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Record ID 238652
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Guthrie v. 4
Borrowed: 1801/1/10 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Borrowed: 1801/1/10 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 238673
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Buffon's Natural History v. 4
Borrowed: 1801/5/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
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
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1801/5/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 238655
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Guthrie v. 2
Borrowed: 1801/1/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Borrowed: 1801/1/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 238670
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Savary's Egypt v. 1
Borrowed: 1801/4/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Savary's Egypt
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt, with a parallel between the manners of its ancient and modern inhabitants, the present State, the Commerce, the Agriculture, and Government of that Country; and an account of the descent of St. Lewis at Damietta: extracted from Joinville, and Arabian authors. Illustrated with maps. By Mr. Savary, Author of the Life of Mahomet, and Translator of the Coran. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 150 times in 105 borrowing records
ESTC: N2790
Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Borrowed: 1801/4/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788), Genre: Travel
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 238676
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Buchanan's Scotland v. 1
Borrowed: 1801/5/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The antient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first founder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fourth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes. Adorned with copper-plates, and a map of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 54 borrowing records
ESTC: N15167
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1801/5/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 238646
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
British Nepos
Borrowed: 1800/11/2 (Sunday).
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
British Nepos
Confidence level: Likely
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
The British Nepos; or, youth’s mirror: being select lives of illustrious Britons, Who Have Been Distinguished by their Virtues, Talents, or Remarkable Progress in Life, with Incidental and Practical Reflections. Written Purposely for the Use of Schools, and Carefully Adapted to the Situations and Capacities of British Youth, By William Mavor, LL.D. Vicar of Hurley, Berkshire, and Chaplain to the Earl of Dumfries.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T77030
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
British Nepos; or, Youth’s Mirror
Borrowed: 1800/11/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Education, Genre: Lives
Record ID 238667
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Guthrie's History v. 5
Borrowed: 1801/3/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Borrowed: 1801/3/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 238658
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Guthrie's History v. 3
Borrowed: 1801/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Borrowed: 1801/2/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 238664
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Guthrie's History v. 4
Borrowed: 1801/3/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Borrowed: 1801/3/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 238649
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Clarendon v. 6
Borrowed: 1800/12/27 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Wolfgang Seber (Male, born 1573, died 1634)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Clarendon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Likely
Wolfgang Seber (Male, born 1573, died 1634)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Index vocabulorum in Homeri Iliade atque Odyssea cæterisque quotquot extant poematis studio M. Wolfgangi Seberi Sulani.
Language: Greek . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 16
ESTC: T70806
Wolfgang Seber (Male, born 1573, died 1634)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Index Vocabulorum in Homeri Iliade atque Odyssea Caeterisque Quotquot Extant Poematis
Borrowed: 1800/12/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: Wolfgang Seber (Male, born 1573, died 1634), Genre: Belles Lettres
Index Vocabulorum in Homeri Iliade atque Odyssea Caeterisque Quotquot Extant Poematis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 238661
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 134
Knox's Voyages v. 6
Borrowed: 1801/2/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1801/2/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 253535
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 378
Plutarch v. 6
Borrowed: 1808/12/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Borrowed: 1808/12/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Dickson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6