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Date of borrowing: 1806/12/7
Your search matched 33 borrowing records.
Record ID 243656
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 229
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Mungo Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: 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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mungo Brown
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 250247
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 316
Robertson's Greece
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
John Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Greece
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, from the earliest times till it became a Roman province. By William Robertson, Esq. Keeper of the Records of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: T99879
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Hamilton
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province
Record ID 251288
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 334
History of England v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
A Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: 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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 79 borrowing records
ESTC: T36369
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: A Henderson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 251657
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 342
History of France Rankins v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Miller
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
Rankin's History of France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
The history of France, civil and military, ecclesiastical, political, literary, commercial, &c. &c. from the time of its conquest by Clovis, A.D. 486
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1801-1822. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
History of France [Alexander Ranken]
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Miller
Author: Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827), Genre: History
History of France [Alexander Ranken]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 253580
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 379
Bigland's Letters
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
John Bennet
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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Bennet
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 254378
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 400
Pope's Works v. 4
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Somerville
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Alexander Pope Esq. In nine volumes, complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: together with the commentary and notes of Mr. Warburton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T5439
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Somerville
Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 254354
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 400
Goldsmith's Roman History v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Grieve
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records
ESTC: T146057
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Grieve
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 254351
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 400
Arnot's Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
John Grieve
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
Arnot's History of Edinburgh
Confidence level: Certain
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh. By Hugo Arnot, Esq; Advocate.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 143
ESTC: T142880
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Grieve
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History
Record ID 254429
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 401
World Displayed v. 8
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Charles Watson
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 254528
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 402
Cook's Voyages v. 6
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Francis Elsmly
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Francis Elsmly
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 254492
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 402
Hawkesworth's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John McKean
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere : and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. / by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. ; in three volumes ; illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 144 times in 100 borrowing records
ESTC: T74466
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: John McKean
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 254459
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 402
Knox's Essays v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Knox's Essays
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays moral and literary. By Vicesimus Knox, M. A. Late Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 35 borrowing records
ESTC: T92820
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays Moral and Literary
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Reid
Author: Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 254573
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 403
Neuhus Voyage
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Thomas Arnot
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Nearchus Voyages
Format: 4to.
Confidence level: Certain
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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Arnot
Author: Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Record ID 254606
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 403
Thomson's Tragedies v. 4
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Robert Ferrier
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Thomson's Tragedies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of James Thomson. With his last corrections and improvements. In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 16
ESTC: N25539
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of James Thomson
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Robert Ferrier
Author: James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 254675
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 404
Sparman's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Arnot
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Arnot
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 254762
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 405
Savary's Egypt v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William MacMillan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Savary's Egypt
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt, with a parallel between the manners of its ancient and modern inhabitants, the present State, the Commerce, the Agriculture, and Government of that Country; and an account of the descent of St. Lewis at Damietta: extracted from Joinville, and Arabian authors. Illustrated with maps. By Mr. Savary, Author of the Life of Mahomet, and Translator of the Coran. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 150 times in 105 borrowing records
ESTC: N2790
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: William MacMillan
Author: Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788), Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 254780
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 406
World Displayed v. 3
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Johnson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
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 254819
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 406
Buffon's Natural History v. 7
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
George Brown
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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Brown
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 254858
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 407
Hume's England v. 4
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Henderson
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 4
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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Henderson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 254924
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 408
Hume's England v. 7
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Brash
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 7
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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Brash
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 254891
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 408
Hume's History v. 2
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Robert Moncrief
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England (original title)
Hume's History (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: 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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Robert Moncrief
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 254945
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Plutarch's Lives v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Charles Forbes
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Charles Forbes
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 255029
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 409
Wilson's Voyages
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
William Hawiston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Travel
Wilson's Voyages
Confidence level: Likely
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Travel
An account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the journals and communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his officers, Who, In August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, In The Antelope, A Packet Belonging To The Honourable East India Company, by George Keate, Esq. F. R. S. and S. A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 49
ESTC: T122142
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Pelew Islands
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Hawiston
Author: George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797), Genre: Travel
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 255086
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 410
Swinburn's Travels v. 2
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Auchterlonie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Swinburne's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776. In which several monuments of Roman and Moorish architecture are illustrated by accurate drawings taken on the spot. By Henry Swinburne, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 118 times in 113 borrowing records
ESTC: T88895
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Auchterlonie
Author: Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803), Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 255185
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 412
Pleasures of Hope
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Alexander Wardobe
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1777, died 1844)
Genre: Poetry
Pleasures of Hope
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1777, died 1844)
Genre: Poetry
The pleasures of hope; with other poems. By Thomas Campbell.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T84555
Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1777, died 1844)
Genre: Poetry
Pleasures of Hope
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Wardobe
Author: Thomas Campbell (Male, born 1777, died 1844), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 255200
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 412
Stewart's Scotland v. 2
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Simpson Barnet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Stewart's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 255311
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 414
Sparman's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Adam Ellis
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Adam Ellis
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 255425
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 415
Goldsmith's Natural History v. 2
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Natural History
Shelfmark: 530.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 705 times in 454 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Gordon
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 255467
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 416
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Douglas
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: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Douglas
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 255551
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 417
European Settlements in America v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Henry Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797), William Burke (Male, born 1730, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
European Settlements in America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797), William Burke (Male, born 1730, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
An account of the European settlements in America. In six parts. I. A short history of the discovery of that part of the world. II. The manner and customs of the original Inhabitants. III. Of the Spanish settlements. IV. Of the Portuguese. V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish. VI. Of the English. Each part contains an accurate descritpion of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius and disposition of their inhabitants: the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements; and their political and commercial views with regard to each other. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T6285
Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797), William Burke (Male, born 1730, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Account of the European Settlements in America
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Henry Gordon
Author: Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797), William Burke (Male, born 1730, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Account of the European Settlements in America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 255509
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 417
Townsend's Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Bonnar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Joseph Townsend (Male, born 1739, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Townsend's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Joseph Townsend (Male, born 1739, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
A journey through Spain in the years 1786 and 1787; with particular attention to the agriculture, manufactures, commerce, population, taxes, and revenue of that country; and remarks in passing through a part of France. By Joseph Townsend, A. M. Rector of Pewsey, Wilts; and late of Clare-Hall, Cambridge. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 81 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: T73275
Joseph Townsend (Male, born 1739, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Bonnar
Author: Joseph Townsend (Male, born 1739, died 1816), Genre: Travel
Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 255518
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 417
Knox's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Mack
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1806/12/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Mack
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3