An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 41199
12 Vol. Rollin's History
Borrowed: 1809/2/9 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: February 9. Original Borrower: George Irvine.
George Irvine
Gender: Male.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History (original title)
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium, 16 vols (standardised title)
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1336 (vol. 4 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, To the end of the Commonwealth. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739-1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1241 times in 806 borrowing records
ESTC: N48133
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
Borrowed: 1809/2/9 (Thursday).
Borrower: George Irvine
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 41200
1 Vol Rollins History
Borrowed: 1809/2/14 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14. Original Borrower: Adam Burn.
Adam Burn
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1794.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records
ESTC: N16395
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1809/2/14 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Adam Burn
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 41201
3 Volume Robertsons America
Borrowed: 1809/2/14 (Tuesday). Original Borrower: A Matthew.
Alexander Matthew
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1795. Death date: 1855.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [Robertson, 1803]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The History of America. [Robertson 1803]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 61 borrowing records
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Borrowed: 1809/2/14 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Matthew
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 41202
1st Volume Spectacle of Nature
Borrowed: 1809/2/15 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: Feby 15th. Original Borrower: J. Gebbie.
John Gebbie
Gender: Male.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records
ESTC: N24037
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1809/2/15 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Gebbie
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 41203
Leighton on Peter
Borrowed: 1809/2/15 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: Feby 15. Original Borrower: W Simpson. Other reader: for Mrs Brown Sen.r.
Mrs Brown Senior
Gender: Female.
Occupation (normalised): Miscellaneous > Widow.
Walter Simpson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Robert Leighton (Male, born 1611, died 1684)
Genre: Theology
Practical commentary· Upon the two first chapters of the first epistle general of St. Peter [Leighton]
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Leighton (Male, born 1611, died 1684)
Genre: Theology
A practical commentary· Upon the two first chapters of the first epistle general of St. Peter. By the Most Reverend Dr. Robert Leighton, some-time Arch-Bishop of Glasgow. Published after his death; at the request of his friends.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1693. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: R13204
Robert Leighton (Male, born 1611, died 1684)
Genre: Theology
Practical Commentary upon the Two First chapters of the First Epistle General of St. Peter
Borrowed: 1809/2/15 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mrs Brown Senior, Walter Simpson
Author: Robert Leighton (Male, born 1611, died 1684), Genre: Theology
Practical Commentary upon the Two First chapters of the First Epistle General of St. Peter
Record ID 41204
2 Volume Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1809/2/16 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: " 16th. Original Borrower: William L. Thornton.
William L. Thornton
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1792.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1356-1363.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [Gibbon, 1802]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1802. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 94 borrowing records
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1809/2/16 (Thursday).
Borrower: William L. Thornton
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 41205
1 Volam Cooks Voyages
Borrowed: 1809/2/17 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 17. Original Borrower: James Hutton.
James Hutton
Gender: Male.
James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years, 1776, 7, 8, 9, and 80
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years, 1776, 7, 8, 9, and 80. Compiled from the various accounts of that voyage hitherto published. In four volumes. The second edition. ... Embellished with copper-plates.
Language: English . Published: Perth. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 101 borrowing records
ESTC: T145980
James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
Borrowed: 1809/2/17 (Friday).
Borrower: James Hutton
Author: James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 41206
Life of John 3d. King of Poland
Borrowed: 1809/2/18 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 18. Original Borrower: John Hislop.
John Hislop
Gender: Male.
Alexander Tyler (Male)
Genre: Lives
Memoires, of the life and actions of the most invincible and triumphant prince; Ihon the Great, third of that name, present king of Poland: containing a succinct series of affairs from his craddle to this present day; with a particular relation of his many great and stupendious victories obtain’d against the Turks and Tartars, from the time he was first made crown-general, and afterwards elected King of Poland. Done in verse, (out of H.G’s historical account of the said princes life and actions) by a lover of the peace and glory of Christendome.
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Tyler (Male)
Genre: Lives
Memoires, of the life and actions of the most invincible and triumphant prince; Ihon the Great, third of that name, present king of Poland: containing a succinct series of affairs from his craddle to this present day; with a particular relation of his many great and stupendious victories obtain’d against the Turks and Tartars, from the time he was first made crown-general, and afterwards elected King of Poland. Done in verse, (out of H.G’s historical account of the said princes life and actions) by a lover of the peace and glory of Christendome.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1685. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R14474
Alexander Tyler (Male)
Genre: Lives
Memoires [Ihon the Great]
Record ID 41207
Beauties of Scotland 1 Volume
Borrowed: 1809/2/18 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 18. Original Borrower: John Thomson.
John Thomson
Gender: Male.
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scotland: containing a full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures; of the population, cities, towns, etc., of each county.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
The Beauties of Scotland: containing a full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures; of the population, cities, towns, etc., of each county.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1805-1808. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 203 borrowing records
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scotland: Containing a ... Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures
Borrowed: 1809/2/18 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Thomson
Author: Robert Forsyth (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1