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Record ID 365738

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.266 (1820-1848, Type: Other). Page: 118

Burnet's Hist. of his own Times 4 Vol. 221.C.1.

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1826/10/31 (Tuesday).


Borrower

Mr James Maidment
Gender: Male. Address: 103 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1817. Life dates: 1795-1879.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Poet. Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Burnet's History of his own time [3rd edn, 1766]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: ABS.3.76.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Burnet’s History of his own time. From the restoration of K. Charles II. to the conclusion of the treaty of peace at Utrecht, ... Together with the author’s life, and some explanatory notes by the editor, his son, ... The whole revised and corrected by him.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1826/10/31 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Mr James Maidment

Author: Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715), Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 271727

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Henry's Commentary [unclear]

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

George Allan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Matthew Henry (born 1662, died 1714)
Genre: Theology
Henry's Commentary [unclear]

Record ID 271724

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Edgeworth's Popular Tales

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

George Allan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Edgeworth's Popular Tales

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: George Allan

Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction

Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]

Record ID 271721

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Humboldt v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Allan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Humboldt
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1814-1829. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 13 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804

Record ID 271814

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Bank's Geo. V. 1

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Bernard Ainslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Bank's Geography
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Genre: Travel
A modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and description of the whole world, as consisting of empires, ... With the various countries, cities, towns, .... Thoughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and America: together with their respective situations, extent, latitude, longitude, ... together with a complete history of every empire, kingdom, and state, ... The whole forming an authentic and entertaining account of every thing worthy of notice throughout the whole face of nature, both by land and water. In which is introduced, to illustrate the work, a considerable number of the most accurate whole sheet maps, forming a complete atlas. To which is added complete guide to geography, astronomy, ... with an account of the rise, progress, and present state of navigation throughout the known world. Likewise containing every important, interesting, and valuable discovery throughout the whole of Cook’s voyages. Together with all the discoveries made by other mariners since the time of that celebrated circumnavigator. Also, a particular description of the improved state of the new colony formed at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, where the convicts are now settled. Including a particular account of the excursions and discoveries made in the interior parts of New Holland. The whole forming a complete collection of voyages and travels. By the Rev. Thomas Bankes, vicar of Dixton, in Monmouthshire, and author of the Christian’s family Bible. Embellished with near two hundred beautiful engravings, consisting of views, antiquities, customs, ceremonies, besides whole sheet maps, plans, charts, &c. executed in a much superior stile than any thing that has ever appeared in this kingdom.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: folio. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 27


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography

Record ID 272024

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Marmontel v. 1, 2, 3, 4

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Sandeman Boswell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Marmontel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 42 borrowing records


Book Work

Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Sandeman Boswell

Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Lives

Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 272300

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Abbot v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Brown Senior
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Abbot
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
The abbot
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1820. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 55 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Abbot

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Brown Senior

Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction

Abbot

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 272486

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

William's Letters v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Beverton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827)
Genre: Travel
William's Letters
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827)
Genre: Travel
Letters from France: containing many new anecdotes relative to the French revolution, and the present state of French manners. By Helen Maria Williams. Vol. II. The third edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827)
Genre: Travel
Letters Written in France, in the Summer 1790, to a Friend in England

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827), Genre: Travel

Letters Written in France, in the Summer 1790, to a Friend in England

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 272987

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Hall's Loo Choo

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Alexander Halby Cairns
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Hall's Loo-Choo

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to Corea, and the island of Loo-Choo
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1820. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to Loo-Choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas in the Year 1816

Record ID 273089

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Kerr's Voyages v. 10, 11

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Walter Bairnesfeather Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Kerr's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 11

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged in systematic order: forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 18v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 63 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr]

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Walter Bairnesfeather Dickson

Author: Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813), Genre: Travel

General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 11

Record ID 273674

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Sparman's Voyage v. 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Andrew Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Other.


Book Holding

Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

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


Book Work

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

Record ID 273713

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

[unclear] v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Humphrey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

[unclear]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Humphrey

[unclear]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 273833

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Encyclopedia Britannica v. 4

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Harwood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Harwood

Genre: Reference Works

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 274325

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Spenser's Fairie Queene v. 3

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Henry Liddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Spenser's Faerie Queen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an exact collation of the two original editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first Three Books printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queene

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Henry Liddell

Author: Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599), Genre: Poetry

Faerie Queene

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 274544

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Pennant's Scotland v. 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Andrew Douglas MacLagan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Scotland

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII

Record ID 275192

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Robertson's Scotland v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Mair
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Mair

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275336

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Gifford's Life of Pitt

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

John Palmer
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Richard Green (Male)
Genre: Lives
Gifford's Life of Pitt

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Richard Green (Male)
Genre: Lives
A History of the political life of W. Pitt; including some account of the times in which he lived.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1809. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

John Richard Green (Male)
Genre: Lives
History of the Political Life of William Pitt

Record ID 275387

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Franklin's Works v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Franklin's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin : consisting of his Life: together with Essays, humorous, moral, and literary
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Author: Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives

Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 5

Record ID 275465

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Leyden's Discoveries v. 1

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Charles Richard Patrick
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Leyden (Male, born 1775, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
Leyden's Discovery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Leyden (Male, born 1775, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, by the late J. Leyden [1817]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Murray, Hugh
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

John Leyden (Male, born 1775, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, by the Late John Leyden

Record ID 275516

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Labaume Narrative

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

George Henry Rowley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Eugène Labaume (Male, born 1783, died 1849)
Genre: History
Labaume's Narrative

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Eugène Labaume (Male, born 1783, died 1849)
Genre: History
A circumstantial narrative of the campaign in Russia : embellished with plans of the battles of Moscow and Malo-Jaroslavitz ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

Eugène Labaume (Male, born 1783, died 1849)
Genre: History
Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, in 1812 [Eugène Labaume]

Record ID 275765

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Charles Simson

Genre: Travel

New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 275984

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

[unclear] v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

[unclear]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Tarvey

[unclear]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 276308

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

[unclear]

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

James Watson Senior
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

[unclear]