An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1823/12/12
Your search matched 6 borrowing records.
Record ID 301840
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 175
Legend of the Velvet Cushion Bg 2.1.
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1824/2/11 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Bruce
Gender: Male. Address: 55 Frederick Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1808. Life dates: d. 1851.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
John Styles (Male, born 1782, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
The legend of the velvet cushion, in a series of letters.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bg.2.1.
Confidence level: Certain
John Styles (Male, born 1782, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
The Legend of the Velvet Cushion, in a series of letters to my brother Jonathan, who lives in the country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
John Styles (Male, born 1782, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Legend of the Velvet Cushion, in a Series of Letters to My Brother Jonathan, who Lives in the Country
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1824/2/11 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Bruce
Author: John Styles (Male, born 1782, died 1849), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 301834
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 175
Opies Madeline 2 Vols 12m Bf.5.56.
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1824/2/11 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Bruce
Gender: Male. Address: 55 Frederick Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1808. Life dates: d. 1851.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853)
Genre: Fiction
Madeline. A tale [Opie]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bf.5.56.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853)
Genre: Fiction
Madeline, a tale.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1822. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853)
Genre: Fiction
Madeline, a Tale
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1824/2/11 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Bruce
Author: Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 301837
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 175
Frankenstein 8vo Bg 4.23.
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1824/2/11 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Bruce
Gender: Male. Address: 55 Frederick Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1808. Life dates: d. 1851.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mary Godwin (Female, born 1797)
Genre: Fiction
Frankenstein; or, The modern Prometheus [Shelley]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mary Godwin (Female, born 1797)
Genre: Fiction
Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1818. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 12 borrowing records
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mary Godwin (Female, born 1797)
Genre: Fiction
Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Returned: 1824/2/11 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Bruce
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mary Godwin (Female, born 1797), Genre: Fiction
Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 356088
Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 322
Barretti's four
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday).
Mr Peter Stirling
Gender: Male. Address: Grove, Kippenross.
Subs Date: 26 November 1823. Subs: 10.6.
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1770. Format: 8vo (octavo). Modern shelfmark: Leighton 7-C-3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 107 times in 51 borrowing records
ESTC: T83927
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Peter Stirling
Author: Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789), Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 267479
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Kerr's Voyages and Travels v. 6, 7, 8
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Returned: yes.
William Gowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Kerr's Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged in systematic order: forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 18v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 63 borrowing records
Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr]
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday).
Borrower: William Gowan
Author: Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813), Genre: Travel
General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 129335
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1821-1832. (UYLY206-8) (1821-1832, Type: Professorial). Page: 8
Edinr Encycloped. 14th pt 1st
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday). Classmark: HH. 3. 1.. Original Returned Text: Retd.
Mr Duncan Forbes
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1868. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1380363396.
David Brewster (Male, born 1781, died 1868)
Genre: Reference Works
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia; conducted by David Brewster, LL. D. F.R.S. Lond. and Edin. and M.R.I.A. Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, and of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Prussia; Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; of the Royal Society of Sciences of Denmark; of the Royal Society of Gottingen, and of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Modena; Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Lyons; Associate of the Society of Civil Engineers; member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; of the Geological Society of London, and of the Astronomical Society of London; of the American Antiquarian Society; Honorary Member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York; of the Historical Society of New York; of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Utrecht; of the Philosophical Society of Cambridge; of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth, of the Northern Institution, and of the Royal Medical and Physical Societies of Edinburgh; of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; of the Society of the Friends of Natural History of Berlin; of the Natural History of Frankfort; of the Philosophical and Literary Society of Leeds; of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and of the Philosophical Society of York. With the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature. In eighteen volumes.
Classmark: HH. 3. 1..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14.1
Confidence level: Certain
David Brewster (Male, born 1781, died 1868)
Genre: Reference Works
Edinburgh Encyclopaedia.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1808-1830. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 436 times in 391 borrowing records
David Brewster (Male, born 1781, died 1868)
Genre: Reference Works
Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
Borrowed: 1823/12/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Duncan Forbes
Author: David Brewster (Male, born 1781, died 1868), Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14.1