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Borrower: William Swanson
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Record ID 253745
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 382
Universal History v. 3
Borrowed: 1809/2/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Swanson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1809/2/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Swanson
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 253742
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 382
Plutarch v. 2
Borrowed: 1809/2/18 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Swanson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Borrowed: 1809/2/18 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Swanson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 253736
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 382
Cook's Voyages v. 5
Borrowed: 1809/1/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Swanson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1809/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Swanson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 253748
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 382
Robertson's Works v. 2
Borrowed: 1809/3/18 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Swanson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1804-1806. Format: 16mo. Pagination: 11v.
Number of borrowings: 94
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works of William Robertson
Borrowed: 1809/3/18 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Swanson
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 253739
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 382
Plutarch v. 3
Borrowed: 1809/1/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Swanson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Borrowed: 1809/1/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Swanson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3