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Record ID 275285
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arnot's Criminal Trials
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Thomas Ormond
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: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Ormond
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: Law
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland
Record ID 275291
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Epistle of Queen Oborea
Borrowed: 1826/4/28 (Friday).
Thomas Ormond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Epistle of Queen Oborea
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
An epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks, Esq. Translated by T. Q. Z. Esq. professor of the Otaheite language in Dublin, and of all the languages of the undiscovered islands in the South Sea; and enriched with historical and explanatory notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T63305
Genre: Travel
Epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks
Record ID 275267
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Statistical Account of Scotland v. 19
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Ormond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical Account of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1791-1799. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 21 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 440 times in 307 borrowing records
ESTC: T132173
Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical Account of Scotland
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Ormond
Author: Sir John Sinclair (Male, born 1754, died 1835), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical Account of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19
Record ID 275333
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cordiner's Antiquity
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday).
John Palmer
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Cordiner (Male, born c.1746, died 1794)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Cordiner's Antiquities
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Cordiner (Male, born c.1746, died 1794)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Antiquities & scenery of the North of Scotland, in a Series of Letters, to Thomas Pennant, Esqr. By the Revd. Chas. Cordiner, Minister of St. Andrew’s Chapel, Bamff.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T56850
Charles Cordiner (Male, born c.1746, died 1794)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a Series of Letters, to Thomas Pennant
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Palmer
Author: Charles Cordiner (Male, born c.1746, died 1794), Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a Series of Letters, to Thomas Pennant
Record ID 275327
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pennant's Tour
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
John Palmer
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Tour
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: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Palmer
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Record ID 275330
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Curiosities of Great Britain v. 2, 3, 4, 5
Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
John Palmer
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T34503
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Palmer
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 275345
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Monthly Review v. 41
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 41
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review; or, Literary journal. Giving a candid account, with abstracts of, or extracts from, the new books and pamphlets, published in Great-Britain and Ireland, as they come out. ... By several hands.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 76v.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: P1965
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal
Volumes borrowed: Volume 41
Record ID 275339
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Fool of Quality v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T144135
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275384
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 17
Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17
Record ID 275378
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275369
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Mosheim's Church History v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/2. Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
Mosheim's Church History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
An ecclesiastical history, antient and modern, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the present century: in which The Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power are considered In their Connexion with the State of Learning and Philosophy, and the Political History of Europe during that Period. By the late learned John Lawrence Mosheim, D. D. And Chancellor of the University of Gottingen. Translated from the original Latin, And accompanied with Notes and Chronological Tables, by Archibald Maclaine, D.D. In five volumes. To the whole is added an accurate index.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 51 times in 45 borrowing records
ESTC: T192657
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century
Borrowed: 1826/2.
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Author: Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 275348
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Monthly Review v. 42
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 42
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review; or, Literary journal. Giving a candid account, with abstracts of, or extracts from, the new books and pamphlets, published in Great-Britain and Ireland, as they come out. ... By several hands.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 76v.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: P1965
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal
Volumes borrowed: Volume 42
Record ID 275381
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 16
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 275357
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Canterbury Tales v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775-1778. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Editors: Tyrwhitt, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T76319
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Borrowed: 1825/12.
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4
Record ID 275342
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Monthly Review v. 60
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 60
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review; or, Literary journal. Giving a candid account, with abstracts of, or extracts from, the new books and pamphlets, published in Great-Britain and Ireland, as they come out. ... By several hands.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752-1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 76v.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: P1965
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal
Volumes borrowed: Volume 60
Record ID 275396
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gillie's History of Greece v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Purdie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
Gillies' History of Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, its colonies, and conquests; from the earliest accounts till the division of the Macedonian Empire in the east Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792-1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 76 times in 39 borrowing records
ESTC: T97875
John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday).
Borrower: John Purdie
Author: John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836), Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275408
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gibbon's Roman History v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Purdie
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
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: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Purdie
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 275390
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's America v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
John Purdie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of America. By William Robertson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 188 borrowing records
ESTC: T78964
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Purdie
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 275399
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gillie's Greece v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Purdie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
Gillies' Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, its colonies, and conquests; from the earliest accounts till the division of the Macedonian Empire in the east Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792-1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 76 times in 39 borrowing records
ESTC: T97875
John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests
Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday).
Borrower: John Purdie
Author: John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836), Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275438
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pelew Islands
Borrowed: 1825/11/29 (Tuesday).
James Baillie Pender
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Travel
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: 1825/11/29 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Baillie Pender
Author: George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797), Genre: Travel
Record ID 275456
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
William Charles Richard Patrick
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Charles Richard Patrick
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 275453
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/11. Returned: yes.
William Charles Richard Patrick
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1825/11.
Borrower: William Charles Richard Patrick
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 275492
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Bank
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).
George Henry Rowley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Bankes ()
Genre: Travel
Bank
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Bankes ()
Genre: Travel
A new, royal, and authentic system of universal geography, antient and modern: ... containing a genuine history and description of the whole world, ... By the Rev. Thomas Bankes, ... Edward Warren Blake, Esq. Alexander Cook, Esq. and Thomas Lloyd. Embellished with near two hundred beautiful engravings, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: N42027
Thomas Bankes ()
Genre: Travel
New, Royal, and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern [Thomas Bankes]
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: George Henry Rowley
Author: Thomas Bankes (), Genre: Travel
New, Royal, and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern [Thomas Bankes]
Record ID 275483
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
George Henry Rowley
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: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Henry Rowley
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275498
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Wilson's Pelew Islands
Borrowed: 1826/3/20 (Monday).
George Henry Rowley
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: 1826/3/20 (Monday).
Borrower: George Henry Rowley
Author: George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797), Genre: Travel
Record ID 275495
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pennant's Tour
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
George Henry Rowley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Pennant's Tour
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: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: George Henry Rowley
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Record ID 275486
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Phipp's Voyages
Borrowed: 1825/11/25 (Friday).
George Henry Rowley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Phipp's Voyages
Shelfmark: 199. Format: 4to.
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1825/11/25 (Friday).
Borrower: George Henry Rowley
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Record ID 275489
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/12/7 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
George Henry Rowley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1825/12/7 (Wednesday).
Borrower: George Henry Rowley
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275531
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Hugh Redpath
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Hugh Redpath
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 275525
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arnot's Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1825/11.
Hugh Redpath
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
Arnot's Edinburgh
Confidence level: Certain
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh. By Hugo Arnot, Esq; Advocate.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 143
ESTC: T142880
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1825/11.
Borrower: Hugh Redpath
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History
Record ID 275534
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 9
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
Hugh Redpath
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 9
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: 1825/12.
Borrower: Hugh Redpath
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 9
Record ID 275540
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Anacharsis Travels v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Hugh Redpath
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 1, Volume 2, 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 362 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: T81133
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece
Borrowed: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Hugh Redpath
Author: Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795), Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 275567
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Tour
Borrowed: 1826/2/2 (Thursday).
Donald Horn Rigrie
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: 1826/2/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Donald Horn Rigrie
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Travel
Record ID 275579
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Ancell Siege Gibr.
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
John Ross
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Ancell (Male, died 1802)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Ancell's Siege of Gibraltar
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Ancell (Male, died 1802)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A journal of the late and important blockade and siege of Gibraltar, from the twelfth of September 1779, to the third day of February 1783. Containing A minute Detail of the memorable and interesting Transactions, Naval and Military Operations; Interspersed With historical Accounts of the Garrison, genuine and entertaining Anecdotes, &c. &c. By Samuel Ancell, Clerk to the 58th Regiment, In a Series of Letters wrote on the Spot
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 46
ESTC: T97134
Samuel Ancell (Male, died 1802)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journal of the Late and Important Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: John Ross
Author: Samuel Ancell (Male, died 1802), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Journal of the Late and Important Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 275618
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Life of Vassa
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Thomas Ross
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: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Ross
Author: Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797), Genre: Lives
Record ID 275603
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Coxe's Russia v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Ross
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: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Ross
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 275612
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Ross
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: 1826/1/6 (Friday).
Borrower: Thomas Ross
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275657
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gustavus Vassa
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Walter Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Gustavus Vassa
Confidence level: Very likely
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: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Walter Reid
Author: Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797), Genre: Lives
Record ID 275639
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Natural History v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Walter Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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: 1825/12/9 (Friday).
Borrower: Walter Reid
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 275699
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Vicar of Wakefield
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
Thomas Slate
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: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Slate
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 275702
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 15
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Slate
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Slate
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Record ID 275687
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
Thomas Slate
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Record ID 275723
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Criminal Trials by Arnot
Borrowed: 1826/1/28 (Saturday).
William Saunders
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: 1826/1/28 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Saunders
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: Law
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland
Record ID 275711
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arnot's Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday).
William Saunders
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
Arnot's Edinburgh
Confidence level: Certain
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh. By Hugo Arnot, Esq; Advocate.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 143
ESTC: T142880
Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday).
Borrower: William Saunders
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History
Record ID 275765
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Charles Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Charles Simson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 275753
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Swinburne's Travels v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Charles Simson
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: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Charles Simson
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 275744
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Watson's [?] Philip v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Charles Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
Watson's Philip
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of Philip the second, king of Spain. By Robert Watson, ... In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 16 borrowing records
ESTC: T118087
Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: Charles Simson
Author: Robert Watson (Male, born c.1730, died 1781), Genre: History
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 275801
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Canterbury Tales v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/4/14 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Robert Stein
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775-1778. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Editors: Tyrwhitt, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T76319
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Borrowed: 1826/4/14 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Stein
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4
Record ID 275810
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Ossian's Poems v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/6/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Robert Stein
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Ossian's Poems
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
The poems of Ossian. In two volumes. A new edition. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T124836
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Poems of Ossian
Borrowed: 1826/6/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Robert Stein
Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 275813
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Lempriere's Dictionary
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
David Smith
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: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: David Smith
Author: John Lemprière (Male, born c.1765, died 1824), Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 275822
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
D'Anville's anc Geography
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
David Smith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
D'Anville's Ancient Geography
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie ancienne abrégée
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: 1
Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782)
Genre: Travel
Géographie Ancienne Abrégée
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: David Smith
Author: Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d' Anville (Male, born 1697, died 1782), Genre: Travel
Record ID 275840
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Vassa's Life
Borrowed: 1826/3/2 (Thursday).
William Robert Sands
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Vassa's Life
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: 1826/3/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Robert Sands
Author: Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797), Genre: Lives
Record ID 275849
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Wilson's P I
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
Hastings David Sands
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: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Hastings David Sands
Author: George Keate (Male, born 1729, died 1797), Genre: Travel
Record ID 275846
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Stewart's Outlines of Moral Philosophy
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Hastings David Sands
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Dugald Stewart (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Stewart's Outlines of Moral Philosophy
Confidence level: Certain
Dugald Stewart (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Outlines of moral philosophy. For the use of students in the University of Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T130220
Dugald Stewart (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Outlines of Moral Philosophy
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Hastings David Sands
Author: Dugald Stewart (Male, born 1753, died 1828), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 275861
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Stewart
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: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Stewart
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 275882
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Phipp's Voyages
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
George Baird Shaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Phipp's Voyages
Shelfmark: 199. Format: 4to.
Confidence level: Certain
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty’s command 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T152604
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Baird Shaw
Author: Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Male, born 1744, died 1792), Genre: Travel
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command 1773
Record ID 275879
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 10
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
George Baird Shaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Baird Shaw
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10
Record ID 275918
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 20
Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
James Thomas Taylor
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Thomas Taylor
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20
Record ID 275981
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Edinburgh Review v. 17, 18
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Periodicals
Edinburgh Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 18
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Edinburgh Magazine and Review.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773-1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: P2256
Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Tarvey
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 18
Record ID 275945
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Johnson's Dictionary
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).
James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Reference Works
Johnson's Dictionary
Confidence level: Very likely
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Reference Works
A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. ... By Samuel Johnson. ...
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T117233
Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Reference Works
Dictionary of the English Language
Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Tarvey
Author: Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13), Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 275954
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Family Picture
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
James Tarvey
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: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Tarvey
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 275930
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Beauties of Nature v. 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of nature and art displayed, in a tour through the world; ... Illustrated and embellished with copper plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1775. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 13v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T113576
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed, in a Tour through the World
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Tarvey
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed, in a Tour through the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 276020
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Langhorn v. 5, 6
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Langhorn
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Likely
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Thomson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 276023
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Alves Edinburgh
Borrowed: 1826/4/22 (Saturday).
Thomas Thomson
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: 1826/4/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Thomson
Author: Robert Alves (Male, born 1745, died 1794), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 276029
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 5, 9
Borrowed: 1826/5/28 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 9
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/5/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Thomson
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 9
Record ID 276014
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia v. 4, 8
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 8
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 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Thomson
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 8
Record ID 276026
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Coxe's Switzerland v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/5/4 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828)
Genre: Travel
Coxe's Switzerland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
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: 1826/5/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Thomas Thomson
Author: William Coxe (Male, born 1747, died 1828), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 276041
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hawkesworth's Voyages v. 1, 3
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Todd
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Todd
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Record ID 276053
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Todd
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: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: Joseph Todd
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 276050
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Todd
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: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Joseph Todd
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 276044
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sparman's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Joseph Todd
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: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Joseph Todd
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 276074
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Walter Tunrbull
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: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: Walter Tunrbull
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276080
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Penns. Tour v. 3
Returned: yes.
William Taylor
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 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
Borrower: William Taylor
Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 276110
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Curiosities of G. Britain v. 6
Borrowed: 1826/5/27 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T34503
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1826/5/27 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Wilson
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 276101
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Curiosities of Great Britain v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T34503
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Thomas Wilson
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276089
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Haselden's Seaman's Daily Assistant
Borrowed: 1825/12/7 (Wednesday).
Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Haselden (Male, died 1740)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Haselden's Seaman's Daily Assistant
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Haselden (Male, died 1740)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
The seaman’s daily assistant new modelled: being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea. In which are contained rules for working the cases in plane, middle latitude, and mercator’s sailing. Also, Rules shewing how the allowances for Leeway, Variation, Heave of the Sea, set of Currents, &c. are to be made, and to correct the Dead-Reckoning by an Observation, in all Cases: And, also, all the Tables that are any ways necessary for the Seaman’s use in keeping a Journal. Likewise, Rules for finding the Latitude by the Meridian Altitude of the Sun, Moon, and Fixed Stars: And, also, the method of determining the Latitude by two Altitudes of the Sun, with the help of the Solar Tables. To which is added, a new mercator’s chart of the wester ocean. By Thomas Haselden, Late Teacher of the Mathematics in the Royal Navy. The whole raised and corrected, with many additions, by A. Smyth, Mathematician.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T66605
Thomas Haselden (Male, died 1740)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Seaman’s Daily Assistant New Modelled
Borrowed: 1825/12/7 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Wilson
Author: Thomas Haselden (Male, died 1740), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Record ID 276104
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).
Thomas Wilson
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: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Wilson
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 276140
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Walker
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 276137
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Butler's Hudibras
Borrowed: 1826/4/10 (Monday).
Alexander Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
Butler's Hudibras
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
Hudibras: in three parts. Written in the time of the late wars. By Samuel Butler. With a complete index. A new edition. Adorned with cuts.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T1927
Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
Hudibras
Borrowed: 1826/4/10 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Walker
Author: Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 276131
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Fool of Quality v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T144135
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Walker
Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 276179
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Gibbon's Empire v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Wilson
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
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: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Wilson
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276194
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Simpson Walker
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: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: Archibald Simpson Walker
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276197
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Simpson Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Archibald Simpson Walker
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 276206
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Curiosities of Great Britain v. 5, 6
Borrowed: 1826/4/15 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Simpson Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T34503
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Borrowed: 1826/4/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Archibald Simpson Walker
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 276218
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Citizen of the World v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Simpson Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Fiction
Citizen of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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: 1826/6/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: Archibald Simpson Walker
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276191
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1826/2/1 (Wednesday).
Archibald Simpson Walker
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: 1826/2/1 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Archibald Simpson Walker
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 276209
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Fool of Quality v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Archibald Simpson Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T144135
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Archibald Simpson Walker
Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 276260
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Canterbury Tales v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Wood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775-1778. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Editors: Tyrwhitt, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T76319
Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Wood
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4
Record ID 276251
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Vicar of Wakefield
Borrowed: 1826/2.
William Wood
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: 1826/2.
Borrower: William Wood
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 276248
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 1
Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday). Returned: yes.
William Wood
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: 1826/1/20 (Friday).
Borrower: William Wood
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 276227
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Boswell's Tour
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
William Wood
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: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Wood
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Travel
Record ID 276335
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Bank's Geography v. 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Peter Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Bank's Geography
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and description of the whole world, as consisting of empires, ... With the various countries, cities, towns, .... Thoughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and America: together with their respective situations, extent, latitude, longitude, ... together with a complete history of every empire, kingdom, and state, ... The whole forming an authentic and entertaining account of every thing worthy of notice throughout the whole face of nature, both by land and water. In which is introduced, to illustrate the work, a considerable number of the most accurate whole sheet maps, forming a complete atlas. To which is added complete guide to geography, astronomy, ... with an account of the rise, progress, and present state of navigation throughout the known world. Likewise containing every important, interesting, and valuable discovery throughout the whole of Cook’s voyages. Together with all the discoveries made by other mariners since the time of that celebrated circumnavigator. Also, a particular description of the improved state of the new colony formed at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, where the convicts are now settled. Including a particular account of the excursions and discoveries made in the interior parts of New Holland. The whole forming a complete collection of voyages and travels. By the Rev. Thomas Bankes, vicar of Dixton, in Monmouthshire, and author of the Christian’s family Bible. Embellished with near two hundred beautiful engravings, consisting of views, antiquities, customs, ceremonies, besides whole sheet maps, plans, charts, &c. executed in a much superior stile than any thing that has ever appeared in this kingdom.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: folio. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 27
ESTC: T173389
Genre: Travel
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography
Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Peter Walker
Genre: Travel
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 276326
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Aikenside's Poems v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Peter Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Mark Akenside (Male, born 1721, died 1770)
Genre: Poetry
Akenside's Poems
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Mark Akenside (Male, born 1721, died 1770)
Genre: Poetry
The poems of Mark Akenside, M.D. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: N40478
Mark Akenside (Male, born 1721, died 1770)
Genre: Poetry
Poems of Mark Akenside
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Peter Walker
Author: Mark Akenside (Male, born 1721, died 1770), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276338
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Vicar of Wakefield
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Peter Walker
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: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: Peter Walker
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 276371
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Hoole's Tasso v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
William Finlay Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Hoole's Tasso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem delivered; an heroic poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Hoole, John, 1727-1803
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: N6701
Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Finlay Watson
Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276410
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Siege of Gibraltar
Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday).
J Wishart
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: 1826/5/26 (Friday).
Borrower: J Wishart
Genre: History
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar
Record ID 276416
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Sparman's Voyage
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Robert Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyage
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: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: Robert Walker
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
Record ID 276437
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Fool of Quality v. 1, 2, 3, 4
Borrowed: 1826/2/15 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Adam Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T144135
Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Borrowed: 1826/2/15 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Adam Young
Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 276431
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Beauties of Nature and Art v. 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/1/12 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Adam Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Nature and Art
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of nature and art displayed, in a tour through the world; ... Illustrated and embellished with copper plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1775. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 13v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T113576
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed, in a Tour through the World
Borrowed: 1826/1/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: Thomas Adam Young
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Beauties of Nature and Art Displayed, in a Tour through the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 276419
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's Birds v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Thomas Adam Young
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: 1825/10/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Adam Young
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2