Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

Record ID 238115

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Phipp's Voyages

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Phipp's Voyages
Shelfmark: 199. Format: 4to.

Book Edition

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

ESTC record

Book Work

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: 1801/1/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

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 238103

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Knox's Voyages v. 2

Borrowed: 1800/10/18 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

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

ESTC record

Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Borrowed: 1800/10/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

Genre: Travel

New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 238124

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Swinburne's Travels v. 2

Borrowed: 1801/4/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Swinburne's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776. In which several monuments of Roman and Moorish architecture are illustrated by accurate drawings taken on the spot. By Henry Swinburne, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 118 times in 113 borrowing records

ESTC: T88895

ESTC record

Book Work

Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776

Borrowed: 1801/4/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

Author: Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803), Genre: Travel

Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 238109

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Mavor's Travels v. 4

Borrowed: 1800/12/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records

ESTC: T77044

ESTC record

Book Work

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]

Borrowed: 1800/12/13 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel

Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 238139

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

World Displayed v. 20

Borrowed: 1801/12/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20

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

ESTC record

Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1801/12/12 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

Genre: Travel

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 20

Record ID 238127

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

British Nepos

Borrowed: 1801/4/11 (Saturday).

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
British Nepos

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
The British Nepos; or, youth’s mirror: being select lives of illustrious Britons, Who Have Been Distinguished by their Virtues, Talents, or Remarkable Progress in Life, with Incidental and Practical Reflections. Written Purposely for the Use of Schools, and Carefully Adapted to the Situations and Capacities of British Youth, By William Mavor, LL.D. Vicar of Hurley, Berkshire, and Chaplain to the Earl of Dumfries.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 13

ESTC: T77030

ESTC record

Book Work

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
British Nepos; or, Youth’s Mirror

Borrowed: 1801/4/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Education, Genre: Lives

British Nepos; or, Youth’s Mirror

Record ID 238130

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Collection of Voyages v. 6

Borrowed: 1801/4/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

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

ESTC record

Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1801/4/25 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 238106

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Plutarch v. 5

Borrowed: 1800/11/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Borrowed: 1800/11/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

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

Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 238121

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Buffon v. 6

Borrowed: 1801/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
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 6

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

ESTC record

Book Work

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: 1801/3/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: Colin Thomas McLachlan

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 6

Record ID 238112

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 123

Guthrie's History of Scotland v. 1

Borrowed: 1800/12/27 (Saturday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

Colin Thomas McLachlan
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