An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1824/1/24
Your search matched 13 borrowing records.
Record ID 289438
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 10
Parry Voyaage Alex II.2
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/3/13 (Saturday).
Mr George Arnot Walker Arnot of Arlary
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1821. Life dates: 1799-1868.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Sir William Edward Parry (Male, born 1790, died 1855)
Genre: Travel
Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific [Parry]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.175.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Edward Parry (Male, born 1790, died 1855)
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, under the orders of William Edward Parry ... With an appendix, containing the scientific and other observations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1821. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
Sir William Edward Parry (Male, born 1790, died 1855)
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Performed in the Years 1819-20
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/3/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Arnot Walker Arnot of Arlary
Author: Sir William Edward Parry (Male, born 1790, died 1855), Genre: Travel
Record ID 333259
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 27
Morgan Cornwall v.
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/2/16 (Monday).
Mr James Aytoun Ayton; of Capledrae
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1818. Life dates: 1797-1881.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/2/16 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Aytoun Ayton; of Capledrae
Record ID 333256
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 27
Vancouver Devonshire V.
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/2/16 (Monday).
Mr James Aytoun Ayton; of Capledrae
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1818. Life dates: 1797-1881.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Great Britain Board of Agriculture (Unspecified), Charles Vancouver (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
General view of the agriculture of the County of Devon [Vancouver]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.40.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Great Britain Board of Agriculture (Unspecified), Charles Vancouver (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
General view of the agriculture of the county of Devon: with observations on the means of its improvement: Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and internal improvement.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1808. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Great Britain Board of Agriculture (Unspecified), Charles Vancouver (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
General View of the Agriculture of the county of Devon
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/2/16 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Aytoun Ayton; of Capledrae
Author: Great Britain Board of Agriculture (Unspecified), Charles Vancouver (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 350519
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 118
Gregory Essays 2 vol [Ven] 4.2
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/12/7 (Tuesday).
Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1820. Life dates: 1799-1873.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
George Gregory (Male, born 1754, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essays historical and moral [Gregory]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bl.2/1.24.
Confidence level: Certain
George Gregory (Male, born 1754, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essays historical and moral. By G. Gregory.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T121410
George Gregory (Male, born 1754, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essays Historical and Moral [George Gregory]
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/12/7 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Author: George Gregory (Male, born 1754, died 1808), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 350522
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 118
____ Compar. View [Ven] 8.14
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/12/7 (Tuesday).
Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1820. Life dates: 1799-1873.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world [Gregory]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: AB.1.217.121.
Confidence level: Certain
John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A comparative view of the state and faculties of man. With those of the animal World.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T115472
John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/12/7 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Author: John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World
Record ID 350516
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 118
Marmontell Œuvres tom 1 & 2. Ak.8.34
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/3/25 (Thursday).
Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1820. Life dates: 1799-1873.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Oeuvres complettes de M. Marmontel
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ah].5/1.18-28.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Œuvres complettes de M. Marmontel.
Language: French . Published: Liège. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 11 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 8 borrowing records
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Complete Works [Jean-François Marmontel]
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/3/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Complete Works [Jean-François Marmontel]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 350513
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 118
Burney tragic dramas Rob.III.12.16
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/3/25 (Thursday).
Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1820. Life dates: 1799-1873.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Drama
Tragic dramas; chiefly intended for representation in private families: to which is added, Aristodemus, a tragedy, from the Italian of Vincenzo Monti [Burney]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Al].6/1.25.
Confidence level: Certain
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Drama
Tragic Dramas; chiefly intended for representation in private families: to which is added, Aristodemus, a tragedy, from the Italian of Vincenzo Monti.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1818. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Drama
Tragic Dramas; Chiefly Intended for Representation in Private Families: to which is added, Aristodemus, a Tragedy, from the Italian of Vincenzo Monti.
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/3/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Blair of Avontoun
Author: Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840), Genre: Drama
Record ID 301978
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 175
Light & Shadows of Scottish Char.er 8vo.
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/7/14 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Bruce
Gender: Male. Address: 55 Frederick Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1808. Life dates: d. 1851.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
John Gordon Barbour (Male)
Genre: Travel
Lights and shadows of Scottish character and scenery [Caledonius/Balfour]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bg.5.24.
Confidence level: Certain
John Gordon Barbour (Male)
Genre: Travel
Lights and shadows of Scottish character and scenery.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1824. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
John Gordon Barbour (Male)
Genre: Travel
Lights and Shadows of Scottish Character and Scenery
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1824/7/14 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Bruce
Author: John Gordon Barbour (Male), Genre: Travel
Record ID 364493
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 278
Treviranus biologie Vols 1-4
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Davidson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1790. Life dates: 1768-1842.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (Male, born 1776, died 1837)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Biologie, oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur [Treviranus]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.11.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (Male, born 1776, died 1837)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Biologie, oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur für Naturforscher und Aerzte.
Language: German . Published: Göttingen. Date of publication: 1802-1822. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (Male, born 1776, died 1837)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Biologie, oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur für Naturforscher und Aerzte
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Davidson
Author: Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (Male, born 1776, died 1837), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Biologie, oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur für Naturforscher und Aerzte
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 265997
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Franklin's Works v.1, 2
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Couper
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Franklin's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin : consisting of his Life: together with Essays, humorous, moral, and literary
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 14 borrowing records
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Couper
Author: Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 267302
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Tales of my Landlord
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday).
John Fairbairn Gentle
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Tales of My Landlord
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Tales of my Landlord, Third Series / collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 158 times in 55 borrowing records
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Tales of my Landlord [Third Series]
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Fairbairn Gentle
Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 269672
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's England v. 2, 3
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Hugh Ramsay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
An abridgment of the History of England. From the invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 199 times in 194 borrowing records
ESTC: N14917
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hugh Ramsay
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 269831
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Novels and Tales v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Daniel Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Novels and Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley. (Waverley.-Guy Mannering.-Antiquary.-Rob Roy.-Tales of my Landlord: The Black Dwarf, Old Mortality, The Heart of Midlothian, The Bride of Lammermoor, A Legend of Montrose.)
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 136 borrowing records
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley
Borrowed: 1824/1/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Daniel Robertson
Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction
Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2