An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1804/5/26
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Record ID 248339
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 295
Collection of Voyages v. 6
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Annan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records
ESTC: T147990
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Annan
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 248588
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 296
Robertson's America v. 3
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Logan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of America. By William Robertson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 188 borrowing records
ESTC: T78964
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Logan
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 248831
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 299
Lives of the Admirals
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Andrew Macvicar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Macvicar
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Record ID 249410
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 307
British Nepos
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
William Hallion
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
British Nepos
Confidence level: Likely
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
The British Nepos; or, youth’s mirror: being select lives of illustrious Britons, Who Have Been Distinguished by their Virtues, Talents, or Remarkable Progress in Life, with Incidental and Practical Reflections. Written Purposely for the Use of Schools, and Carefully Adapted to the Situations and Capacities of British Youth, By William Mavor, LL.D. Vicar of Hurley, Berkshire, and Chaplain to the Earl of Dumfries.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T77030
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
British Nepos; or, Youth’s Mirror
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Hallion
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
Record ID 249824
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 312
Collection of Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
A W Crichton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records
ESTC: T147990
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: A W Crichton
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 249884
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 313
Buffon v. 6
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Charles Stodart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Charles Stodart
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 250292
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 317
Mavor's Travels v. 12
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Archibald McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Archibald McDonald
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 250823
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 326
Buchanan's History v. 2
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William McDonell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The ancient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first pounder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fifth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: Aberdeen. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T166848
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McDonell
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 251609
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 341
Tour thro Britain v. 1
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
C Watts
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour thro Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing I. A description of the principal cities and towns, ... Originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vol.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T70855
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: C Watts
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 251915
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 348
Tour Great Britain v. 4
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour thro Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing I. A description of the principal cities and towns, ... Originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vol.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T70855
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Joseph Grant
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 253430
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 376
Park's Travels
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Henry Paul
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels
Confidence level: Speculative
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 221 times in 217 borrowing records
ESTC: N13836
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Henry Paul
Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Record ID 253790
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 383
Buffon v. 7
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
B W Braidwood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: B W Braidwood
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 29697
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010284
Miltons Works V2
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works [Milton]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
The poetical works of Mr. John Milton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1705. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T134227
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of John Milton
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 29696
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010284
Persian Tales 2
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Genre: Fiction
Persian Tales.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Persian tales; or the thousand and one days.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Compiled by François Pétis de la Croix, with the collaboration of Alain René Le Sage.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 34 borrowing records
ESTC: T107812
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Genre: Fiction
Persian Tales; or The Thousand and One Days
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 29694
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010284
Voyages V 1 & 2
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 29692
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010284
Statist Account V 4 5
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical Account
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1791-1799. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 21 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 440 times in 307 borrowing records
ESTC: T132173
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical Account of Scotland
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical Account of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 29693
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010284
Pamphlets V 12
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Pamphlets
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 29695
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010284
Gisborns Cristanity
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Thomas Gisborne (Male, born 1758, died 1846)
Genre: Education
Gisborne's Familiar Survey of the Christian Religion
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gisborne (Male, born 1758, died 1846)
Genre: Education
A familiar survey of the Christian religion, and of history as connected with the introduction of Christianity, and with its Progress to the Present Time. Intended primarily for the use of young persons of either sex, During the Course of Public or of Private Education.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 15
ESTC: T84477
Thomas Gisborne (Male, born 1758, died 1846)
Genre: Education
Familiar Survey of the Christian Religion
Borrowed: 1804/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1804/6/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: Thomas Gisborne (Male, born 1758, died 1846), Genre: Education