An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1810/5/12
Your search matched 38 borrowing records.
Record ID 259034
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 28
Mavor's Travels v. 15
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Blair
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 15
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: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Blair
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 15
Record ID 259046
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 22
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Campbell Boswell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22
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: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Campbell Boswell
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 22
Record ID 259067
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Life of Johnson v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Christison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Boswell's Life of Johnson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in Chronological order; a series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T64482
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Christison
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259073
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Works v. 4
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Clarke
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1804-1806. Format: 16mo. Pagination: 11v.
Number of borrowings: 94
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works of William Robertson
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Clarke
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 259091
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 5
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Colquhoun
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 5
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: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Colquhoun
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 5
Record ID 259115
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Louis 14th v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Dalzel
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Voltaire's Louis 14th
Shelfmark: 14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The age of Louis XIV. To which is added, an abstract of the age of Louis XV. Translated from the last Geneva edition of M. de Voltaire, with notes, critical and explanatory, by R. Griffith, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T137661
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Age of Louis XIV
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Dalzel
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259139
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Farmer's Boy
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
William Fleming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Bloomfield (Male, born 1766, died 1823)
Genre: Poetry
Farmer's Boy
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Bloomfield (Male, born 1766, died 1823)
Genre: Poetry
The farmer's boy ; a rural poem ... The third edition
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 15
Robert Bloomfield (Male, born 1766, died 1823)
Genre: Poetry
Farmer’s Boy; A Rural Poem
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Fleming
Author: Robert Bloomfield (Male, born 1766, died 1823), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 259130
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Dryden's Virgil v. 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Edward Finlay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Dryden's Virgil
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Dryden, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 44 borrowing records
ESTC: T145015
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Edward Finlay
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259175
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Hill
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1804-1806. Format: 16mo. Pagination: 11v.
Number of borrowings: 94
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works of William Robertson
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Hill
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259181
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Burn's Works v. 2
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Honeyman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Burns' Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, to which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1802. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 81 times in 68 borrowing records
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Works of Robert Burns
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Honeyman
Author: Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 259208
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Bernard McCallum
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Bernard McCallum
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 259232
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages v. 5
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James McIntyre
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
Modern Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
A Collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels : in six volumes
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 33 borrowing records
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: James McIntyre
Author: George Heriot Phillips (Male), Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 259244
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Sullivan's View of Nature v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James McNaughton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Richard Joseph Sullivan (Male)
Genre: Travel
Sullivan's View of Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Joseph Sullivan (Male)
Genre: Travel
A view of nature, in letters to a traveller among the Alps. With reflections on Atheistical philosophy, now exemplified in France. By Richard Joseph Sulivan, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T100109
Richard Joseph Sullivan (Male)
Genre: Travel
View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: James McNaughton
Author: Richard Joseph Sullivan (Male), Genre: Travel
View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259280
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's England v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Maule
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records
ESTC: N504610
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Maule
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259313
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Moore's France v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Park
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
Moore's France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. By John Moore, M.D. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 66 borrowing records
ESTC: T177839
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Park
Author: Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802), Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259328
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Mitchell Patison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mitchell Patison
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259340
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Adam Pearson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Adam Pearson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259388
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Russel
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 1
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: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Russel
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 1
Record ID 259412
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages & Travels v. 4
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Bonar Scott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
Modern Voyages & Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Likely
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
A Collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels : in six volumes
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 33 borrowing records
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Bonar Scott
Author: George Heriot Phillips (Male), Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 259433
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Shillinglaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Shillinglaw
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259457
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Tuckey's Voyage
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
David Syme
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Tuckey's Voyage
Confidence level: Certain
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
An account of a voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the south coast of New South Wales in His Majesty's ship Calcutta, in the years 1802
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Syme
Author: James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816), Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Record ID 259502
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 24
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Whitelaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 24
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: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Whitelaw
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 24
Record ID 259496
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Origin of Language v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Peter Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Origin of Language
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the origin and progress of language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773-1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 112 times in 58 borrowing records
ESTC: T42127
James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the Origin and Progress of Language
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Peter Wemyss
Author: James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799), Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the Origin and Progress of Language
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259511
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Kerr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
Modern Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
A Collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels : in six volumes
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 33 borrowing records
George Heriot Phillips (Male)
Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Kerr
Author: George Heriot Phillips (Male), Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259550
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 5
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Drysdale
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Drysdale
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 259535
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 21
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
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: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Williamson
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 21
Record ID 259541
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Marmontel's Life v. 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Grieve
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Marmontel's Life
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 42 borrowing records
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Grieve
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259568
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Colman's Terence
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
James Maidmont
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
Colman's Terence
Confidence level: Certain
Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
The comedies of Terence, translated into familiar blank verse. By George Colman.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Colman, George
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: N28149
Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
Comedies [Terence]
Record ID 259580
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Hamilton
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 35167
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010512
Carters perspectus 2
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/2 (Saturday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Elizabeth Carter (Female, born 1717, died 1806), Epictetus (Male, born 50, died 135)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
All the works of Epictetus [Carter]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Elizabeth Carter (Female, born 1717, died 1806), Epictetus (Male, born 50, died 135)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
All the works of Epictetus, which are now extant; consisting of his discourses, preserved by Arrian, in four books, the Enchiridion, and fragments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Carter, Elizabeth
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 9 borrowing records
Elizabeth Carter (Female, born 1717, died 1806), Epictetus (Male, born 50, died 135)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Epictetus
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: Elizabeth Carter (Female, born 1717, died 1806), Epictetus (Male, born 50, died 135), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 35171
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010512
Tasso 2v
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/22 (Friday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Tasso's Jerusalem
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem delivered; An heroick poem: Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, By John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Translators: John Hoole
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 56 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T133777
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 35170
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010512
Plutarch's Lives 1st
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/22 (Friday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the Greek, by several hands. In five volumes. ... To which is prefixt The life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1703. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 82 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: N11591
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 35168
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010512
Maculy's History 1st
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/2 (Saturday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
Macaulay's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I. to that of the Brunswick line.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1783. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 42 borrowing records
ESTC: T106230
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 35193
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010512
Do 49
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/11/3 (Saturday).
Mr James Little
Gender: Male. Address: Helmburn.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register
Volumes borrowed: Volume 49
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 854 times in 498 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/11/3 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr James Little
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 49
Record ID 35169
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010512
Shakespears Works 1st
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/2 (Saturday).
Reverend Mr George Lawson
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: 1749–1820.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Mr. William Shakespear, in nine volumes: with his life, by N. Rowe Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1714. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 9 vols.
Editors: Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 170 times in 79 borrowing records
ESTC: T26042
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr George Lawson
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 35593
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010522
Harmer's observations 4v.
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/13 (Wednesday).
Mr Thomas Milne
Gender: Male. Address: Newark.
Occupation (normalised): Agricultural > Farmer.
Thomas Harmer (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Theology
Harmer's Observations
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Harmer (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Theology
Observations on divers passages of Scripture. Placing many of them in a light altogether new; ascertaining the meaning of several not determinable by the methods commonly made use of by the learned; proposing to consideration probable conjectures on others, different from what have been hitherto recommended to the attention of the curious; and more amply illustrating the rest than has been yet done, by means of circumstances incidentally mentioned in books of voyages and travels into the East: in two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 104 times in 60 borrowing records
ESTC: T142219
Thomas Harmer (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Theology
Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/6/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Milne
Author: Thomas Harmer (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Theology
Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 36469
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010553
Zimmerman on Solitude
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/5/19 (Saturday).
Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: d. 1834.
Selkirk/Bridgeland
Johann Georg Zimmermann (Male, born 1728, died 1795)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Solitude Considered [Zimmerman]
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Georg Zimmermann (Male, born 1728, died 1795)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Solitude considered with respect to its influence upon the mind and the heart.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1791. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T137214
Johann Georg Zimmermann (Male, born 1728, died 1795)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Solitude Considered with Respect to its Influence upon the Mind and the Heart
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/5/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands
Author: Johann Georg Zimmermann (Male, born 1728, died 1795), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Solitude Considered with Respect to its Influence upon the Mind and the Heart
Record ID 36468
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010553
Wills philosophy
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/5/19 (Saturday).
Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: d. 1834.
Selkirk/Bridgeland
Borrowed: 1810/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/5/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands