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Record ID 243347
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 223
Cook's Voyages 1 vol
Borrowed: 1802/2/20 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
In McPherson
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: 1802/2/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: In McPherson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 243344
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 223
Pitt's Virgil
Borrowed: 1802/1.
In McPherson
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
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: 1802/1.
Borrower: In McPherson
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 243338
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 223
World Displayed v. 8
Borrowed: 1801/11/14 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
In McPherson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 243341
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 223
British Plutarch v. 8
Borrowed: 1801/12/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
In McPherson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch, containing the lives of the most eminent statesmen, patriots, divines, warriors, philosophers, poets, and artists, of Great Britain and Ireland, from the accession of Henry Viii. to the present time. Including, a Complete History of England from that Aera. In six volumes. Ornamented with elegant frontispieces. Vol. I. A new edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged, by the editor, T. Mortimer, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 162 borrowing records
ESTC: T107370
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1801/12/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: In McPherson
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 243350
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 223
Voyages v. 6
Borrowed: 1802/4/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
In McPherson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Record ID 243335
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 223
Modern Europe v. 1
Borrowed: 1801/10/17 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
In McPherson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Modern Europe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 ; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1810. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 149 borrowing records
ESTC: T117065
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Modern Europe
Borrowed: 1801/10/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: In McPherson
Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1