An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 297376
Gronovii Thesaurus Antiq. Graec. tom 5. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
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.
Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum antiquitatum [Gronovius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.69.c.1-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Græcarum antiquitatum, in quo continentur effigies virorum ac foeminarum illustrium
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1697-1702. Format: folio. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 25 borrowing records
Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum, in quo Continentur Effigies Virorum ac Foeminarum Illustrium
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum, in quo Continentur Effigies Virorum ac Foeminarum Illustrium
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 297379
Xenophontis Opera Leunclavii fol.
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). 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.
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Xenophontis et imperatoris & philosophi clarissimi omnia, quae exstant, opera [Leunclavius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bdg.l.33.
Confidence level: Certain
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Ξ. ἁπαντα τα σωζομενα βιβλια. X. ... omnia quæ exstant opera, J. Leuvenklaio interprete: cum annotationibus, etc.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Basel. Date of publication: 1568. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 13
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Xenophon
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 297391
Mairs Book-keeping 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). 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.
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-keeping moderniz'd: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form [Mair]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bh.7.54.
Confidence level: Certain
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping moderniz’d: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form. Wherein The Theory of the Art is clearly explained, and reduced to Practice, in copious Sets of Books, exhibiting all the varieties that usually occur in Real Business. To which is added, A Large Appendix. Containing, I. Descriptions and specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an account of her exports and imports. VI. The produce and commerce of the Sugar Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts kept by the factors or storekeepers; and an explication of wharf and plantation accounts. VII. The produce and commerce of the Tobacco Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts usually kept by the storekeepers. VIII. The method of keeping accounts proper for Shopkeepers or Retailers. IX. The method of keeping the accounts of a Land-Estate. X. A Dictionary; explaining abstruse words and terms that occur in merchandise.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T22994
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping Methodiz’d: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping Methodiz’d: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts
Record ID 297394
Osbecks Voyages 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Twelve Shillings Sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T172400
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2