An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1826/5/1
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Record ID 326971
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.265 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 76
Wilks's South of India 3 vol. 12.e.6. 2nd & 3.rd retd. 24 Sep.t
Borrowed: 1826/5/1 (Monday). Returned: 1827/6/14 (Thursday).
Mr James Ballantine Ballantyne, of Castlehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1819. Life dates: 1798-1868.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Mark Wilks (Male, born c.1760, died 1831)
Genre: History
Historical sketches of the South of India, in an attempt to trace the history of Mysoor [Wilks]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.142.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Mark Wilks (Male, born c.1760, died 1831)
Genre: History
Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an attempt to trace the history of Mysoor; from the origin of the Hindoo government of that state, to the extinction of the Mohammedan Dynasty in 1799.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1810-1817. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 4 borrowing records
Mark Wilks (Male, born c.1760, died 1831)
Genre: History
Historical Sketches of the South of India
Borrowed: 1826/5/1 (Monday). Returned: 1827/6/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr James Ballantine Ballantyne, of Castlehill
Author: Mark Wilks (Male, born c.1760, died 1831), Genre: History
Historical Sketches of the South of India
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 274361
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Nature v. 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/5/1 (Monday). Returned: yes.
William Laing
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 Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9 vols.
Translators: Smellie, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T139144
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: 1826/5/1 (Monday).
Borrower: William Laing
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 2, Volume 3
Record ID 276851
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Traveller (Arabia)
Borrowed: 1826/5.
Charles Mitchell Birrel
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Josiah Conder (Male, born 1789, died 1855)
Genre: Travel
Modern Traveller (Arabia)
Confidence level: Certain
Josiah Conder (Male, born 1789, died 1855)
Genre: Travel
The modern traveller. A popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical of the various countries of the globe. Greece ..
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1826. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 6 borrowing records
Josiah Conder (Male, born 1789, died 1855)
Genre: Travel
Modern Traveller
Borrowed: 1826/5.
Borrower: Charles Mitchell Birrel
Author: Josiah Conder (Male, born 1789, died 1855), Genre: Travel
Record ID 276896
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Ivanhoe v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/5. Returned: yes.
James Wardrop Broughton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Ivanhoe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Ivanhoe; a romance. By the author of “Waverley.”
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1820. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 545 times in 194 borrowing records
Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Ivanhoe; a Romance
Borrowed: 1826/5.
Borrower: James Wardrop Broughton
Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 276959
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sully's Memoirs v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/5. Returned: yes.
John Taylor Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister of Henry the Great. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de L’Ecluse. To which is annexed, the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the murder of Henry the Great. In five volumes. Volume I.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 68 borrowing records
ESTC: N21985
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Borrowed: 1826/5.
Borrower: John Taylor Brown
Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2