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F.R.262a/4, page 240

Record ID 211067

Torquato Tasso Gierusalemme liberata 2 vol. 12o

Borrowed: 1772/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/2/25 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: half a guinea.


Borrower

Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
La Gierusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].7/1.13-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
La Gierusalemme liberata / di Torquato Tasso : con le figure di Sebastiano Clerc : in due volumi.
Language: Italian . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 11 borrowing records


Book Work

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered

Borrowed: 1772/1/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1772/2/25 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill

Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry

Jerusalem Delivered

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 211070

Smith's Opticks 2 vol. 4.o

Borrowed: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/28 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..


Borrowers

Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

Mr John Hunter
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Life dates: 1745-1857.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate’s Clerk.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cq.3.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books, viz. A popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise : To which are added Remarks upon the whole. / By Robert Smith LL.D. Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, and Master of Mechanicks to his Majesty.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge | London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 37 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat System of Opticks

Borrowed: 1772/1/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/2/28 (Friday).

Borrowers: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo, Mr John Hunter

Author: Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics

Compleat System of Opticks

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2