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Record ID 258299
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 5
World Displayed v. 8
Borrowed: 1809/11/4 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
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 258302
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 5
Blair's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1809/12/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Blair (Male, born 1699, died 1746)
Genre: Poetry
Blair's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Robert Blair (Male, born 1699, died 1746)
Genre: Poetry
The poetical works of Robert Blair. Containing The grave; and A poem to the memory of Mr. Law. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, by Robert Anderson, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T174432
Robert Blair (Male, born 1699, died 1746)
Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of Robert Blair
Borrowed: 1809/12/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Wight
Author: Robert Blair (Male, born 1699, died 1746), Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of Robert Blair
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 258305
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 5
Cook's Voyages
Borrowed: 1810/2/17 (Saturday).
David Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
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: 1810/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Wight
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Record ID 258296
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 5
Blair's Sermons v. 1
Borrowed: 1809/10/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Sermons
Blair's Sermons
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons, by Hugh Blair, D. D. One of the Ministers of the High Church, and Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University, of Edinburgh. Volume the first.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: N24290
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons [Hugh Blair]
Borrowed: 1809/10/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Wight
Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Sermons
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 259505
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page:
David Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: David Wight