An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1790/10/30
Your search matched 33 borrowing records.
Record ID 207152
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 213
Combrune's prices of Wheat fol
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1754-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Michael Combrune (Male, died 1773)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An enquiry into the prices of wheat, malt, and occasionally of other provisions [Combrune]
Possible modern shelfmark: I.34.a.12.
Confidence level: Certain
Michael Combrune (Male, died 1773)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An enquiry into the prices of wheat, malt, and occasionally of other provisions; of Land and Cattle, &c. as sold in England, from the year 1000 to the year 1765; Computed according to the Winchester Measure, and to the present Standard of English Coin, Divided into Periods of Ten Years each, and also into Periods of Circumstances.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T32766
Michael Combrune (Male, died 1773)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Enquiry into the Prices of Wheat, Malt, and Occasionally of Other Provisions
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
Author: Michael Combrune (Male, died 1773), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Enquiry into the Prices of Wheat, Malt, and Occasionally of Other Provisions
Record ID 207149
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 213
Parkers own Times
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Samuel Parker (Male, born 1640, died 1688)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Parker's history of his own time.
Possible modern shelfmark: C.19.e.22.
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Parker (Male, born 1640, died 1688)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Parker’s history of his own time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Newlin, Thomas
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T130865
Samuel Parker (Male, born 1640, died 1688)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Parker’s History of his Own Time
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Samuel Parker (Male, born 1640, died 1688), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Record ID 207086
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 213
Marlboroughs Conduct 8vo
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Francis Hare (Male, born 1671, died 1740)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Conduct of the Duke of Marlborough during the present war [Hare]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.18.d.23 .
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Hare (Male, born 1671, died 1740)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The conduct of the Duke of Marlborough during the present war. With original papers.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1711. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T31151
Francis Hare (Male, born 1671, died 1740)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Conduct of the Duke of Marlborough during the Present War
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: Francis Hare (Male, born 1671, died 1740), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 207143
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 213
Wisharts life of Montrose
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Mr William Tait
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1780. Life dates: c. 1755-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the most renowned James Graham, marquis of Montrose [Wishart]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.34.f.37.
Confidence level: Certain
George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the most renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. Translated from the Latin Of the Rev. Doctor George Wishart, afterwards Bishop of Edinburgh. With An Appendix, containing many curious Papers relating to the History of these Times; several of which never hitherto published.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: T63326
George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Tait
Author: George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
Record ID 40309
Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 105r
& Ansons Voyages
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 30.th. Original Borrower: James Muirhead.
James Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1772.
George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of His Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. With charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion round the World.
Confidence level: Certain
George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of His Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. With charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion round the World.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 50
ESTC: T89478
George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Muirhead
Author: George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762), Genre: Travel
Record ID 40308
Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 105r
6th Vol Ant Univl. History
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 30.th. Original Borrower: James Muirhead. Other reader: for my Brother Willm. Muirhead.
James Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1772.
William Muirhead
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Birth date: 1762.
Genre: History
Universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, chronological and other tables.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1351 (vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, chronological and other tables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 282 times in 207 borrowing records
ESTC: N62838
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrowers: James Muirhead , William Muirhead
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 40310
Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 105r
8th9 thVol of Fieldings Works
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: Do. Original Borrower: Henry Davidson.
Henry Davidson
Gender: Male.
Death date: 1829.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Clerk.
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 8
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Henry Davidson
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 43335
Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 41
Mostheim's Eccles: Hist: Vol the first
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/22 (Monday).
Mr Banks
Gender: Male. Address: Craighead.
Subs Date: 21 December 1791. Subs: 5s.
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
An ecclesiastical history, antient and modern, from the birth of Christ.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1765. Format: 4to (quarto).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
An ecclesiastical history, antient and modern, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the present century: in which the rise, progress, and variations of church power are considered in their connexion with the state of learning and philosophy, and the political history of Europe during that period.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Maclaine, Archibald
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 267 times in 205 borrowing records
ESTC: T136145
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Banks
Author: Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 43336
Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 41
& Price's Dissertations on Provid: One Vol
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/22 (Monday).
Mr Banks
Gender: Male. Address: Craighead.
Subs Date: 21 December 1791. Subs: 5s.
Richard Price (Male, born 1723, died 1791)
Genre: Theology
Four dissertations. I. On providence. II. On prayer. III. On the reasons for expecting that virtuous men shall meet after death in a state of happiness. IV. On the importance of Christianity, the nature of historical evidence, and miracles.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1768. Format: 8vo (octavo). Modern shelfmark: Leighton 14-D-8.
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Price (Male, born 1723, died 1791)
Genre: Theology
Four dissertations. I. On providence. II. On prayer. III. On the reasons for expecting that virtuous men shall meet after death in a state of happiness. IV. On the importance of Christianity, the nature of historical evidence, and miracles.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T12980
Richard Price (Male, born 1723, died 1791)
Genre: Theology
Four Dissertations [Richard Price]
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/11/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Banks
Author: Richard Price (Male, born 1723, died 1791), Genre: Theology
Record ID 231341
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 12
Guthrie's Hist of Scotland v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
A Morrison
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 1
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: A Morrison
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 231449
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 14
Buffon's Nat Hist v. 6
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
F Horne
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 6
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: F Horne
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 6
Record ID 231722
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 18
Collection of Voyages v. 6
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Menzies
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Menzies
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 232172
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 24
Plato's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Neil Menzies
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Neil Menzies
Author: Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 232484
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 28
Buffon's Nat Hist v. 7
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Welsh
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Welsh
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 232682
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 31
History of Greece
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Edmund Butterworth-Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
History of Greece
Record ID 234239
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 54
World Displayed v. 20
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Taylor
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 234416
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 57
Bell's Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Peat
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Bell's Travels
Shelfmark: 724. Format: 8vo.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to various parts of Asia.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 117 times in 95 borrowing records
ESTC: T99654
John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Peat
Author: John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780), Genre: Travel
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 234779
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 63
Buchanan's Hist of Scot v. 2
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Cameron
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The antient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first founder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fourth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes. Adorned with copper-plates, and a map of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 54 borrowing records
ESTC: N15167
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Cameron
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 235613
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 77
History of the Heavens v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Douglas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Archibald Douglas
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 235799
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 80
Ward's Natural History v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Napier
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ward's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A modern system of natural history. Containing accurate descriptions, and faithful histories, of animals, vegetables, and minerals. Together with Their Properties, and various Uses in Medicine, Mechanics, Manufactures, &c. Illustrated With a great Variety of Copper-Plates, accurately drawn from Nature, and beautifully engraved. By the Rev. Samuel Ward, Vicar of Cotterstock, cum Glapthorne, Northamptonshire; and others.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 238 times in 234 borrowing records
ESTC: T111259
Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Modern System of Natural History
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Napier
Author: Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Modern System of Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 236084
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 85
Buchanan's History of England v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Henry Brougham
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The antient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first founder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fourth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes. Adorned with copper-plates, and a map of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 54 borrowing records
ESTC: N15167
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Henry Brougham
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 236282
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 88
Annual Register v. 8
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Waterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature, for the year 1779.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 47 borrowing records
ESTC: T212941
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Waterson
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 236507
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 92
Goldsmith's Roman History v. 2
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records
ESTC: T146057
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Watson
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 236684
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 95
Life of Homer
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
John Menzies
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Life of Homer
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An enquiry into the life and writings of Homer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T70410
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Menzies
Author: Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 236762
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 96
Pope's Homer's Iliad v. 6
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
J Keay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Iliad
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Pope, Alexander
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 63 borrowing records
ESTC: N9218
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: J Keay
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 236948
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 99
World Displayed v. 5
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Adam Neall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 237338
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 108
Savary's Egypt v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
J Moffat
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 1
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: J Moffat
Author: Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788), Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 237539
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 112
Collection of Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Tennent
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Tennent
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 237632
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 113
Pope's Homer's Iliad v. 2
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Iliad
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Pope, Alexander
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 63 borrowing records
ESTC: N9218
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Archibald McDowan
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 237911
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 119
Goldsmith's Roman History v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records
ESTC: T146057
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Lothian
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 238286
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 126
Knox's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Frederick Maitland
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Frederick Maitland
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 238508
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 131
Volney's Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Francis Napier
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Volney's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Containing the present natural and political state of those countries, their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; with Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs. Illustrated with copper plates. By M. C-F. Volney. Translated from the French. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 169 borrowing records
ESTC: T12217
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Francis Napier
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 238541
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 132
Robertson's America v. 3
Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
R Sterrnoor
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 3
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: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: R Sterrnoor
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3