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Record ID 326608

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 231

Record ID 326614

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 232

Smolletts Works 6 vol

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/8/1 (Thursday).


Borrower

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).


Book HoldingLibrary record

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
Miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. In six volumes.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].4/2.7-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M. D.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/8/1 (Thursday).

Borrower: Mr William Tait

Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives

Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 326611

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/17 (1792-1793, Type: Other). Page: 232

Sidneys Arcadia fol

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/8/1 (Thursday).


Borrower

Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1786. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female)
Genre: Poetry
Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, moderniz'd by Mrs. Stanley.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.2.14.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female)
Genre: Poetry
Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia, moderniz’d by Mrs. Stanley.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Editors: Stanley, Mrs D.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female)
Genre: Poetry
Arcadia [Sir Philip Sidney]

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: 1793/8/1 (Thursday).

Borrower: Mr George Robertson Scott of Benholm

Author: Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female), Genre: Poetry

Arcadia [Sir Philip Sidney]

Record ID 231992

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 21

Buffon's Nat Hist v. 4

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Waterstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Record ID 232556

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 28

Robertson's America v. 3

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Thomas Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

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


Book Work

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Young

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of America [William Robertson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 236204

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 86

Knights of Malta v. 5

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Sanders
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Knights of Malta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 239762

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 153

Sully's Memoirs v. 5

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoir
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Cuming

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 5

Record ID 240134

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 159

Rollin's Roman History v. 1

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Mackenzie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 240671

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 170

Ward's Natural History v. 4

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Fullerton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ward's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Fullerton

Author: Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Modern System of Natural History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4