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Record ID 96404

Quintiliani Opera Vol. 1.

Borrowed: 1771/3/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

John Ricketts
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: 1771/3/18 (Monday).

Borrower: John Ricketts

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

Quintilian Opera ed. Burmann 4to

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 96407

Elements of Criticism 3 V:s

Borrowed: 1771/3/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/15/0.


Borrower

George Pearson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/92011. Dissertation: De putredine animalibus post morteur superviente.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1771; LRCP(1784); FRS(1791) . Origin: English. Life dates: 1751-1828.
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: 1771/3/18 (Monday).

Borrower: George Pearson

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 96410

Nature Displayed V:s 1-2.

Borrowed: 1771/3/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Matthew Brown
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86701. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775. Other: Apprentice of Royal College of Surgeons, 1774.
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: 1771/3/18 (Monday).

Borrower: Matthew Brown

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 96413

Basnage histoire de l'Eglise en 2 tomes folio

Borrowed: 1771/3/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/2/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacques Basnage Sieur de Beauval (Male, born 1653, died 1723)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Histoire de l'église, depuis Jesus-Christ jusqu'à présent.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jacques Basnage Sieur de Beauval (Male, born 1653, died 1723)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Histoire de l'Église depuis Jésus Christ jusqu'à present, divisée en quatre parties, etc.
Language: French . Published: Rotterdam. Date of publication: 1699. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


Book Work

Jacques Basnage Sieur de Beauval (Male, born 1653, died 1723)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Histoire de l'Église depuis Jésus Christ jusqu'à Present

Borrowed: 1771/3/18 (Monday).

Borrower: William Skirving

Author: Jacques Basnage Sieur de Beauval (Male, born 1653, died 1723), Genre: History, Genre: Theology

Histoire de l'Église depuis Jésus Christ jusqu'à Present

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 96416

Plutarch's Lives Vs 1-2-3-4

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarchs Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarchs lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands. To which is prefixt the life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1683-1686. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: James Laurie

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

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

Record ID 96419

Hume's history Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Robert Harker
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 2

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: 1771/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Harker

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

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 96422

Medical Essays V.s 1-2-3-4

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .6104 Edi..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations / revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1737-1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 224 times in 87 borrowing records


Book Work

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Andrew MacLean

Author: Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731), Genre: Medicine

Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

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

Record ID 96425

Huxham on Air

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the air and epidemic diseases : from the year MDCCXXVIII. to MDCCXXXVII. inclusive [Huxham]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the air and epidemic diseases from the year MDCCXXVIII. to MDCCXXXVII. inclusive; made by Doctor Huxham, at Plymouth: together with a short dissertation on the Devonshire colic.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Air, and Epidemic Diseases