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Record ID 125246

Fable of the Bees

Borrowed: 1771/2/2 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Bernard Mandeville (Male, born c.1670, died 1733)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, publick benefits.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Bernard Mandeville (Male, born c.1670, died 1733)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The fable of the bees: or, private vices, publick benefits.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1724. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

Bernard Mandeville (Male, born c.1670, died 1733)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Fable of the Bees

Borrowed: 1771/2/2 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Simson

Author: Bernard Mandeville (Male, born c.1670, died 1733), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Fable of the Bees

Record ID 125252

Ferguson's Essay

Borrowed: 1771/2/2 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/15/0.


Borrower

Walter Grieve
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essay on the history of civil society [Ferguson]

Record ID 125258

Maclaurin's Fluxions 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1771/2/2 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/8/0.


Borrower

Robert Dobson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
A treatise of fluxions : in two books [Maclaurin]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
A treatise of fluxions: in two books / by Colin MacLaurin, A.M. professor of mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 44 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
Treatise of Fluxions [Colin Maclaurin]

Borrowed: 1771/2/2 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Dobson

Author: Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics

Treatise of Fluxions [Colin Maclaurin]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 125261

& Priestly on Electricity

Borrowed: 1771/2/2 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Robert Dobson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments [Priestley]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 55


Book Work

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments

Record ID 125264

Lind On Hot Climates

Borrowed: 1771/2/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on diseases incidental to Europeans in hot climates: with the method of preventing their fatal consequences [Lind]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .6169883 Lin..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on diseases incidental to Europeans in hot climates. With the method of preventing their fatal consequences.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 93


Book Work

James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on Diseases Incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates

Record ID 125267

Smellie's Midwifry 3 V:s

Borrowed: 1771/2/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Dumfries Note.


Borrower

William McClive
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85672. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1773.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery [Smellie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 86 borrowing records


Book Work

William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Borrowed: 1771/2/4 (Monday).

Borrower: William McClive

Author: William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763), Genre: Medicine

Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 125270

Winslow's Anatomy

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/15/0.


Borrower

Robert Stephens
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82361. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body [Winslow]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
An anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 133 times in 71 borrowing records


Book Work

Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Stephens

Author: Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760), Genre: Medicine

Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 125273

Record ID 125279

Russell on Sea Water

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
Dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands [Russell]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .615853 Rus..

Record ID 125285

Grove's System 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.


Borrower

James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84615. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774.
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, Volume 2

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: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Anderson

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

System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 125297

Cato's Letters V:s 1-2

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Gordon (Male, died 1750), John Trenchard (Male, born 1662, died 1723)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Cato's letters.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *.V.32.16-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Gordon (Male, died 1750), John Trenchard (Male, born 1662, died 1723)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Cato's Letters.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1723-1724. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


Book Work

Thomas Gordon (Male, died 1750), John Trenchard (Male, born 1662, died 1723)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Cato's Letters

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Baird

Author: Thomas Gordon (Male, died 1750), John Trenchard (Male, born 1662, died 1723), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Cato's Letters

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 125339

Pope's Homer's Iliad Vol. 1:st folio

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.


Borrower

Ronald Macvicar
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77978. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer [Pope]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1715-1720. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 107 times in 80 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Iliad

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Ronald Macvicar

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Iliad

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 125342

Beaumont & Fletcher's plays V:s 1-2-3-4

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/10/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
The works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher : in ten volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
The works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher. In ten volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Ricketts

Author: Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625), Genre: Drama

Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 125351

Nature Displayed V:s 1-2.

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note N:o 25/150.


Borrower

James Smith
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, 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: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Smith

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, Volume 2

Record ID 125357

D:r Monro de Venis

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.


Borrower

Charles McMillan
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78096. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1773.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1733, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
De venis lymphaticis valvulosis; et de earum in primus origine.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1733, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
De venis lymphaticis valvulosis: et de earum in primis origine.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 74


Book Work

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1733, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Charles McMillan

Author: Alexander Monro (Male, born 1733, died 1817), Genre: Medicine

De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis

Record ID 125363

& State

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Charles McMillan
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78096. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1773.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1733, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
State of facts concerning the first proposal of performing the paracentesis of the thorax [Monro]

Record ID 125369

Gravesands Systema Vol. 1:mum

Borrowed: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Linen Note.


Borrower

Robert Walker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Gravesande's system (original title)
Mathematical elements of natural philosophy confirm'd by experiments (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; E.B. .53015 Gra..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 125372

Arbuthnot on Aliments

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 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

John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735)
Genre: Medicine
An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them, according to the different constitutions of human bodies.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735)
Genre: Medicine
An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them, according to the different constitutions of human bodies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735)
Genre: Medicine
Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday).

Borrower: William Dean

Author: John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735), Genre: Medicine

Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments

Record ID 125375

& V. Swieten Commentary tomus 1

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (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

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten's commentaries [on the Aphorisms of Boerhaave]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries abridged.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762-1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: abridged by Dr Schomberg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 132 times in 66 borrowing records


Book Work

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries Abridged

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday).

Borrower: William Dean

Author: John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722), Genre: Medicine

Van Swieten’s Commentaries Abridged

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 125384

Mead's Works Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/9/0.


Borrower

Andrew MacLean
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
Medical works of Richard Mead
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
The medical works of Richard Mead, M.D. Physician to his late Majesty King George II. Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians at London and Edinburgh, and of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 55 borrowing records


Book Work

Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Works of Richard Mead

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Andrew MacLean

Author: Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754), Genre: Medicine

Medical Works of Richard Mead

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 125390

Gaubi Pathologia

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/2/6.


Borrower

Cairnoan McDowell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85688. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hieronymus David Gaubius (Male, born 1705, died 1780)
Genre: Medicine
Institutiones pathologiae medicinalis [Gaubius]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *G.22.60..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hieronymus David Gaubius (Male, born 1705, died 1780)
Genre: Medicine
Institutiones pathologiae medicinalis.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 48


Book Work

Hieronymus David Gaubius (Male, born 1705, died 1780)
Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Pathologiae Medicinalis [Hieronymus David Gaubius]

Record ID 125393

Whytt's Essay physiologicæ

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Cairnoan McDowell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85688. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Physiological essays [Whytt]

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Cairnoan McDowell

Author: Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766), Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Physiological Essays [Robert Whytt]

Record ID 125396

Halleri Primæ Lineæ

Borrowed: 1771/2/8 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Cairnoan McDowell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85688. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Halleri Physiologia (original title)
Primae lineae physiologiae [Haller] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .612 Hal..