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Record ID 238913

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 138

Borrowed: 1791/11/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Young

Author: John Ray (Male, born 1627, died 1705), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel

Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 238904

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 138

Goldsmith's Roman History v. 2

Borrowed: 1791/7/9 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


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James Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

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Confidence level: Likely

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records


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Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Borrowed: 1791/7/9 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Young

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History

Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 238907

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 138

Plutarch's Lives v. 7

Borrowed: 1791/10/15 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records


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

Borrowed: 1791/10/15 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Young

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

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Record ID 238910

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 138

Buffon v. 4

Borrowed: 1791/10/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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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


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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

Record ID 238901

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 138

Annual Register v. 1

Borrowed: 1791/6/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
The annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature, for the year 1779.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 47 borrowing records


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Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature

Record ID 238898

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 138

Watson's Philip v. 1

Borrowed: 1791/5/28 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
Watson's History of Philip
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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

Borrowed: 1791/5/28 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Young

Author: Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781), Genre: History

History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1