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Record ID 263687
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Spenser's Faerie Queene v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/2/11 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Connell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Spenser's Faerie Queene
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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
ESTC: T35152
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queene
Borrowed: 1812/2/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Archibald Connell
Author: Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263696
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Donald Campbell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Donald Campbell
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 263735
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth v. 7
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Cruickshanks
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
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: 1812.
Borrower: James Cruickshanks
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 263777
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 72
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Darling
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 72
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 263810
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1805
Borrowed: 1812.
Peter Douglas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1805
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 263807
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine v. 69
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scot's Magazine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 69
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Dickson
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 69
Record ID 263816
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1809
Borrowed: 1812.
Peter Douglas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1809
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 263813
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1808
Borrowed: 1812.
Peter Douglas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1808
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 263837
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine v. 68
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Kenneth Dowie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 68
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 263828
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Maitland's Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1812.
William Dymock
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
Maitland's Edinburgh
Confidence level: Certain
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from its foundation to the present time : containing a faithful relation of the publick transactions of the citizens; accounts of the several parishes; its governments, civil, ecclesiastical, and military; incorporations of trades and manufactures; courts of justice; state of learning; charitable foundations, &c. : with the several accounts of the parishes of the Canongate, St. Cuthbert, and other districts within the suburbs of Edinburgh : together with the antient and present state of the town of Leith, and a perambulation of divers miles round the city : with an alphabetical index : in nine books.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T100092
William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: William Dymock
Author: William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757), Genre: History
History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time
Record ID 263840
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine v. 64 1809
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Kenneth Dowie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1809
Volumes borrowed: Volume 64
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 263819
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cicero's Banishment
Borrowed: 1812.
William Dymock
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jacques Morabin (Male, born 1687, died 1762)
Genre: Lives
Cicero's Banishment
Confidence level: Certain
Jacques Morabin (Male, born 1687, died 1762)
Genre: Lives
L’exile [sic] de Ciceron: or, the history of Cicero’s banishment. ... Translated from the French of Monsieur Morabin, by the Reverend Mr. George Kelly.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 8vo.
Translators: George Kelly
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T139815
Jacques Morabin (Male, born 1687, died 1762)
Genre: Lives
History of Cicero’s Banishment
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: William Dymock
Author: Jacques Morabin (Male, born 1687, died 1762), Genre: Lives
Record ID 263888
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1806
Borrowed: 1812.
Thomas Fleming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1806
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 263882
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Fleming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
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: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Fleming
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 263912
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Tooke's Pantheon
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Hunter Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Tooke's Pantheon
Shelfmark: 599. Format: 8vo & Infra.
Confidence level: Speculative
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
The pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a short, plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue. The sixteenth edition. Revised, corrected, amended, and illustrated with new copper cuts of the several Deities. For the use of schools. By Andrew Tooke, A. M. late Professor of Geometry in Gresham College and Master of the Charter-House-School.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Andrew Tooke
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: N37866
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious Heroes
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hunter Gordon
Author: François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673), Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious Heroes
Record ID 263927
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 3
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander Galloway
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 3
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: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander Galloway
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 263930
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 4
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander Galloway
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 4
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: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander Galloway
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 263921
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 18
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander Galloway
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 18
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: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander Galloway
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
Record ID 263924
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 19
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander Galloway
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 19
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: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander Galloway
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19
Record ID 263939
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Beattie's Poems
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Alexander Gentle
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Poetry
Beattie's Poems
Confidence level: Certain
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Poetry
Original poems and translations. By James Beattie, A.M.
Language: English . Published: London | | [i.e. Aberdeen?]. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T136422
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Poetry
Original Poems and Translations [James Beattie]
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Gentle
Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 263969
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Henry's Britain v. 6
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Greig
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
Henry's History of Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 301 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: James Greig
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 263981
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Thomson v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Gentle
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Thomson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Mr. Thomson. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 119 times in 94 borrowing records
ESTC: T35244
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of James Thomson
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Gentle
Author: James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 264011
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of the Heavens v. 2
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Andrew Good
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Andrew Good
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 264014
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Langhorn's Plutarch v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Evelyn Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Langhorn's Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
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. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records
ESTC: T107379
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Evelyn Gordon
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264017
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Langhorn's Plutarch v. 4
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Evelyn Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Langhorn's Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Likely
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. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records
ESTC: T107379
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Evelyn Gordon
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 264020
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1809
Borrowed: 1812.
Andrew Good
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1809
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 264038
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 8
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
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 8
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: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Gibson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 264026
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knights of Malta v. 4
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Knights of Malta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The history of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem; styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta. Translated from the French of Mons. l’Abbe de Vertot.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 207 borrowing records
ESTC: T81010
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Gibson
Author: Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 264089
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Langhorn's Plutarch v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Langhorn's Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
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. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records
ESTC: T107379
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Record ID 264095
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1803
Borrowed: 1812.
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1803
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 264113
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Dalrymple's Memoirs
Borrowed: 1812.
John Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dalrymple's Memoirs
Confidence level: Very likely
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
A collection of charts and memoirs. Published by Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T30900
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Collection of Charts and Memoirs
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: John Henderson
Author: Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Record ID 264122
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Tour through Britain v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour thro Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing I. A description of the principal cities and towns, ... Originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vol.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T70855
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: James Henderson
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264125
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Tour through Britain v. 2
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour thro Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing I. A description of the principal cities and towns, ... Originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vol.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T70855
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: James Henderson
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 264119
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Phipp's Voyages
Borrowed: 1812.
John Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Phipp's Voyages
Shelfmark: 199. Format: 4to.
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: John Henderson
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Record ID 264215
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 3
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander Learmont
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander Learmont
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 264272
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1811
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1811
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 264260
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's History of England v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas McCrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
An abridgment of the History of England. From the invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the death of George II. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 199 times in 194 borrowing records
ESTC: N14917
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas McCrie
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264335
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Scotland v. 4
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Likely
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. till his accession to the crown of England. With a review of the Scottish history previous to that period; and an appendix containing Original Papers. In Two Volumes. By William Robertson, D. D. Minister of Lady Yester’s, Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 359 times in 277 borrowing records
ESTC: T71467
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: William McDonald
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 4
Record ID 264365
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's England v. 3
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander McDonald
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 3
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: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander McDonald
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 264350
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander McDonald
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264359
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's England v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander McDonald
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 1
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: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander McDonald
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264362
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's England v. 2
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander McDonald
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 2
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: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander McDonald
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 264398
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Martial Achievements v. 3
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James McFarlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Abercromby's Martial Achievements
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
The martial atchievements [sic] of the Scots nation: ... By Patrick Abercromby, ... In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 257 times in 200 borrowing records
ESTC: N34973
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: James McFarlan
Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 264440
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 11
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Peter McLennan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
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 264434
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Phipp's Voyages
Borrowed: 1812.
Peter McLennan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Phipp's Voyages
Shelfmark: 199. Format: 4to.
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Peter McLennan
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Record ID 264437
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Ray's Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Mansfield
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Ray (Male, born 1627, died 1705)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Rae's Travels
Shelfmark: 451.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Ray (Male, born 1627, died 1705)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
A collection of curious travels and voyages. In two parts. Part I. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf’s journey into the eastern countries. Viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holyland, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c. Translated. from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. Part II. Containing travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petraea, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the Observations of Mons. Belon, Mr Vernon, Dr Spon, Dr Smith, Dr Huntington, Mr Greaves, Alpinus Vestingius, Thevenot’s Collections, and others. To which are added, three catalogues of such trees, Shrubs, and Herbs, as grow in the Levant. By J. Ray, F.R.S.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 63
ESTC: T93655
John Ray (Male, born 1627, died 1705)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Mansfield
Author: John Ray (Male, born 1627, died 1705), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264407
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth's Voyages v. 16
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Peter McLennan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
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: 1812.
Borrower: Peter McLennan
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 264455
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Potter's Greek Antiquities v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/25. Returned: yes.
Thomas Matheson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Potter's Greek Antiquities
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archæologia græca: or, the antiquities of Greece. The sixth edition. By John Potter
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T22355
John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece
Borrowed: 1812/25.
Borrower: Thomas Matheson
Author: John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747), Genre: History
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264560
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Charles 5th v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Ebenzer Pinkerton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Ebenzer Pinkerton
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264554
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Faerie Queen v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/7/24 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Ebenzer Pinkerton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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
ESTC: T35152
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queene
Borrowed: 1812/7/24 (Friday).
Borrower: Ebenzer Pinkerton
Author: Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264581
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth's Voyages v. 16
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
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: 1812.
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 264632
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Charles 5th v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Alexander Sanson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Alexander Sanson
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264689
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Phipp's Voyages v. 14
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Mark Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Phipp's Voyages
Shelfmark: 199. Format: 4to.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Mark Sprott
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14
Record ID 264698
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Henry's Great Britain v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
Henry's History of Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 301 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Sprott
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264701
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Henry's Great Britain v. 2
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
Henry's History of Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 301 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Sprott
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 264704
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knights of Malta v. 3
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Knights of Malta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The history of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem; styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta. Translated from the French of Mons. l’Abbe de Vertot.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 207 borrowing records
ESTC: T81010
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Sprott
Author: Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 264749
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Collection of Voyages v. 7
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
George Steadman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records
ESTC: T147990
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: George Steadman
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 264746
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Collection of Voyages v. 6
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
George Steadman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records
ESTC: T147990
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: George Steadman
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 264773
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's England v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Thomson
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 1
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: 1812.
Borrower: James Thomson
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264788
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Monthly Review 1783
Borrowed: 1812.
James Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review 1783
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review, for ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1845. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: P1967
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Record ID 264797
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Swift's Works v. 5
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
James Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Swift's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Very likely
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 39 borrowing records
ESTC: T143502
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: James Thomson
Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 264809
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hume's England v. 7
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Thomas Turnbull
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: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Turnbull
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 264821
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Richardson's tour
Borrowed: 1812.
Thomas Turnbull
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Richardson's Tour
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies. Containing I. A description of the principal cities and towns, ... Originally begun by the celebrated Daniel De Foe, continued by the late Mr. Richardson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vol.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T70855
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Travel
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: Thomas Turnbull
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Travel
Record ID 264827
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Sully's Memoirs v. 2
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
John Forrest Tod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister of Henry the Great. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de L’Ecluse. To which is annexed, the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the murder of Henry the Great. In five volumes. Volume I.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 68 borrowing records
ESTC: N21985
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: John Forrest Tod
Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 264824
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Sully's Memoirs v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
John Forrest Tod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister of Henry the Great. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de L’Ecluse. To which is annexed, the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the murder of Henry the Great. In five volumes. Volume I.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 68 borrowing records
ESTC: N21985
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: John Forrest Tod
Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264845
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's Roman History v. 2
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
Duncan Vertue
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 2
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: 1812.
Borrower: Duncan Vertue
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 2
Record ID 264893
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Charles 5th v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Watson
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 264950
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Roman Poets v. 1
Borrowed: 1812. Returned: yes.
John Somerville
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775)
Genre: Lives
Roman Poets
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775)
Genre: Lives
The lives of the Roman poets. Containing a critical and historical account of them and their writings, ... To which is added, a chronological table, ... Together with an introduction concerning the origin and progress of poetry in general; and an essay on dramatic poetry in particular. By L. Crusius, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T134573
Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775)
Genre: Lives
Lives of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1812.
Borrower: John Somerville
Author: Lewis Crusius (Male, born 1701, died 1775), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 389758
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Thomson vol 2d
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: Yes.
James Gentle
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Thomson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Mr. Thomson. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 119 times in 94 borrowing records
ESTC: T35244
James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of James Thomson
Borrowed: 1812/4/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Gentle
Author: James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 264992
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Phipp's Voyages
Borrowed: 1824/1/17 (Saturday).
Ritchie Adie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Phipp's Voyages
Shelfmark: 199. Format: 4to.
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1824/1/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Ritchie Adie
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Record ID 265001
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
On Bee History
Borrowed: 1824/2/28 (Saturday).
Ritchie Adie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Gilles Augustin Bazin (Male, died 1754)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
On Bee History (original title)
Natural History of Bees (standardised title)
Confidence level: Certain
Gilles Augustin Bazin (Male, died 1754)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of bees. Containing An Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the manner of their making Wax and Honey, and the best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation of them. Illustrated With Twelve copper plates. Translated from the French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T61240
Gilles Augustin Bazin (Male, died 1754)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Bees
Borrowed: 1824/2/28 (Saturday).
Borrower: Ritchie Adie
Author: Gilles Augustin Bazin (Male, died 1754), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 265004
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth's Voyages
Borrowed: 1824/3/13 (Saturday).
Ritchie Adie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyage
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
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: 1824/3/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Ritchie Adie
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Record ID 265016
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Charles V
Borrowed: 1823/10/25 (Saturday).
Walter Ainslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1823/10/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Walter Ainslie
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Record ID 265043
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Charles V
Borrowed: 1823/11/4 (Tuesday).
George Huit Ainslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1823/11/4 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Huit Ainslie
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Record ID 265151
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Clarissa v. 1
Borrowed: 1824/2/12 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
James Barr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
Clarissa
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
Clarissa. Or, the history of a young lady: comprehending the most important concerns of private life.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 87 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T58992
Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady
Borrowed: 1824/2/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: James Barr
Author: Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Fiction
Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 265184
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Guardian v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1823/12/22 (Monday). Returned: yes.
William Barr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Guardian
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The guardian. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T97927
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Guardian
Borrowed: 1823/12/22 (Monday).
Borrower: William Barr
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 265178
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Bewick's Geography
Borrowed: 1823/11/4 (Tuesday).
William Barr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Bewick's Geography
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
The history of all nations : giving a brief and entertaining account of the situation, customs, manners, genius, temper, religious and other ceremonies, trade, manufactures, arts and sciences, government, policy, laws, cities, rivers, mountains, and the most material natural curiosities in every country throughout the known world : interspersed with upwards of twenty elegant cuts, representing the habits of the people of the different kingdoms : to which is added, A short and easy introduction to geography : with a cut, describing the several circles of a sphere : together with a new and accurate map of the world
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
History of All Nations
Borrowed: 1823/11/4 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Barr
Author: Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Record ID 265181
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Shakespeare v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1823/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Barr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v..
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T138602
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1823/11/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Barr
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 265292
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Langhorn's Plutarch
Borrowed: 1824/4/10 (Saturday).
Basil Bell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Langhorn's Plutarch
Confidence level: Likely
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. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records
ESTC: T107379
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1824/4/10 (Saturday).
Borrower: Basil Bell
Record ID 265361
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
House of Douglas
Borrowed: 1824/4/12 (Monday).
John Birnie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
House of Douglas
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
The history of the house and race of Douglas and Angus.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: N17693
David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus
Borrowed: 1824/4/12 (Monday).
Borrower: John Birnie
Author: David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630), Genre: History
Record ID 265394
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Shakespeare v. 5, 6
Borrowed: 1824/4/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Blackwood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Likely
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v..
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T138602
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1824/4/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Blackwood
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 265373
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
History of the [] of Douglas
Borrowed: 1824/1/10 (Saturday).
William Blackwood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
History of the House of Douglas
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
The history of the house and race of Douglas and Angus.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: N17693
David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630)
Genre: History
History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus
Borrowed: 1824/1/10 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Blackwood
Author: David Hume of Godscroft (Male, born c.1560, died 1630), Genre: History
Record ID 265406
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Potter's Antiquities v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1824/7. Returned: yes.
William Blackwood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Potter's Antiquities
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archæologia græca: or, the antiquities of Greece. The sixth edition. By John Potter
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T22355
John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece
Borrowed: 1824/7.
Borrower: William Blackwood
Author: John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747), Genre: History
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 265397
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
History of Charles 5th
Borrowed: 1824/5/21 (Friday).
William Blackwood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1824/5/21 (Friday).
Borrower: William Blackwood
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Record ID 265415
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Dalrymple's Memoirs
Borrowed: 1824/1.
Archibald Campbell Black
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dalrymple's Memoirs
Confidence level: Very likely
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
A collection of charts and memoirs. Published by Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T30900
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Collection of Charts and Memoirs
Borrowed: 1824/1.
Borrower: Archibald Campbell Black
Author: Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Record ID 265484
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's Animated Nature v. 1
Borrowed: 1823/11. Returned: yes.
Andrew Alexander Bonar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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: 1823/11.
Borrower: Andrew Alexander Bonar
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 265499
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Critical Reflections
Borrowed: 1824/1/17 (Saturday).
Andrew Alexander Bonar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Critical Reflections
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Critical reflections on poetry, painting and music. With an inquiry into the rise and progress of the theatrical entertainments of the ancients.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: N3253
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Critical Reflections on Poetry, Painting and Music
Borrowed: 1824/1/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Andrew Alexander Bonar
Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 265532
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buchanan's Psalms
Borrowed: 1825/4/24 (Sunday).
Andrew Alexander Bonar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Buchanan's Psalms
Confidence level: Certain
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Georgii Buchanani scoti, ... paraphrasis Psalmorum Davidis poetica. Cum Alexandri Julii, ... ecphrasi ; et notis ... Thomæ Ruddimanni, & Petri Burmanni ; selectisque Nathanis Chytræi scholiis.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Burman, Pieter, 1668-1741; Chytraeus, Nathan, 1543-1598; Ruddiman, Thomas, 1674-1757; Julius, Alexander, active 1614-1620
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T123144
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of George Buchanan
Borrowed: 1825/4/24 (Sunday).
Borrower: Andrew Alexander Bonar
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 265613
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Abercrombie's Achievements v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1824/6/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Edward Bouthorn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Abercormby's Martial Achievements
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
The martial atchievements [sic] of the Scots nation: ... By Patrick Abercromby, ... In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 257 times in 200 borrowing records
ESTC: N34973
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Borrowed: 1824/6/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Edward Bouthorn
Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 265589
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Canterbury Tales
Borrowed: 1824/1/17 (Saturday).
Edward Bouthorn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Confidence level: Certain
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775-1778. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Editors: Tyrwhitt, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T76319
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Borrowed: 1824/1/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Edward Bouthorn
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 265607
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Works v. 28, 29
Borrowed: 1824/5/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Edward Bouthorn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voltaire's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28, Volume 29
Confidence level: Speculative
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. With notes, historical and critical. By Dr. Smollet, and others. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761-1765. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 25v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T52773
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1824/5/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Edward Bouthorn
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28, Volume 29
Record ID 265616
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Kaimes' Elements v. 3
Borrowed: 1823/10. Returned: yes.
John Marshall Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Kaimes' Elements
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 360 times in 195 borrowing records
ESTC: T32597
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism
Borrowed: 1823/10.
Borrower: John Marshall Brown
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 265649
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's Greece v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1824/1/27 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
John Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
The grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 205 times in 171 borrowing records
ESTC: T146080
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Borrowed: 1824/1/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Brown
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 265757
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sully's Memoirs v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1824/2/12 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
John Burn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, prime minister of Henry the Great. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de L’Ecluse. To which is annexed, the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the murder of Henry the Great. In five volumes. Volume I.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 68 borrowing records
ESTC: N21985
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Borrowed: 1824/2/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Burn
Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 265772
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Swift's Works v. 2, 3
Borrowed: 1824/7. Returned: yes.
John Burn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Swift's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 39 borrowing records
ESTC: T143502
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift
Borrowed: 1824/7.
Borrower: John Burn
Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 265847
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Art of Speaking
Borrowed: 1824/2/12 (Thursday).
Samson Cameron
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Burgh (Male, born 1714, died 1775)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Art of Speaking
Confidence level: Speculative
James Burgh (Male, born 1714, died 1775)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The art of speaking. Containing I. An essay; in which are given rules for expressing properly the principal passions and humours, which occur in Reading, or public Speaking; and II. Lessons taken from the antients and moderns (with Additions and Alterations, where thought useful) exhibiting a Variety of Matter for Practice; the emphatical Words printed in Italics; with Notes of Direction referring to the Essay. To which are added a Table of the Lessons; and an Index of the various Passions and Humours in the Essay and Lessons.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T102411
James Burgh (Male, born 1714, died 1775)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Art of Speaking
Borrowed: 1824/2/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: Samson Cameron
Author: James Burgh (Male, born 1714, died 1775), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 265880
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth v. 3
Borrowed: 1824/4/26 (Monday). Returned: yes.
William Caddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
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: 1824/4/26 (Monday).
Borrower: William Caddell
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 265871
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth v. 1
Borrowed: 1824/2/14 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Caddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
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: 1824/2/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Caddell
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 265877
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1824/3/11 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
William Caddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1824/3/11 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Caddell
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 265865
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Dalrymple's Memoirs v. 1
Borrowed: 1823/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Caddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dalrymple's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
A collection of charts and memoirs. Published by Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T30900
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Collection of Charts and Memoirs
Borrowed: 1823/11/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Caddell
Author: Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Collection of Charts and Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1