An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 291292
Dr Robertsons's Vol. 2d& 3d
Borrowed: 1771/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/3/13 (Wednesday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V : with a view of the progress of society in Europe : from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century : in three volumes / by William Robertson, D.D., principal of the University of Edinburgh, and historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland.
Classmark: 11.2.7-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 604 times in 453 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1771/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/3/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 291295
Johnstons Dictionary 2 vols
Borrowed: 1771/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/6/12 (Wednesday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Reference Works
A dictionary of the English language; in which the words are deduced from their originals and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. By Samuel Johnson, A. M. In two volumes.
Classmark: 13.1.9-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Reference Works
A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T117231
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Reference Works
Dictionary of the English Language
Borrowed: 1771/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/6/12 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Reference Works
Dictionary of the English Language
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 291298
Elements of Criticism 1 vol
Borrowed: 1771/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/6/12 (Wednesday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism : volume I [-II].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v..
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 22 borrowing records
ESTC: N1391
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1771/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/6/12 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 291304
Rapines History of England
Borrowed: 1771/6/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/6/13 (Thursday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Cambel
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Domestic Service > Indoor Servants.
Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
The history of England. Written in French by Mr. Rapin de Thoyras. Translated into English with additional notes, by N. Tindal, ...
Classmark: 13.2.7-8 or 3?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
The history of England. Written in French by Mr. Rapin de Thoyras. Translated into English with additional notes, by N. Tindal, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732-1733. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Tindal, Nicholas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 134 times in 120 borrowing records
ESTC: T140780
Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]
Borrowed: 1771/6/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/6/13 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Robert Riddell , Cambel
Author: Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725), Genre: History
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 291307
Sidneys Discourses Vol. 2d
Borrowed: 1771/10/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/10/22 (Tuesday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Algernon Sidney (Male, born 1623, died 1683)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Discourses concerning government; by Algernon Sidney, Son to Robert Earl of Leicester, and Ambassador from the Commonwealth of England to Charles Gustavus King of Sweden. Published from an Original Manuscript of the Author. To which is added, a short account of the author’s life. And a Copious Index. In two volumes. ...
Classmark: 11.2.14-15.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Algernon Sidney (Male, born 1623, died 1683)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Discourses concerning government; by Algernon Sidney, Son to Robert Earl of Leicester, and Ambassador from the Commonwealth of England to Charles Gustavus King of Sweden.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 11 borrowing records
ESTC: T84216
Algernon Sidney (Male, born 1623, died 1683)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Discourses Concerning Government
Borrowed: 1771/10/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/10/22 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Algernon Sidney (Male, born 1623, died 1683), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Discourses Concerning Government
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 291310
Republic of Plato
Borrowed: 1771/10/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/10/22 (Tuesday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The republic of Plato. In ten books. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, D.D. With a preliminary discourse concerning the philosophy of the ancients by the translator.
Confidence level: Certain
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The republic of Plato; in ten books.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Editors: Spens, H.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T132206
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Republic [Plato]
Borrowed: 1771/10/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/10/22 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 291313
Universal History Vol. 2d
Borrowed: 1771/10/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/12/12 (Thursday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time : compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. : with a general index to the whole.
Classmark: 12.6.1-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1771/10/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/12/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 291316
Sr Heny Blunt Histo. Levant
Borrowed: 1771/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/12/15 (Sunday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Sir Henry Blount (Male, born 1602, died 1682)
Genre: Travel
A voyage into the Levant. A breife relation of a iourney, lately performed by Master H.B. Gentleman, from England by the way of Venice, into Dalmatia, Sclavonia, Bosnah, Hungary, Macedonia, Thessaly, Thrace, Rhodes and Egypt, unto Gran Cairo: with particular observations concerning the moderne condition of the Turkes, and other people under that Empire. [Blount]
Classmark: 4.7.
Confidence level: Speculative
Sir Henry Blount (Male, born 1602, died 1682)
Genre: Travel
A voyage into the Levant. A breife relation of a iourney, lately performed by Master H.B. Gentleman, from England by the way of Venice, into Dalmatia, Sclavonia, Bosnah, Hungary, Macedonia, Thessaly, Thrace, Rhodes and Egypt, unto Gran Cairo: with particular observations concerning the moderne condition of the Turkes, and other people under that Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1636. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: S126021
Sir Henry Blount (Male, born 1602, died 1682)
Genre: Travel
Voyage into the Levant [Henry Blount]
Borrowed: 1771/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/12/15 (Sunday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Sir Henry Blount (Male, born 1602, died 1682), Genre: Travel
Record ID 291319
Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology
Borrowed: 1771/12/15 (Sunday). Returned: 1772/1/24 (Friday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix’d, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great. By Sir Isaac Newton.
Classmark: 1.3.17 or 16.
Confidence level: Speculative
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix’d, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 46
ESTC: N2784
Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
Borrowed: 1771/12/15 (Sunday). Returned: 1772/1/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20), Genre: History
Record ID 291325
Sir Walter Raleigh's Instructions to his Son& posterity
Borrowed: 1772/1/24 (Friday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Sir Walter Raleigh (Male, born c.1552, died 1618)
Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh; viz. Maxims of state. Advise [sic] to his son: his sons advise[sic] to his father. His sceptick. Observation concerning the causes of the magnificencie and opulency of cities. His letters to divers persons of quality. With the prerogative of Parliament, being a dispute between a counsellour of state and a justice of peace.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Walter Raleigh (Male, born c.1552, died 1618)
Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh; viz. Maxims of state. Advise [sic] to his son: his sons advise[sic] to his father. His sceptick. Observation concerning the causes of the magnificencie and opulency of cities. His letters to divers persons of quality. With the prerogative of Parliament, being a dispute between a counsellour of state and a justice of peace.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1657. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R20762
Sir Walter Raleigh (Male, born c.1552, died 1618)
Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Remains of Sir Walter Raleigh
Borrowed: 1772/1/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Sir Walter Raleigh (Male, born c.1552, died 1618), Genre: Education, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 291328
Bailey's Chronology
Borrowed: 1772/1/24 (Friday).
Robert Riddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.
Robert Baillie (Male, born 1599, died 1662)
Genre: History
Operis historici et chronologici libri duo : in quibus historia sacra & profana compendiosè deducitur ex ipsis fontibus, à creatione mundi ad Constantinum Magnum, & quaestiones ac dubia chronologica, quae ex utroque Testamento moveri solent, breviter & perspicuè explicantur & vindicantur / Sacrae Theologiae studiosis dictati in Academiâ Glasguensi anno MDCL secunda, an quicquid in Deo est, Deus sit ; tertia de praedestinatione.
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Baillie (Male, born 1599, died 1662)
Genre: History
Operis historici et chronologici libri duo; in quibus historia sacra & profana compendiosè deducitur ab ipsis fontibus, à creatione mundi ad Constantinum Magnum, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1663. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
Robert Baillie (Male, born 1599, died 1662)
Genre: History
Operis Historici et Chronologici Libri Duo; in quibus Historia Sacra & Profana Compendiosè Deducitur ab ipsis Fontibus
Borrowed: 1772/1/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Riddell
Author: Robert Baillie (Male, born 1599, died 1662), Genre: History