An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1792/10/26
Your search matched 8 borrowing records.
Record ID 321169
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 44
Buffon Histoire naturelle tom 2.3.4.
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/26 (Monday).
Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 237 times in 126 borrowing records
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: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/26 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
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, Volume 4
Record ID 321172
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 44
Homeri Ilias Clarke 2 vol
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/26 (Monday).
Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1783. Life dates: 1761-1837.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Homeri Ilias Graece et Latine [Clarke]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.1.d..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Homeri Ilias Græce et Latine. Annotationes in usum serenissimi principis Gulielmi Augusti, Ducis de Cumberland, &c.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1729-1732. Format: 4to.
Editors: Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1683
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 93 borrowing records
ESTC: T53519
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/26 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr David Williamson David Williamson Robertson Ewart; Lord Balgray
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 321175
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 45
Horatius notis Hurde 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/26 (Monday).
Mr John Wilde
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1848.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27)
Genre: Poetry
Q. Horatii Flacci epistolae ad Pisones, et Augustum: with an English commentary and notes [Horace/Hurd]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.53.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27)
Genre: Poetry
Q. Horatii Flacci epistolae ad Pisones, et Augustum: with an English commentary and notes. To which are added two dissertations: the one, on the provinces of the several species of dramatic poetry; the other, on poetical imitation.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Hurd, Richard
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T46145
Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27)
Genre: Poetry
Epistles of Horace
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: 1792/11/26 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr John Wilde
Author: Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 346178
Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 52
Robertson's Scotland Vol: first
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Lending Record Other Info: Returned.
Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan
Gender: Male. Address: Dunblane.
Occupation (original): Secession (Burgher) minister of Dunblane, 1768-1816.
Subs Date: 1776. Subs: Donation. Life dates: 1747-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Presbyterian Seceder.
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 Scotch history previous to that period ; and an appendix containing original papers.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1759. Format: 4to (quarto). Modern shelfmark: Leighton 8-H-4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
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 Scotch history previous to that period ; and an appendix containing original papers. / By William Robertson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 119 times in 90 borrowing records
ESTC: T78971
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan
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 346181
Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 52
and Encyc: Vol 10th Pts 1st & 2d
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Lending Record Other Info: Renewed on 26 Dec 1792, then returned.
Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan
Gender: Male. Address: Dunblane.
Occupation (original): Secession (Burgher) minister of Dunblane, 1768-1816.
Subs Date: 1776. Subs: Donation. Life dates: 1747-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Presbyterian Seceder.
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 10
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 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10
Record ID 232700
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 31
Nature Displayed v. 3
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.
J Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 117 times in 115 borrowing records
ESTC: T131954
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday).
Borrower: J Hunter
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 240593
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 169
Ward's Natural History v. 7
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Forrest
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 7
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: 1792/10/26 (Friday).
Borrower: James Forrest
Author: Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Modern System of Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 240650
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 170
Rollin's Ancient History v. 2
Borrowed: 1792/10/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Boswell
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 2
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: 1792/10/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Boswell
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2