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Page 69 of 105

Record ID 230066

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 247

Modern Universal Hist v. 1

Borrowed: 1787/4/29 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Patrick Erskine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Modern Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
The modern part of the universal history. Compiled from original writers; by the authors of the antient. Which will perfect the work, and render it a complete body of history, from the earliest account of time, to the present. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1765. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 38 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Modern Part of the Universal History

Borrowed: 1787/4/29 (Sunday).

Borrower: Patrick Erskine

Genre: History

Modern Part of the Universal History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 230351

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 251

Voltaire's Gen Hist v. 2

Borrowed: 1786/5/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voltaire's General History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The general history and state of Europe. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 16 borrowing records


Book Work

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on Universal History

Borrowed: 1786/5/13 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Colden

Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essay on Universal History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2