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Record ID 386196

Buffon vol. 5th 6:th Vol. 7:th 8:th

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). 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

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 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8

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

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Beale Cooper

Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8

Record ID 386199

Pringle on the ArmyN.B. The Book returned by not the Money

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: five shillings.


Borrower

Walter Harkness
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90824. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1784-1789. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons 1790; Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1792; MD (Edin) 1790.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the diseases of the army [Pringle]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the diseases of the army, by John Pringle, Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 148


Book Work

Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Diseases of the Army

Record ID 386202

Reids Inquiry

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: five shillings.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the human mind: on the principles of common sense [Reid]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 178


Book Work

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense

Record ID 386205

Theses vol 8th

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Richard Feild
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90831. Dissertation: De menorrhagia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1786-1790. Other: MD (Edin) 1790.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Medicine
Theses
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday).

Borrower: Richard Feild

Genre: Medicine

Theses

Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Record ID 386208

Home's Law Tracts

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea. Funds deposited: 1687.


Borrower

Alexander Mackenzie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Historical law tracts [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .3409 Kam..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Historical law-tracts
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Historical Law-Tracts

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday).

Borrower: Alexander Mackenzie

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Law

Historical Law-Tracts

Record ID 386211

& Elucidations

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see previous entry.


Borrower

Alexander Mackenzie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Home's Elucidations (original title)
Elucidations respecting the common and statute law of Scotland (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Elucidations respecting the Common and Statute Law of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Elucidations Respecting the Common and Statute Law of Scotland

Record ID 386214

Hill's Cases

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: three shillings.


Borrower

James Veitch Williamson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84512. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1781-1791. Other: Apprentice of Royal College of Surgeons 1792.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Hill (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Cases in surgery, particularly of cancers, and disorders of the head from external violence. With observations. To which is added an account of the sibbens [Hill]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *H.22.56.

Record ID 386217

Voltaire's Chas XIIth 12mo

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Histoire de Charles XII. roy de Suede [Voltaire]
Historical Shelfmark: A.F.c.18.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède.
Language: French . Published: Berlin. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden

Borrowed: 1790/5/20 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Dunmore

Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History

History of Charles XII, King of Sweden