An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1810/5/26
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Record ID 41650
Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 46r
2nd. Volume Fieldings Works
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: May 26th. Original Borrower: John Gebbie.
John Gebbie
Gender: Male.
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author. Vol. I.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 314 times in 238 borrowing records
ESTC: T179727
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Gebbie
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 259094
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Colquhoun
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Colquhoun
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259076
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Works v. 10
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (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 10
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Clarke
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10
Record ID 259100
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1809
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
James Combe
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1809
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 259151
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
History of Scotland
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
John Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
History of Scotland
Record ID 259211
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Bernard McCallum
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Bernard McCallum
Author: George Heriot Phillips (Male), Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259229
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John McIntosh
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: John McIntosh
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259253
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Savary's Egypt v. 2
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Pelham Maitland
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Savary's Egypt
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt, with a parallel between the manners of its ancient and modern inhabitants, the present State, the Commerce, the Agriculture, and Government of that Country; and an account of the descent of St. Lewis at Damietta: extracted from Joinville, and Arabian authors. Illustrated with maps. By Mr. Savary, Author of the Life of Mahomet, and Translator of the Coran. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 150 times in 105 borrowing records
ESTC: N2790
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Pelham Maitland
Author: Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788), Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 259283
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's England v. 2
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (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 2
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Maule
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 259343
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages & Travels v. 4
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Adam Pearson
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Adam Pearson
Author: George Heriot Phillips (Male), Genre: Travel
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 259373
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 5
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Reid
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Reid
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 259367
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's America v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Porteous
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 1
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Porteous
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259403
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Cicero's Orations v. 2
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Scott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Poetry
Cicero's Orations
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Scott
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 259415
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 5
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Bonar Scott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Bonar Scott
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 259460
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 5
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Syme
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch, containing the lives of the most eminent statesmen, patriots, divines, warriors, philosophers, poets, and artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the accession of Henry Viii. to the present time. Including, a Complete History of England from that Aera. In six volumes. Ornamented with elegant frontispieces. Vol. I. A new edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged, by the editor, T. Mortimer, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 162 borrowing records
ESTC: T107370
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Syme
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 259514
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Animal Biography v. 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Kerr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Animal Biography
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Animal biography, or, Authentic anecdotes of the lives, manners, and economy, of the animal creation : arranged according to the system of Linnæus : in three volumes
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1804. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 97 times in 90 borrowing records
William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Animal Biography; or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners and Economy, of the Animal Creation
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Kerr
Author: William Bingley (Male, born 1774, died 1823), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Animal Biography; or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners and Economy, of the Animal Creation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 259553
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 6
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (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 6
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Drysdale
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 259583
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Edinburgh Review v. 1
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Edinburgh Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Edinburgh Magazine and Review.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773-1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: P2256
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Hamilton
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259592
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Howison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
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: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Howison
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 35792
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010528
History of France
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/10/3 (Wednesday).
Mr Alexander Park
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Occupation (original): Writer.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1810/10/3 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Park
Genre: History
Record ID 36475
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010553
Canterbury Tales 3
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: d. 1834.
Selkirk/Bridgeland
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer; completed in a modern version.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Ogle, John; Lipscomb, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 162 times in 71 borrowing records
ESTC: T142811
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Borrowed: 1810/5/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3