An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1798/2/16
Your search matched 4 borrowing records.
Record ID 234302
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 54
Collection of Voyages v. 5
Borrowed: 1798/2/16 (Friday). Returned: yes.
J Bremner
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: 1798/2/16 (Friday).
Borrower: J Bremner
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 239399
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 146
Mavor's Travels v. 15
Borrowed: 1798/2/16 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Wood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1798/2/16 (Friday).
Borrower: John Wood
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Record ID 43929
Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 102
Do. Do.
Borrowed: 1798/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1798/10/1 (Monday). Returned?: 01-Oct.
William McMillan
Gender: Male. Address: Newton Douglas.
Occupation (original): Lawyer.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Fiction
Zeluco. Various views of human nature, taken from life and manners, foreign and domestic. In two volumes. ...
Language: English. Genre: Novel.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Fiction
Zeluco. Various views of human nature, taken from life and manners, foreign and domestic. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 310 times in 194 borrowing records
ESTC: T123769
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Fiction
Zeluco
Borrowed: 1798/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1798/10/1 (Monday).
Borrower: William McMillan
Author: Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 43845
Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 106
Heron's . Do -
Borrowed: 1798/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1798/2/21 (Wednesday). Returned?: 21-Feb.
John McGill
Gender: Male. Address: Barr.
Occupation (original): Tailor.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel.
Robert Heron (Male, born 1764, died 1807)
Genre: History
A new general history of Scotland, from the earliest times, to the æra of the abolition of the hereditary jurisdictions of the subjects in Scotland, in the year 1748. By Robert Heron. ...
Language: English. Genre: History.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Robert Heron (Male, born 1764, died 1807)
Genre: History
A new general history of Scotland, from the earliest times, to the æra of the abolition of the hereditary jurisdictions of the subjects in Scotland, in the year 1748. By Robert Heron. ...
Language: English . Published: Perth. Date of publication: 1794-1799. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T39854
Robert Heron (Male, born 1764, died 1807)
Genre: History
New General History of Scotland [Robert Heron]
Borrowed: 1798/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1798/2/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John McGill
Author: Robert Heron (Male, born 1764, died 1807), Genre: History
New General History of Scotland [Robert Heron]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2