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Record ID 228833
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 230
Cyrus's Travels
Borrowed: 1784/2/19 (Thursday).
A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Cyrus' Travels
Confidence level: Speculative
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
The travels of Cyrus. In two volumes. To which is annex’d, A discourse upon the theology and mythology of the ancients. By the Chevalier Ramsay. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727-1728. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T121199
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Cyrus
Borrowed: 1784/2/19 (Thursday).
Borrower: A Devon
Author: Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 228821
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 230
Goldsmith's Nat Hist v. 4
Borrowed: 1783/11/13 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Natural History
Shelfmark: 530.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 722 times in 470 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1783/11/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: A Devon
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 228827
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 230
Universal Hist v. 16
Borrowed: 1784/1/8 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
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: 1784/1/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: A Devon
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 228824
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 230
Nat Displayed v. 6
Borrowed: 1783/12/4 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
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
ESTC: T131954
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1783/12/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: A Devon
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 6
Record ID 228815
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 230
Collection of Voyages v. 7
Borrowed: 1783/10/9 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Confidence level: Likely
Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records
ESTC: T147990
Borrowed: 1783/10/9 (Thursday).
Borrower: A Devon
Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 228818
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 230
Praeceptor v. 1
Borrowed: 1783/10/30 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Praeceptor
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 228830
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page: 230
Hist of Heavens v. 1
Borrowed: 1784/1/29 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1784/1/29 (Thursday).
Borrower: A Devon
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1