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Royal High School of Edinburgh

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Book Holding ID 40565

Walker on the English Particles
Format: 8vo & Infra. Shelfmark: 295.
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 44912

Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (Male, born 1676, died 1745)
Genre: Travel
Walpole's Turkey
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (Male, born 1676, died 1745)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (Male, born 1676, died 1745)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey

Book Holding ID 45122

Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (Male, born 1676, died 1745)
Genre: Travel
Walpole's Turkey
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (Male, born 1676, died 1745)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (Male, born 1676, died 1745)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey

Book Holding ID 44354

George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: History
War in Scotland
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 40403

Warburtons's Divine Legation of Moses
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 41027

Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ward
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 6] (1 borrowing), Volume 9] (0 borrowings), Volume 10] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 41006

Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ward's Natural History
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 236 times in 232 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (9 borrowings), Volume 1] (29 borrowings), Volume 2] (13 borrowings), Volume 3] (9 borrowings), Volume 4] (32 borrowings), Volume 5] (24 borrowings), Volume 6] (26 borrowings), Volume 7] (28 borrowings), Volume 8] (12 borrowings), Volume 9] (13 borrowings), Volume 10] (11 borrowings), Volume 11] (14 borrowings), Volume 12] (12 borrowings), Volume 14] (2 borrowings), Volume 19] (1 borrowing), Volume 20] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 44084

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Warden's America
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America : from the period of their first colonization to the present day.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records


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David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America

Book Holding ID 44231

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Warden's North America
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 7 times in 3 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (2 borrowings), Volume 3] (2 borrowings), Volume 4] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America : from the period of their first colonization to the present day.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America

Book Holding ID 44450

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Warden's North America
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America : from the period of their first colonization to the present day.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records


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David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America

Book Holding ID 44375

George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: History
Wars in Scotland
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 45473

George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: History
Wars of Montrose
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 44657

George Wishart (Male, born 1599, died 1671)
Genre: History
Wars Under Montrose
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 44603

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Warton Poetry
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1781. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 19 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century

Book Holding ID 41468

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Warton's English Poetry
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1781. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 19 borrowing records


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Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century

Book Holding ID 44882

Henry Davidson (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Waterloo by Davison
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Davidson (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Waterloo, a poem. With notes ... Second edition, with additional poems
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1816. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10


Book Work

Henry Davidson (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Waterloo

Book Holding ID 42572

Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Watson's Essays
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Speculative

Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical essays. By R. Watson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson]

Book Holding ID 40379

Watson's Geographical Dictionary
Format: Folio.
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 41747

Watson's History
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 0 times in 0 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 2] (0 borrowings), Volume 3] (0 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 40355

Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
Watson's History of Philip
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 139 times in 134 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (5 borrowings), Volume 1] (59 borrowings), Volume 2 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (42 borrowings), Volume 3] (32 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Likely

Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. By Robert Watson, ... In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 143 times in 138 borrowing records


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Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain

Book Holding ID 40091

Watson's Horace
Shelfmark: 584.
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 Holding ID 45275

Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
Watson's Philip
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of Philip the second, king of Spain. By Robert Watson, ... In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 16 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain

Book Holding ID 43331

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 71 times in 25 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (1 borrowing), Volume 1] (23 borrowings), Volume 2] (23 borrowings), Volume 3] (23 borrowings), Volume 4] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Likely

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley : or, 'tis sixty years since ; in three volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1814. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since

Book Holding ID 68296

Edward Wells (Male, born 1667, died 1727)
Genre: Travel
Wells' Geography
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edward Wells (Male, born 1667, died 1727)
Genre: Travel
A treatise of antient and present geography : together with A sett of maps, design'd for the use of young studants [sic] in the universities. By Edward Wells
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1701. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Edward Wells (Male, born 1667, died 1727)
Genre: Travel
Treatise of Antient and Present Geography

Book Holding ID 44954

John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
West's Mathematics
Number of borrowings: 2

Book Holding ID 41219

Pindar (Male, born BCE518, died BCE438)
Genre: Poetry
West's Pindar
Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Speculative

Pindar (Male, born BCE518, died BCE438)
Genre: Poetry
Odes of Pindar, with several other pieces in prose and verse, translated from the Greek. To which is added A dissertation on the Olympick games. By Gilbert West, Esq. LL. D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


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Pindar (Male, born BCE518, died BCE438)
Genre: Poetry
Odes of Pindar

Book Holding ID 39746

Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
Westerhavii
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
... Comoediae sex... Commentario perpetuo illustratae. Accedunt interpretes vetustiores Aelius Donatus, Eugraphius, Calphurnius... F. Lindenbruchii observationes... Curavit A.H. Westerhovius...
Language: Latin . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1726. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 10 borrowing records


Book Work

Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
Comedies [Terence]

Book Holding ID 41711

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Wharton's History of Poetry
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 3 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1781. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 19 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century

Book Holding ID 45377

Flavius Josephus (Male, born 37, died 100), William Whiston (Male, born 1667, died 1752)
Genre: History
Whiston's Josephus
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 41354

John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Whitaker's History of the Britons
Format: 8vo. Shelfmark: 644.
Number of borrowings: 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The genuine history of the Britons asserted. In a full and candid refutation of Mr. Macpherson’s Introduction to the history of Great-Britain and Ireland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 14


Book Work

John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Genuine History of the Britons Asserted

Book Holding ID 42014

John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Whitaker's Queen Mary
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Mary Queen of Scots vindicated. By John Whitaker, B. D. Author of the History of Manchester; and Rector of Ruan-Lanyhorn, Cornwall. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated

Book Holding ID 41789

William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
Wilkie's Epigoniad
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
The epigoniad. A poem. In nine books. By William Wilkie, V.D.M. The second edition, carefully corrected and improved. To which is added, a dream. In the manner of Spenser.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
Epigoniad

Book Holding ID 43469

Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Will and Jean
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
The waes o’ war: or, The upshot o’ the history O’ Will and Jean. In four parts.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Waes o’ war: or, The Upshot O’ the History O’ Will and Jean

Book Holding ID 43697

Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Will and Jean
Number of borrowings: 9

Book Holding ID 44006

Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827)
Genre: Travel
William's Letters
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (2 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Likely

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


Book Work

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

Book Holding ID 39932

Willymot on the Particles
Number of borrowings: 2

Book Holding ID 39866

Willymot's Observationes
Number of borrowings: 2

Book Holding ID 68293

Wonders of Nature
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 39842

Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 1809 times in 1774 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (22 borrowings), Volume 1] (78 borrowings), Volume 2] (72 borrowings), Volume 3] (168 borrowings), Volume 4] (107 borrowings), Volume 5] (118 borrowings), Volume 6] (89 borrowings), Volume 7] (153 borrowings), Volume 8] (157 borrowings), Volume 9] (55 borrowings), Volume 10] (150 borrowings), Volume 11] (79 borrowings), Volume 12] (62 borrowings), Volume 13] (58 borrowings), Volume 14] (98 borrowings), Volume 15] (24 borrowings), Volume 16] (22 borrowings), Volume 17] (48 borrowings), Volume 18] (58 borrowings), Volume 19] (49 borrowings), Volume 20] (141 borrowings), Volume 25] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 41570

World Displayed old edition
Number of borrowings: 0
Volumes: Volume 8] (0 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 41132

World History
Number of borrowings: 2
Volumes: Volume 4] (2 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 41201

Genre: Travel
World Voyage
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 11] (1 borrowing)