Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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Royal High School of Edinburgh

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Book Holding ID 40868

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 6 times in 5 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (5 borrowings), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records


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Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Book Holding ID 41156

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Ogilvy's Virgil
Format: Folio. Shelfmark: 19.
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Publius Virgilius Maro translated, adorned with sculptures, and illustrated with annotations: by John Ogilby, esq; His Majesties cosmographer, and geographique printer
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1675.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

Book Holding ID 39719

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Oliveti Cicero
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (1 borrowing), Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 5] (1 borrowing), Volume 7] (1 borrowing), Volume 9] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tulli Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, ex editione Josephi Oliveti
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1745-1747. Format: 4to. Pagination: 9 vols.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 10 borrowing records


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Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero

Book Holding ID 43532

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Opera Burmanni
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni. ...
Language: Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1778. Format: folio. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 7 borrowing records


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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Pastorals and Georgics of Virgil

Book Holding ID 42782

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Opera cum not Var. cura Ernesti
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 42635

James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Origin of Language
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the origin and progress of language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773-1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 112 times in 58 borrowing records


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James Burnet Lord Monboddo (Male, born 1714, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Of the Origin and Progress of Language

Book Holding ID 39839

Antoine Yves Goguet (Male, born 1716, died 1758)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Law
Origin of Laws
Number of borrowings: 3
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Antoine Yves Goguet (Male, born 1716, died 1758)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Law
The origin of laws, arts, and sciences, and their progress among the most ancient nations.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 15 borrowing records


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Antoine Yves Goguet (Male, born 1716, died 1758)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Law
Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences, and their Progress among the Most Ancient Nations

Book Holding ID 41384

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 92 times in 78 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (6 borrowings), Volume 1] (30 borrowings), Volume 2] (21 borrowings), Volume 3] (16 borrowings), Volume 4] (12 borrowings), Volume 5] (7 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Likely

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso: translated from the Italian of Ludovico Ariosto; with notes: by John Hoole. In five volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Translators: John Hoole
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 78 borrowing records


Book Work

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso

Book Holding ID 42731

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso translation
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 5] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso: translated from the Italian of Lodovico Ariosto; with notes: by John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Translators: Hoole, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso

Book Holding ID 44135

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Ossian
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
The poems of Ossian. In two volumes. A new edition. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Poems of Ossian

Book Holding ID 45284

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Ossian's Poems
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
The poems of Ossian. In two volumes. A new edition. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Poems of Ossian

Book Holding ID 40844

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Ossian's Works
Number of borrowings: 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal. In two volumes. Translated from the Gaelic language by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 112 times in 62 borrowing records


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Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal ... Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian

Book Holding ID 41738

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Ovid's Epistles
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 8 times in 8 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (7 borrowings), Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 41222

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Ovid's Epistles English
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
The epistles of Ovid translated into English prose, as near the original as the different idioms of the Latin and English languages will allow. ... For the use of schools as well as of private gentlemen.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Epistles of Ovid

Book Holding ID 40691

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 4 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (3 borrowings), Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
[Metamorphoses]

Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Metamorphoses

Book Holding ID 40307

Ovid's Metamorphoses French
Shelfmark: 810.
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 42023

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Ovid's Metamorphoses in French
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide de nouveau : Trad. en françois [par Nicolas Renouard]. Avec 15 discours contenans l'explication morale des fables
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1606.
Translators: Nicolas Renouard
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Metamorphoses

Book Holding ID 40685

Ovid's Metamorphoses in usum Delphini
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 40688

Ovid's Metamorphoses translated
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 40619

Ovidii not in usum Delphini
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 2] (1 borrowing)