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Record ID 271748
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Crabbe's Tales v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832)
Genre: Poetry
Crabbe's Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832)
Genre: Poetry
Tales of the hall.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records
George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832)
Genre: Poetry
Tales of the Hall
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 271739
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Chapman's Iliad
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Chapman's Iliad
Confidence level: Very likely
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliads of Homer prince of poets· Neuer before in any languag truely translated. With a co[m]ment vppon some of his chiefe places; donne according to the Greeke by Geo: Chapman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1611. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: S119234
Record ID 271754
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Popular Tales v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular tales ... Third edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1807. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 284 times in 179 borrowing records
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]
Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 271742
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Park's Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 206 borrowing records
ESTC: N13836
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Borrowed: 1825/12.
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 271733
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Nearchus Voyages
Borrowed: 1825/10/13 (Thursday).
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Nearchus Voyage
Confidence level: Very likely
Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
The voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates, collected from the original journal preserved by Arrian, And Illustrated BY Authorities Ancient And Modern; containing an account of the first navigation attempted by Europeans in the Indian Ocean. By William Vincent, D.D. To which are added three dissertations: Two, on the Acronychal Rising of the Pleiades, By the Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Lord Bishop of Rochester; And by Mr. William Wales, Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ’s Hospital: And One by Mr. DE LA Rochette, On the First Meridian of Ptolemy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T137592
Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates
Borrowed: 1825/10/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Record ID 271730
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Charles the Twelth
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Charles the Twelth
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The history of Charles XII. King of Sweden. By Mr. De Voltaire. Translated from the French. Carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 51
ESTC: T193544
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History
Record ID 271751
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Curiosities of G. Britain v. 5, 6
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T34503
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 271760
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
[unclear] Works
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Record ID 271766
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
[unclear] v. 9. 10
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
[unclear]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10
Record ID 271736
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's America v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of America. By William Robertson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 188 borrowing records
ESTC: T78964
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 271769
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Golovnin's Japan v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Golovnin's Japan
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Narrative of my captivity in Japan during the years 1811, 1812 & 1813 ... to which is added an account of voyages to the coasts of Japan, and the negociations with the Japanese, for the release of the author and his companions
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1818. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 46 times in 25 borrowing records
Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Narrative of my Captivity in Japan during the years 1811, 1812 and 1813
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831), Genre: Travel
Narrative of my Captivity in Japan during the years 1811, 1812 and 1813
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 271745
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Round Table v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Round Table
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The Round Table. A collection of Essays.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records
William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Round Table: A Collection of Essays
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859), Genre: Belles Lettres
Round Table: A Collection of Essays
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 271772
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Harrington and Ormond v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/6/17 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Harrington and Ormond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Harrington, a tale, and Ormond, a tale. With a preface by R. L. Edgeworth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 32 borrowing records
Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Harrington, A Tale, and Ormond, A Tale
Borrowed: 1826/6/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction
Harrington, A Tale, and Ormond, A Tale
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 271763
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Southey's Life of Nelson
Borrowed: 1826/4/15 (Saturday).
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
Southey's Life of Nelson
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
The life of Nelson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1813. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 21 borrowing records
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
Life of Nelson
Borrowed: 1826/4/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843), Genre: Lives
Record ID 271757
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Dryden's Virgil v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Dryden's Virgil
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Dryden, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 44 borrowing records
ESTC: T145015
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Thomas Alexander
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3