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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).


Borrower

A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Cyrus' Travels

Book Edition

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


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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

Travels of Cyrus

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.


Borrower

A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Natural History
Shelfmark: 530.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

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


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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.


Borrower

A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

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.


Borrower

A Devon
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 6

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


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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.


Borrower

A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

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.


Borrower

A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Praeceptor
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1783/10/30 (Thursday).

Borrower: A Devon

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.


Borrower

A Devon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1