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Record ID 255002
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
British Plutarch v. 7
Borrowed: 1807/11/14 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch, containing the lives of the most eminent statesmen, patriots, divines, warriors, philosophers, poets, and artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the accession of Henry Viii. to the present time. Including, a Complete History of England from that Aera. In six volumes. Ornamented with elegant frontispieces. Vol. I. A new edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged, by the editor, T. Mortimer, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 162 borrowing records
ESTC: T107370
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1807/11/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 255014
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Plutarch v. 2
Borrowed: 1808/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Borrowed: 1808/2/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 255011
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Plutarch
Borrowed: 1808/1/30 (Saturday).
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrowed: 1808/1/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Record ID 254996
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
British Plutarch v. 4 & 5
Borrowed: 1807/5/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch, containing the lives of the most eminent statesmen, patriots, divines, warriors, philosophers, poets, and artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the accession of Henry Viii. to the present time. Including, a Complete History of England from that Aera. In six volumes. Ornamented with elegant frontispieces. Vol. I. A new edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged, by the editor, T. Mortimer, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 162 borrowing records
ESTC: T107370
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1807/5/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 255005
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Goldsmith's Greece v. 1
Borrowed: 1807/12/5 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
The grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 205 times in 171 borrowing records
ESTC: T146080
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Borrowed: 1807/12/5 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 254987
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Lives of Admirals v. 4
Borrowed: 1806/12/20 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1806/12/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 255008
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Plutarch v. 4
Borrowed: 1808/1/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Borrowed: 1808/1/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 254978
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Mavor's Travels v. 14
Borrowed: 1806/10/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
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 14
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: 1806/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
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 14
Record ID 254984
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Tuckey's Voyage
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Tuckey's Voyage
Confidence level: Certain
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
An account of a voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the south coast of New South Wales in His Majesty's ship Calcutta, in the years 1802
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816), Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Record ID 254993
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1807/3/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1807/3/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 254990
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Took's Pantheon
Borrowed: 1807/1/10 (Saturday).
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Took's Pantheon
Shelfmark: 599. Format: 8vo & Infra.
Confidence level: Speculative
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
The pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a short, plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue. The nineteenth edition. Revised, corrected, amended, and illustrated with new copper cuts ... For the use of schools. By Andrew Tooke, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Andrew Tooke
Number of borrowings: 23
ESTC: N11798
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious Heroes
Borrowed: 1807/1/10 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673), Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious Heroes
Record ID 254999
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Hume's England v. 2
Borrowed: 1807/10/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very 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: 1807/10/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 254981
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Carton on a Rock v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Ann Kendall (Female)
Genre: Fiction
Castle on a Rock (original title)
Castle on a Rock [Kendall] (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Ann Kendall (Female)
Genre: Fiction
The castle on the rock: or, memoirs of the Elderland family. By the author of Derwent Priory. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: N26974
Ann Kendall (Female)
Genre: Fiction
Castle on the Rock: or, Memoirs of the Elderland Family
Borrowed: 1806/11/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: Ann Kendall (Female), Genre: Fiction
Castle on the Rock: or, Memoirs of the Elderland Family
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 256763
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 442
Goldsmith's Greece v. 2
Borrowed: 1807/12/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
The grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 205 times in 171 borrowing records
ESTC: T146080
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Borrowed: 1807/12/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Grant
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2