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Book Holding ID 29592
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Frans van den Zype (Male, born 1580, died 1650)
Genre: Medicine
Fundamenta medicinae scriptoribus, tam inter antiquos quam recentiores, praestantioribus deprompta [Groeneveld/Zype]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *G.23.72.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Frans van den Zype (Male, born 1580, died 1650)
Genre: Medicine
Fundamenta medicinæ scriptoribus, tam inter antiquos quam recentiores, præstantioribus deprompta, quorum nomina pagina sequens exhibet.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1714. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


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Frans van den Zype (Male, born 1580, died 1650)
Genre: Medicine
Fundamenta Medicinae Scriptoribus

Book Holding ID 25706
Library record

John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables [Gay]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections S*.19.31-32 .
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 1 time in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (0 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables. By the late Mr. Gay.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 9 borrowing records


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John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables [John Gay]

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Confidence level: Certain

John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables. 1st series
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 27 borrowing records


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John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables [John Gay]

Book Holding ID 27429

William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
Fables [Wilkie]
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
Fables. By William Wilkie, D. D. Professor Of Natural Philosophy In The University Of St Andrews.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11


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William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
Fables [William Wilkie]

Book Holding ID 22418
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Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Fables choisies. Mises en vers par Monsieur de la Fontaine.
Number of borrowings: 3

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Confidence level: Certain

Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Fables choisies, mises en vers par monsieur de La Fontaine et par lui revûës, corrigées et augmentées de nouveau.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1700. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3


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Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Fables Choisies [Jean de la Fontaine]

Book Holding ID 21776
Library record

Famiano Strada (Male, born 1572, died 1649)
Genre: History
Famiani Stradæ Romani e Societate Jesu De bello Belgico decas prima [secunda].
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Famiano Strada (Male, born 1572, died 1649)
Genre: History
Famiani Stradæ ... de Bello Belgico Decas Prima ... Editio postrema, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1648. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


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Famiano Strada (Male, born 1572, died 1649)
Genre: History
De Bello Belgico

Book Holding ID 24053

Familiar Letters
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 23573
Library record

Michel Adanson (Male, born 1727, died 1806)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Familles des plantes [Adanson]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 6 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 2] (3 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Michel Adanson (Male, born 1727, died 1806)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Familles des plantes.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 4 borrowing records


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Michel Adanson (Male, born 1727, died 1806)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Familles des Plantes

Book Holding ID 22337
Library record

Faustus Socinus (Male, born 1539, died 1604)
Genre: Theology
Fausti Socini Senensis opera omnia.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 1 time in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (0 borrowings), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

Faustus Socinus (Male, born 1539, died 1604)
Genre: Theology
Fausti Socini ... opera omnia, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1656. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4


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Faustus Socinus (Male, born 1539, died 1604)
Genre: Theology
Works of Faustus Socinus

Book Holding ID 20678
Library record

Eliza Fowler Haywood (Female, born c.1693, died 1756)
Genre: Periodicals
Female Spectator
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 42 times in 26 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (22 borrowings), Volume 2] (12 borrowings), Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (7 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Eliza Fowler Haywood (Female, born c.1693, died 1756)
Genre: Periodicals
The female spectator.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1745-1746. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 206 times in 134 borrowing records


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Eliza Fowler Haywood (Female, born c.1693, died 1756)
Genre: Periodicals
Female Spectator

Book Holding ID 64442

Ferguson's History
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 26309

Fergussini Tractatus
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 27357
Library record

Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the Gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections JY378-379.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (2 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the most beautiful, useful, and uncommon plants described in the gardeners dictionary, exhibited on three hundred copper plates, accurately engraven after drawings taken from nature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 6 borrowing records


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Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in the Gardeners Dictionary

Book Holding ID 18176
Library record

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal : an ancient epic poem : in six books : together with several other poems Statement of responsibility composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal (standardised title)
Fingal &c. (original title)

Number of borrowings: 29

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Confidence level: Certain

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 190 times in 168 borrowing records


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James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem

Book Holding ID 20015
Library record

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
First lines of the practice of physic: for the use of students in the University of Edinburgh. (standardised title)
Cullen's Practice (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .616 Cul..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 63 times in 52 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (18 borrowings), Volume 2] (20 borrowings), Volume 3] (11 borrowings), Volume 4] (14 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
First lines of the practice of physic.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 52 borrowing records


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William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh

Book Holding ID 29316
Library record

William Nisbet (Male, born 1759, died 1822)
Genre: Medicine
First lines of the theory and practice in venereal diseases (standardised title)
Nisbett on V. Diseases (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .616951 Nis..
Number of borrowings: 6

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Confidence level: Certain

William Nisbet (Male, born 1759, died 1822)
Genre: Medicine
First lines of the theory and practice in venereal diseases
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


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William Nisbet (Male, born 1759, died 1822)
Genre: Medicine
First Lines of the Theory and Practice in Venereal Diseases

Book Holding ID 29655

James Keir (Male, born 1735, died 1820)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
First part of a dictionary of chemistry [Keir] (standardised title)
Keir Chem Dictionary (original title)

Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

James Keir (Male, born 1735, died 1820)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The first part of a dictionary of chemistry
Language: English . Published: Birmingham. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2


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James Keir (Male, born 1735, died 1820)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
First Part of a Dictionary of Chemistry

Book Holding ID 67980
Library record

William Nicholson (Male, born 1753, died 1815)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
First principles of chemistry (standardised title)
Nicholson's Chemistry (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .54 Nic..
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

William Nicholson (Male, born 1753, died 1815)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The first principles of chemistry.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

William Nicholson (Male, born 1753, died 1815)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
First Principles of Chemistry [William Nicholson]

Book Holding ID 67959
Library record

John Lightfoot (Male, born 1735, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora Scotica: or, A systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides [Lightfoot]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .5819(41) Lig..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

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John Lightfoot (Male, born 1735, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora scotica: or, A systematic arrangement, in the Linn Deaan method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


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John Lightfoot (Male, born 1735, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora Scotica: or, A Systematic Arrangement, in the Linnaean Method, of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides

Book Holding ID 27018
Library record

Johannes Fredericus Gronovius (Male, born 1686, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora Virginica, exhibens plantas [Clayton]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *K.20.34.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Johannes Fredericus Gronovius (Male, born 1686, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora Virginica, exhibens plantas quas J. Clayton in Virginia observavit atque collegit; easdem methodo sexuali disposuit ... et descripsit J. F. G.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Johannes Fredericus Gronovius (Male, born 1686, died 1762)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora Virginica

Book Holding ID 29016

Flori Hist:
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 21146
Library record

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of quality, or, The history of Henry, Earl of Moreland
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 80 times in 29 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (20 borrowings), Volume 2] (20 borrowings), Volume 3] (19 borrowings), Volume 4] (16 borrowings), Volume 5] (5 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality, or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 80 times in 29 borrowing records


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Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Book Holding ID 25847

Fordyce de ferro militati (?)
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 27474
Library record

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulæ medicamentorum : or, a compendium of the modern practice of physic [Smith].
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H.23.53/3.
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulæ medicamentorum; or, A compendium of the modern practice of physic. To which is prefixed an essay on the effects and uses of blood-letting.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulae Medicamentorum; or, A Compendium of the Modern Practice of Physic

Book Holding ID 27897
Library record

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulæ medicamentorum : or, a compendium of the modern practice of physic [Smith].
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H.23.53/3.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulæ medicamentorum; or, A compendium of the modern practice of physic. To which is prefixed an essay on the effects and uses of blood-letting.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulae Medicamentorum; or, A Compendium of the Modern Practice of Physic

Book Holding ID 18467

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulæ medicamentorum: or, a compendium of the modern practice of physic [Smith]
Number of borrowings: 7

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Confidence level: Very likely

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Medicamentorum formulæ ad varias medendi intentiones concinnatæ.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Medicamentorum Formulae ad Varias Medendi Intentiones Concinnatae

Book Holding ID 67485
Library record

George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
Four Gospels: translated from the Greek [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *C.23.9-10.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 7 times in 6 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 2] (4 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
The four Gospels, translated from the Greek. With preliminary dissertations, and notes critical and explanatory
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 118 times in 99 borrowing records


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George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek

Book Holding ID 27552
Library record

Franco Petri Burgersdijk (Male, born 1590, died 1635)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Fr. Burgersdicii Institutionum logicarum libri duo.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .16 Bur..
Number of borrowings: 2

Book Holding ID 12772
Library record

Francesco Torti (Male, born 1658, died 1741)
Genre: Medicine
Francesco Torti ... therapeutice specialis ad febres periodicas perniciosas.
Number of borrowings: 9

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Confidence level: Certain

Francesco Torti (Male, born 1658, died 1741)
Genre: Medicine
Francesco Torti ... therapeutice specialis ad febres periodicas perniciosas : cui subnectuntur responsiones ... ad ... Ramazzinum.
Language: Latin . Published: Frankfurt am Main. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 9


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Francesco Torti (Male, born 1658, died 1741)
Genre: Medicine
Therapeutice Specialis ad Febres Periodicas Perniciosas

Book Holding ID 67629
Library record

Francesco Redi (Male, born 1626, died 1698)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Francisci Redi Experimenta circa generationem insectorum (standardised title)
Redi De insectis (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *L.33.21.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Francesco Redi (Male, born 1626, died 1698)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
F. Redi ... experimenta circa generationem insectorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1671. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Francesco Redi (Male, born 1626, died 1698)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimenta circa Generationem Insectorum

Book Holding ID 24983

Frederick Dekkers (Male, born 1644, died 1720)
Genre: Medicine
Frederici Deckers ... Exercitationes medicae practicae circa medendi methodum.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Frederick Dekkers (Male, born 1644, died 1720)
Genre: Medicine
Frederici Deckers ... Exercitationes medicæ practicæ circa medendi methodum observationibus illustratæ, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden | Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1673. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Frederick Dekkers (Male, born 1644, died 1720)
Genre: Medicine
Exercitationes Practicae circa Medendi Methodum [Frederick Dekkers]

Book Holding ID 23945
Library record

Frederik Ruysch (Male, born 1638, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Fredrik Ruysch ... opera omnia anatomico-medico-chirurgica hucusque edita, etc.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 2] (2 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Frederik Ruysch (Male, born 1638, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
F. Ruyschii ... Opera omnia anatomico-medico-chirurgica hucusque edita.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1722-1743. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 16 borrowing records


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Frederik Ruysch (Male, born 1638, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Opera Omnia Anatomico-Medico-Chirurgica