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Record ID 240422

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Sully's Memoirs v. 1

Borrowed: 1792/3/7 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoir
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1792/3/7 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives

Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 240437

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Hume's England v. 1

Borrowed: 1793/4/20 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Borrowed: 1793/4/20 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 240440

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Rollin's Ancient History v. 1

Borrowed: 1793/5/16 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Record ID 240431

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Sully's Memoirs v. 4

Borrowed: 1793/1/5 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoir
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Borrowed: 1793/1/5 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives

Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 240425

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Sully's Memoirs v. 2

Borrowed: 1792/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoir
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1792/5/12 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives

Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 240419

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Pope's Odyssey v. 2

Borrowed: 1792/1/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Borrowed: 1792/1/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 240434

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Robertson's History of Scotland v. 2

Borrowed: 1793/2/9 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1793/2/9 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 240428

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Sully's Memoirs v. 3

Borrowed: 1792/12/1 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoir
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1792/12/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives

Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 240416

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 166

Pope's Odyssey v. 1

Borrowed: 1791/12/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Borrowed: 1791/12/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 266708

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

Kotzebue's Travels v. 1, 2, 3, 4

Borrowed: 1824/6/5 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Alban Butler (Male, born 1711, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Kotzebue's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alban Butler (Male, born 1711, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Italy, in the years 1804 and 1805
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1807. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 7 borrowing records


Book Work

Alban Butler (Male, born 1711, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Italy, in the Years 1804 and 1805

Borrowed: 1824/6/5 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Alban Butler (Male, born 1711, died 1773), Genre: Travel

Travels through Italy, in the Years 1804 and 1805

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 266678

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

Novels and Tales v. 11, 12

Borrowed: 1823/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Novels and Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley. (Waverley.-Guy Mannering.-Antiquary.-Rob Roy.-Tales of my Landlord: The Black Dwarf, Old Mortality, The Heart of Midlothian, The Bride of Lammermoor, A Legend of Montrose.)
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 136 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley

Borrowed: 1823/10.

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction

Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley

Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12

Record ID 266684

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

Shipwrecks

Borrowed: 1823/12/6 (Saturday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; or historical narratives of the most noted calamities and providential deliverances, which have resulted from maritime enterprize: with a sketch of various expedients for preserving the lives of mariners.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

Borrowed: 1823/12/6 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851), Genre: Travel

Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

Record ID 266699

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

Curiosities of G Britain v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Borrowed: 1824/3/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain

Borrowed: 1824/3/26 (Friday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel

Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 266687

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

Buffon v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1823/12/6 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Douglas
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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


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

Record ID 266693

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

Buffon's Natural History v. 7, 8

Borrowed: 1824/1/7 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Douglas
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 7, Volume 8

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


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

Record ID 266681

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

Waverley v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1823/11. Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley : or, 'tis sixty years since ; in three volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1814. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since

Borrowed: 1823/11.

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction

Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 266711

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

Citizens of the World v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1824/6/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Citizen of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
The citizen of the world or letters from a Chinese philosopher residing in London to his friends in the east, by Oliver Goldsmith. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 15 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Citizen of the World

Borrowed: 1824/6/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

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

Citizen of the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 266690

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

Buffon's Natural History v. 3, 4

Borrowed: 1823/12/18 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Douglas
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 3, 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


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

Record ID 266705

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

Kenilworth v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1824/3/22 (Monday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Kenilworth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Kenilworth, a Romance. By the author of Waverley [Sir W. Scott].
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1821. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 171 times in 61 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Kenilworth, a Romance

Borrowed: 1824/3/22 (Monday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction

Kenilworth, a Romance

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 266702

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

Orlando Furioso v. 1, 2, 3, 4

Borrowed: 1824/4/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso: translated from the Italian of Ludovico Ariosto; with notes: by John Hoole. In five volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Translators: John Hoole
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 78 borrowing records


Book Work

Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso

Borrowed: 1824/4/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533), Genre: Poetry

Orlando Furioso

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 266696

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

Shipwrecks

Borrowed: 1824/3/17 (Wednesday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; or historical narratives of the most noted calamities and providential deliverances, which have resulted from maritime enterprize: with a sketch of various expedients for preserving the lives of mariners.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

Borrowed: 1824/3/17 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Douglas

Author: John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851), Genre: Travel

Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea