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Record ID 235244

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 71

Collection of Voyages v. 3

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

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: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Latimer

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 237980

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 120

Mavor's Travels v. 3

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Syme
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 241457

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 183

Collection of Voyages v. 1

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

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: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: George Stewart

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 244859

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 246

Campbell's Admirals v. 3

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Boswell Douglas
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 British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: Boswell Douglas

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

Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 245084

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 249

Staunt's China v. 2

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Staunton's Embassy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Travel
An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and Information Obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 111 times in 68 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China

Record ID 245303

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 251

Goldsmith's Roman History v. 1

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History

Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 245390

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 252

Knights of Malta v. 3

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Knights of Malta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 245987

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 259

Record ID 246185

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 262

Ramsay's Cyrus

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Ramsay's Cyrus

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
The travels of Cyrus. To which is annexed, a discourse upon the theology and mythology of the pagans. By the Chevalier Ramsay.
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Cyrus

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: Thomas Peacock

Author: Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743), Genre: Fiction

Travels of Cyrus

Record ID 246410

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 265

Mavor v. 11

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

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 246506

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 266

Mavor v. 6

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

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 246788

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 270

Record ID 247040

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 275

Plutarch's Lives v. 6

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

A Walker
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 6

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: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: A Walker

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

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 247115

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 276

Hume's England v. 6

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Andrew Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: Andrew Walker

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 247172

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 277

Salmon's Modern History v. 12

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Walter Glen
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732), Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Salmon's Modern History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732), Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Modern history: or, the present state of all nations. Describing their respective situations, persons, habits, ... animals and minerals. By Mr. Salmon. Vol.I. ... Illustrated with cuts and maps, ... by Herman Moll.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1724-1735.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 143 times in 142 borrowing records


Book Work

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732), Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: Walter Glen

Author: Herman Moll (Male, died 1732), Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel

Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations

Volumes borrowed: Volume 12

Record ID 247823

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 287

Mavor v. 20

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

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 44058

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 84

Don Quixote

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: 1798/12/19 (Wednesday). Returned?: 19-Dec.


Borrower

Alexander Murray
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original):  Vintner.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Retailer/Shopkeeper.
  


Book Holding

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
The history of the renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha. Written in Spanish, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated from the original by several hands : and publish’d by Peter Motteux. Adorn’d with sculptures.
Language: Spanish. Genre: Novel.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
The history of the renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha. Written in Spanish, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated from the original by several hands : and publish’d by Peter Motteux. Adorn’d with sculptures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1705-1706. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
Don Quixote

Borrowed: 1798/12/16 (Sunday). Returned: 1798/12/19 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Alexander Murray

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616), Genre: Fiction

Don Quixote

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1