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Record ID 86450

Borrow'd Spenser's Fairy Queen 4:to

Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queene.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an exact collation of the two original editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first Three Books printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queene

Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday).

Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , William Robertson , John Tait

Author: Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599), Genre: Poetry

Faerie Queene

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 86684

The History of France by Velly & Villaret tomes 19 & 20th

Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

Robert Ord
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Lord Chief Baron.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Baron of the Exchequer.

Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France : depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au regne de Louis XIV.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19, Volume 20

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XIV.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1761-1786. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV

Record ID 86711

Borrow'd Aristarchus de distantiis solis ac Lunæ Græc Lat.

Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

James Burnett Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Other: Kings College, Aberdeen, 1728-1732; Gronigen, 1733. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91915. Dissertation: De Hominum varietatibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1772; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780; LRCP(1777); FRCP(1793); FRS . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1754-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Aristarchus of Samos (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae liber

Record ID 86714

Also Potter's Antiquities in 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

James Burnett Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Other: Kings College, Aberdeen, 1728-1732; Gronigen, 1733. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

John Hunter
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91915. Dissertation: De Hominum varietatibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1772; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780; LRCP(1777); FRCP(1793); FRS . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1754-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archæologia Græca, or, The antiquities of Greece [Potter]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archæologia græca, or, the antiquities of Greece.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1715. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 76 times in 48 borrowing records


Book Work

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece

Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday).

Borrowers: James Burnett Lord Monboddo, John Hunter

Author: John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747), Genre: History

Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 86717

Borrow'd Cibbers Lives of thet Poets 5 V:s

Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

William Stewart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753)
Genre: Lives
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland : to the time of Dean Swift.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753)
Genre: Lives
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the time of Dean Swift. Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the Ms. Notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this Design, by Mr. Cibber.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 9 borrowing records


Book Work

Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753)
Genre: Lives
Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift

Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday).

Borrowers: William Robertson , William Stewart

Author: Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753), Genre: Lives

Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Record ID 86720

Borrowed of the University library Horrebow Natural History of Iceland

Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

William Alexander
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90717. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1764-1768; MD (Edin), 1769. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1764.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Niels Horrebow (Male, born 1712, died 1760)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The natural history of Iceland.

Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Alexander

Author: Niels Horrebow (Male, born 1712, died 1760), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel

Natural History of Iceland

Record ID 86723

Borrow'd Bayle's Dictionary Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1769/8/22 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706)
Genre: Lives
Dictionaire historique et critique.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706)
Genre: Lives
Dictionaire historique et critique.
Language: French . Published: Rotterdam. Date of publication: 1697. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706)
Genre: Lives
Historical and Critical Dictionary

Borrowed: 1769/8/22 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Henry

Author: Pierre Bayle (Male, born 1647, died 1706), Genre: Lives

Historical and Critical Dictionary

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 86726

Borrow'd Ben Johnsons Works Vols 3d 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th

Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

William Stewart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ben Jonson : in seven volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ben. Jonson. In seven volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Editors: Whalley, Peter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 12 borrowing records


Book Work

Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ben Jonson

Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).

Borrowers: William Robertson , William Stewart

Author: Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry

Works of Ben Jonson

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7

Record ID 86729

Received from Dr Francis Home Razouns tables Nosologiques et Meteorologiques

Returned: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).


Borrower

Dr Francis Home
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1719-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Medicine and Health > Physician.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Tables nosologiques et meteorologiques tres-étenduës [Razoux]

Returned: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Dr Francis Home

Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Tables Nosologiques et Météorologiques

Record ID 86735

Groenevelt de Cantharidum usu

Returned: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).


Borrower

Dr Francis Home
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1719-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Medicine and Health > Physician.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joannes Groeneveld (Male, born 1647, died c.1710)
Genre: Medicine
De tuto cantharidum in medicina usu interno.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joannes Groeneveld (Male, born 1647, died c.1710)
Genre: Medicine
De tuto cantharidum in medicina usu interno.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1698. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Joannes Groeneveld (Male, born 1647, died c.1710)
Genre: Medicine
De Tuto Cantharidum in Medicina Usu Interno

Returned: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Dr Francis Home

Author: Joannes Groeneveld (Male, born 1647, died c.1710), Genre: Medicine

De Tuto Cantharidum in Medicina Usu Interno

Record ID 86741

Returned: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Dr Francis Home

Author: Peter Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1763), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Philosophical and Chymical Analysis of Antimony

Record ID 86744

Bowd the Antient Universal history Vol. 6

Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 15 shillings.


Borrower

Tucker Harris
Gender: Male. Address: Charleston, SC.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91518. Dissertation: De Cholera spontanea.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770; MD (Edin), 1771. Origin: Carolina. Life dates: 1747-1821.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Record ID 86747

Borr'd 3d Volm of Mrs McCaulay's history

Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.

George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I to the elevation of the House of Hanover [Macaulay].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of Iames I to the elevation of the House of Hanover.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769-1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 30 borrowing records


Book Work

Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]

Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).

Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin

Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History

History of England [Catherine Macaulay]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 86750

Bor. the ancient Universal History Vol. 18

Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Record ID 86756

& Codex Theodosianus 3 Voll. folio

Borrowed: 1769/8/31 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450)
Genre: Law
Codex Theodosianus cum perpetuis commentariis Iacobi Gothofredi.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450)
Genre: Law
Codex Theodosianus cum perpetuis commentariis Iacobi Gothofredi.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1665. Format: folio.
Editors: Gothofredus
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 13 borrowing records


Book Work

Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450)
Genre: Law
Codex Theodosianus cum Perpetuis Commentariis Jacobi Gothofredi

Borrowed: 1769/8/31 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Henry

Author: Jacob Gothfred (Male), Theodosius II Emperor of Rome (Male, born 401, died 450), Genre: Law

Codex Theodosianus cum Perpetuis Commentariis Jacobi Gothofredi

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 86759

Borrow'd Cowley's Works

Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Abraham Cowley (Male, born 1618, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Abraham Cowley (Male, born 1618, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works of Mr Abraham Cowley.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1669. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Abraham Cowley (Male, born 1618, died 1667)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works of Abraham Cowley

Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Henry

Author: Abraham Cowley (Male, born 1618, died 1667), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry

Works of Abraham Cowley

Record ID 86762

Bowd Fergusons Astronomy

Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics [Ferguson]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 26


Book Work

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles

Record ID 86765

Walpoles Answer to Bolingbroke

Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
Answer to the latter part of Lord Bolingbroke's letters on the study of history.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
An answer to the latter part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
Answer to the Latter Part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of History

Record ID 86768

Also Anson's Voyage 4to

Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV [Anson]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV