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Record ID 385674

Buffon vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1790/4/17 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

George Harries
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90826. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1784, 1785, 1789. Other: MD (Edin) 1790.
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 2

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 385677

Arabian Nights 4 Vs 3-4.

Borrowed: 1790/4/17 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Stuart Inglis
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to Divert the Sultan from the Execution of a Cruel Vow. Translated from the French of M. Galland. In four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights Entertainments

Borrowed: 1790/4/17 (Saturday).

Borrower: Stuart Inglis

Genre: Fiction

Arabian Nights Entertainments

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 385680

Buchanani Opera Bermanni vol. 1mum

Borrowed: 1790/4/17 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

William Fergusson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Georgii Buchanani Scoti, poetarum sui seculi facile principis, opera omnia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Georgii Buchanani ... opera omnia, ad optimorum codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata: nunc primum in unum collecta ... ac variis insuper notis ... illustrata & aucta ... Curante Thoma Ruddimanno.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1725. Format: 4to.
Editors: Burman, Pieter; Ruddiman, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 9 borrowing records


Book Work

George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of George Buchanan

Borrowed: 1790/4/17 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Fergusson

Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: Poetry

Poetical Works of George Buchanan

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 385683

Maclurg on the Bile

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: four shillings.


Borrower

William Dick
Gender: Male.
Academic dates: 1788-1789. Other: MD (Edin) 1790.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Maclurg (Male, born c.1746, died 1823)
Genre: Medicine
Experiments upon the human bile [Maclurg]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .61235 Macl..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Maclurg (Male, born c.1746, died 1823)
Genre: Medicine
Experiments upon the human bile: and reflections on the biliary secretion. With an introductory essay.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 39


Book Work

James Maclurg (Male, born c.1746, died 1823)
Genre: Medicine
Experiments upon the Human Bile

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday).

Borrower: William Dick

Author: James Maclurg (Male, born c.1746, died 1823), Genre: Medicine

Experiments upon the Human Bile

Record ID 385686

Macquer's Chemistry Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Andrew Douglas
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88920. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: British Navy 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre Joseph Macquer (Male, born 1718, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Dictionary of chemistry : containing the theory and practice of that science [Macquer]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .5403 Macq..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday).

Borrower: Andrew Douglas

Author: Pierre Joseph Macquer (Male, born 1718, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works

Dictionary of Chemistry

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 385689

Man of Feeling

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Beale Cooper
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83022. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1791.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Fiction
Man of Feeling [Mackenzie]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; JA3550.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Fiction
The man of feeling.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831)
Genre: Fiction
Man of Feeling

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday).

Borrower: Thomas Beale Cooper

Author: Henry Mackenzie (Male, born 1745, died 1831), Genre: Fiction

Man of Feeling

Record ID 385692

System of Anatomy Vol. 3d

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

William Marsden
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90884. Dissertation: De variolis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1791. Other: MD (Edin) 1792 ; Royal Army Medical Corps 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Andrew Fyfe (Male, born 1792, died 1861)
Genre: Medicine
System of Anatomy (original title)
System of anatomy and physiology, from the latest and best authors (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .611:.612 Fyf..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1790/4/19 (Monday).

Borrower: William Marsden

Author: Andrew Fyfe (Male, born 1792, died 1861), Genre: Medicine

System of Anatomy and Physiology, with the Comparative Anatomy of Animals

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3