An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1784/7/24
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Record ID 183510
Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 35v
Cudworth's system 1 Volume
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Conditions: 6 weeks.
James Marshall
Gender: Male. Address: Cultoqhuey.
Ralph Cudworth (Male, born 1617, died 1688)
Genre: Theology
The true intellectual system of the universe: the first part; wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Ralph Cudworth (Male, born 1617, died 1688)
Genre: Theology
The true intellectual system of the universe: the first part; wherein all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T140741
Ralph Cudworth (Male, born 1617, died 1688)
Genre: Theology
True Intellectual System of the Universe
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Marshall
Author: Ralph Cudworth (Male, born 1617, died 1688), Genre: Theology
True Intellectual System of the Universe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 225452
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 175
Hist of the Indies v. 2
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Edwin Gardner
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
History of the Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 225899
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 183
Robertson's Hist of Scotland v. 1
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Lawson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. till his accession to the crown of England. With a review of the Scottish history previous to that period; and an appendix containing Original Papers. In Two Volumes. By William Robertson, D. D. Minister of Lady Yester’s, Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 359 times in 277 borrowing records
ESTC: T71467
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Lawson
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 226034
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 185
Collection of Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records
ESTC: T147990
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Gordon
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 226199
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 188
Guthrie's Scotland v. 6
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
George McIntosh
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
A General History of Scotland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. By William Guthrie, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 513 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: T146458
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie]
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: George McIntosh
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 226217
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 189
Hist of Greece
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
George Cleghorn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
History of Greece
Record ID 226376
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 192
Knights of Malta v. 5
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Gilchrist
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Knights of Malta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The history of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem; styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta. Translated from the French of Mons. l’Abbe de Vertot.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 207 borrowing records
ESTC: T81010
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Gilchrist
Author: Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 226784
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 198
Buffon's Nat Hist v. 8
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Charles Parker
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 8
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: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Charles Parker
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 8
Record ID 226823
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 199
Goldsmith's Greece v. 2
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Sawer
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
The grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 205 times in 171 borrowing records
ESTC: T146080
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Sawer
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 227018
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 202
Collection of Voyages v. 5
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records
ESTC: T147990
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Cuming
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 227072
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 203
Buffon's Nat Hist v. 7
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Fraser
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Fraser
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 227342
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 209
Plato's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Elphinston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Plato's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of Plato abridg’d: With an account of his life, philosophy, morals, and politicks. Together with a translation of his choicest dialogues, viz. 1. Of human nature, 2. Prayer. 3. Wisdom. 4. Holiness. 5. What one ought to do. 6. Immortality of the soul. 7. Valour. 8. Philosophy. In two volumes, illustrated with notes. By M. Dacier. Translated from the French, by several Hands.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T132435
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Plato
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Elphinston
Author: Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 227444
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 210
Monthly Review 1781
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Tennent
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Monthly Review 1781
Shelfmark: 65.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1781
Record ID 227381
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 210
Addison's Works v. 3
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Cassel
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Addison's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The miscellaneous works, in verse and prose, of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; In Three Volumes. With some account of the life and writings of the author. By Mr. Tickell.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: T89173
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Cassel
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 227495
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 211
Universal Hist v. 1
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
R Campbell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1784/7/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: R Campbell
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1