An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1799/12/27
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Record ID 285902
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 169
Boileau Oeuvres tom 2.
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: 1800/2/1 (Saturday).
Mr Alexander Miller of Monkcastle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1797. Life dates: d. 1828.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (Male, born 1636, died 1711)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Oeuvres; avec des éclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-même [Boileau-Despréaux]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ah].7.13-16 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (Male, born 1636, died 1711)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Oeuvres en vers de Mr Boileau Despreaux.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1717. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 3 borrowing records
Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (Male, born 1636, died 1711)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: 1800/2/1 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Miller of Monkcastle
Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (Male, born 1636, died 1711), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 249485
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 309
World Displayed v. 5
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Hall
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 249488
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 309
Mavor's Travels v. 20
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Hall
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 20
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: 1799/12/27 (Friday).
Borrower: John Hall
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 20
Record ID 250142
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 316
Buffon v. 7
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Skinner
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: 1799/12/27 (Friday).
Borrower: John Skinner
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 250148
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 316
World Displayed v. 7
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Skinner
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
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 250145
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 316
Voyages v. 6
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Skinner
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Record ID 251087
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 331
Rowe's Lucan v. 1
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Gunn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65)
Genre: Poetry
Rowe's Lucan
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65)
Genre: Poetry
Lucan’s Pharsalia. Translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq; Servant to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1722. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Rowe, Nicholas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T113675
Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65)
Genre: Poetry
Pharsalia or De Bello Civili
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday).
Borrower: James Gunn
Author: Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 251708
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 344
Ward's Natural History v. 5
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
William Fraser
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 5
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: 1799/12/27 (Friday).
Borrower: William Fraser
Author: Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Modern System of Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 251705
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 344
World Displayed v. 4
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
William Fraser
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
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 251753
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 345
Hume's History v. 8
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
William Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England (original title)
Hume's History (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Likely
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records
ESTC: N504610
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday).
Borrower: William Ferguson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 251810
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 347
Pope's Homer v. 2
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Stuart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male), Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Borrowed: 1799/12/27 (Friday).
Borrower: John Stuart
Author: Homer (Male), Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2