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Record ID 321163

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 43

Collection of Old ballads 3 vol

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/11/24 (Saturday).


Borrower

Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1792. Life dates: 1771-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Poet. Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date [Evans]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ai].5/1.19-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Old ballads, historical and narrative, with some of modern date; now first collected, and reprinted from rare copies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Evans, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/11/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford

Genre: Poetry

Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with Some of Modern Date

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 321166

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 43

Boethi Historia fol

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/11/24 (Saturday).


Borrower

Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hector Boece (Male, born c.1465, died 1536)
Genre: History
Scotorum historiae a prima gentis origine [Boece]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a.2.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hector Boece (Male, born c.1465, died 1536)
Genre: History
Scotorum historiæ a prima gentis origine, cum aliarum & rerum & gentium illustratione non vulgari: præmissa epistola nūcupatoria, tabellis amplissimis, & non pœnitenda Isagoge, etc.]
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1574. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 8


Book Work

Hector Boece (Male, born c.1465, died 1536)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [Hector Boece]

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1792/11/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr George Wallace

Author: Hector Boece (Male, born c.1465, died 1536), Genre: History

History of Scotland [Hector Boece]

Record ID 40512

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 3r

Abercromby's Atchievements Vol: 2.

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/1/13 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 24. Original Borrower: John Ross.


Borrower

John Ross
Gender: Male.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial atchievements of the Scots nation. Being an account of the lives, characters, and memorable actions, of such Scotsmen as have signaliz’d themselves by the sword at home and abroad. And a survey of the military transactions wherein Scotland or Scotsmen have been remarkably concern’d, from the first establishment of the Scots Monarchy to this present time. By Patrick Abercromby M.D.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1286-1287.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1793/1/13 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Ross

Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives

Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 238394

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 128

Ward's Natural History v. 7

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Buchan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ward's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Borrowed: 1792/10/24 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Joseph Buchan

Author: Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Modern System of Natural History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7