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Record ID 262571
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 23
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23
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
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: Thomas Gibson
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23
Record ID 262577
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 24
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
John Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 24
Record ID 262550
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Beauties of Scotland v. 5
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scoltand
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
The beauties of Scotland : containing a clear and full account of the agriculture, commerce, mines, and manufactures ; of the population, cities, towns, villages, &c. of each county. Embellished with engravings
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1805-1808. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 73 borrowing records
Robert Forsyth (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Scotland: Containing a ... Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Hay
Author: Robert Forsyth (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262556
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records
ESTC: N42265
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Gray
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262568
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knights of Malta v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Knights of Malta
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The history of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem; styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta. Translated from the French of Mons. l'Abbe de Vertot.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 207 borrowing records
ESTC: T81010
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Gibson
Author: Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262580
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 27
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 27
Record ID 262565
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Goldsmith's Animated Nature v. 6
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 722 times in 470 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Gray
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 262559
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Gibson
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 262574
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262598
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Shaw's Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Shaw's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels : or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1808. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 36 times in 33 borrowing records
Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: John Hunter
Author: Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751), Genre: Travel
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262586
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutach
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 51 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T118926
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Hunter
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262601
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Tuckey's Voyages
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Joseph Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Tuckey's Voyages
Confidence level: Certain
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
An account of a voyage to establish a colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the south coast of New South Wales in His Majesty's ship Calcutta, in the years 1802
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17
James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Hamilton
Author: James Hingston Tuckey (Male, born 1776, died 1816), Genre: Travel
Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait
Record ID 262604
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Joseph Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Record ID 262589
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 21
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
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
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Hay
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Record ID 262610
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 6
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 262592
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Orlando Furioso v. 5
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Likely
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso: translated from the Italian of Ludovico Ariosto; with notes: by John Hoole. In five volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Translators: John Hoole
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 78 borrowing records
ESTC: T133398
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Joseph Hamilton
Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262613
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 7
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 262607
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 26
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 26
Record ID 262595
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1810
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
James Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1810
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262625
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
William Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
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: 1811/11.
Borrower: William Henderson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262646
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 18
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
David Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
Record ID 262634
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of the Heavens
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
David Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Hunter
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Record ID 262637
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of Indies v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
History of the Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Henderson
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262628
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Francis Horace v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Poetry
Francis Horace
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Poetry
A poetical translation of the works of Horace: with the original text, and notes collected from the best Latin and French commentators on that author. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis, ... In four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Revd. Mr Philip Francis
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T42740
Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace
Record ID 262640
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rutherford's Ancient History v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Rutherford (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: History
Rutherford's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
William Rutherford (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: History
A view of ancient history; including the progress of literature and the fine arts
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1809. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 29 borrowing records
William Rutherford (Male, born 1745, died 1820)
Genre: History
View of Antient History
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Henderson
Author: William Rutherford (Male, born 1745, died 1820), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262619
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Henderson
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: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: James Henderson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262631
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of Scotland by Simpson
Borrowed: 1811/11/23 (Saturday).
David Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Simpson (Male)
Genre: History
History of Scotland by Simpson
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Simpson (Male)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from the earliest times, to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Adapted for the use of schools and private classes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1808. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Robert Simpson (Male)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Earliest Times, to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
Borrowed: 1811/11/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: David Hunter
Author: Robert Simpson (Male), Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Earliest Times, to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
Record ID 262643
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Stuart's History of Scotland v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Stewart's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262616
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Burn's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
William Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Burns' Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
The works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, to which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1802. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 81 times in 68 borrowing records
Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Works of Robert Burns
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: William Henderson
Author: Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21), Dr James Currie (Male, born 1756, died 1805), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262622
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
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: 1811/11.
Borrower: James Henderson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262652
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
William Jamieson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: William Jamieson
Record ID 262649
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
James Hart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: James Hart
Record ID 262658
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 27
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
John Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 27
Record ID 262655
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 21
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Record ID 262664
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cicero Orations by Guthrie v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Jackson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Guthrie's Cicero's Orations
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The orations of Cicero, translated into English. Containing I. Oration for Roscius of Ameria, accused of murdering his Father. II. For C. Rabirius, accused of Treason against the People. III. For King Dejotarus, accused of a Plot against Caesar. IV. For L. Muraena, Consul Elect, upon an Impeachment for Public Corruption. V. For P. Quintius, upon a Case of Bankruptcy. VI. Against L. Calphurnius Piso, upon his Vices and Mismanagements both in Public and Private. By William Guthrie, Esq; vol. III.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 8vo.
Translators: William Guthrie
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T148967
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Cicero
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Jackson
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262670
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rankin's History of France
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Cosmo Innes
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
Rankin's History of France
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
The history of France, civil and military, ecclesiastical, political, literary, commercial, &c. &c. from the time of its conquest by Clovis, A.D. 486
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1801-1822. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
History of France [Alexander Ranken]
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Cosmo Innes
Author: Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827), Genre: History
Record ID 262667
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Knox's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Jackson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
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 393 times in 373 borrowing records
ESTC: T113577
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Jackson
Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262661
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
John Jamieson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: John Jamieson
Record ID 262673
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 23
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Jackson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Jackson
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 23
Record ID 262703
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 11
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
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 262679
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 8
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutach
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 51 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T118926
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 262676
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
British Plutarch v. 5
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutach
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 51 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T118926
Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262691
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 16
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Confidence level: Likely
David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 79 borrowing records
ESTC: T36369
David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 262688
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
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: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262700
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 21
Borrowed: 1811/10/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 21
Record ID 262685
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Clarendon's History v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Inglis
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
Clarendon's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year 1641. With the precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the King's blessed Restoration, and Return, upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Clarendon, Late Lord High Chancellor of England, Privy Counsellor in the Reigns of King Charles the First and the Second.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: N7606
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Inglis
Author: Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674), Genre: History
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262682
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Alexander Inglis
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: Alexander Inglis
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262694
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Works v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voltaire's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. With notes, historical and critical. By Dr. Smollet, and others. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761-1765. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 25v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T52773
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Johnston
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262697
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262709
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hugh Kennedy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: Hugh Kennedy
Record ID 262706
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Alexander Kennedy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: Alexander Kennedy
Record ID 262721
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 9
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9
Record ID 262715
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/12/7 (Monday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1804-1806. Format: 16mo. Pagination: 11v.
Number of borrowings: 94
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Works of William Robertson
Borrowed: 1812/12/7 (Monday).
Borrower: John Kirk
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262718
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voltaire's Works v. 13
Borrowed: 1812/12/21 (Monday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voltaire's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Confidence level: Speculative
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. With notes, historical and critical. By Dr. Smollet, and others. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761-1765. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 25v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T52773
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1812/12/21 (Monday).
Borrower: John Kirk
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Record ID 262712
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
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: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Kirk
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262724
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 11
Borrowed: 1812/11/2 (Monday). Returned: yes.
John Kirk
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
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 262730
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Alexander Learmont
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: Alexander Learmont
Record ID 262727
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Thomas Learmont
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: Thomas Learmont
Record ID 262733
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Memoirs of Marmontel v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lindsay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Marmontel's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 9 borrowing records
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lindsay
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262742
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Tooke's Pantheon
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Alexander Lindsay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Tooke's Pantheon
Shelfmark: 599. Format: 8vo & Infra.
Confidence level: Speculative
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
The pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a short, plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue. The sixteenth edition. Revised, corrected, amended, and illustrated with new copper cuts of the several Deities. For the use of schools. By Andrew Tooke, A. M. late Professor of Geometry in Gresham College and Master of the Charter-House-School.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Andrew Tooke
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: N37866
François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious Heroes
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Lindsay
Author: François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673), Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and Most Illustrious Heroes
Record ID 262736
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Memoirs of Marmontel v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lindsay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Marmontel's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 9 borrowing records
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lindsay
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262739
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Memoirs of Marmontel v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lindsay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Marmontel's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 9 borrowing records
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lindsay
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262763
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages and Travels v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Modern Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
A collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 68 borrowing records
Record ID 262751
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262769
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262748
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Buchanan's History v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan's history of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing, I. An account of its several situations; and the nature of its soil and climate. II. The ancient names, manners, laws, and customs of the country, and what people inhabited the island from the very beginning. III. A chronicle of all its kings; in an exact series of succession, from Fergus, the first pounder of the Scottish monarchy, to the reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and I. of England. The fifth edition. Translated from the Latin original. Wherein several errors in the English editions are corrected. To which is added, an appendix, containing a genealogy of all the kings from Fergus I. to James VI. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: Aberdeen. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T166848
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262793
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Volney's Travels v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Volney's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Containing the present natural and political state of those countries, their Productions, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; with Observations on the Manners, Customs, and Government of the Turks and Arabs. Illustrated with copper plates. By M. C-F. Volney. Translated from the French. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 264 times in 197 borrowing records
ESTC: T12217
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney (Male, born 1757, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262790
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1810
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1810
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262766
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262784
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1806
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1806
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262754
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Leslie
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 262787
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1807
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1807
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262757
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
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: 1811/11.
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262802
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 7
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7
Record ID 262781
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Scot's Magazine 1805
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine 1805
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 262760
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of England v. 2
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 79 borrowing records
ESTC: T36369
David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Author: David Hume (Male, born 1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262772
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Borrowed: 1812/1/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 262799
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 5
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 262745
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Bewick's British Birds v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's British Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British birds. The figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. Vol. I. Containing the history and description of land birds.
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: N491661
Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Author: Ralph Beilby (Male, born 1744, died 1817), Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262778
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rowe's Lucan v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Laurie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65)
Genre: Poetry
Rowe's Lucan
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65)
Genre: Poetry
Lucan's Pharsalia. Translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq; Servant to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1722. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Rowe, Nicholas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T113675
Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65)
Genre: Poetry
Pharsalia or De Bello Civili
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: James Laurie
Author: Lucan (Male, born 39, died 65), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262775
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Lothian
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262796
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Robert Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262814
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
William McDermott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262808
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cowper's Poems v. 2
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas McCrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Cowper (Male, born 1731, died 1800)
Genre: Poetry
Cowper's Poems
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
William Cowper (Male, born 1731, died 1800)
Genre: Poetry
Poems
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 6 borrowing records
William Cowper (Male, born 1731, died 1800)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [William Cowper]
Borrowed: 1811/12/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas McCrie
Author: William Cowper (Male, born 1731, died 1800), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 262811
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 25
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
William Menzies
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 25
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
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: William Menzies
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 25
Record ID 262805
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cicero Offices
Borrowed: 1812/3/7 (Saturday).
Thomas McCrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Cicero Offices
Confidence level: Very likely
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
M.T. Ciceronis De officis libri tres
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
De Officiis [Cicero]
Borrowed: 1812/3/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas McCrie
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 262817
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
McIntosh
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Borrower: McIntosh
Record ID 262823
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Life of Homer
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
W Simpson Mitchell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Life of Homer
Confidence level: Speculative
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An enquiry into the life and writings of Homer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T70410
Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: W Simpson Mitchell
Author: Thomas Blackwell (Male, born 1701, died 1757), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 262820
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Gibbon's Roman Empire v. 1
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Ebenezer Millar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Gibbon's Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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: 1776-1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 120 times in 95 borrowing records
ESTC: T78357
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Ebenezer Millar
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262859
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rand's Antiquities
Borrowed: 1811/12/7 (Saturday).
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Record ID 262853
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 4
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
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
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1812/2/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McDonald
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262832
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1811/11. Returned: yes.
Peter McLeod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
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: 1811/11.
Borrower: Peter McLeod
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 262865
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Savary's Roman Ross?
Borrowed: 1811/11/11 (Monday).
Peter McLeod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Record ID 262838
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Hunting's Terence
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Terence (Male)
Hunting's Terence
Record ID 262835
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
History of the Heavens
Borrowed: 1811/11.
William McDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses. Being an inquiry into the origine of idolatry. ... Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche, ... by J. B. de Freval, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Translators: J.B. de Freval
Number of borrowings: 29
ESTC: N8479
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses
Borrowed: 1811/11.
Borrower: William McDonald
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Record ID 262862
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Rankin's History of France v. 1
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Matheson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
Rankin's History of France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
The history of France, civil and military, ecclesiastical, political, literary, commercial, &c. &c. from the time of its conquest by Clovis, A.D. 486
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1801-1822. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records
Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827)
Genre: History
History of France [Alexander Ranken]
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday).
Borrower: Thomas Matheson
Author: Alexander Ranken (Male, born 1755, died 1827), Genre: History
History of France [Alexander Ranken]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 262871
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Voyages and Travels v. 25
Borrowed: 1811/10/11 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Peter McLeod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 25
Record ID 262847
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Voyages and Travels v. 5
Borrowed: 1812/2/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Peter McLeod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Modern Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Speculative
A collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1805. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 68 borrowing records
Record ID 262826
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Lives of Admirals v. 3
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Peter McLeod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest account of time; and, clearly proving by a continued series of facts, our uninterrupted claim to, and enjoyment of the dominion of our seas. Interspersed with many curious passages relating to our discoveries, plantations, and commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 352 times in 329 borrowing records
ESTC: T90051
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen
Borrowed: 1812/1/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Peter McLeod
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 262841
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137145 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 15
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Matheson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
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
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1811/11/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Matheson
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15