Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

Record ID 272357

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Evelina v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

William Blackwood Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina : or, the history of a young lady's entrance into the world / by the author of Cecilia and Camilla ; in two volumes
Language: English . Published: Cupar-Fife. Date of publication: 1804.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 90 times in 59 borrowing records

Other authority

Book Work

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World

Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Blackwood Major

Author: Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840), Genre: Fiction

Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 272363

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Cook's Voyages

Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).

Borrower

William Blackwood Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages

Book Edition

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

ESTC record

Book Work

Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World

Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Blackwood Major

Genre: Travel

New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World

Record ID 272366

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:

Gibbon's Roman Empire v. 9, 10

Borrowed: 1826/4/4 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.

Borrower

William Blackwood Major
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.

Book Holding

Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ... A new edition
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792-1797. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 195 times in 150 borrowing records