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Record ID 273596
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Southey v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Southey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Letters written during a short residence in Spain and Portugal, by Robert Southey.
Language: English . Published: Bristol. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T139933
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal
Borrowed: 1825/12.
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843), Genre: Travel
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273578
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T139140
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273599
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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: 1826/1/4 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273587
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Warden's North America v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/11/24 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Warden's North America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America : from the period of their first colonization to the present day.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records
David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America
Borrowed: 1825/11/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273593
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Holland's Travels
Borrowed: 1825/12.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Sir Henry Holland (Male, born 1788, died 1873)
Genre: Travel
Holland's Travels
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Henry Holland (Male, born 1788, died 1873)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Jonian isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., during the years 1812 and 1813, by Henry Holland ..
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 26 borrowing records
Sir Henry Holland (Male, born 1788, died 1873)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Jonian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., During the years 1812 and 1813
Borrowed: 1825/12.
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Sir Henry Holland (Male, born 1788, died 1873), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Jonian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., During the years 1812 and 1813
Record ID 273617
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T139140
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273611
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/2/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T139140
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1826/2/17 (Friday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273584
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Bewick's Birds
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's Birds
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A history of british birds
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1826. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 6
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds [Thomas Bewick]
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 273590
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Warden's America v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Warden's North America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America : from the period of their first colonization to the present day.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records
David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273581
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273602
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 7
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 273608
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Shaw's Travels in Barbery v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/2. Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Shaw's Travels in Barbery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels : or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1808. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 36 times in 33 borrowing records
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
Borrowed: 1826/2.
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751), Genre: Travel
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273605
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hearne's Journey
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Hearne's Journey
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A journey from Prince of Wales’s fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson’s Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T146967
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean
Record ID 273614
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Bewick's Birds
Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday).
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's Birds
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A history of british birds
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1826. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 6
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds [Thomas Bewick]
Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: Natural Philosophy