An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 90956
Borrow'd Preceptor 2 V.s
Borrowed: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor John Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1695-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Scott
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor : containing a general course of education, wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
The preceptor: containing a general course of education.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Dodsley, Robert
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 122 times in 101 borrowing records
ESTC: N23347
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Borrowed: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Professor John Stevenson , George Scott
Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 90962
Also Monthly Review for 1768 in on Vol.
Borrowed: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor John Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1695-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Scott
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review (London).
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 349 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Record ID 90968
Borrow'd World Displayed Vol. 2:d
Borrowed: 1769/12/20 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Young
Gender: Male.
Genre: Travel
World displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; P*.33.34.53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 90974
Borrow'd Harris's Hermes
Borrowed: 1769/12/21 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; SC 9217.
Confidence level: Very likely
James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25
ESTC: T116396
James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar
Borrowed: 1769/12/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780), Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar
Record ID 90983
Borrow'd Robertson on food
Borrowed: 1769/12/21 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
A dissertation on the food and discharges of human bodies.
Confidence level: Certain
Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
A dissertation on the food and discharges of human bodies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T34660
Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
Dissertation on the Food and Discharges of Human Bodies
Borrowed: 1769/12/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: James Hamilton
Author: Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 90989
Borrowed Calverts de Novo Orbe
Borrowed: 1769/12/21 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Record ID 90995
Borrow'd Maillet Introduction a l'histoire du Dunnemarce 4to
Borrowed: 1769/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Record ID 90998
Also Brown on Poetry.
Borrowed: 1769/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
A dissertation on the rise, union, and power, the progressions, separations, and corruptions, of poetry and music : to which is prefixed : The cure of Saul : a sacred ode.
Confidence level: Certain
John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
A dissertation on the rise, union, and power, the progressions, separations, and corruptions, of poetry and music. To which is prefixed, the cure of Saul. A sacred ode.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T81514
John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Dissertation on Poetry and Music. To which is Prefixed, the Cure of Saul. A Sacred ode
Borrowed: 1769/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Dissertation on Poetry and Music. To which is Prefixed, the Cure of Saul. A Sacred ode
Record ID 91007
Borrowed 2 Vols of the Catalogue of the Harleian MS.S
Borrowed: 1769/12/27 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Department of Manuscripts British Museum (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Catalogue of the Harleian collection of manuscripts.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Department of Manuscripts British Museum (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
A catalogue of the Harleian collection of manuscripts, purchased by authority of Parliament, for the use of the publick; and preserved in the British Museum.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-c.1763. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T147243
Department of Manuscripts British Museum (Unspecified)
Genre: Reference Works
Catalogue of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts
Borrowed: 1769/12/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: Department of Manuscripts British Museum (Unspecified), Genre: Reference Works
Catalogue of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 91013
Borrow'd Poetae Græci Principes Græc. folio
Borrowed: 1770/1/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
William Robertson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Poetry
Poetae Graeci principes heroici carminis, et alii nonnulli.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Οἱ της ἱηιησεως πρωτευοντες ποιηται, και ἀλλοι τινες. Ὁμηρος, Ἡσιοδος, Ὀρφευς, Καλλιμαχος, Αρατος, Νικανδρος, Θεοκριτος, Μοσχος, Βιων, Διονυσιος, Κολουθος, Τρυφιοδωρος, Μουσαιος, Θεογνις, Φωκυλιδης, Πυθαγορου χρυσα ἐπη. Poetae Græci principes heroici carminis ... Fragmenta aliorum.
Language: Latin | Greek . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1566. Format: folio.
Editors: Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598.
Number of borrowings: 2
Genre: Poetry
Poetae Graeci Principes Heroici Carminis ... Fragmenta Aliorum
Borrowed: 1770/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , William Robertson
Genre: Poetry
Poetae Graeci Principes Heroici Carminis ... Fragmenta Aliorum
Record ID 91142
Borrow'd Albinus Academicarum Annotationum Liber 8:vus
Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (Male, born 1697, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
Academicarum annotationum liber primus [-octavus]. [Albinus]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (Male, born 1697, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
B. S. Albini academicarum annotationum liber primus (-octavus).
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1754-1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (Male, born 1697, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
Academicarum Annotationum
Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (Male, born 1697, died 1770), Genre: Medicine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 91169
Haen Ratio Medendi pars XI.
Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Anton de Haen (Male, born 1704, died 1776)
Genre: Medicine
Antonii de Haen ... ratio medendi in nosocomio practico Vindobonensi
Historical Shelfmark: A.J.i.8..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Anton de Haen (Male, born 1704, died 1776)
Genre: Medicine
Antonii de Haen ... ratio medendi in nosocomio practico Vindobonensi.
Language: Latin . Published: Vienna. Date of publication: 1759-1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 44 times in 37 borrowing records
Anton de Haen (Male, born 1704, died 1776)
Genre: Medicine
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi
Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: Anton de Haen (Male, born 1704, died 1776), Genre: Medicine
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Record ID 91205
Siebold Observationes Medico-Chirurgicæ &c.
Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Carl Caspar Siebold (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Collectio observationum medicochirurgicarum.
Confidence level: Certain
Carl Caspar Siebold (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Resp. Dissertatio inauguralis sistens fasciculum observationum medico-chirurgicarum.
Language: Latin . Published: Wurzburg. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Carl Caspar Siebold (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Dissertatio Inauguralis Sistens Fasciculum Observationum Medico-Chirurgicarum
Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: Carl Caspar Siebold (Male), Genre: Medicine
Dissertatio Inauguralis Sistens Fasciculum Observationum Medico-Chirurgicarum
Record ID 91223
Borrow'd Horsely's Britannia Romana
Borrowed: 1770/2/9 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Daniel McIntosh
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia romana, or, The Roman antiquities of Britain.
Confidence level: Certain
John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or the Roman antiquities of Britain: in three books. The I. Contains the history of all the Roman Transactions in Britain, with an account of their legionary and auxiliary forces employed here, and a determination of the stations per lineam valli; also a large description of the Roman walls, with maps of the same laid down from a geometrical survey. II. Contains a compleat collection of the Roman inscriptions and sculptures which have hitherto been discovered in Britain, with the letters engraved in their proper shape and proportionate size, and the reading placed under each; as also an historical account of them, with explanatory and critical observations. III. Contains the Roman Geography of Britain, in which are given the originals of Ptolemy, Antonini Itinerarium, the Notitia, the anonymous Ravennas, and Peutinger’s table, so far as they relate to this island, with particular essays on each of these ancient authors, and the several places in Britain mentioned by them. To which are added, A chronological table, and indexes to the inscriptions and sculptures after the manner of Gruier and Reinsius. also geographical indexes both of the latin and english names of the roman place in Britain, and a general index to the work. The whole illustrated with above an hundred copper plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T115200
John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain
Borrowed: 1770/2/9 (Friday).
Borrowers: Hugh Blair , Daniel McIntosh
Author: John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732), Genre: History
Record ID 91244
Borrow'd Ferguson on Society
Borrowed: 1770/2/9 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Balfour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essay on the history of civil society [Ferguson]
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An essay on the history of civil society. By Adam Ferguson, LL.D. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 97
ESTC: T75304
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essay on the History of Civil Society
Borrowed: 1770/2/9 (Friday).
Borrower: John Balfour
Author: Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 91253
Borrowed Purchas Pilgrims 5 vol.
Borrowed: 1770/2/10 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Purchas (Male, born c.1577, died 1626)
Genre: Travel
Purchas his Pilgrimes, in five bookes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Purchas (Male, born c.1577, died 1626)
Genre: Travel
Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1625. Format: folio. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: S111862
Samuel Purchas (Male, born c.1577, died 1626)
Genre: Travel
Purchas his Pilgrimage
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Purchas (Male, born c.1577, died 1626)
Genre: Travel
Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the vvorld and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1626. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: S111832
Samuel Purchas (Male, born c.1577, died 1626)
Genre: Travel
Purchas his Pilgrimage
Borrowed: 1770/2/10 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: Samuel Purchas (Male, born c.1577, died 1626), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 91286
Borrow'd Suetonius Variorum folio
Borrowed: 1770/2/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Suetonius (Male, born c.69, died 122)
Genre: Lives
C. Suetonius Tranquillus ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii.
Confidence level: Likely
Suetonius (Male, born c.69, died 122)
Genre: Lives
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii... illustratus... a Carolo Patino.
Language: Latin . Published: Utrecht. Date of publication: 1703. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
Suetonius (Male, born c.69, died 122)
Genre: Lives
Works of Suetonius
Borrowed: 1770/2/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Record ID 91298
Borrow'd Suetonius Variorum folio
Borrowed: 1770/2/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Suetonius (Male, born c.69, died 122)
Genre: Lives
C. Suetonius Tranquillus ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii.
Confidence level: Likely
Suetonius (Male, born c.69, died 122)
Genre: Lives
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii... illustratus... a Carolo Patino.
Language: Latin . Published: Utrecht. Date of publication: 1703. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
Suetonius (Male, born c.69, died 122)
Genre: Lives
Works of Suetonius
Borrowed: 1770/2/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Record ID 91292
Borrow'd Macaulay's history Vol. 2d & 3.d
Borrowed: 1770/2/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Dick
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
Richard Dick
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I to the elevation of the House of Hanover [Macaulay].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of Iames I to the elevation of the House of Hanover.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769-1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T106229
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Borrowed: 1770/2/13 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Professor Dick , Richard Dick
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 91307
Borrow'd Philosophical Transactions Abridged Vol. 1.st
Borrowed: 1770/2/17 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
The philosophical transactions and collections, : to the end of the year MDCC, abridged and disposed under general heads.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
The philosophical transactions and collections, to the end of the year MDCC, abridged and disposed under general heads.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Lowthorp, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T199443
Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year MDCC, Abridged and Disposed under General Heads
Borrowed: 1770/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Hamilton
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1