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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8, page 119

Record ID 123023

D:r Robetson's history of Cha:s V. Vol. 2

Borrowed: 1770/11/26 (Monday). Loan period: Three weeks. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

William Skirving
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the reign of the Emperor Charles V [Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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


Book Work

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V

Borrowed: 1770/11/26 (Monday).

Borrower: William Skirving

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 123026

Cumming on Clock & Watch Work 4:to

Borrowed: 1770/11/26 (Monday). Loan period: Three weeks. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

William Skirving
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Cumming (Male, born 1733, died 1814)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The elements of clock and watch-work.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Cumming (Male, born 1733, died 1814)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The elements of clock and watch-work, adapted to practice.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Alexander Cumming (Male, born 1733, died 1814)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Elements of Clock and Watch-Work, Adapted to Practice

Record ID 123032

Allen's Synopsis 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1770/11/26 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/0.


Borrower

James White
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Allen (Male, born c.1660, died 1741)
Genre: Medicine
Synopsis universæ medicinæ practicæ [Allen]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Allen (Male, born c.1660, died 1741)
Genre: Medicine
Synopsis medicinae: or, a summary view of the whole practice of physick.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records


Book Work

John Allen (Male, born c.1660, died 1741)
Genre: Medicine
Synopsis medicinae: or, a summary view of the whole practice of physick.

Borrowed: 1770/11/26 (Monday).

Borrower: James White

Author: John Allen (Male, born c.1660, died 1741), Genre: Medicine

Synopsis medicinae: or, a summary view of the whole practice of physick.

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 123035

Quintiliani Opera a Burmann Vol. 1 4:to

Borrowed: 1770/11/26 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/5/3. Funds deposited: Dumfries Note.


Borrower

George Lamb
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Quintilian Opera ed. Burmann 4to
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1770/11/26 (Monday).

Borrower: George Lamb

Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)

Quintilian Opera ed. Burmann 4to

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 123041

Whytt on Motion

Borrowed: 1770/11/27 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

John Stark
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essay on the vital and other involuntary motions of animals [Whytt]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *L.28.15.

Record ID 123044

Inoculation pamphlets

Borrowed: 1770/11/27 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/14/0.


Borrower

Isaac Hall
Gender: Male.


Book Holding

Genre: Medicine
Inoculation pamphlets
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.D.c.31.

Record ID 123050

Stedman's Essays

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

Andrew Wardrop
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91605. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1774; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, 1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Stedman (Male, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
Physiological essays and observations [Stedman]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.G.f.23.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Stedman (Male, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
Physiological essays and observations, by John Stedman, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 48


Book Work

John Stedman (Male, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
Physiological Essays and Observations [John Stedman]

Record ID 123053

& Caverhill on the Gout

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Andrew Wardrop
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91605. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1774; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, 1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Caverhill (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the cause and cure of the gout [Caverhill]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Caverhill (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the cause and cure of the gout.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

John Caverhill (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Cause and Cure of the Gout

Record ID 123056

Musschenbroeck Systema Nat: Philo: Vol. 1:mum

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 3 guineas.


Borrower

William Dean
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83113. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pieter Van Musschenbroek (Male, born 1692-3-14, died 1761-9-19)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introductio ad philosophiam naturalem [Musschenbroek]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pieter Van Musschenbroek (Male, born 1692-3-14, died 1761-9-19)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introductio ad philosophiam naturalem.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 30 borrowing records


Book Work

Pieter Van Musschenbroek (Male, born 1692-3-14, died 1761-9-19)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elements of Natural Philosophy [Pieter Van Musschenbroek]

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday).

Borrower: William Dean

Author: Pieter Van Musschenbroek (Male, born 1692-3-14, died 1761-9-19), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Elements of Natural Philosophy [Pieter Van Musschenbroek]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 123059

& Marine practice 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

William Dean
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83113. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Northcote (Male, died c.1783)
Genre: Medicine
The marine practice of physic and surgery, including that in hot countries [Northcote]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Northcote (Male, died c.1783)
Genre: Medicine
The marine practice of physic and surgery, including that in the hot countries.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

William Northcote (Male, died c.1783)
Genre: Medicine
Marine Practice of Physic and Surgery, including that in the Hot Countries

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday).

Borrower: William Dean

Author: William Northcote (Male, died c.1783), Genre: Medicine

Marine Practice of Physic and Surgery, including that in the Hot Countries

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 123062

Alston's Materia Medica Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/10/0.


Borrower

James Moody
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91682. Dissertation: De causis et formis Febrium.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1771; MD (1772). Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the materia medica ... and an appendix on the method of prescribing [Alston]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica: containing the natural history of drugs, their virtues and doses: also directions for the study of the Materia Medica; and an appendix on the method of prescribing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hope, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 37 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday).

Borrower: James Moody

Author: Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760), Genre: Medicine

Lectures on the Materia Medica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 123065

Monro on the Dropsy

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

James Moody
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91682. Dissertation: De causis et formis Febrium.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1771; MD (1772). Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Donald Monro (Male, born 1727, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Monro on Dropsy (original title)
Essay on the dropsy and its different species (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Donald Monro (Male, born 1727, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on the dropsy and its different species.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 78


Book Work

Donald Monro (Male, born 1727, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on the Dropsy and its Different Species

Record ID 123068

Nature Displayed Vol. 1

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: Perth Note No 152/257.


Borrower

David Graham
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday).

Borrower: David Graham

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 123071

Grove's System Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

William Skirving
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A system of moral philosophy [Grove].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A system of moral philosophy, by the late Reverend and learned Mr. Henry Grove, Of Taunton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Amory, Thomas, 1701-1774.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 36 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove]

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Skirving

Author: Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 123074

Elements of Criticism 3 V:s

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

George Kennedy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism [Kames]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Kennedy

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres

Elements of Criticism

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 123077

Butler's Analogy 4:to

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/0.


Borrower

William Paterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Butler (Male, born 1692, died 1752)
Genre: Theology
Analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature [Butler]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .171 But..

Record ID 123080

Monro's Osteology

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.


Borrower

John Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomy of the human bones and nerves [Monro]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
The anatomy of the human bones and nerves.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 35


Book Work

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Dickson

Author: Alexander Monro (Male, born 1697, died 1767), Genre: Medicine

Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves

Record ID 123083

Nature Displayed Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Dumfries Note.


Borrower

William Finlay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Finlay

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 123086

Barrow's Works Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Dalziel
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Isaac Barrow (Male, born 1630, died 1677)
Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology
The works of the learned Isaac Barrow, D.D., late master of Trinity College in Cambridge.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Isaac Barrow (Male, born 1630, died 1677)
Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology
The works of the learned Isaac Barrow, D.D. Late Master of Trinity College in Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1700. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Isaac Barrow (Male, born 1630, died 1677)
Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology
Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow

Borrowed: 1770/12/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Dalziel

Author: Isaac Barrow (Male, born 1630, died 1677), Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology

Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2