's History (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Likely
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records
ESTC: N504610
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Anderson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 235676
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 78
World Displayed v. 7
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Ogilvy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 236276
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 88
Buffon's Natural History v. 5
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Waterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
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: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Waterson
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 236945
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 99
Plutarch's Lives v. 8
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Adam Neall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Adam Neall
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 237119
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 103
Pope's Odyssey v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
W Scott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records
ESTC: T67134
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: W Scott
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 237335
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 108
Plutarch's Lives v. 6
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
J Moffat
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: J Moffat
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 238004
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 121
Voltaire's Peter the Great
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
J Galloway
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Voltaire's Peter the Great
Confidence level: Speculative
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The history of the Russian empire under Peter the Great. Newly translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N18015
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: J Galloway
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History
Record ID 238613
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 133
Savary's Egypt v. 2
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Savary's Egypt
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt, with a parallel between the manners of its ancient and modern inhabitants, the present State, the Commerce, the Agriculture, and Government of that Country; and an account of the descent of St. Lewis at Damietta: extracted from Joinville, and Arabian authors. Illustrated with maps. By Mr. Savary, Author of the Life of Mahomet, and Translator of the Coran. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 150 times in 105 borrowing records
ESTC: N2790
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Leslie
Author: Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788), Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 238709
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 135
World Displayed v. 8
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Fraser
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 238766
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 136
Buffon's Natural History v. 8
Borrowed: 1790/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Smyth
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
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: 1790/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Smyth
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 8