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Record ID 210062
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 45
Fodun's Scotichronicon 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, cum supplementis et continuatione Walteri Boweri, Insulae Sancti Columbae Abbatis: E Codicibus Mss, editum, cum notis et variantibus lectionibus. Præfixa est ad historiam Scotorum introductio brevis, curâ Walteri Goodall.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T96013
John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Scotichronicon [John Fordun]
Borrowed: 1771/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: John Fordun (Male, died 1384), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 210143
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 53
Item Mabillere de re diplimatica fol
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707)
Genre: History
De re diplomatica libri VI [Mabillon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.59.a.
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707)
Genre: History
De Re Diplomatica libri VI. In quibus quidquid ad veterum instrumentorum antiquitatem, materiam, scripturam et stilum; quidquid ad sigilla, monogrammata, subscriptiones, ac notas chronologicas; quidquid inde ad antiquariam, historiam forensemque disciplinam pertinet, explicatur et illustratur.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1681. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 3
Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707)
Genre: History
De Re Diplomatica
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Jean Mabillon (Male, born 1632, died 1707), Genre: History
Record ID 210140
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 53
Du Cange's Glossary vol. 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6 fol.
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six guineas.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis [Du Cange]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.89.a .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1733-1736. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 15 borrowing records
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688)
Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange (Male, born 1610, died 1688), Genre: Reference Works
Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et infimae Latinitatis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 210176
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 56
James Vi his works in English fol.
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Record ID 210179
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 56
Madox's forumulare Anglicanum fol.
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727)
Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum [Madox]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.161.4.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727)
Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum: or, a collection of ancient charters and instruments of divers kinds, taken from the originals.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1702. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T97067
Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727)
Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum: or, A Collection of Ancient Charters and Instruments of Divers Kinds
Borrowed: 1771/4/5 (Friday). Returned: 1771/5/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Thomas Madox (Male, born 1666, died 1727), Genre: Law
Formulare Anglicanum: or, A Collection of Ancient Charters and Instruments of Divers Kinds
Record ID 210410
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 74
Anderson's historical Collections 4 vol. in 4o
Borrowed: 1771/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/7/25 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections relating to the history of Mary Queen of Scotland [Anderson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.110.a.1 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections relating to the history of Mary Queen of Scotland, in four volumes : containing a great number of original papers never before printed : also a few scarce pieces reprinted, taken from the best copies / revised and published by James Anderson, Esq; with an explanatory index of the obsolete words, and prefaces shewing the importance of these collections.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1727-1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 58 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T133808
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland
Borrowed: 1771/6/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/7/25 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 210548
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 86
Session Papers ofr 1733. fol.
Borrowed: 1771/7/19 (Friday). Returned: 1771/7/22 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Law
Session Papers 1733
Borrowed: 1771/7/19 (Friday). Returned: 1771/7/22 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Genre: Law
Record ID 210692
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 100
Lindesay's of Pitscottie's history of Scotland fol
Borrowed: 1771/9/20 (Friday). Returned: 1771/10/20 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
History of Scotland; from 21 February, 1436. to March, 1565 [Lindsay/Freebairn] [folio]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.a.13.
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from 21 February, 1436. to March, 1565: in which are contained accounts of many remarkable passages altogether differing from our other historians, and many facts are related, either concealed by some, or omitted by others.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1728. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T87021
Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay]
Borrowed: 1771/9/20 (Friday). Returned: 1771/10/20 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Robert Lindsay (Male, born c.1500, died 1565), Genre: History
Record ID 210701
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 101
Douglass's Peerage fol
Borrowed: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/11/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation [Douglas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.287.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their Origin to the present Generation: collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, the Charters, and other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of our best Historians.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T145745
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom
Borrowed: 1771/10/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/11/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 210713
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 103
Nisbet's Heraldry vol. 2.d fol.
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725)
Genre: History
A system of heraldry speculative and practical [Nisbet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: AB.9.207.01.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725)
Genre: History
A system of heraldry speculative and practical: with the true art of blazon, according to the most approved heralds in Europe: illustrated with suitable examples of armorial figures, and Atchievements of the most considerable Sirnames and Families in Scotland, &c. Together With Historical and Genealogical Memorials relative thereto.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1722. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T135745
Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725)
Genre: History
System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Alexander Nisbet (Male, born 1657, died 1725), Genre: History
System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 210716
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 103
Item Prynne's History of King John &c. vol. 3d fol
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669)
Genre: Lives
The history of King John, King Henry III. and the most illustrious King Edward the I [Prynne]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.36.a.15.
Confidence level: Certain
William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669)
Genre: Lives
The history of King John, King Henry III. and the most illustrious King Edward the I.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1670. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: R471
William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669)
Genre: Lives
History of King John, King Henry III. and the Most Illustrious King Edward the I
Borrowed: 1771/10/21 (Monday). Returned: 1771/11/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: William Prynne (Male, born 1600, died 1669), Genre: Lives
History of King John, King Henry III. and the Most Illustrious King Edward the I
Record ID 210851
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 119
Epistolae regum Scotorum 2 vol. 8o
Borrowed: 1771/11/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/12/30 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolæ Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariæ, regum Scotorum [Ruddiman]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.107.d.19-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolæ Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariæ, regum Scotorum, eorumq; tutorum & regni gubernatorum; ad imperatores, reges, pontifices, principes, civitates, & alios, ab anno 1505, ad annum 1545.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1722-1724. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T146909
James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolae Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariae, Regum Scotorum
Borrowed: 1771/11/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/12/30 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: James IV King of Scotland (Male, born 1473, died 1513), James V King of Scotland (Male, born 1512, died 1542), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Epistolae Jacobi Quarti, Jacobi Quinti, et Mariae, Regum Scotorum
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 281501
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 341
Peau recherches philosophique sur les Americains 3 vols 12o
Borrowed: 1772/11/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/12/19 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten shillings sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americains [Pauw]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.133.f.22-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches philosophiques sur les Américains, ou Mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'Histoire de l'Espèce humaine.
Language: French . Published: Cleves. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Borrowed: 1772/11/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/12/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799), Genre: History
Recherches Philosophiques sur les Américains
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 291169
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 2
Memoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux par Labat 6 tom in 12
Borrowed: 1774/12/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/3 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Memoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.149.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Mémoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux, contenant ses voyages à Constantinople, dans l'Asie, la Syrie, la Palestine, l'Egypte & la Barbarie ... recueillis de ses mémoires originaux, & mis en ordre, avec des réflexions.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 2 borrowing records
Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Mémoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux, contenant ses Voyages
Borrowed: 1774/12/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/3 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738), Genre: Travel
Mémoires du Chevalier d'Arvieux, contenant ses Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 291448
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 20
Charlevoix histoire de la nouvelle France 6 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/1/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/2/17 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France [Charlevoix]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.135.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Histoire et description generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal historique d'un voyage fait par ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionnale.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 6 borrowing records
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Histoire et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionnale
Borrowed: 1775/1/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/2/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 293608
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 49
Desaguliers natural Philosophy 4to
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A course of experimental philosophy [Desaguliers]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cp.4.22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A course of experimental philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1744. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T135357
John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Course of Experimental Philosophy
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: John Theophilus Desaguliers (Male, born 1683-3-12, died 1744-2-29), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Course of Experimental Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 293611
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 49
Jacobs improvement of wheel Carriages
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Joseph Jacob (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the structure and draught of wheel-carriages [Jacob]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: I.34.b.14.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jacob (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the structure and draught of wheel-carriages.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T75420
Joseph Jacob (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the Structure and Draught of Wheel-carriages
Borrowed: 1775/3/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Joseph Jacob (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on the Structure and Draught of Wheel-carriages
Record ID 293626
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 51
Encyclopedie tom 3 fol
Borrowed: 1775/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1775/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1775/3/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 294958
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 67
Essays Physical and literary vol. 2. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/5/13 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six Shillings sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary: read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.14/1.a.[alpha].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1775/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/5/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 295399
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 79
Memoires dy Cardinal de Retz 5 tom 12
Borrowed: 1775/5/22 (Monday). Returned: 1775/6/21 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Guy Joly (Male, died 1678)
Genre: Lives
Memoires du Cardinal Retz, 5 vols
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Guy Joly (Male, died 1678)
Genre: Lives
Memoires du cardinal de Retz, contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable en France pendant les premières années du règne de Louis XIV..
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1718. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 6 borrowing records
Guy Joly (Male, died 1678)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Guy Joli, Private Secretary to Cardinal de Retz; Claude Joli, Canon of Notre-Dame; and the Dutchess de Nemours
Borrowed: 1775/5/22 (Monday). Returned: 1775/6/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Guy Joly (Male, died 1678), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 296380
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 119
Boyles Works vol. 1. 2. fol
Borrowed: 1775/7/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/8/26 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cy.4.13-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In Five Volumes. To which is prefixed The Life of the Author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T4460
Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Works of Robert Boyle
Borrowed: 1775/7/26 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/8/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Robert Boyle (Male, born 1627, died 1691), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299203
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 196
Priestly on Electricity 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments, by Joseph Priestley.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cp.3.27..
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 20
ESTC: T36344
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Record ID 180612
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 74
Polybius Gronovii 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Historiarum libri qui supersunt ... [Polybius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.24.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Polybii historiarum libri qui supersunt interprete I. Casaubono. J. Gronovius recensuit ac utriusque Casauboni, F. Ursini, H. Valesii, I. Palmerii, et suas notas adjecit.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1763-1764. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Casaubon, Isaac; Gronovius, Jacobus
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Histories [Polybius]
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 180615
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 74
Voltaire Historie generalle tom 1-4
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essai sur l'histoire generale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'a nos jours [Voltaire]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.93.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay sur l'histoire générale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à nos jours.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 6 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on Universal History
Borrowed: 1788/9/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/10/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 198221
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 131
Leeuwen Censura forensis
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica [Leeuwen]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.86.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1678. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura Forensis Theoretico-Practica
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682), Genre: Law
Record ID 198224
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 131
Appeal Cases 1775-77
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Law
Cases of appeals before the House of Peers, from 1772 to 1805.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Cases of Appeals before the House of Peers, 1772-1805.
Language: English . Published: London. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 6 borrowing records
Genre: Law
Cases of Appeals before the House of Peers, 1772-1805
Borrowed: 1789/1/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1789/2/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Genre: Law
Record ID 198314
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 140
Cranmer reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum 4to
Borrowed: 1789/1/16 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/16 (Monday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum [Cranmer]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR/E.141.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reformatio legum ecclesiasticarum, ex authoritate primum Regis Henrici 8. inchoata: deinde per Regem Edouardum 6. provecta, adauctáque in hunc modum, atq[ue] nunc ad pleniorem ipsarum reformationem in lucem edita.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1640. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: S109037
Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum, Ex Authoritate primum Regis Henrici 8. Inchoata: Deinde per Regem Edouardum 6
Borrowed: 1789/1/16 (Friday). Returned: 1789/2/16 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Commissioners on Revision of the Ecclesiastical Laws, 1550-1552 England and Wales (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Record ID 198920
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Leeuwen Censura forensis
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica [Leeuwen]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.86.1.
Confidence level: Certain
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura forensis theoretico-practica.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1678. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682)
Genre: Law
Censura Forensis Theoretico-Practica
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Simon van Leeuwen (Male, born c.1625, died 1682), Genre: Law
Record ID 198926
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Parkers laws of shipping
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male)
Genre: Law
The laws of shipping and insurance, with a digest of adjudged cases [Parker]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Colleciton TR E.145.4].
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male)
Genre: Law
The laws of shipping and insurance, with a digest of adjudged cases; containing the acts of parliament relative to shipping, insurance and navigation; Together With the Laws for the Government of the Navy, and An Account of the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty Courts. With the determinations of the courts of justice on trials concerning shipping, insurance, Losses, Averages, Bottomry, Barratry, &c. &c. from Trinity term 1693, to Michaelmas term 1774. With the Reporters Names and References. To which are added A Table and Index of the Titles of the Acts, the Names of the Cases, and-the Matter contained therein.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T101057
Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male)
Genre: Law
Laws of Shipping and Insurance
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Thomas Parker of Lincoln's Inn (Male), Genre: Law
Record ID 198923
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Magens on Insurance
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
An essay on insurances, explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe [Magens]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ab].1/1.2-3 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
An essay on insurances, explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe, and shewing their consistency or inconsistency with equity and the public good.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T98888
Nicolaus Magens (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Essay on Insurances
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Nicolaus Magens (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 198917
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 167
Vinii Institutiones tom 2.
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657)
Genre: Law
Arnoldi Vinnii jc. In quatuor libros Institutionum imperialium commentarius: academicus & forensis.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection A.82.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657)
Genre: Law
Arnoldi Vinnii jc. in quatuor libros Institutionum imperialium commentarius academicus, et forensis.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 5 borrowing records
Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657)
Genre: Law
Institutionum Imperialium Commentarius Academicus, et Forensis
Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Arnoldus Vinnius (Male, born 1588, died 1657), Genre: Law
Institutionum Imperialium Commentarius Academicus, et Forensis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 201800
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 294
Voltaire Historie Generalle tom 5-19 inclus.
Borrowed: 1789/9/21 (Monday). Returned: 1789/10/21 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essai sur l'histoire generale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'a nos jours [Voltaire]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.93.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay sur l'histoire générale, et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à nos jours.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 6 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on Universal History
Borrowed: 1789/9/21 (Monday). Returned: 1789/10/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 205508
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 161
De Foe on the Union
Borrowed: 1790/6/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/7/19 (Monday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: History
The history of the union of Great Britain [Defoe]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.112.a.18.
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: History
The history of the Union of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1709. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T72261
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: History
History of the Union of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1790/6/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/7/19 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Genre: History
Record ID 205517
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 161
Peregrinus de jure Fisci 4to
Borrowed: 1790/6/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/7/19 (Monday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Marcantonio Pellegrini (Male, born 1530, died 1616)
Genre: Law
M. Antonii Peregrini sereniss. Reipublicae Venetae j.c. ... Resolutionum forensium de jure et privilegiis fisci libri quatuor.
Possible modern shelfmark: Historical Collection j.6.2.
Confidence level: Certain
Marcantonio Pellegrini (Male, born 1530, died 1616)
Genre: Law
M. Antonii Peregrini,... de Jure et privilegiis fisci libri quatuor.
Language: Latin . Published: Cologne. Date of publication: 1663. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Marcantonio Pellegrini (Male, born 1530, died 1616)
Genre: Law
De Jure et Privilegiis Fisci
Borrowed: 1790/6/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1790/7/19 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Marcantonio Pellegrini (Male, born 1530, died 1616), Genre: Law
Record ID 208106
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 270
Appeal Cases 1781-84
Borrowed: 1791/1/14 (Friday). Returned: 1791/2/14 (Monday).
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Law
Appeal Cases 1781-1784
Borrowed: 1791/1/14 (Friday). Returned: 1791/2/14 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Genre: Law