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An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers

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Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

Author: Kit Baston

Rules for borrowing books from Simson's bequest

Robert Simson’s Books at the University of Glasgow

20 June 2022 Kit Baston Books, Partners

One of the many delights of working on the Books and Borrowing project is the discovery and inclusion of more[…]

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The Pirate, The Sea and a Cargo of Books

6 June 2022 Kit Baston Borrowers, Events, Partners

by Linda Cracknell The moral compass was already set when I launched North in May to run a creative writing[…]

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Guest Post – An Overview of Glasgow in the Eighteenth Century

23 May 2022 Kit Baston Guest Posts

by Dr Craig Lamont, University of Glasgow In April, the Books and Borrowing project examined a swathe of material relating[…]

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Guest Post – Event Horizons: Books and Borrowing in Eighteenth Century Glasgow

16 May 2022 Kit Baston Events, Guest Posts

by Christina Devlin, Professor of English and Reading, Montgomery College, Maryland In April, I was a guest at Books and[…]

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Guest Post – Institutional Borrowing: Inventories, Registers, Receipt Books

3 May 2022 Kit Baston Events, Guest Posts

By Dr Dahlia Porter, University of Glasgow [This post is based on a talk I gave at the Books and[…]

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Il étoit une fois…: The Advocates Library and the ‘Le Cabinet des Fées’

3 March 2022 Kit Baston Books, Borrowers

When I began transcribing the borrowing registers of the Advocates Library, I expected to find that law reports, Session Papers,[…]

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A First Look at the Advocates Library

22 November 2021 Kit Baston Books, Borrowers, Partners

We have now taken delivery of a first set of images from the borrowers’ receipt books of the Advocates Library[…]

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portrait of Principal William Robertson of the University of Edinburgh

William Robertson (1721-1793): Minister, Principal, Historian

19 September 2021 Kit Baston Books, Borrowers

This year marks the tercentenary of the birth of a major figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. William Robertson was a[…]

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Romantic Period Book Circulation: Our BARS Salon, 18 August 2021

2 August 2021 Kit Baston Events

Which books were really circulating in the Romantic Period? We will be hosting a salon at Romantic Disconnections/Reconnections, BARS’ International[…]

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Robert Chambers’ Circulating Library Borrowing Register, 1828-1829

12 July 2021 Kit Baston Partners, Project News

The Chambers Library Borrowing Register: A Unique Manuscript A surviving borrowing register for Robert Chambers’ circulating library, which operated in[…]

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