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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5, page 18-19

Record ID 89753

Borrow'd Rollin's Method Vol. 3d

Borrowed: 1769/10/12 (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.

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, An introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1769/10/12 (Thursday).

Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 89768

Theocritus Græc. Lat:

Borrowed: 1769/10/12 (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.

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti quae extant. Ex editione Danielis Heinsii expressa.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Ta tou theokritou Sesōsmena. = Theocriti quae extant. Ex editione Danielis Heinsii.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Heinsius, Daniel, 1580-1655.
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti quae Extant. Ex Editione Danielis Heinsii

Record ID 89795

& Butler's Hudibras 2 V.s

Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). 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.

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
Hudibras : in three parts, written in the time of the late wars: corrected and amended.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
Hudibras, in three parts, written in the time of the late wars: corrected and amended.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Grey, Zachary.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records


Book Work

Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
Hudibras

Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday).

Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait

Author: Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680), Genre: Poetry

Hudibras

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 89807

Also Butler's Remains 2 V:s 8vo

Borrowed: 1769/10/12 (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.

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
The genuine remains in verse and prose of Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
The genuine remains in verse and prose of Mr. Samuel Butler.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680)
Genre: Poetry
Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr Samuel Butler

Borrowed: 1769/10/12 (Thursday).

Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait

Author: Samuel Butler (Male, born 1612, died 1680), Genre: Poetry

Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr Samuel Butler

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 89810

Also Addison's Works Vol. 1:st 4:to

Borrowed: 1769/10/12 (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.

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of the late Right Honorable Joseph Addison.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of the late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq.
Language: English . Published: Birmingham. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 9 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Joseph Addison

Borrowed: 1769/10/12 (Thursday).

Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait

Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Joseph Addison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 89813

Borrowed Hallers Physiology 2 Vols vol. 1754

Borrowed: 1769/10/21 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

Dr John Gregory
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.

James Gregory
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91814. Dissertation: De Morbis coeli mutatione medendis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1771; Professor of the Institutes of Physic, 1776; Joint Professor of the Practice of Physic, 1790. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1753-1821.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Dr. Albert Haller's physiology [Mihles]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .612 Hal..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Dr. Albert Haller’s physiology; being a course of lectures upon the visceral anatomy and vital oeconomy of human bodies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Mihles, Samuel
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 197 times in 106 borrowing records


Book Work

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Haller’s Physiology

Borrowed: 1769/10/21 (Saturday).

Borrowers: Dr John Gregory , James Gregory

Author: Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777), Genre: Medicine

Haller’s Physiology

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 89819

Borrowed Ciceronis Epist: & familiares in usum Delphini 4.to

Borrowed: 1769/10/24 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

Adam Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Other: Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy. Life dates: 1723-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Marcus Tullius Cicero ad familiaros epistolæ : Interpretatione et notis illustravit P. Quartier, etc.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
M. T. Ciceronis ad familiares epistolæ. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Philibertus Quartier ... in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1685. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Letters to Friends [Cicero]

Borrowed: 1769/10/24 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Adam Ferguson

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Letters to Friends [Cicero]

Record ID 89828

Somnimum Scipionis. 4to

Borrowed: 1769/10/24 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

Adam Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Other: Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy. Life dates: 1723-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Somnium Scipionis ex Ciceronis libro sexto de republica.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Somnium Scipionis ex Ciceronis libro sexto de republica.
Language: Latin . Published: Wittenberg. Date of publication: 1520. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Somnium Scipionis ex Ciceronis Libro Sexto De Republica

Record ID 89834

Borrow'd Roy Monumentis de Greece

Borrowed: 1769/10/24 (Tuesday). 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

David Le Roy (Male, born c.1724, died 1803)
Genre: History
Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Le Roy (Male, born c.1724, died 1803)
Genre: History
Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1758. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

David Le Roy (Male, born c.1724, died 1803)
Genre: History
Ruines des Plus Beaux Monuments de la Grèce

Record ID 89840

Borrow'd Theocritus Graec. Lat: 4to

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti quae extant. Ex editione Danielis Heinsii expressa.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Ta tou theokritou Sesōsmena. = Theocriti quae extant. Ex editione Danielis Heinsii.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Heinsius, Daniel, 1580-1655.
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti quae Extant. Ex Editione Danielis Heinsii

Record ID 89861

Prior's Poems folio

Borrowed: 1769/9/26 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Matthew Prior (Male, born 1664, died 1721)
Genre: Poetry
Prior's Poems (original title)
Poems on several occasions [Prior] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *S.33.101.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Matthew Prior (Male, born 1664, died 1721)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on several occasions: by Matthew Prior Esq. A new edition; with some additions which are not in the folio edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1720. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

Matthew Prior (Male, born 1664, died 1721)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on Several Occasions [Matthew Prior]

Record ID 89864

& Buffon histoire Naturelle tome 4:th

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1752-1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 86 times in 41 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Record ID 89867

Les Oeuvres de Nadal tome 3.d

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Augustin Nadal (Male, born 1664, died 1740)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Oeuvres mélees de monsieur l'abbé Nadal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Augustin Nadal (Male, born 1664, died 1740)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Oeuvres mêlées de Monsieur l'abbé Nadal, de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

Augustin Nadal (Male, born 1664, died 1740)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Oeuvres Mêlées de Monsieur l'Abbé Nadal

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday).

Borrower: William Robertson

Author: Augustin Nadal (Male, born 1664, died 1740), Genre: Belles Lettres

Oeuvres Mêlées de Monsieur l'Abbé Nadal

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3

Record ID 89870

Also Thomson's Works 2 V:s 4:to

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Mr. Thomson : in two volumes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Mr. Thomson. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 119 times in 94 borrowing records


Book Work

James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
Works of James Thomson

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday).

Borrower: William Robertson

Author: James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748), Genre: Poetry

Works of James Thomson

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 89873

& Maclaurin's Algebra

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
Treatise of algebra, in three parts [Maclaurin]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .512 Macl..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
A treatise of algebra, in three parts ... : to which is added an appendix, concerning the general properties of geometrical lines.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22


Book Work

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

Record ID 89882

& Sully's Memoirs V:s 2 & 3.

Borrowed: 1769/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully (Male, born 1559, died 1641)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune : duke of Sully, prime minister to Henry the Great.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully (Male, born 1559, died 1641)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 38 borrowing records


Book Work

Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully (Male, born 1559, died 1641)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great

Record ID 89891

Borrowed the Travels of Pietro della Valle into East India & Arabia deserta

Borrowed: 1769/11/1 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

Daniel McIntosh
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pietro Della Valle (Male, born 1586, died 1652)
Genre: Travel
The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pietro Della Valle (Male, born 1586, died 1652)
Genre: Travel
The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1665. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Pietro Della Valle (Male, born 1586, died 1652)
Genre: Travel
Travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a Noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta

Record ID 89897

Borrowed Websters Arithmetick

Borrowed: 1769/11/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/1/19 (Friday).


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

William Webster (Male, born c.1684, died 1744)
Genre: Mathematics
Arithmetick in epitome.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Webster (Male, born c.1684, died 1744)
Genre: Mathematics
Arithmetick in epitome: or, a compendium of all its rules, both vulgar and decimal.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

William Webster (Male, born c.1684, died 1744)
Genre: Mathematics
Arithmetick in Epitome: or, A Compendium of all its Rules, both Vulgar and Decimal

Record ID 89900

and Wise's Do

Borrowed: 1769/11/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/1/19 (Friday). 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

Thomas Wise (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Arithmetic made easy: for the use and benefit of tradesman.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Wise (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Arithmetic made easy : for the use and benefit of tradesman.
Language: English . Published: Berwick. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Thomas Wise (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Arithmetic Made Easy for the Use and Benefit of Tradesman

Record ID 89903

Borrow'd Smith Formulæ Medicamentorum &c AAAF25

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulæ medicamentorum: or, a compendium of the modern practice of physic [Smith]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Medicamentorum formulæ ad varias medendi intentiones concinnatæ.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Medicamentorum Formulae ad Varias Medendi Intentiones Concinnatae

Record ID 89906

Harris's Treatises

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Three treatises : the first concerning art, the second concerning music, painting, and poetry, the third concerning happiness [Harris]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .82469 Har..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Three treatises. The first concerning art. The second concerning music, painting, and poetry. The third concerning happiness.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Three Treatises [James Harris]

Record ID 89909

Hume's history V:s 3.4.6:th

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History (original title)
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII [Hume] (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 54 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Williamson

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 6

Record ID 89912

Fielding's Works Vol 3:d

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq : with the life of the author.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *V.20.13-16. .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq; with the life of the author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 38 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Williamson

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

Works of Henry Fielding

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 89915

Also Churchill's Voyages V.s 1 & 2d

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Travel
Collection of voyages and travels [Churchill]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1746. Format: folio.
Editors: Compiled by Awnsham Churchill and John Churchill.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Williamson

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 89927

Borrowed Dr Jeremy Taylors

Borrowed: 1769/11/7 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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.


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Jeremy Taylor (Male, born 1613, died 1667)
Genre: Sermons
XXVIII sermons preached at Golden Grove.

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Confidence level: Very likely

Jeremy Taylor (Male, born 1613, died 1667)
Genre: Sermons
XXVIII sermons preached at Golden Grove.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1651. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Jeremy Taylor (Male, born 1613, died 1667)
Genre: Sermons
XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove

Record ID 89936

& Bp Andrews Sermons

Borrowed: 1769/11/7 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

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.


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Lancelot Andrewes (Male, born 1555, died 1626)
Genre: Sermons
XCVI sermons [Andrewes].

Record ID 89978

Bowd Livy hist. cum Notis Variorum et Gronovij Vol. 2d 8vo

Borrowed: 1769/11/8 (Wednesday). 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.


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Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Titi Livii Historiarum quod extat.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Titi Livii Historiarum quod extat, cum perpetuis Car. Sigonii et J. F. Gronovii Notis. Jac. Gronovius probavit, suasque et aliorum Notas adjecit.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1679. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
History of Rome [Livy]

Borrowed: 1769/11/8 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Robertson

Author: Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12), Genre: History

History of Rome [Livy]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 89984

Borrow'd Fleemyng's Physiology

Borrowed: 1769/11/17 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

Dr John Gregory
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.

James Gregory
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91814. Dissertation: De Morbis coeli mutatione medendis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1771; Professor of the Institutes of Physic, 1776; Joint Professor of the Practice of Physic, 1790. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1753-1821.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


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Malcolm Flemyng (Male, died 1764)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introduction to Physiology; being a course of lectures on the most important parts of the animal oeconomy [Flemyng]

Record ID 89996

Borrow'd Auctores Rei Rusticæ a Gesnero in 2 Voll. 4to

Borrowed: 1769/11/17 (Friday). 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.

Record ID 89999

Zosimus folio

Borrowed: 1769/11/17 (Friday). 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.


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Zosimus (Male)
Genre: History
Zosimi Comitis Historiae novae libri VI.

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Confidence level: Certain

Zosimus (Male)
Genre: History
Z. Comitis historiæ novæ libri VI.
Language: Latin . Published: Basel. Date of publication: c.1576. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Zosimus (Male)
Genre: History
Historiae Novae [Zosimus]

Record ID 90014

Borrowed Miræi Elogica Belgia

Borrowed: 1769/11/21 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

William Lothian
Gender: Male.
Class: Arts, Divinity. Other: Edinburgh High School. Life dates: 1740-1783.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


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Aubert Le Mire (Male, born 1573, died 1640)
Genre: Lives
Elogia Belgica sive illustrium Belgii scriptorum, qui nostrâ patrumque memoriâ vel ecclesiam Dei propugnarunt, vel disciplinas illustrarunt, vitæ breviter conmemoratæ.

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Confidence level: Certain

Aubert Le Mire (Male, born 1573, died 1640)
Genre: Lives
Elogia Belgica, sive illustrium Belgii Scriptorum ... vitæ, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Antwerp. Date of publication: 1609. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Aubert Le Mire (Male, born 1573, died 1640)
Genre: Lives
Elogia Belgica

Borrowed: 1769/11/21 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Lothian

Author: Aubert Le Mire (Male, born 1573, died 1640), Genre: Lives

Elogia Belgica

Record ID 90020

& Miræi Chronica

Borrowed: 1769/11/21 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

William Lothian
Gender: Male.
Class: Arts, Divinity. Other: Edinburgh High School. Life dates: 1740-1783.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


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Aubert Le Mire (Male, born 1573, died 1640)
Genre: History
Auberti Miraei rerum Belgicarum chronicon ab Iulii Caesaris in Galliam aduentu vsque ad vulgarem Christi annum M. DC. XXXVI.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Aubert Le Mire (Male, born 1573, died 1640)
Genre: History
Rerum Belgicarum chronicon ab Julii Caesaris in Galliam adventu usque ad vulgarem Christi annum M.DC.XXXVI., etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Antwerp. Date of publication: 1636. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Aubert Le Mire (Male, born 1573, died 1640)
Genre: History
Rerum Belgicarum Chronicon ab Julii Caesaris in Galliam

Record ID 90029

Borrowed 1st & 2d volls of Montaigne's Essays. French.

Borrowed: 1769/11/25 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrower

Robert Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91570. Dissertation: De Nicotianæ Viribus in Medicinâ, ut et de ejus malis effectibus in usu communi et domestico.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1776-1778; MD (Edin), 1780. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1779; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1795; Ex LRCP(1784); LRCP(1795) . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1748-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Les essais de Michel seigneur de Montaigne.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Les Essais de Michel, seigneur de Montaigne.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1725. Format: 4to.
Editors: Coste, Pierre, 1668-1747.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays of Montaigne

Borrowed: 1769/11/25 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Hamilton

Author: Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essays of Montaigne

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 90035

Borrow'd Shaw's Travels

Borrowed: 1769/11/25 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.


Borrowers

Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

Daniel McIntosh
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels: or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant [Shaw]