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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.23, page 171

Record ID 384369

Reid's Act: Powers

Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Duncan Forbes
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/87065. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1786-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Reid's Active Powers (original title)
Essays on the active powers of man [Reid] (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the active powers of man.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 46


Book Work

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the Active Powers of Man

Record ID 384372

Henry's History Vol. 5th

Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain: from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar [Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 362 times in 250 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]

Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Grant

Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History

History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 384375

Smith's Wealth &c. Vol. 1:st 4to

Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Deposit: on.


Borrower

David Scott
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 384378

Burke on the Sublime

Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: five shillings.


Borrower

William Gibson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90825. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1786-1790. Other: MD (Edin) 1790 ; Royal Medical Society 1788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful [Burke, 1776]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .82562.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8


Book Work

Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Record ID 384381

Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George Henderson

Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essays [James Beattie]

Record ID 384384

Pemberton's View

Borrowed: 1790/3/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One pound. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
View of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy [Pemberton]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A view of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 29


Book Work

Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy