Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

Record ID 228134

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 220

Buffon's Nat Hist v. 4

Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

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

Book Holding

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records

ESTC: N42265

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Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Borrowed: 1788/11/15 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Cumming

Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 228131

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 220

World Displayed v. 11

Borrowed: 1788/11/1 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

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

Book Holding

Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Book Edition

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

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Book Work

Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations

Borrowed: 1788/11/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Cumming

Genre: Travel

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations

Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Record ID 230723

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 4

Langhorne's Plutarch v. 1

Borrowed: 1789/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

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

Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Langhorn's Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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

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Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1789/1/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Cumming

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 230750

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 4

Knox Voyages v. 7

Borrowed: 1792/1/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

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

Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records

ESTC: T113577

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Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Borrowed: 1792/1/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Cumming

Genre: Travel

New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Record ID 230720

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 4

Guthrie's Scotland v. 1

Borrowed: 1788/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

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

Book Holding

William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
A General History of Scotland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. By William Guthrie, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 514 times in 304 borrowing records