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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 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 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 275738
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Pindar's Works v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/12/7 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Charles Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Pindar's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Peter Pindar, Esq. ...
Language: English . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T63914
Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Peter Pindar
Borrowed: 1825/12/7 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Charles Simson
Author: Peter Pindar John Wolcot (Male, born 1738, died 1819), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Record ID 275741
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Campbell's India
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).
Charles Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Donald Campbell (Male, born 1751, died 1804)
Genre: Travel
Campbell's India
Confidence level: Speculative
Donald Campbell (Male, born 1751, died 1804)
Genre: Travel
A journey over land to India, partly by a route never gone before by any European, by Donald Campbell, of Barbreck, Esq. Who Formerly Commanded A Regiment Of Cavalry In The Service Of His Highness The Nabob Of The Carnatic. In a series of letters to his son. Comprehending His Shipwreck And Imprisonment With Hyder Alli, And His Subsequent Negociations And Transactions In The East
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 70 times in 68 borrowing records
ESTC: T73540
Donald Campbell (Male, born 1751, died 1804)
Genre: Travel
Journey over Land to India
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Charles Simson
Author: Donald Campbell (Male, born 1751, died 1804), Genre: Travel
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 275807
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Adventurer v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.
Robert Stein
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
The adventurer. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 23 borrowing records
ESTC: N492796
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer
Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Stein
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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 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 275828
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Spectator v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1826/6/8 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
David Smith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The spectator. ... Carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: N24135
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Borrowed: 1826/6/8 (Thursday).
Borrower: David Smith
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
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 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 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 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 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 275891
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Family Instructor
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
George Baird Shaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: Education
Family Instructor
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: Education
The family-instructor. In three parts. Relating I. To parents and children. II. To masters and servants. III. To husbands and wives.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: N2811
Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731)
Genre: Education
Family-instructor
Borrowed: 1826/3/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Baird Shaw
Author: Daniel Defoe (Male, born c.1661, died 1731), Genre: Education
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 275873
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Berenger on Horsemanship
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
George Baird Shaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Berenger on Horsemanship
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The history and art of horsemanship.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T127820
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
History and Art of Horsemanship
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Baird Shaw
Author: Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 275885
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Ramsay's Travels
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
George Baird Shaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Ramsay's Travels
Confidence level: Certain
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
The travels of Cyrus. To which is annexed, a discourse upon the theology and mythology of the pagans. By the Chevalier Ramsay.
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T176324
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Cyrus
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Baird Shaw
Author: Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743), Genre: Fiction
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 275936
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Universal History v. 15, 17
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday). Returned: yes.
James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15, Volume 17
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday).
Borrower: James Tarvey
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15, Volume 17
Record ID 275939
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Macartney [unclear]
Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).
James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Macartney [unclear]
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China; including cursory observations made, and Information Obtained, in travelling through that ancient empire, and a Small Part of Chinese Tartary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1797. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 115 times in 71 borrowing records
ESTC: T103540
Genre: Travel
Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China
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 275978
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Lithgow Travels
Borrowed: 1826/6/7 (Wednesday).
James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Lithgow (Male, born 1582, died 1645)
Genre: Travel
Lithgow's Travels
Confidence level: Certain
William Lithgow (Male, born 1582, died 1645)
Genre: Travel
Travels and voyages, through Europe, Asia, and Africa, for nineteen years. Containing An Account of the Religion, Government, Policy, Laws, Customs, Trade, &c. of the several countries through which the Author travelled: and a Description of Jerusalem, and many other remarkable places mentioned in Sacred and Profane History: Also A Narrative of the tortures he suffered in the Spanish Inquifition, and of his miraculous deliverance from those cruelties. By William Lithgow.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T113283
William Lithgow (Male, born 1582, died 1645)
Genre: Travel
Travels and Voyages, through Europe, Asia, and Africa, for Nineteen Years
Borrowed: 1826/6/7 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Tarvey
Author: William Lithgow (Male, born 1582, died 1645), Genre: Travel
Travels and Voyages, through Europe, Asia, and Africa, for Nineteen Years
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 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 275972
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Abercrombie's Achievements v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
James Tarvey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Abercormby's Martial Achievements
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
The martial atchievements [sic] of the Scots nation: ... By Patrick Abercromby, ... In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 257 times in 200 borrowing records
ESTC: N34973
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Borrowed: 1826/5/14 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Tarvey
Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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 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 275999
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Foster's Journey
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).
Thomas Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Forster's unclear
Confidence level: Speculative
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
A journey from Bengal to England, through the northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 11 borrowing records
ESTC: T105796
Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Journey from Bengal to England
Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Thomson
Author: Georg Forster (Male, born 1754, died 1794), Genre: Travel
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 276092
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Abercormby's Martial Achievements v. 1, 2, 3
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Abercormby's Martial Achievements
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
The martial atchievements [sic] of the Scots nation: ... By Patrick Abercromby, ... In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 257 times in 200 borrowing records
ESTC: N34973
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Borrowed: 1825/12.
Borrower: Thomas Wilson
Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, 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 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 276119
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Shakespeare v. 2, 4
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Alexander Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 4
Confidence level: Likely
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v..
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T138602
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Alexander Walker
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 4
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 276173
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Beattie's Poems
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).
John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Poetry
Beattie's Poems
Confidence level: Certain
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Poetry
Original poems and translations. By James Beattie, A.M.
Language: English . Published: London | | [i.e. Aberdeen?]. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T136422
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Poetry
Original Poems and Translations [James Beattie]
Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Wilson
Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 276155
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Shakespeare's Works v. 3, 4, 5, 8
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 8
Confidence level: Speculative
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v..
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T138602
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Wilson
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 8
Record ID 276164
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Shakespeare's Works v. 5, 6
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Speculative
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v..
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 98 borrowing records
ESTC: T138602
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Wilson
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 276176
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Knox's Reformation
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Knox (Male, born 1505, died 1572)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Knox's Reformation
Confidence level: Certain
John Knox (Male, born 1505, died 1572)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
The history of the reformation of religion within the realm of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T121687
John Knox (Male, born 1505, died 1572)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Wilson
Author: John Knox (Male, born 1505, died 1572), Genre: History, Genre: Theology
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 276242
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Dialogues of the Dead v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.
William Wood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7)
Genre: Education
Dialogues of the Dead
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7)
Genre: Education
Dialogues of the dead, ancient and modern. Together with some fables, composed for the education of a prince. By the Archbishop of Cambray. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T221847
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7)
Genre: Education
Dialogues of the Dead [François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon]
Borrowed: 1825/12.
Borrower: William Wood
Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7), Genre: Education
Dialogues of the Dead [François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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 276311
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Derham's Astro Theology
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Patrick Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Derham (Male, born 1657, died 1735)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Derham's Astro Theology
Confidence level: Certain
William Derham (Male, born 1657, died 1735)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Astro-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from a survey of the heavens. Illustrated with copper plates. By W. Derham, late Canon of Windsor, Rector of Upminster, in Essex, and F. R. S.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: N4306
William Derham (Male, born 1657, died 1735)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Patrick Walker
Author: William Derham (Male, born 1657, died 1735), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens
Record ID 276323
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Botanic Garden
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Peter Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Erasmus Darwin (Male, born 1731, died 1802)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Botanic Garden
Confidence level: Certain
Erasmus Darwin (Male, born 1731, died 1802)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
The botanic garden; a poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the economy of vegetation. Part II. The loves of the plants. With philosophical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T82160
Erasmus Darwin (Male, born 1731, died 1802)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Botanic Garden; A Poem
Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Peter Walker
Author: Erasmus Darwin (Male, born 1731, died 1802), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
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 276347
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Spectator v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/6/7 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Peter Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4
Confidence level: Very likely
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The spectator. ... Carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 32 borrowing records
ESTC: N24135
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Borrowed: 1826/6/7 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Peter Walker
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4
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 276356
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Belesarius
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
William Finlay Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Fiction
Belisarius
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Fiction
Belisarius. By M. Marmontel, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T61500
Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Fiction
Belisarius [Jean-François Marmontel]
Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Finlay Watson
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 276365
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Will and Jean
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
William Finlay Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Will and Jean
Confidence level: Very likely
Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Scotland’s skaith; or, the history o’ Will and Jean : Owre true a tale! Together with some additional poems, by the author of the Harp. Embellished with elegant engravings.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T126211
Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Scotland’s Skaith; or, The History o’ Will and Jean
Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: William Finlay Watson
Author: Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818), 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 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 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 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
Record ID 276458
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Milton's Poems
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Milton's Poems
Confidence level: Certain
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Milton’s poetical works. ... . Containing paradise lost; a poem, in Twelve Books. With Prefatory Characters of the several Pieces; and the Life of Milton.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T173121
William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of John Milton. With a Life of the Author
Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).
Borrower: Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Author: William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Record ID 276485
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Letters of Hindu v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/5/28 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Elizabeth Hamilton (Female, born c.1756, died 1816)
Genre: Fiction
Letters of a Hindooh Rajah
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Elizabeth Hamilton (Female, born c.1756, died 1816)
Genre: Fiction
Translation of the letters of a Hindoo Rajah; written previous to, and during the period of his residence in England. To which is prefixed a preliminary dissertation on the History, Religion, and Manners, of the Hindoos.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 129 times in 67 borrowing records
ESTC: T56854
Elizabeth Hamilton (Female, born c.1756, died 1816)
Genre: Fiction
Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah
Borrowed: 1826/5/28 (Sunday).
Borrower: Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Author: Elizabeth Hamilton (Female, born c.1756, died 1816), Genre: Fiction
Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276464
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Dryden's Virgil
Borrowed: 1825/11/29 (Tuesday).
Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Dryden's Virgil
Confidence level: Speculative
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Dryden, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 44 borrowing records
ESTC: T145015
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil
Borrowed: 1825/11/29 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 276470
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Milton v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/1/11 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Milton
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With a critic upon the poem, by Mr Addison; and, a preface, in which are inserted characters of the several poems wrote by Milton.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T170403
John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise Lost
Borrowed: 1826/1/11 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Kenneth MacKenzie Young
Author: John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276503
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's Charles 5th v. 1, 2
Returned: yes.
Cunnningham Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's Charles 5th
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 604 times in 453 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrower: Cunnningham Alexander
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276500
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Rollin's Ancient History v. 1, 2
Returned: yes.
Cunnningham Alexander
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records
ESTC: T127048
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrower: Cunnningham Alexander
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276521
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Bacon's Works v. 1
Borrowed: 1825/11. Returned: yes.
Samuel Allan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Bacon's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, ... In five volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 4to. Pagination: 5v.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T88307
Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon
Borrowed: 1825/11.
Borrower: Samuel Allan
Author: Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 276527
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 16
Borrowed: 1825/11/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Samuel Allan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 261 times in 222 borrowing records
ESTC: N6642
Borrowed: 1825/11/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Samuel Allan
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 276530
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Encyclopedia Britannica v. 10
Borrowed: 1826/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.
Samuel Allan
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: 1826/1/4 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Samuel Allan
Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10
Record ID 276533
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Robertson's History of Scotland v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/2/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Samuel Allan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. till his accession to the crown of England. With a review of the Scottish history previous to that period; and an appendix containing Original Papers. In Two Volumes. By William Robertson, D. D. Minister of Lady Yester’s, Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 359 times in 277 borrowing records
ESTC: T71467
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Borrowed: 1826/2/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: Samuel Allan
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276551
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Russell's Ancient History
Borrowed: 1825/12/15 (Thursday).
Charles Cheyne Allison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Russell's Ancient Europe
Confidence level: Certain
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Europe; with a view of the revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a series of letters to a young nobleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 76 times in 69 borrowing records
ESTC: T130743
William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Europe
Borrowed: 1825/12/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Charles Cheyne Allison
Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History
Record ID 276554
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
De Tott's Memoirs v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/3/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Charles Cheyne Allison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Baron de Tott's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the state of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the late war with Russia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 131 times in 103 borrowing records
ESTC: T121379
Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia
Borrowed: 1826/3/25 (Saturday).
Borrower: Charles Cheyne Allison
Author: Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276542
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Modern Universal History v. 1, 2
Returned: yes.
Charles Cheyne Allison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: History
Modern Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
The modern part of the universal history. Compiled from original writers; by the authors of the antient. Which will perfect the work, and render it a complete body of history, from the earliest account of time, to the present. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1765. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: N35097
Borrower: Charles Cheyne Allison
Genre: History
Modern Part of the Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276548
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Buffon's History v. 9
Borrowed: 1825/11/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
Charles Cheyne Allison
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: 1825/11/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: Charles Cheyne Allison
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 276575
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Abercrombie's Martial Achievements v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1826/4/4 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Abercormby's Martial Achievements
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
The martial atchievements [sic] of the Scots nation: ... By Patrick Abercromby, ... In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 257 times in 200 borrowing records
ESTC: N34973
Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Borrowed: 1826/4/4 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Anderson
Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276557
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Canterbury Tales v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/10/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Anderson
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
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: 1825/10/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Anderson
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276560
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Leland's Life of Philip v. 1, 2
Borrowed: 1825/10/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.
James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Thomas Leland (Male, born 1722, died 1785)
Genre: History
Leland's Life of Philip
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Leland (Male, born 1722, died 1785)
Genre: History
The History of the Life and Reign of Philip King of Macedon; The father of Alexander. By Thomas Leland, D. D. Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. In Two Volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T135879
Thomas Leland (Male, born 1722, died 1785)
Genre: History
History of the Life and Reign of Philip King of Macedon
Borrowed: 1825/10/22 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Anderson
Author: Thomas Leland (Male, born 1722, died 1785), Genre: History
History of the Life and Reign of Philip King of Macedon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 276581
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Mavor's Voyages v. 12, 13
Borrowed: 1826/5/2 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Voyages
Shelfmark: 776.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12, Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records
ESTC: T77044
William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Borrowed: 1826/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Anderson
Author: William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837), Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12, Volume 13
Record ID 276569
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Arnot's Criminal Trials
Borrowed: 1826/3/7 (Tuesday).
James Anderson
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: 1826/3/7 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Anderson
Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: Law
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland
Record ID 276593
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Cook's Voyages v. 4
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.
John Archibald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: John Archibald
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4