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Record ID 255602

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 419

Sparman's Travels

Borrowed: 1807/2/7 (Saturday).


Borrower

George Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Travels

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records


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Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World

Record ID 255599

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 419

Lives of Admirals v. 2

Borrowed: 1807/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1807/1/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Davidson

Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 255608

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 419

Connoisseur v. 2

Borrowed: 1807/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
Connoisseur
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
The connoisseur. By Mr. Town, critic and censor-general. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
Connoisseur. By Mr Town, Critic and Censor-General

Borrowed: 1807/3/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Davidson

Author: George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals

Connoisseur. By Mr Town, Critic and Censor-General

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 255596

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 419

Nature Displayed v. 3

Borrowed: 1806/12/20 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 117 times in 115 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1806/12/20 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Davidson

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 255611

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 419

Thompson's Works v. 4

Borrowed: 1807/5/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Thomson's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of James Thomson. With his last corrections and improvements. In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 16


Book Work

James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of James Thomson

Borrowed: 1807/5/16 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Davidson

Author: James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748), Genre: Poetry

Works of James Thomson

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4