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Record ID 202511
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 12
Kelhams Domesday Book illustrated 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1789/12/27 (Sunday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Robert Kelham (Male, born 1717, died 1808)
Genre: History
Domesday Book illustrated [Kelham]
Possible modern shelfmark: A.43.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Kelham (Male, born 1717, died 1808)
Genre: History
Domesday Book illustrated: containing an account of that antient record; as also, of the tenants in capite or serjanty therein mentioned: and a translation of the difficult passages, with occasional notes; an explanation of the terms, abbreviations, and names of foreign abbies; and an alphabetical table of the tenants in capite or serjanty in the several counties contained in that survey.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T96453
Robert Kelham (Male, born 1717, died 1808)
Genre: History
Domesday Book Illustrated: Containing an Account of that Antient Record
Borrowed: 1789/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1789/12/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Robert Kelham (Male, born 1717, died 1808), Genre: History
Domesday Book Illustrated: Containing an Account of that Antient Record
Record ID 202640
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 13
Rabelais Oeuvers 5 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1789/11/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/12/28 (Monday).
Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Francis Rabelais
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.5.39-42.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Francis Rabelais. Translated from the French, and illustrated with explanatory notes, by M. le du Chat, and others.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Editors: Du Chat
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T13267
François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of François Rabelais
Borrowed: 1789/11/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/12/28 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Author: François Rabelais (Male, born c.1490, died 1553), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 202637
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 13
Gibbons decline of the Roman Empire vol. 1.2.3
Borrowed: 1789/11/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/12/28 (Monday).
Mr John Gordon younger of Cairnfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: 1767-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.68.e.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N17852
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1789/11/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/12/28 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Gordon younger of Cairnfield
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 202643
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 14
Johnsons Idler 2 vol
Borrowed: 1789/11/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/12/28 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Periodicals
The Idler [Johnson]
Possible modern shelfmark: [An].7/1.14-15..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Periodicals
The idler. By the author of The rambler. With additional essays. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T123787
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Periodicals
Idler
Borrowed: 1789/11/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/12/28 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Lives, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 202649
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 15
Peter Pindar's Works 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/2 (Saturday).
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar's odes. Ode to fancy. Ode to fortune. The family fracas; alias the woman's revenge; alias the broken punch bowl, a tale. Ode to old ladies fond of dress. The ancient and modern Jupiter. Epitaph on Bob Forster. Description of a pretty man. By Peter Pindar.
Possible modern shelfmark: [Al].1/1.3(1).
Confidence level: Speculative
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar’s odes. Ode to fancy. Ode to fortune. The family fracas; alias the woman’s revenge; alias the broken punch bowl, a tale. Ode to old ladies fond of dress. The ancient and modern Jupiter. Epitaph on Bob Forster. Description of a pretty man.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T173506
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar’s Odes [Peter Pindar]
Borrowed: 1789/12/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 202658
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 16
Bp. Newtons Works 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/1/2 (Friday).
Mr Allan Maconochie of Meadowbank; Lord Meadowbank
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1748-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Theology
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: W.6.10-12..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Theology
The works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of Bristol, And Dean of St. Paul’s, London. With some account of his life, and anecdotes of several of his friends, written by himself.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T53426
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Theology
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton
Borrowed: 1789/12/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1789/1/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Allan Maconochie of Meadowbank; Lord Meadowbank
Author: Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol (Male, born 1704, died 1782), Genre: Lives, Genre: Theology
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 202661
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 17
Stewarts Hist. of the ReformationSteuart Hist. of Q. Mary 2 vols 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/1/2 (Saturday).
Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1822.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from the establishment of the Reformation, till the death of Queen Mary [Stuart]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.b.18-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from the establishment of the Reformation, till the death of Queen Mary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 84 times in 45 borrowing records
ESTC: T96525
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary
Borrowed: 1789/12/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/1/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Bushby Maitland of Eccles
Author: Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786), Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 202670
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 18
Cunninghams history of Britain 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/3 (Sunday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Alexander Cunningham (Male)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain: from the revolution in 1688, to the accession of George the First [Cunningham]
Possible modern shelfmark: C.18.b.8-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Cunningham (Male)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain: from the revolution in 1688, to the accession of George the First.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Translators: Thomson, William, 1746-1817.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T141108
Alexander Cunningham (Male)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham]
Borrowed: 1789/12/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Alexander Cunningham (Male), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 202679
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 20
Hankerville recherches sur l'origine des Arts de la Grece 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/4 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/4 (Sunday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Pierre d' Hancarville (Male, born 1719, died 1805)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Recherches sur l'origine, l'esprit et les progrès des arts de la Grèce [Hancarville]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.70.b.2-3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre d' Hancarville (Male, born 1719, died 1805)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Recherches sur l’origine, l’esprit et les progrés des arts de la Grèce; Sur leur connexion avec les arts et la religion des plus anciens peuples connus; sur les monumens antiques de l’Inde, de la Perse, du reste de l’Asie, de l’Europe et de l’Egypte.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T149974
Pierre d' Hancarville (Male, born 1719, died 1805)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Recherches sur l’Origine, l’Esprit et les Progrés des Arts de la Grèce
Borrowed: 1789/12/4 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/4 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Pierre d' Hancarville (Male, born 1719, died 1805), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Recherches sur l’Origine, l’Esprit et les Progrés des Arts de la Grèce
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 202745
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 23
Cabinet du Fées vol 20-23 inclus
Borrowed: 1789/12/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/1/5 (Tuesday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 23
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1789/12/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/1/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 23
Record ID 202796
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 25
Plinii historia nat. Lat. Fr. tom 1. 2 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/8 (Friday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Reference Works
Pliny Historia Naturalis Lat. Fr. 12 vols (original title)
Histoire naturelle, traduite en François, avec le texte Latin [Pliny] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.71.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Reference Works
Histoire Naturelle de Pline, traduite en François avec le texte latin ... Accompagnée de notes critiques ... et d'observations sur les connoissances des anciens comparées avec les découvertes des modernes.
Language: French | Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771-1782. Format: 4to.
Editors: Poinsinet de Sivry, Louis
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 6 borrowing records
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Reference Works
Natural History [Pliny]
Borrowed: 1789/12/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113), Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 202844
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 27
tom. 17, 26, 28 & 29 of the Parnaso Italiano
Borrowed: 1789/12/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/1/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Poetry
Parnaso italiano; ovvero, Raccolta de' poeti classici italiani.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 26, Volume 29
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Parnaso Italiano, ovvero raccolta de'poeti classici Italiani.
Language: Italian . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1784-1791. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 56 vols.
Editors: Rubbi, Andrea, 1738-1817
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 5 borrowing records
Genre: Poetry
Parnaso Italiano, Ovvero Raccolta de'Poeti Classici Italiani
Borrowed: 1789/12/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/1/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Genre: Poetry
Parnaso Italiano, Ovvero Raccolta de'Poeti Classici Italiani
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 26, Volume 29
Record ID 202841
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 27
Blackstons Reports 2 vol fol
Borrowed: 1789/12/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/1 (Friday).
Mr John Swinton tertius
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: 1759-1820.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases determined in the several courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779 [Blackstone]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases determined in the several courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T44778
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779
Borrowed: 1789/12/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton tertius
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 202856
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 28
Coxes Travels 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/10 (Sunday).
Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark [Coxe]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.158.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T133957
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Borrowed: 1789/12/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/10 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 202862
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 29
Arnots History of Edinburgh 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/11 (Friday). Returned: 1790/1/11 (Monday).
Mr John Millar Junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1760-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh [Arnot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: L.C.1206 .
Confidence level: Certain
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from the earliest accounts to the present time.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T143106
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1789/12/11 (Friday). Returned: 1790/1/11 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Millar Junior
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History
Record ID 202874
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 30
Cappers Voyage to India
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Capper (Male, born 1743, died 1825)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the passage to India, through Egypt.
Possible modern shelfmark: K.166.b..
Confidence level: Certain
James Capper (Male, born 1743, died 1825)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the passage to India, through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the great desert, to Bassora.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T105716
James Capper (Male, born 1743, died 1825)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the Passage to India, through Egypt
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: James Capper (Male, born 1743, died 1825), Genre: Travel
Record ID 202871
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 30
Lettres de Juifs a Voltaire 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Mr William Eliot of Borthwick Brae
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lettres de Quelques Juifs Portugais et Allemands, à M. de Voltaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: Ak.8.3-5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lettres de quelques juifs portugais, allemands et polonois à M. de Voltaire, avec un petit commentaire extrait d'un plus grand.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Eliot of Borthwick Brae
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters Concerning the English Nation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 202898
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 31
Peter Pindars Works 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Mr David Hume Baron Hume
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1779. Life dates: 1757-1838.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar's odes. Ode to fancy. Ode to fortune. The family fracas; alias the woman's revenge; alias the broken punch bowl, a tale. Ode to old ladies fond of dress. The ancient and modern Jupiter. Epitaph on Bob Forster. Description of a pretty man. By Peter Pindar.
Possible modern shelfmark: [Al].1/1.3(1).
Confidence level: Speculative
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar’s odes. Ode to fancy. Ode to fortune. The family fracas; alias the woman’s revenge; alias the broken punch bowl, a tale. Ode to old ladies fond of dress. The ancient and modern Jupiter. Epitaph on Bob Forster. Description of a pretty man.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T173506
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar’s Odes [Peter Pindar]
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Hume Baron Hume
Author: Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 202904
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 32
Cabinet des Fées tom 12-17 inclus 18.19.24.25.26.27 8.9.10.11.22.23.28.33.34.35
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Mr Robert Hodshon Cay of Charlton Hall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: 1758-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 33, Volume 34, Volume 35
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1789/12/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/1/15 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Hodshon Cay of Charlton Hall
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 33, Volume 34, Volume 35
Record ID 202961
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 34
Burnetts Progres of Language Vol. 1.2.4
Borrowed: 1789/12/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/17 (Sunday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the origin and progress of language [Monboddo]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.115.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the origin and progress of language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773-1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 112 times in 58 borrowing records
ESTC: T42127
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the Origin and Progress of Language
Borrowed: 1789/12/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/1/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799), Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the Origin and Progress of Language
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 4
Record ID 203012
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 37
Campbell on the Gospels vol 1st 4to
Borrowed: 1789/12/21 (Monday). Returned: 1790/1/21 (Thursday).
Mr John Burnet
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
The four Gospels, translated from the Greek. With preliminary dissertations, and notes critical and explanatory [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: DD.2/1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
The four Gospels, translated from the Greek. With preliminary dissertations, and notes critical and explanatory
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 118 times in 99 borrowing records
ESTC: T147628
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek
Borrowed: 1789/12/21 (Monday). Returned: 1790/1/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Burnet
Author: George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796), Genre: Theology
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 203249
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 43
Bellamy's life 5 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1789/12/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/2/1 (Monday).
Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1761-1837.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
An apology for the life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent-garden theatre.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Claud.8.19-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
An apology for the life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent-Garden Theatre.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: N30340
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre
Borrowed: 1789/12/31 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/2/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Author: George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788), Genre: Lives
Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 203255
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 44
Vallancy's Collectaniae in 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/2/6 (Saturday).
Mr James Grant of Corrimony
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1743-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Collectanea de rebus Hibernicis [Vallancey]
Possible modern shelfmark: A.29.d.17-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Collectanea de rebus Hibernicis. Vol. I. Containing No. I. A Chorographical Description of the County of Westmeath. No. II. A Letter from Sir John Davis to the Earl of Salisbury. Archbishop Usher of Corbes, Erenachs and Termon Lands. Account of two ancient Instruments. No. III. A Dissertation concerning the ancient Irish Laws, &c. Part I. No. IV. The Dissertation, Part II. Part of the ancient Brehon Laws of Ireland. Two Laws from the Corporation Book of Irishtown, Kilkenny.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T145231
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
Collectanea de rebus Hibernicus. Vol. II. Containing No. V. Of the literature of the Irish nation in heathenish times. No. VI. An essay on the study of Irish antiquities. No. VII. Druidism revived. No. VIII. An essay on the antiquity of the Irish language. No. IX. The history and antiquities of Irishtown and Kilkenny.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T225115
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
Collectanea de rebus Hibernicus. Vol. III. Containing no. X. A continuation of the Brehon laws. Of the round towers. Account of the ship-temple near Dundalk. Reflections on the history of Ireland. A letter from Curio. No. XI. The ancient topography of Ireland. Observations on Irish antiquities. No. XII. Essay on Irish festivals. Description of the banqueting-hall of Tara. Kiss of salutation. The ancient history of Ireland vindicated. Observations on the ancient topography of Ireland. A second letter from Curio.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T225117
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
Collectanea de rebus Hibernicus. Vol. IV. Containing No. XIII. The Iodhan Morain, or breast-plate of judgment. The Liath Meisicith. The brazen image. The charter horn. The harp of Brien Boiromh. The Irish crown. The paterae urn, &c. The crotal, corabasnas, or cibbual, &c. The brass tools. The Tuagh Snaighte. The implements of war. The Cead, Rai Re. The Fainidh-Draoieach. Tair-faimh, Boil-reann, &c. No. XIV. A vindication of the ancient history of Ireland, wherein is shewn 1. The descent of its old inhabitants from the Phaeno-Scythians, of the East. 2. The early skill of the Phaeno-Scythians, in navigation, arts, and letters. 3. Several accounts of the ancient Irish bards, authenticated from parallel history, sacred and profane, &c.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T225119
Borrowed: 1790/1/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/2/6 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Grant of Corrimony
Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicus
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 203285
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 48
Annual Register tom 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.11.13.14.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23
Borrowed: 1790/1/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/2/14 (Sunday).
Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature for the year ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 11, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 23
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 763 times in 426 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1790/1/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/2/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 11, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 23
Record ID 203294
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 49
Coxes Travels 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/1/15 (Friday). Returned: 1790/2/15 (Monday).
Mr John Gordon younger of Cairnfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: 1767-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark [Coxe]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.158.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T133957
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Borrowed: 1790/1/15 (Friday). Returned: 1790/2/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Gordon younger of Cairnfield
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 203297
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 50
Volney Voyages 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Robert Hodshon Cay of Charlton Hall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: 1758-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte pendant les années 1783-85 [Volney]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.168.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Hodshon Cay of Charlton Hall
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 203324
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 53
Ferguson's Repub. vol. 1st & 2.d in 4to also Vol. 3d
Borrowed: 1790/1/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/2/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl.
Mr David Smyth Lord Methven
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
History of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic [Ferguson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.66.c.11-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
The history of the progress and termination of the Roman republic.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 195 times in 120 borrowing records
ESTC: T77047
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic
Borrowed: 1790/1/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/2/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr David Smyth Lord Methven
Author: Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816), Genre: History
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 203384
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 58
Parliamentary Register tom 17.18.
Borrowed: 1790/1/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/2/23 (Tuesday).
Mr John Millar Junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1760-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Debrett's Parliamentary Register (original title)
Parliamentary register; or, history of the proceedings and debates of the House of Commons. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ax.2.18-53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 18
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Law
The Parliamentary register; or, History of the proceedings and debates of the House of Commons; containing an account of the most interesting speeches and motions; accurate copies of the most remarkable letters and papers; of the most material evidence, petitions, &c. laid before and offered to the House, during the first session of the fifteenth Parliament of Great Britain. Begun to be holden at Westminster on the 31st day of October 1780.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781-1796. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 45 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 148 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T147413
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Law
The Parliamentary register; or, History of the proceedings and debates of the House of Commons.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797-1802. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 18 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 132 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T147414
Genre: History, Genre: Law
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons
Borrowed: 1790/1/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/2/23 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Millar Junior
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 18
Record ID 203405
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 61
D.r Steuart's hist. of the Reformation, 4.
Borrowed: 1790/1/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill. sterl..
Mr John Gordon younger of Cairnfield
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: 1767-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from the establishment of the Reformation, till the death of Queen Mary [Stuart]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.b.18-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from the establishment of the Reformation, till the death of Queen Mary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 84 times in 45 borrowing records
ESTC: T96525
Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary
Borrowed: 1790/1/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/2/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Gordon younger of Cairnfield
Author: Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786), Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 203411
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 62
Mercier tableau de Paris 8 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/1/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/2/26 (Friday).
Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (Male, born 1740, died 1814)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Tableau de Paris [Mercier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.15.e.5-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (Male, born 1740, died 1814)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Tableau de Paris.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1782-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 70 times in 19 borrowing records
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (Male, born 1740, died 1814)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Tableau de Paris
Borrowed: 1790/1/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/2/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Author: Louis-Sébastien Mercier (Male, born 1740, died 1814), Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 203417
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 63
Campbells Gospels vol. 2d 4to
Borrowed: 1790/1/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/2/27 (Saturday).
Mr John Burnet
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Judge. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
The four Gospels, translated from the Greek. With preliminary dissertations, and notes critical and explanatory [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: DD.2/1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
The four Gospels, translated from the Greek. With preliminary dissertations, and notes critical and explanatory
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 118 times in 99 borrowing records
ESTC: T147628
George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek
Borrowed: 1790/1/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/2/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Burnet
Author: George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796), Genre: Theology
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 203537
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 65
Peter Pindars Works 4to
Borrowed: 1790/1/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/1 (Monday).
Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: 1734-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar's odes. Ode to fancy. Ode to fortune. The family fracas; alias the woman's revenge; alias the broken punch bowl, a tale. Ode to old ladies fond of dress. The ancient and modern Jupiter. Epitaph on Bob Forster. Description of a pretty man. By Peter Pindar.
Possible modern shelfmark: [Al].1/1.3(1).
Confidence level: Speculative
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar’s odes. Ode to fancy. Ode to fortune. The family fracas; alias the woman’s revenge; alias the broken punch bowl, a tale. Ode to old ladies fond of dress. The ancient and modern Jupiter. Epitaph on Bob Forster. Description of a pretty man.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T173506
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar’s Odes [Peter Pindar]
Borrowed: 1790/1/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Rolland of Gask
Author: Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 203534
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 65
Henry's History of G. Britain 5 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/1/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/1 (Monday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans [Henry]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.a.8-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 301 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1790/1/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 203585
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 68
Freidal Theatre Allemande tom 2.3.4
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Drama
Nouveau théatre allemand [Friedel]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ome].1.1-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Drama
Nouveau théâtre allemand.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1782-1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Editors: Friedel, A. C. (Adrien Chrétien), 1753-1786
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 13 borrowing records
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 203582
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 68
Johnsons death Song of Lodbrog
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Poetry
Lodbrokar-quida; or the death-song of Lodbroc [Johnstone]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.90.f.27.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Lodbrokar-Quida; Or the death-song of Lodbroc; now first correctly printed from various manuscripts; with a free English translation.
Language: Icelandic | English . Published: Copenhagen. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Johnstone, James, -1798
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T41122
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Genre: Poetry
Record ID 203591
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 69
Justamondes Life of Louis XV. 4 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794)
Genre: Lives
The private life of Lewis XV [Mouffle d'Angerville/Justamond]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.29.a.1-4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794)
Genre: Lives
The private life of Lewis XV. In which are contained the principal events, remarkable occurences, and anecdotes, of his reign.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Justamond, J. O.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T114125
Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794)
Genre: Lives
Private Life of Louis XV
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 203594
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 69
Hawkins Pleas of the Crown 2 vol fol
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Mr John Wilde
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1848.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown [Hawkins]
Possible modern shelfmark: Mackenzie Building A.120.7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
A treatise of the pleas of the Crown; or, a system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under proper heads.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T111117
William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746)
Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Borrowed: 1790/2/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr John Wilde
Author: William Hawkins (Male, born 1673, died 1746), Genre: Law
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 203600
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 70
Clavigeros History of Mexico 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/2/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/4 (Thursday).
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787)
Genre: History
The history of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.186.C..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787)
Genre: History
The history of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Cullen, Charles
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T144420
Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787)
Genre: History
History of Mexico
Borrowed: 1790/2/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: Francesco Saverio Clavigero (Male, born 1731, died 1787), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 203615
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 71
Edinb. Philosophical Transactions 4to
Borrowed: 1790/2/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/4 (Thursday).
Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Royal Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: J.205-206 PER SER.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Royal Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 96 times in 80 borrowing records
ESTC: T145935
Royal Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1790/2/4 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Author: Royal Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 203621
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 71
Johnsons Lives of the Poets 10 vol
Borrowed: 1790/2/5 (Friday). Returned: 1790/3/5 (Friday).
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Johnson's Lives of the Poets (original title)
Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets [Johnson] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ai].7/1.1-10.
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
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779-1781. Format: 16mo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T44190
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Lives of the English Poets
Borrowed: 1790/2/5 (Friday). Returned: 1790/3/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 203636
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 72
Boswell's Tour 8v
Borrowed: 1790/2/5 (Friday). Returned: 1790/3/5 (Friday).
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [Boswell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.157.c.1(1).
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. By James Boswell, Esq. containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; A Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and Books: with an authentick account of The Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II. in the Year 1746.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T53594
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Borrowed: 1790/2/5 (Friday). Returned: 1790/3/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Travel
Record ID 203705
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 75
Voyages Imaginaires tom 1.2.3.4.19.22.23.26.
Borrowed: 1790/2/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/11 (Thursday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques [Garnier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.2.12-50.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 19, Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 36
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Voyages imaginaires, songes, visions, et romans cabalistiques.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1787-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 39 vols.
Editors: Garnier, Charles George Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 145 times in 29 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Borrowed: 1790/2/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/11 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 19, Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 36
Record ID 203696
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 75
Millar's English Cconstitution, in 4.o
Borrowed: 1790/2/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/10 (Wednesday).
Mr James Millar of Hallihill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Millar (Male, born 1735, died 1801)
Genre: History
Historical view of the English government, from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession of the house of Stewart [Millar]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.38.c.9.
Confidence level: Certain
John Millar (Male, born 1735, died 1801)
Genre: History
An historical view of the English government, from the settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the accession of the house of Stewart.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 24
ESTC: T117422
John Millar (Male, born 1735, died 1801)
Genre: History
Historical View of the English Government, from the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Accession of the House of Stewart
Borrowed: 1790/2/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr James Millar of Hallihill
Author: John Millar (Male, born 1735, died 1801), Genre: History
Record ID 203759
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 77
Crokes Reports tom 1.
Borrowed: 1790/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/3/1 (Monday).
Mr Robert Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: 1763-1831.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Genre: Law
Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight, formerly one of the Justices of the Courts of King’s-Bench and Common-Pleas.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Mackenzie Building STORE 1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Reports of Sir George Croke, Knight, formerly one of the justices of the Courts of King’s-Bench and Common-Pleas, of such select cases as were adjudged in the said courts during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790-1792. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Editors: Grimston, Harbottle, Sir, 1603-1685.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T98372
Borrowed: 1790/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/3/1 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Hamilton
Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 203804
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 78
Ames hist. of British printers
Borrowed: 1790/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/3/13 (Saturday).
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).
Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Typographical antiquities: or an historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland [Ames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: AB.8.93.1 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Typographical antiquities: or an historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of books printed by them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the year MDC.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785-1790. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T139672
Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Typographical Antiquities: or An Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland
Borrowed: 1790/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/3/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Campbell Colquhoun of Clathick
Author: Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795), Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 203864
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 79
Dictionaire Historique 8 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/2/15 (Monday). Returned: 1790/3/15 (Monday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Nouveau dictionnaire historique [Chaudon]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.78.e.13-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Nouveau dictionnaire historique ; ou Histoire abrégée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait un nom par des talens, des vertus, des forfaits, des erreurs, &c. depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'a nos jours.
Language: French . Published: Caen. Date of publication: 1785-1786. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 1 borrowing record
Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique ; ou Histoire Abrégée de Tous les Hommes qui se Sont Fait un Nom
Borrowed: 1790/2/15 (Monday). Returned: 1790/3/15 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Louis Mayeul Chaudon (Male, born 1737, died 1817), Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Nouveau Dictionnaire Historique ; ou Histoire Abrégée de Tous les Hommes qui se Sont Fait un Nom
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 203867
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 79
Annual Register 1786
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).
Mr William Baillie of Polkemmet; Lord Polkemmet
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: c. 1736-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature for the year ...
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1786
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 763 times in 426 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Baillie of Polkemmet; Lord Polkemmet
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1786
Record ID 203873
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 80
Arnots hist. of Edin.r 4.
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one guinea.
Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh [Arnot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: L.C.1206 .
Confidence level: Certain
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from the earliest accounts to the present time.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T143106
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Pringle
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History
Record ID 203870
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 80
Lavater essai Sur la Phisogmonie 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1788. Life dates: d. 1815.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essai sur la physiognomonie [Lavater]
Possible modern shelfmark: Ak.2.11-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essai sur la Physiognomonie, destiné à faire connoître l'homme et à la faire aimer.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1781-1801. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards
Author: Johann Caspar Lavater (Male, born 1741, died 1801), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 203912
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 82
Voyages Imaginaires tom 31.32
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).
Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques [Garnier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.2.12-50.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 31, Volume 32
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Voyages imaginaires, songes, visions, et romans cabalistiques.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1787-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 39 vols.
Editors: Garnier, Charles George Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 145 times in 29 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Volumes borrowed: Volume 31, Volume 32
Record ID 203915
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 82
Johnsons Works tom 11.
Borrowed: 1790/2/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/17 (Wednesday).
Mr John Millar Junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1760-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].3/1.1-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Together with his life, and notes on his lives of the poets, by Sir John Hawkins
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 11 vols.
Editors: Hawkins, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 229 times in 100 borrowing records
ESTC: T83967
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. In fourteen volumes. Vol. XIV.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: N25884
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Confidence level: Certain
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. In thirteen volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: vols 12-13.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T144270
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Samuel Johnson
Borrowed: 1790/2/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr John Millar Junior
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Record ID 204116
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 88
Sparman's Voyage to the Cape of good Hope 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/2/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/24 (Wednesday).
Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope [Sparrman]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.151.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1790/2/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204200
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 92
Denina Istoria della Grecia 4 tom
Borrowed: 1790/3/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/4/2 (Friday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
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).
Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: History
Istoria politica e letteraria della Grecia [Denina]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.72.e.15-18.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: History
Istoria politica e letteraria della Grecia.
Language: Italian . Published: Turin. Date of publication: 1781-1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813)
Genre: History
Istoria Politica e Letteraria della Grecia
Borrowed: 1790/3/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/4/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Carlo Denina (Male, born 1731, died 1813), Genre: History
Istoria Politica e Letteraria della Grecia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 204203
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 93
Gibbons decline of the Roman Empire tom 1.2.3. in 4to
Borrowed: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/4/3 (Saturday).
Mr William Maxwell Morison
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1784. Life dates: d. 1821.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.68.e.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N17852
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1790/3/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/4/3 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Maxwell Morison
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 204245
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 96
Wartons Hist. of English Poetry 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/3/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/4/6 (Tuesday).
Mr John Wilde
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1848.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century [Warton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.I.1.8-10(1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1781. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T145505
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century
Borrowed: 1790/3/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/4/6 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Wilde
Author: Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 204272
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 97
Volney Voyages 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1790/3/8 (Monday). Returned: 1790/4/8 (Thursday).
Mr John Ramsay Balfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte pendant les années 1783-85 [Volney]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.168.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1790/3/8 (Monday). Returned: 1790/4/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay Balfour
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204278
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 97
Cabinet des Fées tom. 18,19,24,25,26,27. in 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/3/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/4/9 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl..
Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1790/3/9 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/4/9 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27
Record ID 204275
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 97
Chastellux's Travels 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/3/8 (Monday). Returned: 1790/4/8 (Thursday).
Mr John Ramsay Balfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.186.e..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America, in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T74648
Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782
Borrowed: 1790/3/8 (Monday). Returned: 1790/4/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay Balfour
Author: Marquis de François Jean Chastellux (Male, born 1734, died 1788), Genre: Travel
Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204290
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 99
Frederic Roi de Prusse Oeuvers posthumes tom 1-5 inclus
Borrowed: 1790/3/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/4/11 (Sunday).
Mr John Ramsay Balfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Frederick II King of Prussia (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Oeuvres posthumes [Frederick]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Au.1.1-15.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Frederick II King of Prussia (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
OEuvres posthumes de Frédéric II., Roi de Prusse.
Language: French . Published: Berlin. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 15 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 3 borrowing records
Frederick II King of Prussia (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Posthumous Works of Frederick II King of Prussia
Borrowed: 1790/3/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/4/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay Balfour
Author: Frederick II King of Prussia (Male, born 1712, died 1786), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Posthumous Works of Frederick II King of Prussia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 204296
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 100
Homes Elements of Criticism 2 vol. 8o
Borrowed: 1790/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr John Macfarlane
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1846.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. The sixth edition. With the author's last corrections and additions [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.1/2..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. The sixth edition. With the author’s last corrections and additions.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T58639
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1790/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Macfarlane
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204305
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 101
Alison on Taste 4o
Borrowed: 1790/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two guineas.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Archibald Alison (Male, born 1757, died 1839)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays on the nature and principles of taste [Alison]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ven].3/1.12.
Confidence level: Certain
Archibald Alison (Male, born 1757, died 1839)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 36
ESTC: T143357
Archibald Alison (Male, born 1757, died 1839)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste
Borrowed: 1790/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Archibald Alison (Male, born 1757, died 1839), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 204308
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 101
Voyage Imaginaires tom. 10, 27, 37, 38, 39.
Borrowed: 1790/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques [Garnier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.2.12-50.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 27, Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Voyages imaginaires, songes, visions, et romans cabalistiques.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1787-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 39 vols.
Editors: Garnier, Charles George Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 145 times in 29 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Borrowed: 1790/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 27, Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39
Record ID 204320
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 102
Gordons History of America 4 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/4/16 (Friday).
Mr John Macfarlane
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1846.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Gordon (Male, born 1728, died 1807)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The history of the rise, progress, and establishment, of the independence of the United States of America [Gordon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.133.c.1.-4..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
William Gordon (Male, born 1728, died 1807)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The history of the rise, progress, and establishment, of the independence of the United States of America: including an account of the late war; and of the thirteen colonies, ... By William Gordon, D.D. In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T117050
William Gordon (Male, born 1728, died 1807)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America
Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/4/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Macfarlane
Author: William Gordon (Male, born 1728, died 1807), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 204329
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 103
Justamonds life of Louis XV. 4 vol
Borrowed: 1790/3/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/4/17 (Saturday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794)
Genre: Lives
The private life of Lewis XV [Mouffle d'Angerville/Justamond]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.29.a.1-4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794)
Genre: Lives
The private life of Lewis XV. In which are contained the principal events, remarkable occurences, and anecdotes, of his reign.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Justamond, J. O.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T114125
Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794)
Genre: Lives
Private Life of Louis XV
Borrowed: 1790/3/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/4/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Barthelemy Mouffle d'Angerville (Male, died c.1794), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 204353
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 105
Bellamy's Life 5 vol
Borrowed: 1790/3/19 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/19 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
An apology for the life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent-garden theatre.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Claud.8.19-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
An apology for the life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent-Garden Theatre.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: N30340
George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788)
Genre: Lives
Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre
Borrowed: 1790/3/19 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/19 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: George Anne Bellamy (Male, born c.1731, died 1788), Genre: Lives
Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 204386
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 109
Beatties essays 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/3/26 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/26 (Monday).
Mr John Macfarlane
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1846.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertations moral and critical. On memory and imagination. On dreaming. The theory of language. On fable and romance. On the attachments of kindred. Illustrations on sublimity [Beattie]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ven].3/1.1.
Confidence level: Certain
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertations moral and critical. On memory and imagination. On dreaming. The theory of language. On fable and romance. On the attachments of kindred. Illustrations on sublimity. By James Beattie
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 22
ESTC: T97900
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertations Moral and Critical
Borrowed: 1790/3/26 (Friday). Returned: 1790/4/26 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Macfarlane
Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 204425
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 110
Oeuvres de Voltaire tom 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.11.14.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.44.45.48
Borrowed: 1790/3/29 (Monday). Returned: 1790/4/29 (Thursday).
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres completes [Voltaire]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ak.7.1-73.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 11, Volume 14, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 44, Volume 45, Volume 48
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres completes de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Kehl. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 125 times in 33 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1790/3/29 (Monday). Returned: 1790/4/29 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 11, Volume 14, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 44, Volume 45, Volume 48
Record ID 204440
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 111
Cabinet des Fees tom tom 36.27 also. 1.4
Borrowed: 1790/3/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/5/1 (Saturday).
Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 36, Volume 37
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1790/3/31 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/5/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 36, Volume 37
Record ID 204563
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 115
Wartons Essay on Pope 2 vol
Borrowed: 1790/4/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/5/8 (Saturday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on the genius and writings of Pope.
Possible modern shelfmark: Jac.I.7/2 (vol. 1); Jo.Bal.3.30 (vol. 2).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on the genius and writings of Pope.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T53828
Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the writings and genius of Pope. Vol. 2
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T54019
Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope
Borrowed: 1790/4/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/5/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204575
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 116
Cabinet des Fees tom 7. 20.21.
Borrowed: 1790/4/9 (Friday). Returned: 1790/5/9 (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).
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des fées, ou collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.3.12-48.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 20, Volume 21
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Le Cabinet des fées, ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 41 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 34 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Cabinet des Fées
Borrowed: 1790/4/9 (Friday). Returned: 1790/5/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir James Montgomery of Stanhope
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 20, Volume 21
Record ID 204572
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 116
Homes elements of Criticism 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/4/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/8 (Monday).
Mr John Millar Junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1760-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. The sixth edition. With the author's last corrections and additions [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.1/2..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. The sixth edition. With the author’s last corrections and additions.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T58639
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1790/4/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/3/8 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Millar Junior
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204593
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 117
Baron Tots memoires 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/4/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/5/14 (Friday).
Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1761-1837.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of the Baron de Tott.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.149.d.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of the Baron de Tott, on the Turks and the Tartars.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 11 borrowing records
ESTC: T229452
Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of the Baron de Tott, on the Turks and the Tartars
Borrowed: 1790/4/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/5/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Author: Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793), Genre: Travel
Memoirs of the Baron de Tott, on the Turks and the Tartars
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204584
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 117
Troills Letters on Island
Borrowed: 1790/4/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/14 (Sunday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Uno von Troil (Male, born 1746, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Iceland [Troil]
Possible modern shelfmark: Alex.I.5.
Confidence level: Certain
Uno von Troil (Male, born 1746, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Iceland: containing observations on the natural history of the country, Antiquities, Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, &c. &c. made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, by Sir Joseph Banks, P. R. S. Assisted BY Dr. Solander, F. R. S. Dr. J. Lind, F. R. S. And several other Literary and Ingenious Gentlemen.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: N18971
Uno von Troil (Male, born 1746, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Iceland
Borrowed: 1790/4/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/3/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Uno von Troil (Male, born 1746, died 1803), Genre: Travel
Record ID 204578
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 117
Academie des Sciences 1783.1784 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/4/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/5/14 (Friday).
Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Nouveaux Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres [Berlin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLSL: SRJ.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1783, Volume 1784
Confidence level: Certain
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Nouveaux mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres.
Language: French . Published: Berlin. Date of publication: 1770-1786. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 4 borrowing records
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) (Unspecified)
Genre: History
Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1790/4/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/5/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Author: Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) (Unspecified), Genre: History
Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1783, Volume 1784
Record ID 204599
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 118
Coxe Travels 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/4/15 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/5/15 (Saturday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark [Coxe]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.158.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T133957
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Borrowed: 1790/4/15 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/5/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204635
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 120
Waskett on Insurance fol
Borrowed: 1790/4/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/5/20 (Thursday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Weskett (Male)
Genre: Reference Works
A complete digest of the theory, laws, and practice of insurance [Weskett]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.145.1].
Confidence level: Certain
John Weskett (Male)
Genre: Reference Works
A complete digest of the theory, laws, and practice of insurance; compiled from the best authorities in different languages, which are quoted and referred to throughout the Work; and arranged in alphabetical order, Under many select heads, with ample references, and a general index; affording immediate and full Information, on every distinct Matter, Question, or Point.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T144737
John Weskett (Male)
Genre: Reference Works
Complete Digest of the Theory Laws and Practice of Insurance
Borrowed: 1790/4/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/5/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: John Weskett (Male), Genre: Reference Works
Complete Digest of the Theory Laws and Practice of Insurance
Record ID 204665
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 123
Voyages Imaginaires tom 29.32.
Borrowed: 1790/4/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/5/27 (Thursday).
Mr John Millar Junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1760-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques [Garnier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.2.12-50.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 29, Volume 32
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Voyages imaginaires, songes, visions, et romans cabalistiques.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1787-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 39 vols.
Editors: Garnier, Charles George Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 145 times in 29 borrowing records
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Borrowed: 1790/4/27 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/5/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Millar Junior
Genre: Fiction
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques
Volumes borrowed: Volume 29, Volume 32
Record ID 204716
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 126
Baillij Astronomie 4 tom
Borrowed: 1790/4/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/1 (Tuesday).
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jean Sylvain Bailly (Male, born 1736, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire de l'astronomie moderne [Bailly]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cm.5/27-29.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Sylvain Bailly (Male, born 1736, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire de l'astronomie moderne, depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie, jusquà l'époque de M.D.CC.XXX., etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 5 borrowing records
Jean Sylvain Bailly (Male, born 1736, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire de l'Astronomie Moderne
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Sylvain Bailly (Male, born 1736, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne, depuis son origine, jusqu'à l'établishment de l'école d'Alexandrie, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 5 borrowing records
Jean Sylvain Bailly (Male, born 1736, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne
Borrowed: 1790/4/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Jean Sylvain Bailly (Male, born 1736, died 1793), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire de l'Astronomie Moderne, Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 204734
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 127
Bernowsky's Travels 2 vols. 4to
Borrowed: 1790/5/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/6/4 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Comte Maurice Auguste Benyowsky (Male, born 1746, died 1786)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Memoirs and travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.[7-8] .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Comte Maurice Auguste Benyowsky (Male, born 1746, died 1786)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Memoirs and travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky; magnate of the kingdoms of Hungary and Poland, one of the chiefs of the confederation of Poland, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Nicholson, W.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T101304
Comte Maurice Auguste Benyowsky (Male, born 1746, died 1786)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky
Borrowed: 1790/5/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/6/4 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Comte Maurice Auguste Benyowsky (Male, born 1746, died 1786), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204725
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 127
Whitakers Queen Mary 3 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/4/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/1 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Mary Queen of Scots vindicated [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.110.c.14-16 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Mary Queen of Scots vindicated.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T148526
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated
Borrowed: 1790/4/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 204737
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 127
Smellies Philosophy of Natural History
Borrowed: 1790/5/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/6/4 (Friday).
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The philosophy of natural history [Smellie]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.4.4.
Confidence level: Certain
William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The philosophy of natural history. By William Smellie, Member of the Antiquarian and Royal Societies of Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1790-1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 84 times in 71 borrowing records
ESTC: T106302
William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophy of Natural History
Borrowed: 1790/5/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/6/4 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: William Smellie (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 204848
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 128
Bergmans electrive Transactions 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/3/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/6/6 (Sunday).
Mr John Macfarlane
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1846.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Torbern Bergman (Male, born 1735, died 1784)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
A dissertation on elective attractions [Bergman]
Possible modern shelfmark: M.33.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Torbern Bergman (Male, born 1735, died 1784)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
A dissertation on elective attractions.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Beddoes, Thomas, 1760-1808
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: N8840
Torbern Bergman (Male, born 1735, died 1784)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dissertation on Elective Attractions
Borrowed: 1790/3/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/6/6 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Macfarlane
Author: Torbern Bergman (Male, born 1735, died 1784), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 204878
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 129
Barthelemon Voyage du Jeune Anarchsis 5 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/5/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/12 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce dans le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire [Barthélemy]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.162.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce: dans le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 7 borrowing records
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece
Borrowed: 1790/5/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795), Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 204884
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 130
Dicksons Ancient Agriculture 2 vol
Borrowed: 1790/5/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/121 (Wednesday).
Mr James Grant of Corrimony
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1743-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Adam Dickson (Male, born 1721, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The husbandry of the ancients [Dickson]
Possible modern shelfmark: E.57.d .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Dickson (Male, born 1721, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The husbandry of the ancients. In two volumes. By Adam Dickson, A. M. Late Minister of Whittingham.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols., with plates..
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T36875
Adam Dickson (Male, born 1721, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Husbandry of the Ancients
Borrowed: 1790/5/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/121 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr James Grant of Corrimony
Author: Adam Dickson (Male, born 1721, died 1776), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204902
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 131
Ames' Typographical Antiquities 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/13 (Sunday).
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Typographical antiquities: or an historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland [Ames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: AB.8.93.1 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Typographical antiquities: or an historical account of the origin and progress of printing in Great Britain and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of books printed by them, from the year MCCCCLXXI to the year MDC.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785-1790. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T139672
Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Typographical Antiquities: or An Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland
Borrowed: 1790/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Joseph Ames (Male, born 1689, died 1759), William Herbert (Male, born 1718, died 1795), Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204911
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 131
Hogarth Pirnts Analysed in 8
Borrowed: 1790/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/13 (Sunday).
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Samuel Felton (Male)
Genre: Fine Arts
An explanation of several of Mr. Hogarth's prints [Felton]
Possible modern shelfmark: Al.6.45.
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Felton (Male)
Genre: Fine Arts
An explanation of several of Mr. Hogarth’s prints.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T63985
Samuel Felton (Male)
Genre: Fine Arts
Explanation of Several of Mr Hogarth’s Prints
Borrowed: 1790/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Samuel Felton (Male), Genre: Fine Arts
Record ID 204938
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 132
L'Histoire de la physique par M. De Loys 2 vol. 8vo 4 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/13 (Sunday).
Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Gender: Male.
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).
Charles de Loys (Male, born 1730, died 1789)
Genre: Medicine
Abrégé chronologique pour servir à l'histoire de la physique jusqu'à nos jours [Loys]
Possible modern shelfmark: Cp.7.18.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Charles de Loys (Male, born 1730, died 1789)
Genre: Medicine
Abrégé chronologique pour servir à l'histoire de la Physique, jusqu'à nos jours [to 1698].
Language: French . Published: Strasbourg. Date of publication: 1786-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
Charles de Loys (Male, born 1730, died 1789)
Genre: Medicine
Abrégé Chronologique pour Servir à l'Histoire de la Physique
Borrowed: 1790/5/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/6/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir William Miller of Glenlee; Lord Glenlee
Author: Charles de Loys (Male, born 1730, died 1789), Genre: Medicine
Abrégé Chronologique pour Servir à l'Histoire de la Physique
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 204959
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 132
Scots Magazine for the year 1772. in 8
Borrowed: 1790/5/14 (Friday). Returned: 1790/6/14 (Monday).
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1754-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 34
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1790/5/14 (Friday). Returned: 1790/6/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 34
Record ID 204977
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 135
Beringtons Abeillard & Heloise, History of their lives
Borrowed: 1790/5/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/6/15 (Tuesday).
Mr John Wilde
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1848.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Joseph Berington (Male, born 1746, died 1827)
Genre: Lives
History of the lives of Abeillard and Heloisa [Berington]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jac.IV.1.1..
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Berington (Male, born 1746, died 1827)
Genre: Lives
The history of the lives of Abeillard and Heloisa; comprising a period of eighty-four years, from 1079 to 1163. With their genuine letters, from the collection of Amboise.
Language: English . Published: Birmingham. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: N8544
Joseph Berington (Male, born 1746, died 1827)
Genre: Lives
History of the Lives of Abeillard and Heloisa
Borrowed: 1790/5/15 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/6/15 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Wilde
Author: Joseph Berington (Male, born 1746, died 1827), Genre: Lives
Record ID 204980
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 135
Strutts dictionary of Engravers 4to
Borrowed: 1790/5/17 (Monday). Returned: 1790/6/17 (Thursday).
Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1748-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Joseph Strutt (Male, born 1749, died 1802)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
A biographical dictionary; containing an historical account of all the engravers [Strutt]
Possible modern shelfmark: Al.4.20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Strutt (Male, born 1749, died 1802)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
A biographical dictionary; containing an historical account of all the engravers, from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time; and a short list of their most esteemed works.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785-1786. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T102847
Joseph Strutt (Male, born 1749, died 1802)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Biographical Dictionary of Engravers
Borrowed: 1790/5/17 (Monday). Returned: 1790/6/17 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Plummer of Middlestead
Author: Joseph Strutt (Male, born 1749, died 1802), Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Biographical Dictionary of Engravers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 204989
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 137
Gibbons decline of the Roman Empire tom 1.2.3 4to
Borrowed: 1790/5/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/6/18 (Friday).
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.68.e.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N17852
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1790/5/18 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/6/18 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 204992
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 137
Court de Gebelin monde primitif vol. 1.2.3.4.5.6.
Borrowed: 1790/5/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/19 (Saturday).
Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1782. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Antoine Court de Gébelin (Male, born 1725, died 1784)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Monde primitif analysé et comparé avec le monde moderne [Court de Gebelin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Milc.4.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Antoine Court de Gébelin (Male, born 1725, died 1784)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Monde primitif, analysé et comparé avec le monde moderne, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1773-1782. Format: 4to. Pagination: 9 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 8 borrowing records
Antoine Court de Gébelin (Male, born 1725, died 1784)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Monde Primitif, Analysé et Comparé avec le Monde Moderne
Borrowed: 1790/5/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Rutherford Drummond of Stragaeth
Author: Antoine Court de Gébelin (Male, born 1725, died 1784), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Monde Primitif, Analysé et Comparé avec le Monde Moderne
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 204998
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 138
Blackston's Comment: 4 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/5/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/19 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr John Morthland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: d. 1807.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England [Blackstone]
Possible modern shelfmark: NF.1183.b.10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T57764
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Borrowed: 1790/5/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/6/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Morthland
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 205070
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 142
Sparrmans Voyage to the Cape of good Hope 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1790/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1790/6/28 (Monday).
Mr Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1781. Life dates: 1758-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope [Sparrman]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.151.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1790/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1790/6/28 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Wilson
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 205064
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 142
Douglas Reports fol
Borrowed: 1790/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1790/6/20 (Sunday).
Mr John Pattison Patison
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: d. 20 Nov. 1825.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of King’s Bench [Douglas]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.161.4].
Confidence level: Certain
Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of King’s Bench, in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first years of the reign of George III.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: folio.
Editors: Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie, 1743-1823
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T67071
Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench
Borrowed: 1790/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1790/6/20 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Pattison Patison
Author: Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 205088
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 144
Cowpers Reports fol
Borrowed: 1790/6/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/7/2 (Friday).
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, from Hilary term, the 14th of George III, 1774, to Trinity term, the 18th of George III, 1778 [Cowper]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.1].
Confidence level: Certain
Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench; from Hilary Term, the 14th of George III, 1774, to Trinity Term, the 18th of George III, 1778, (both inclusive).
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: folio.
Editors: Cowper, Henry, 1758-1840, reporter.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T97755
Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench
Borrowed: 1790/6/2 (Wednesday). Returned: 1790/7/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Court of King's Bench Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 205085
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 144
Patersons Journeys into Cafraria 4to
Borrowed: 1790/6/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/7/1 (Thursday).
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
William Paterson (Male, born 1755, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
A narrative of four journeys into the country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria [Paterson]
Possible modern shelfmark: K.181.a.[8].
Confidence level: Certain
William Paterson (Male, born 1755, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
A narrative of four journeys into the country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria. In the years one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, eight, and nine.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T89158
William Paterson (Male, born 1755, died 1810)
Genre: Travel
Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria
Borrowed: 1790/6/1 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/7/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: William Paterson (Male, born 1755, died 1810), Genre: Travel
Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria
Record ID 205160
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 146
Gentleman's Magazine vol 27 for the year 1757. in 8
Borrowed: 1790/6/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/7/3 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl.
Mr William Eliot of Borthwick Brae
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Q.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 27
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732-1782. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 51 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T154193
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Borrowed: 1790/6/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1790/7/3 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Eliot of Borthwick Brae
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 27
Record ID 205292
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 149
Critical Do 68
Borrowed: 1790/6/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/7/8 (Thursday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 68
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 94 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: P2120
Borrowed: 1790/6/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/7/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Genre: Periodicals
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 68
Record ID 205289
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 149
Monthly Review tom 81
Borrowed: 1790/6/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/7/8 (Thursday).
Mr Thomas McGrugar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 81
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1790/6/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1790/7/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas McGrugar
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 81