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Record ID 272600
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Life of Vasa
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Alexander Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Life of Gustavus Vassa
Confidence level: Certain
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by himself.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: N17046
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Crawford
Author: Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797), Genre: Lives
Record ID 272573
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Vicar of Wakefield
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Alexander Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Vicar of Wakefield
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
The vicar of Wakefield; a tale. By Dr Goldsmith. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T146201
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Vicar of Wakefield
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Crawford
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 272582
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Orlando Furioso v.
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Alexander Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
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: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Crawford
Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 272564
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Adventurer v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
The adventurer. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N492796
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Crawford
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 272588
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Citizen of the World
Borrowed: 1826/2/12 (Sunday).
Alexander Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Citizen of the World
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
The citizen of the world or letters from a Chinese philosopher residing in London to his friends in the east, by Oliver Goldsmith. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T146040
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Citizen of the World
Borrowed: 1826/2/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Crawford
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 272621
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pennant's Scotland v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Donald Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 18 borrowing records
ESTC: T110281
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Donald Crawford
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 272630
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arabian Nights v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Donald Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day and have her cut off next Morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness, &c. Containing A better account of the customs, Manners and religion of the Eastern Nations, viz. Tartars, Persians and Indians, than is to be met with in any author hitherto published. Translated into French from the Arabian Mss. by M. Galland of the Royal Academy; and now done into English from the last Paris edition. ...
Language: English . Published: Montrose. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T68153
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Donald Crawford
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 272615
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Coxe's Switzerland v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Donald Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Coxe's Switzerland v. 1, 2
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Switzerland. In a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq. from William Coxe, ... In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T134278
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Switzerland
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Donald Crawford
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 272642
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pennant's Tour v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1825/11/25 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Jackson Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Tour
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T110282
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX
Borrowed: 1825/11/25 (Friday).
Borrower: Thomas Jackson Crawford
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 272645
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Wilson's Pelew Islands
Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday).
Thomas Jackson Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Travel
Wilson's Pelew Islands
Confidence level: Certain
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Travel
An account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the journals and communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his officers, Who, In August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, In The Antelope, A Packet Belonging To The Honourable East India Company, by George Keate, Esq. F. R. S. and S. A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 49
ESTC: T122142
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Pelew Islands
Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Thomas Jackson Crawford
Author: George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797), Genre: Travel
Record ID 272687
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pinkerton's Scotland v. 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Walter Scott Carmichael
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
Pinkerton's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland from the accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. With appendixes of original papers. By John Pinkerton. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T95226
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).
Borrower: Walter Scott Carmichael
Author: John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826), Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 272696
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pinkerton's History v. 2
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Walter Scott Carmichael
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
Pinkerton's History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland from the accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. With appendixes of original papers. By John Pinkerton. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T95226
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Walter Scott Carmichael
Author: John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826), Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 272684
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pinkerton's Scotland v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Walter Scott Carmichael
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
Pinkerton's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland from the accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. With appendixes of original papers. By John Pinkerton. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T95226
John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826)
Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Borrowed: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Walter Scott Carmichael
Author: John Pinkerton (Male, born 1758, died 1826), Genre: History
History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 272723
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Adventurer v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Coxe
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
The adventurer. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N492796
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Coxe
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 272744
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arabian Nights v. 4
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Coxe
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day and have her cut off next Morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness, &c. Containing A better account of the customs, Manners and religion of the Eastern Nations, viz. Tartars, Persians and Indians, than is to be met with in any author hitherto published. Translated into French from the Arabian Mss. by M. Galland of the Royal Academy; and now done into English from the last Paris edition. ...
Language: English . Published: Montrose. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T68153
Record ID 272720
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Mirror v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Coxe
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
The mirror. A periodical paper, published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T124301
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Coxe
Author: Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 272762
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
West's Mathematics
Borrowed: 1826/2/14 (Tuesday).
William Cumming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
West's Mathematics
Confidence level: Certain
John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Mathematics. Comprehending Geometry. Conic Sections. Mensuration. Spherics. Illustrated with 30 copper-Plates. For the Use of Schools. By John West, Assistant Teacher of Mathematics in the University of St Andrews.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: N3455
John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Mathematics. Comprehending Geometry. Conic Sections. Mensuration. Spherics
Borrowed: 1826/2/14 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Cumming
Author: John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818), Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Mathematics. Comprehending Geometry. Conic Sections. Mensuration. Spherics
Record ID 272786
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Cumming
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: 1826/6/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Cumming
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 272771
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Park's Travels
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
William Cumming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels
Confidence level: Speculative
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 206 borrowing records
ESTC: N13836
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Cumming
Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Record ID 272756
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
West's Mathematics
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
William Cumming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
West's Mathematics
Confidence level: Certain
John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Mathematics. Comprehending Geometry. Conic Sections. Mensuration. Spherics. Illustrated with 30 copper-Plates. For the Use of Schools. By John West, Assistant Teacher of Mathematics in the University of St Andrews.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: N3455
John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Mathematics. Comprehending Geometry. Conic Sections. Mensuration. Spherics
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Cumming
Author: John West (Male, born 1756, died 1818), Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Mathematics. Comprehending Geometry. Conic Sections. Mensuration. Spherics
Record ID 272759
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Mirror v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Cumming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
The mirror. A periodical paper, published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T124301
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Cumming
Author: Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 272801
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Adam Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Ansell's Siege of Gibraltar
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: History
An authentic and accurate journal of the late siege of Gibraltar; being a curcumstantial account of every material transaction relative to that memorable event, from the day on which the communication between that garrison and Spain was shut up, to the arrival of the Thetis frigate with the preliminary articles of peace.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T72997
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Adam Crawford
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 272807
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
William Cunningham
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Ansell's Siege of Gibraltar
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: History
An authentic and accurate journal of the late siege of Gibraltar; being a curcumstantial account of every material transaction relative to that memorable event, from the day on which the communication between that garrison and Spain was shut up, to the arrival of the Thetis frigate with the preliminary articles of peace.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T72997
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Cunningham
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 272858
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Adam's Astronomical Essays
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday).
George Crease
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Adams (Male, born 1750, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Adam's Astronomical Essays
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1750, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomical and geographical essays: containing, I. A comprehensive view of the general principles of astronomy. II. The use of the celestial and terrestrial globes, Exemplified in a Variety of Problems, which are designed to illustrate the Phaenomena of the Earth and Heavens, in the most easy and natural Manner. III. The description and use of the armillary sphere, planetarium, tellurian, and lunarium. IV. An introduction to practica astronomy; Or, the Use of the Quadrant and Equatorial. By George Adams, Mathematical-Instrument maker to His Majesty, and optician to his Royal Highness the prince of wales.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T64608
George Adams (Male, born 1750, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomical and Geographical Essays
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Crease
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1750, died 1795), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 272855
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Rumford's Essays v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/26 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
George Crease
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford (Male, born 1753, died 1814)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Rumford's Essays
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford (Male, born 1753, died 1814)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essays, political, economical, and philosophical. By Benjamin Count of Rumford, ... The fourth edition. Vol. I.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T167812
Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford (Male, born 1753, died 1814)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical
Borrowed: 1826/4/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: George Crease
Author: Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford (Male, born 1753, died 1814), Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 272876
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Park's Travels
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Nathaniel Machart Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels
Confidence level: Speculative
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 206 borrowing records
ESTC: N13836
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Nathaniel Machart Crawford
Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Record ID 272873
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arabian Nights v. 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Nathaniel Machart Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day and have her cut off next Morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness, &c. Containing A better account of the customs, Manners and religion of the Eastern Nations, viz. Tartars, Persians and Indians, than is to be met with in any author hitherto published. Translated into French from the Arabian Mss. by M. Galland of the Royal Academy; and now done into English from the last Paris edition. ...
Language: English . Published: Montrose. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T68153
Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Nathaniel Machart Crawford
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 272861
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Nathaniel Machart Crawford
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: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Nathaniel Machart Crawford
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 272891
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pennant's Tour Scotland v. 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Nathaniel Machart Crawford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Tour in Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T110282
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Nathaniel Machart Crawford
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 272900
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arabian Nights v. 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Samson Pearce Cameron
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day and have her cut off next Morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness, &c. Containing A better account of the customs, Manners and religion of the Eastern Nations, viz. Tartars, Persians and Indians, than is to be met with in any author hitherto published. Translated into French from the Arabian Mss. by M. Galland of the Royal Academy; and now done into English from the last Paris edition. ...
Language: English . Published: Montrose. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T68153
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Samson Pearce Cameron
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 272921
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Colin Clarke
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, 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: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Colin Clarke
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 272972
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Life of Vasa
Borrowed: 1826/4/13 (Thursday).
Alexander Halby Cairns
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Life of Gustavus Vassa
Confidence level: Certain
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by himself.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: N17046
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Borrowed: 1826/4/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Halby Cairns
Author: Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797), Genre: Lives
Record ID 272966
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Camilla v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/3/1 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Halby Cairns
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla: or, a picture of youth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 255 times in 61 borrowing records
ESTC: T144705
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
Borrowed: 1826/3/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Halby Cairns
Author: Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840), Genre: Fiction
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 272945
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Letters of a Young Nobleman
Borrowed: 1825/11/25 (Friday).
Alexander Halby Cairns
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Baron George Pitt Rivers (Male, born 1721, died 1803)
Genre: Education
Letters of a Young Nobleman
Confidence level: Certain
Baron George Pitt Rivers (Male, born 1721, died 1803)
Genre: Education
Letters to a young nobleman, upon various subjects, particularly on government and civil liberty. Wherein occasion is taken to remark on the writings of some eminent authors upon those subjects; and, in the first place, upon those of the reverend Doctor price. With some thoughts on the English constitution, and the heads of a plan of a Parliamentary reform.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T65241
Baron George Pitt Rivers (Male, born 1721, died 1803)
Genre: Education
Letters to a Young Nobleman [Baron George Pitt Rivers]
Borrowed: 1825/11/25 (Friday).
Borrower: Alexander Halby Cairns
Author: Baron George Pitt Rivers (Male, born 1721, died 1803), Genre: Education
Record ID 273083
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sparman's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/5/28 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Walter Bairnesfeather Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/5/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Walter Bairnesfeather Dickson
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273074
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Forster's Journey
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Walter Bairnesfeather Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Forster's unclear
Confidence level: Speculative
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A journey from Bengal to England, through the northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 11 borrowing records
ESTC: T105796
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Journey from Bengal to England
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: Walter Bairnesfeather Dickson
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
Record ID 273101
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Orlando Furioso v. 1, 3
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
James Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
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: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Duncan
Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Record ID 273134
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Vancouver's Voyage
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday).
Christopher James Douglas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Vancouver (Male, born 1757, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Vancouver's Voyage
Confidence level: Certain
George Vancouver (Male, born 1757, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world; in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T146725
George Vancouver (Male, born 1757, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Christopher James Douglas
Author: George Vancouver (Male, born 1757, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World
Record ID 273125
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Nearchus Voyages
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
Christopher James Douglas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Nearchus Voyage
Confidence level: Very likely
Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
The voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates, collected from the original journal preserved by Arrian, And Illustrated BY Authorities Ancient And Modern; containing an account of the first navigation attempted by Europeans in the Indian Ocean. By William Vincent, D.D. To which are added three dissertations: Two, on the Acronychal Rising of the Pleiades, By the Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Lord Bishop of Rochester; And by Mr. William Wales, Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ’s Hospital: And One by Mr. DE LA Rochette, On the First Meridian of Ptolemy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T137592
Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Christopher James Douglas
Author: Arrian of Nicomedia (Male, born c.87), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Record ID 273155
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hearne's Journey
Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday).
Christopher Douglas
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Hearne's Journey
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A journey from Prince of Wales’s fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson’s Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T146967
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean
Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: Christopher Douglas
Author: Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean
Record ID 273179
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Coxe's Russia v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/1 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
George Douglish
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Coxe's Russia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Interspersed with historical relations and political inquiries. Illustrated with charts and engravings. By William Coxe, A. M. F. R. S. fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; and Chaplain to his grace the Duke of Marlborough. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: N27892
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Borrowed: 1826/3/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: George Douglish
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273176
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Family Picture
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
George Douglish
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Holcroft's Family Picture
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
The family picture; or, Domestic dialogues on amiable and interesting subjects; illustrated by histories, allegories, tales, fables, anecdotes, &c. Intended to strengthen and inform the mind. By Thomas Holcroft, author of Duplicity, a comedy. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T57335
Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Family Picture; or, Domestic Dialogues on Amiable and Interesting Subjects
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: George Douglish
Author: Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Family Picture; or, Domestic Dialogues on Amiable and Interesting Subjects
Record ID 273215
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Coxe's Travels v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Coxe's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Interspersed with historical relations and political inquiries. Illustrated with charts and engravings. By William Coxe, A. M. F. R. S. fellow of King’s College, Cambridge; and Chaplain to his grace the Duke of Marlborough. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: N27892
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Dickson
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273245
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Diversions of Purley
Borrowed: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).
William Scott Elliott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Horne Tooke (Male, born 1738, died 1812)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Diversions of Purley
Confidence level: Certain
John Horne Tooke (Male, born 1738, died 1812)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Epea pteroenta. Or, the diversions of Purley. Part I. By John Horne Tooke, A. M. late of St. John’s College, Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T32790
John Horne Tooke (Male, born 1738, died 1812)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Epea pteroenta. Or, The Diversions of Purley
Borrowed: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Scott Elliott
Author: John Horne Tooke (Male, born 1738, died 1812), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 273230
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Turner's Embassy
Borrowed: 1825/11/28 (Monday).
William Scott Elliott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Turner (born 1759, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
Turner's Embassy
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Turner (born 1759, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
An account of an embassy to the court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet; containing a narrative of a journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet. By Captain Samuel Turner. To which are added, views taken on the spot, by Lieutenant Samuel Davis; and observations botanical, mineralogical, and medical, by Mr. Robert Saunders.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T136507
Samuel Turner (born 1759, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet
Borrowed: 1825/11/28 (Monday).
Borrower: William Scott Elliott
Author: Samuel Turner (born 1759, died 1802), Genre: Travel
Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet
Record ID 273314
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 12
Borrowed: 1826/7/5 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
James Ewing
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/7/5 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Ewing
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 273290
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Park's Travels v. 22, 17, 23
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Ewing
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 22, Volume 23
Confidence level: Speculative
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 206 borrowing records
ESTC: N13836
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Ewing
Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 22, Volume 23
Record ID 273296
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 8
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
James Ewing
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Ewing
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 273287
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 1, 3
Borrowed: 1825/12/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Ewing
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1825/12/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Ewing
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Record ID 273284
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arnot's Criminal Trials
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).
James Ewing
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: Law
Arnot's Criminal Trials
Confidence level: Certain
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: Law
A collection and abridgement of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland, from A.D. 1536, to 1784. With historical and critical remarks. By Hugo Arnot, Esq. Advocate.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 23
ESTC: T142881
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: Law
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Ewing
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: Law
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland
Record ID 273350
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Niebuhr's Travels in Arabia v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Brown Fullarton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Carsten Niebuhr (Male, born 1733, died 1815)
Genre: Travel
Niebuhr's Travels in Arabia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Carsten Niebuhr (Male, born 1733, died 1815)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Arabia, and other countries in the East.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T51605
Carsten Niebuhr (Male, born 1733, died 1815)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Arabia
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Brown Fullarton
Author: Carsten Niebuhr (Male, born 1733, died 1815), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273344
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Volney's Travels v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Brown Fullarton
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 1, 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 210 times in 169 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: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Brown Fullarton
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 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273341
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sparman's Voyage v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Brown Fullarton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Brown Fullarton
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273392
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell Johnson v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Fiddes
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Boswell Johnson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in Chronological order; a series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T64482
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Borrowed: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Fiddes
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273416
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Mirror v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/6/8 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Fiddes
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
The mirror. A periodical paper, published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T124301
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Borrowed: 1826/6/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Fiddes
Author: Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 273422
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Anarchus Travels v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Fiddes
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Anacharsis Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian æra.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790-1791. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 299 times in 148 borrowing records
ESTC: T81133
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece
Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Fiddes
Author: Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795), Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273398
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Holcroft's Family Picture
Borrowed: 1826/4/13 (Thursday).
Alexander Fiddes
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Holcroft's Family Picture
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
The family picture; or, Domestic dialogues on amiable and interesting subjects; illustrated by histories, allegories, tales, fables, anecdotes, &c. Intended to strengthen and inform the mind. By Thomas Holcroft, author of Duplicity, a comedy. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T57335
Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Family Picture; or, Domestic Dialogues on Amiable and Interesting Subjects
Borrowed: 1826/4/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Fiddes
Author: Thomas Holcroft (Male, born 1745, died 1809), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Family Picture; or, Domestic Dialogues on Amiable and Interesting Subjects
Record ID 273428
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gibbon's Roman Empire v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Fairbairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ... A new edition
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792-1797. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 195 times in 150 borrowing records
ESTC: N33264
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Fairbairn
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273431
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gibbon's Roman Empire v. 5, 6
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Fairbairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Speculative
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; ... A new edition
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792-1797. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 195 times in 150 borrowing records
ESTC: N33264
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Fairbairn
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 273434
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Kincaird's Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
James Forrest
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Alexander Kincaid (Male)
Genre: History
Kincaid's Edinburgh
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Kincaid (Male)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from the earliest accounts to the present time; by way of guide to the city and suburbs. To which is annexed, a gazetteer of the county. Embellished with a plan of the Town and Suburbs; as also, a map of the Environs, The Radius Eleven Miles East, South, and West.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T36367
Alexander Kincaid (Male)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Forrest
Author: Alexander Kincaid (Male), Genre: History
History of Edinburgh, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time
Record ID 273488
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Lempriere's Dictionary
Borrowed: 1826/5/4 (Thursday).
Frederick Campbell Grant
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Lemprière (Male, born c.1765, died 1824)
Genre: Reference Works
Lempriere's Classical Dictionary
Confidence level: Very likely
John Lemprière (Male, born c.1765, died 1824)
Genre: Reference Works
Bibliotheca classica; or, a classical dictionary, containing a full account of all the proper names mentioned in antient authors. To which are subjoined, tables of coins, weights, and measures, in use among the Greeks and Romans.
Language: English . Published: Reading. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T143339
John Lemprière (Male, born c.1765, died 1824)
Genre: Reference Works
Bibliotheca Classica; or, A Classical Dictionary
Borrowed: 1826/5/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Frederick Campbell Grant
Author: John Lemprière (Male, born c.1765, died 1824), Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 273500
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Chesterfield's Letters v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/2/1 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Robert Graeme
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (Male, born 1694, died 1773)
Genre: Lives
Chesterfield's Letters to his Son
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (Male, born 1694, died 1773)
Genre: Lives
Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. Late Envoy-Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden. Together with Several other Pieces on Various Subjects. In four volumes. Published from the originals by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T92045
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (Male, born 1694, died 1773)
Genre: Lives
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope
Borrowed: 1826/2/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Robert Graeme
Author: Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (Male, born 1694, died 1773), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273506
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gurney's Short Hand
Borrowed: 1826/3.
Robert Graeme
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Gurney's Short Hand Writing
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Brachygraphy: or An easy and compendious system of short-hand, adapted to the various arts, sciences and professions; Improved after more than forty years practice & experience by Thomas Gurney: and brought still nearer to perfection upon the present method by Joseph Gurney.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T166677
Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Brachygraphy
Borrowed: 1826/3.
Borrower: Robert Graeme
Author: Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 273497
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Camilla v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/1/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Graeme
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla: or, a picture of youth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 255 times in 61 borrowing records
ESTC: T144705
Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
Borrowed: 1826/1/21 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Graeme
Author: Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840), Genre: Fiction
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273515
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Life of Johnson v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Boswell's Life of Johnson v. 1, 2
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in Chronological order; a series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his compostion, never before published.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T64484
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Andrew Gordon
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273512
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 2
Borrowed: 1826/29. Returned: yes.
Andrew Gordon
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: 1826/29.
Borrower: Andrew Gordon
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 273518
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Life v. 3
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Boswell's Life of Johnson v. 1, 4
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in Chronological order; a series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his compostion, never before published.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T64484
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).
Borrower: Andrew Gordon
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 273524
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Life v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: unclear.
Andrew Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Boswell's Life of Johnson v. 1, 3
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in Chronological order; a series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his compostion, never before published.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T64484
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Borrowed: 1826/12/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Andrew Gordon
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273533
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Crawford's Poems
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).
William Steele Gairdner
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726)
Genre: Poetry
Crawford's Poems
Confidence level: Certain
David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, on various subjects. By David Crawford.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T132353
David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [David Crauford]
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Steele Gairdner
Author: David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 273536
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Damberger Travels
Borrowed: 1825/11/26 (Saturday).
William Steele Gairdner
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Christian Frederick Damberger (Male)
Genre: Travel
Damberger's Travels
Confidence level: Certain
Christian Frederick Damberger (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco, from the years 1781 to 1797; through Caffraria ... likewise across the great desert of Sahara, and the northern parts of Barbary
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1801. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 15
Christian Frederick Damberger (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior of Africa [Damberger]
Borrowed: 1825/11/26 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Steele Gairdner
Author: Christian Frederick Damberger (Male), Genre: Travel
Record ID 273554
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Swinburne's Travels v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Steele Gairdner
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Swinburne's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776. In which several monuments of Roman and Moorish architecture are illustrated by accurate drawings taken on the spot. By Henry Swinburne, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 118 times in 113 borrowing records
ESTC: T88895
Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Steele Gairdner
Author: Henry Swinburne (Male, born 1743, died 1803), Genre: Travel
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273566
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
John Charles Hope Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Ansell's Siege of Gibraltar
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: History
An authentic and accurate journal of the late siege of Gibraltar; being a curcumstantial account of every material transaction relative to that memorable event, from the day on which the communication between that garrison and Spain was shut up, to the arrival of the Thetis frigate with the preliminary articles of peace.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T72997
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
Borrower: John Charles Hope Gibson
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 273557
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Adventurer v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/11/6 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Charles Hope Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
The adventurer. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N492796
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Borrowed: 1825/11/6 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Charles Hope Gibson
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273575
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 12
Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
John Charles Hope Gibson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
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: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Charles Hope Gibson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 273596
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Southey v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Southey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Letters written during a short residence in Spain and Portugal, by Robert Southey.
Language: English . Published: Bristol. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T139933
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal
Borrowed: 1825/12.
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843), Genre: Travel
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273578
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
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 Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T139140
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273599
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, 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: 1826/1/4 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273617
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
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 Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T139140
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 273611
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/2/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
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 Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T139140
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Birds
Borrowed: 1826/2/17 (Friday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273581
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273602
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 7
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Gowans
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 7
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: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Gowans
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 7
Record ID 273605
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hearne's Journey
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Hearne's Journey
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A journey from Prince of Wales’s fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson’s Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: T146967
Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: John Gowans
Author: Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean
Record ID 273647
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pennant's Tour v. 2
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
George Hill
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Tour
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T110282
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Hill
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 273620
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Park's Travels
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
George Hill
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels
Confidence level: Speculative
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 206 borrowing records
ESTC: N13836
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Hill
Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Record ID 273629
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pennant's Tour v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
George Hill
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Tour
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T110282
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Hill
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273650
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 16
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
George Hill
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Hill
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 273626
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 6, 13, 12
Borrowed: 1825/11. Returned: yes.
George Hill
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 12, Volume 13
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: 1825/11.
Borrower: George Hill
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 12, Volume 13
Record ID 273674
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sparman's Voyage v. 2
Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Other.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Andrew Hunter
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 273671
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sparman's Voyage v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Andrew Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Other.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T150219
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Andrew Hunter
Author: Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820), Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273662
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Will and Jean
Borrowed: 1826/4/26 (Wednesday).
Andrew Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Other.
Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Will and Jean
Confidence level: Very likely
Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Scotland’s skaith; or, the history o’ Will and Jean : Owre true a tale! Together with some additional poems, by the author of the Harp. Embellished with elegant engravings.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T126211
Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Scotland’s Skaith; or, The History o’ Will and Jean
Borrowed: 1826/4/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Andrew Hunter
Author: Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 273710
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Citizen of the World
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday).
John Humphrey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Citizen of the World
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
The citizen of the world or letters from a Chinese philosopher residing in London to his friends in the east, by Oliver Goldsmith. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T146040
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Citizen of the World
Borrowed: 1826/5/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Humphrey
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 273758
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Asiatic Researches v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Samuel Hendrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Asiatic Researches
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Asiatick researches; Or, Transactions of the society, instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia. Volume the first. Printed verbatim from the Calcutta edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: N43265
Genre: Periodicals
Asiatick Researches; or, Transactions of the Society, instituted in Bengal
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Samuel Hendrie
Genre: Periodicals
Asiatick Researches; or, Transactions of the Society, instituted in Bengal
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 273755
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Tour
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Thomas Samuel Hendrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
Boswell's Tour
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. By James Boswell, Esq. containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; A Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and Books: with an authentick account of The Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II. in the Year 1746.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T53594
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Samuel Hendrie
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Travel
Record ID 273764
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gurney's Shorthand v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Hutton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Gurney's Shorthand
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
An easy and compendious system of shorthand; adapted to the arts and sciences, and to the learned professions. By Thomas Sarjeant. [Four lines of verse]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: W31357
Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Easy and Compendious System of Shorthand
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday).
Borrower: James Hutton
Author: Thomas Gurney (Male, born 1705, died 1770), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Easy and Compendious System of Shorthand
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273815
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Mirror v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/5/10 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
The mirror. A periodical paper, published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T124301
Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Periodicals
Mirror
Borrowed: 1826/5/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Hunter
Author: Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 273827
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Alves Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday).
Thomas Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Alves (Male, born 1745, died 1794)
Genre: Poetry
Alves Edinburgh
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Alves (Male, born 1745, died 1794)
Genre: Poetry
Edinburgh: a poem, in two parts. Also, the weeping bard: a poem, in sixteen cantos. By Robert Alves, A.M.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T95483
Robert Alves (Male, born 1745, died 1794)
Genre: Poetry
Edinburgh: a Poem
Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Hunter
Author: Robert Alves (Male, born 1745, died 1794), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 273791
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).
Thomas Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Ansell's Siege of Gibraltar
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: History
An authentic and accurate journal of the late siege of Gibraltar; being a curcumstantial account of every material transaction relative to that memorable event, from the day on which the communication between that garrison and Spain was shut up, to the arrival of the Thetis frigate with the preliminary articles of peace.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T72997
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Hunter
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 273809
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Orlando Furioso v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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: 1826/4/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: Thomas Hunter
Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 273833
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 4
Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
James Harwood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 262 times in 223 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Harwood
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 273872
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arabian Nights v. 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/2/12 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Charles Ireland
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a bloody vow he had made to marry a lady every day and have her cut off next Morning, to avenge himself for the disloyalty of his first Sultaness, &c. Containing A better account of the customs, Manners and religion of the Eastern Nations, viz. Tartars, Persians and Indians, than is to be met with in any author hitherto published. Translated into French from the Arabian Mss. by M. Galland of the Royal Academy; and now done into English from the last Paris edition. ...
Language: English . Published: Montrose. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T68153
Borrowed: 1826/2/12 (Sunday).
Borrower: Charles Ireland
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4