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Date of borrowing: 1812/2/29
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Record ID 340877
Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 238
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Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday). Lending Record Other Info: Returned..
Mr D. Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Subs Date: 1811. Subs: Student.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English. Publication Place: Edinburgh. Publication Year: 1788-97. Format: 4to (quarto). Modern shelfmark: Leighton 13-C-1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr D. Stewart
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 261932
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Beauties of Scoltand v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scoltand
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
The beauties of Scotland : containing a clear and full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures ; of the population, cities, towns, villages, &c. of each county. Embellished with engravings
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1805-1808. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 73 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: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Anderson
Author: Robert Forsyth (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262097
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George Busby
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: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Busby
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262106
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George Busby
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: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Busby
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262103
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George Busby
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: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Busby
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262238
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knox's View
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Frederick Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Knox's View
Confidence level: Certain
John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A view of the British empire, more especially Scotland; with some proposals for the improvement of that country, the extension of its fisheries, and the relief of the people. By John Knox.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T50762
John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
View of the British Empire
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Frederick Davidson
Author: John Knox (Male, born 1720, died 1790), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 405360
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010222
Travels 1 Volm
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Jacob Pean
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Prisoner of War.
Genre: Travel
Travels (unspecified)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 405369
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010222
Life of cumberland
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Francois Henri Miaux
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Mariner > Privateer. Military > Prisoner of War.
Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Lives
Life of Cumberland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Richard Cumberland. Written by himself. Containing an account of his life and writings, interspersed with anecdotes and characters of several of the most distinguished persons of his time, etc.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1806. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 25 borrowing records
Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Richard Cumberland
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Francois Henri Miaux
Author: Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1732, died 1811), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 405366
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010222
Emeline. 4th Vo
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Lieutenant Pierre Emmanuel Tarnier
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1787.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Prisoner of War.
Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Emmeline, The Orphan of the Castle by Charlotte Turner Smith
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Emmeline, the orphan of the castle. By Charlotte Smith. In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 298 times in 99 borrowing records
ESTC: T73502
Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Lieutenant Pierre Emmanuel Tarnier
Author: Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806), Genre: Fiction
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 405372
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010222
2. V. webers. v of Maria
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Captain Pierre Ovid Chauvin
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Prisoner of War.
Johannes Raguinet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Prisoner of War.
Joseph Weber (Male, born 1755)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre by Joseph Weber
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Weber (Male, born 1755)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre; including several important periods of the French Revolution.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805-1812. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 29 borrowing records
Joseph Weber (Male, born 1755)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Captain Pierre Ovid Chauvin , Johannes Raguinet
Author: Joseph Weber (Male, born 1755), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maria Antoinetta, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France and Navarre
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 405363
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010222
Bennett's Letters 1 V
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Lieutenant Victor Bellier
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Prisoner of War.
Rev. John Bennett (Male)
Genre: Education
Letters to a Young Lady [Bennett]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Rev. John Bennett (Male)
Genre: Education
Letters to a young lady, on a variety of useful and interesting subjects, calculated to improve the heart, to form the manners, and enlighten the understanding.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 51 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: T99684
Rev. John Bennett (Male)
Genre: Education
Letters to a Young Lady, on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Lieutenant Victor Bellier
Author: Rev. John Bennett (Male), Genre: Education
Letters to a Young Lady, on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 405354
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010222
Caroine of Litchfield
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Brigadier General Antoine Francois Bronier
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1767.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Army. Military > Prisoner of War.
Isabelle de Montolieu (Female, born 1751, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Caroline of Litchfield
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Isabelle de Montolieu (Female, born 1751, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Caroline of Lichtfield; a novel.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Translators: Holcroft, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 180 times in 83 borrowing records
ESTC: T129168
Isabelle de Montolieu (Female, born 1751, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Brigadier General Antoine Francois Bronier
Author: Isabelle de Montolieu (Female, born 1751, died 1832), Genre: Fiction
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 405357
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 1 (1800-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010222
Evelina 2 V 3 ?
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Lieutenant Auguste Ernst
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1787.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Prisoner of War.
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina by Frances Burney
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina, or, the history of a young lady’s entrance into the world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 172 times in 69 borrowing records
ESTC: T113895
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Lieutenant Auguste Ernst
Author: Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840), Genre: Fiction
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 31339
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010395
Gibons Roman Empire 3
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Mr John Anderson Esqr
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Occupation (original): Tanner / Esqr.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Tanner/Currier.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 14 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 49 borrowing records
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Anderson Esqr
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 32488
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010438
Banished 2nd vols
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1812/3/4 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr John Campbell
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Occupation (original): Minister.
Life dates: 1778-1857.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Banished Man by Charlotte Turner Smith
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
The banished man. A novel.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 193 times in 56 borrowing records
ESTC: T70700
Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Banished Man. A Novel
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1812/3/4 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr John Campbell
Author: Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 35851
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010529
Anecdotes of Peter the Great
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Park
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Occupation (original): Writer.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.
Jakob von Staehlin (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of Peter the Great
Confidence level: Certain
Jakob von Staehlin (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Lives
Original anecdotes of Peter the Great, collected from the conversation of several persons of distinction at Petersburgh and Moscow.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 38
ESTC: T107832
Jakob von Staehlin (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Lives
Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Park
Author: Jakob von Staehlin (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Lives
Record ID 35850
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010529
Gibbon Roman Empire 1st
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Park
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Occupation (original): Writer.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 14 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 49 borrowing records
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Park
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 36558
Library: Selkirk Library. Register: volume 2 (1810-1814, Type: Town). Page: 1010555
Douglas 4th vol
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands
Gender: Male. Address: Selkirk.
Life dates: d. 1834.
Selkirk/Bridgeland
Robert Bisset (Male, born 1759, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Douglas; or, the Highlander. A novel by Robert Bisset
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Bisset (Male, born 1759, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Douglas; or, the highlander. A novel.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 50 borrowing records
ESTC: T68561
Robert Bisset (Male, born 1759, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Douglas; or, The Highlander
Borrowed: 1812/2/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Rodger of Bridgelands
Author: Robert Bisset (Male, born 1759, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4