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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.23, page 46

Record ID 291727

Buffon vol. 1st:1787

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon (original title)
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .59 Buf..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9 vols.
Translators: Smellie, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 372 times in 279 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 291730

Langhorne's Plut:tarch Vs: 3-4

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Brown
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77133. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1785-1791.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's lives [Langhorne]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Thomas Brown

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

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 291733

Hunter on V. Disease

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

James Brydon
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86712. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1782, 1786, 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Hunter (Male, born 1728, died 1793)
Genre: Medicine
Hunter on V. Disease (original title)
Treatise on the Venereal Disease (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *G.24.1.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Hunter (Male, born 1728, died 1793)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the venereal disease.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

John Hunter (Male, born 1728, died 1793)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Venereal Disease [John Hunter]

Record ID 291736

Smith's W. of NationsVol. 1st:

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations [Smith]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 77 borrowing records


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Record ID 291739

Prideaux's ConnectionVol. 1st:

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Robert Forrest
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77524. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1787.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Humphrey Prideaux (Male, born 1648, died 1724)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations [Prideaux]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Humphrey Prideaux (Male, born 1648, died 1724)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
The old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations, from the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the Time of Christ.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1718-1719. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

Humphrey Prideaux (Male, born 1648, died 1724)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations

Record ID 291820

Smith's Theory

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Smith's Theory (original title)
Theory of moral sentiments [Smith] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; E.B. .171 Smi..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments. By Adam Smith, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 40


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday).

Borrower: John Moir

Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Theory of Moral Sentiments

Record ID 291826

Brydone's Tour2Vs:

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Patrick Russell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
Tour through Sicily and Malta [Brydone]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .91(458) Bry..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
A tour through Sicily and Malta. In a series of letters to William Beckford, ... from P. Brydone, ... In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 87 borrowing records


Book Work

Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818)
Genre: Travel
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford

Borrowed: 1790/1/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Patrick Russell

Author: Patrick Brydone (Male, born 1736, died 1818), Genre: Travel

Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2