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Record ID 261008
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/2. Returned: yes.
John Grant Major
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: 1811/2.
Borrower: John Grant Major
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 261002
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Bigland's Letters
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
John Grant Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Bigland's Letters
Confidence level: Speculative
John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Letters on the modern history and political aspect of Europe : exhibiting the nature, causes and probable consequences of the grand contest between Great Britain and France, and the political circumstances of the different nations which compose the European system ; with an investigation of the political and commercial importance of Egypt ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1804. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Letters on the modern history and political aspect of Europe
Borrowed: 1811/1/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Grant Major
Author: John Bigland (Male, born 1750, died 1832), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Letters on the modern history and political aspect of Europe
Record ID 261347
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Shakespeare v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/7/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Grant Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v..
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T138602
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1811/7/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Grant Major
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 263510
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Duncombe's Horace v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
John Grant Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Poetry
Duncombe's Horace
Shelfmark: 553.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Poetry
The works of Horace, in English verse, by Mr. Duncombe, Sen. J. Duncombe, M.A. and other hands. With notes historical and critical.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Translators: Mr Duncombe
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T52758
Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace
Record ID 263963
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cririe's Scottish & Irish Scenery
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
John Grant Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Cririe's Scottish & Irish Scenery
Confidence level: Certain
James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Scottish scenery : or, Sketches in verse, descriptive of scenes chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22
James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Scottish Scenery : or, Sketches in Verse
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Grant Major
Author: James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 263966
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Edward's West Indies v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Grant Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
Edward's West Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
The history, civil and commercial, of the British colonies in the West Indies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T137074
Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800)
Genre: History
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Grant Major
Author: Bryan Edwards (Male, born 1743, died 1800), Genre: History
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 389764
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cririe's Scottish Scenery
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: Yes.
John Grant Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Cririe's Scottish Scenery
Confidence level: Certain
James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Scottish scenery : or, Sketches in verse, descriptive of scenes chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22
James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Scottish Scenery : or, Sketches in Verse
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Grant Major
Author: James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835), Genre: Poetry