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Record ID 188277

Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 92v

Pennants Tour in Scotland Vol 2.d

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).


Borrower

James Tainsh
Gender: Male.


Book Holding

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 86 times in 75 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Tainsh

Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel

Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 188280

Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 92v

The history of Europe. Vol. 11Th

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).


Borrower

James Tainsh
Gender: Male.


Book Holding

David Jones (Male)
Genre: History
A compleat history of Europe: or, a view of the affairs thereof, civil and military, for the year 1707.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Jones (Male)
Genre: History
A compleat history of Europe: or, a view of the affairs thereof, civil and military, for the year [yyyy]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1708. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 46 times in 42 borrowing records


Book Work

David Jones (Male)
Genre: History
Compleat History of Europe: or, A View of the Affairs Thereof, Civil and Military

Record ID 355239

Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 182

14th & 17th of Ditto

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Lending Record Other Info: Returned.


Borrower

Mr MacInlay
Gender: Male. Address: Stirling.
Subs Date: 16 October 1804. Subs: 5s.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes.
Language: English. Publication Place: Edinburgh. Publication Year: 1791-1799. Format: 8vo (octavo). Modern shelfmark: Leighton 7-F-1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 17

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1791-1799. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 21 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 440 times in 307 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical Account of Scotland

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr MacInlay

Author: Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Statistical Account of Scotland

Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 17

Record ID 247571

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 282

Volney's Travels v. 1

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Peter Macintyre
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Volney's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 248270

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 293

Mavor's Travels v. 8

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Aire
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records


Book Work

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]

Record ID 248369

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 295

Bells' Travels v. 2

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Annan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Bell's Travels
Shelfmark: 724. Format: 8vo.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to various parts of Asia.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 120 borrowing records


Book Work

John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Annan

Author: John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780), Genre: Travel

Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 248414

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 295

De Totts Memoirs v. 2

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Ewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Baron de Tott's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the state of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the late war with Russia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 131 times in 103 borrowing records


Book Work

Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia

Record ID 248771

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 298

Knox's Voyages v. 4

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Mackie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Record ID 248852

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 299

Pausonia's Greece v. 1

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Coventry
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pausanias (Male)
Genre: Travel
Pausania's Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Coventry

Author: Pausanias (Male), Genre: Travel

Graeciae Descriptio Accurata

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 249641

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 310

Lives of Admirals v. 4

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Charles Black
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Charles Black

Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 249830

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 312

Rollin's Ancient History v. 2

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Record ID 250208

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 316

Plutarch's Lives v. 4

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Jameson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Jameson

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 250457

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 320

Mavor's Travels v. 19

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Nasmyth
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records


Book Work

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]

Record ID 250631

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 322

African Sketches

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).


Borrower

Thomas Sanderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Leyden (Male, born 1775, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
African Sketches

Record ID 250940

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 328

Rollin's Ancient History v. 2

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Bernard McGhie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Record ID 251348

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 336

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Patrick Yule

Author: Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797), William Burke (Male, born 1730, died 1798), Genre: Travel

Account of the European Settlements in America

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 251465

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 338

Park's Travels

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).


Borrower

William Stirling
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 221 times in 217 borrowing records


Book Work

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797

Record ID 251690

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 343

Ward's Natural History v. 6

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Cleugh
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ward's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Cleugh

Author: Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Modern System of Natural History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 251948

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 348

Sully's Memoirs v. 2

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoir
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Joseph Grant

Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives

Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 252173

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 351

Knox's Voyages

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).


Borrower

Robert Cameron
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Record ID 252473

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 357

Ward's Natural History v. 4

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

David Cannan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ward's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: David Cannan

Author: Samuel Ward (Male, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Modern System of Natural History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 253298

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 372

Knox's Voyages v. 7

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Greenway
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Record ID 253385

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 375

Knox's Voyages

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).


Borrower

William Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Record ID 253877

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 384

Mavor's Travels v. 3

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records


Book Work

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]

Record ID 253919

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 385

Nature Displayed v. 4

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

David Dickson
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 4

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


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: David Dickson

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 4

Record ID 253964

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 386

Collection of Voyages v. 5

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Combe
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

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: 1805/1/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Combe

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 254192

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 394

Mavor's Travels v. 14

Borrowed: 1805/1/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records


Book Work

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]