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Record ID 202418

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/16 (1789-1791, Type: Other). Page: 5

Gibbon's decline of the Rom. Empire tom. 4.5

Borrowed: 1789/11/20 (Friday). Returned: 1789/12/20 (Sunday).


Borrower

Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.


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Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.68.e.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 23 borrowing records


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Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Borrowed: 1789/11/20 (Friday). Returned: 1789/12/20 (Sunday).

Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill

Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 234317

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 55

Hook's Roman History v. 1

Borrowed: 1789/11/20 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


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Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Hook's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The Roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates. Vol. IV. By N. Hooke, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 316 times in 291 borrowing records


Book Work

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Borrowed: 1789/11/20 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Cathcart

Author: Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763), Genre: History

Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 234746

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 62

Clarke's Homer's Iliad 2 vol

Borrowed: 1789/11/20 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Clarke's Homer's Iliad
Format: 8vo.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1789/11/20 (Friday).

Borrower: John Duncan

Author: Homer (Male)

Clarke's Homer's Iliad

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 236000

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 84

Rollin's Ancient History v. 1

Borrowed: 1789/11/20 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Peter Colquhoun
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 1

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