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Record ID 385449

Buffon vol. 6th

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

John Thomson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76737. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: Royal Medical Society 1790; Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1793. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1765-1846.
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 6

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 385452

Cullen's Mat: Med: Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

John Nicol
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78228. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Cullen's Materia Medica (original title)
Lectures on the materia medica (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *I.20.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M. D. Professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Now Published by Permission of the Author, And with many Corrections from the Collatiohn of different Manuscripts by the Editors.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 96 times in 93 borrowing records


Book Work

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen]

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Nicol

Author: William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790), Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine

Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 385455

Porterfield on the Eye 2 Vs

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Lancelot Armstrong
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86543. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Porterfield (Male, born 1695, died 1771)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the eye: the manner and phaenomena of vision [Porterfield]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .61284 Por..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Porterfield (Male, born 1695, died 1771)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the eye, the manner and phaenomena of vision.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 46 times in 24 borrowing records


Book Work

William Porterfield (Male, born 1695, died 1771)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Eye

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: Lancelot Armstrong

Author: William Porterfield (Male, born 1695, died 1771), Genre: Medicine

Treatise on the Eye

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 385458

Le Dran's Operations

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Pulteney Mein
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80029. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1786, 1789. Other: Indian Medical Service 1792; Royal Army Medical Corps 1796. Life dates: d. 1853.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
Operations in surgery of Mons. Le Dran
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *H.22.5 .

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
The operations in surgery of Mons. Le Dran.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 69


Book Work

Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
Operations in Surgery of Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran

Record ID 385461

Robertson on the Apocalypse

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johann Albrecht Bengel (Male, born 1687, died 1752)
Genre: Theology
Bengelius's introduction to his exposition of the Apocalypse [Robertson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *C.29.7.

Record ID 385464

Haller's Physiology 8vo

Borrowed: 1790/4/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Hugh Dove
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86966. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1791. Other: Indian Medical Service 1800.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Halleri Physiologia (original title)
Primae lineae physiologiae [Haller] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .612 Hal..

Record ID 385467

Hume's History V:s 5th & 6th 4to

Borrowed: 1790/4/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Robert Lundie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII [Hume]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. F .9(42) Hum..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, 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 Cæsar to the revolution in 1688.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 229 times in 156 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1790/4/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Lundie

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

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6