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Record ID 239681
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 151
Pope's Odyssey v. 1
Borrowed: 1800/11/2 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Spence
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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
ESTC: T67134
Borrowed: 1800/11/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Spence
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 239684
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 151
Cooke's v. 1
Borrowed: 1800/12/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Spence
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1800/12/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Spence
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 239687
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 151
Pitts Virgil v. 1
Borrowed: 1801/2/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Spence
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Pitt's Virgil
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, in English verse. The Aeneid translated by the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, the Eclogues and Georgics by the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3v.
Editors: Joseph Wharton
Translators: Rev. Mr Christopher Pitt
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T218877
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1801/2/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Spence
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1