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Book Holding ID 29436
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Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon (standardised title)
Buffon (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .59 Buf..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 67 times in 57 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (12 borrowings), Volume 2] (16 borrowings), Volume 3] (12 borrowings), Volume 4] (5 borrowings), Volume 5] (7 borrowings), Volume 6] (6 borrowings), Volume 7] (5 borrowings), Volume 8] (3 borrowings), Volume 9] (1 borrowing)

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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


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Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Book Holding ID 23225
Library record

Robert Plot (Male, born 1640, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history of Stafford-shire [Plot]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; JY 927.
Number of borrowings: 4

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Confidence level: Certain

Robert Plot (Male, born 1640, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of Stafford-shire.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1686. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 5


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Robert Plot (Male, born 1640, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Stafford-shire

Book Holding ID 12541

John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, A complete collection of voyages and travels.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *P.15.1-2.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (3 borrowings)

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John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records


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John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels

Book Holding ID 22304
Library record

Genre: Travel
New collection of voyages, discoveries and travels [Knox]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *P.23.31-37.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 25 times in 19 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (2 borrowings), Volume 3] (3 borrowings), Volume 4] (4 borrowings), Volume 5] (5 borrowings), Volume 6] (5 borrowings), Volume 7] (4 borrowings)

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Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records


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Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Book Holding ID 21365
Library record

John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
New compendious dispensatory
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *I.32.11.
Number of borrowings: 26

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John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
A new compendious dispensatory: or, a select body of the most useful, accurate, and elegant medicines, both officinal and extemporaneous, for the several disorders incident to the human body.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 24


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John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
New Compendious Dispensatory

Book Holding ID 27609
Library record

Sir William Fordyce (Male, born 1724, died 1792)
Genre: Medicine
New inquiry into the causes, symptoms, and cure, of putrid and inflammatory fevers [Fordyce]
Historical Shelfmark: BV.l.4. Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.19.49.
Number of borrowings: 13

Book Holding ID 29475

George Motherby (Male, born 1732, died 1793)
Genre: Medicine
New medical dictionary; or a general repository of physic (standardised title)
Motherby's M: Dictionary (original title)

Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Likely

Genre: Medicine
A new medical dictionary; or a general repository of physic
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2


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Genre: Medicine
New Medical Dictionary

Book Holding ID 67551

Francis Peck (Male, born 1692, died 1743)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
New memoirs of the life and poetical works of Mr. John Milton [Peck]
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Francis Peck (Male, born 1692, died 1743)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
New memoirs of the life and poetical works of Mr. John Milton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Francis Peck (Male, born 1692, died 1743)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
New Memoirs of the Life and Poetical Works of Mr John Milton

Book Holding ID 20462
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Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New method of chemistry; including the history, theory, and practice of the art: translated from the original Latin of Dr. Boerhaave's Elementa chemiæ
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 69 times in 45 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (40 borrowings), Volume 2] (29 borrowings)

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Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new method of chemistry; including the history, theory, and practice of the art.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Editors: Shaw, Peter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 69 times in 45 borrowing records


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Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Method of Chemistry

Book Holding ID 67764
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Anton Friedrich Büsching (Male, born 1724, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New system of geography [Busching]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; P*.21.19-24.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 4] (1 borrowing), Volume 5] (1 borrowing), Volume 6] (1 borrowing)

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Anton Friedrich Büsching (Male, born 1724, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new system of geography: in which is given, a general account of the situation and limits, the manners, history, ... of the several kingdoms and states.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 23 borrowing records


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Anton Friedrich Büsching (Male, born 1724, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New System of Geography

Book Holding ID 22421
Library record

Robert Wallace Johnson (Male, born c.1719)
Genre: Medicine
New system of midwifery [Johnson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *G.19.41.
Number of borrowings: 14

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Confidence level: Certain

Robert Wallace Johnson (Male, born c.1719)
Genre: Medicine
A New system of midwifery, in four parts; founded on practical observations: the whole illustrated with copper plates. By Robert Wallace Johnson, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 23


Book Work

Robert Wallace Johnson (Male, born c.1719)
Genre: Medicine
New System of Midwifery

Book Holding ID 67434
Library record

Jacob Bryant (Male, born 1715, died 1804)
Genre: History
New system, or, an analysis of ancient mythology [Bryant]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. F .291 Bry..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 4 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (2 borrowings), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

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Jacob Bryant (Male, born 1715, died 1804)
Genre: History
A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology: wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable; and to reduce the truth to its original purity.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 13 borrowing records


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Jacob Bryant (Male, born 1715, died 1804)
Genre: History
New System, or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology

Book Holding ID 24779
Library record

Nicolaas Tulp (Male, born 1593, died 1674)
Genre: Medicine
Nicolai Tulpii... Observationes medicae.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.23.66 .
Number of borrowings: 2

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Nicolaas Tulp (Male, born 1593, died 1674)
Genre: Medicine
Nicolai Tulpii Amstelodensis exconsulis Observationes medicæ.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1716. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Nicolaas Tulp (Male, born 1593, died 1674)
Genre: Medicine
Observationes Medicae [Nicolaas Tulp]

Book Holding ID 24311
Library record

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Nicolaus Piso ... de cognoscendis et curandis praecipus internis humani corporis morbis libri tres.
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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Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Nicolai Pisonis [...] De cognoscendis et curandis, praecipue internis humani corpori morbis [...] Libri tres [...] Accessit praefatio Hermanni Boerhaave.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


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Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
De Cognoscendis et Curandis, Praecipue Internis Humani Corpori Morbis

Book Holding ID 22862
Library record

Johann Jakob Bodmer (Male, born 1698, died 1783)
Genre: Education, Genre: Theology
Noah : attempted from the German of Mr. B. [Collyer]
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Johann Jakob Bodmer (Male, born 1698, died 1783)
Genre: Education, Genre: Theology
Noah. Attempted from the German of Mr. Bodmer. In twelve books. By Joseph Collyer. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Collyer, Joseph
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 10 borrowing records


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Johann Jakob Bodmer (Male, born 1698, died 1783)
Genre: Education, Genre: Theology
Noah. Attempted from the German of Mr Bodmer

Book Holding ID 67470

Paul Henri Mallet (Male, born 1730, died 1807)
Genre: History
Northern antiquities [Mallet; Percy]
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

Paul Henri Mallet (Male, born 1730, died 1807)
Genre: History
Northern antiquities: or, a description of the manners, customs, religion and laws of the ancient Danes, and other northern nations; including those of our own Saxon ancestors.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Percy, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 15 borrowing records


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Paul Henri Mallet (Male, born 1730, died 1807)
Genre: History
Northern Antiquities: or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws of the Ancient Danes

Book Holding ID 67905
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François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica sistens morborum classes [Boissier de Sauvages]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .616012 Sau..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (0 borrowings)

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François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica sistens morborum classes, genera et species, juxtà sydenhami mentem & botanicorum ordinem.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


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François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia Methodica [François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages]

Book Holding ID 12565
Library record

François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica, sistens morborum, classes genera et species : juxta Sydenhami mentem et botanicorum ordinem.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 111 times in 43 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (39 borrowings), Volume 2] (37 borrowings), Volume 3] (13 borrowings), Volume 4] (11 borrowings), Volume 5] (11 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica, sistens morborum classes, juxtà Sydenhami mentem & botanicorum ordinem.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 111 times in 43 borrowing records


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François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia Methodica [François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages]

Book Holding ID 25511
Library record

François de La Mothe Le Vayer (Male, born 1583, died 1672)
Genre: History
Notitia historicorum selectorum : or animadversions upon the antient and famous Greek and Latin historians.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections R*.31.19 .
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 29382
Library record

Pierre de La Servolle (Male), Jacques de Marque (Male), Pierre François Nicolas (Male, born 1743, died 1816)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau dictionnaire, universel et raisonné de médecine, de chirurgie, et de l'art vétérinaire.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *G.31.15-20.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 6 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (1 borrowing), Volume 5] (1 borrowing), Volume 6] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

Pierre de La Servolle (Male), Jacques de Marque (Male), Pierre François Nicolas (Male, born 1743, died 1816)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau Dictionnaire universel et raisonné de médecine, de chirurgie et de l'art vétérinaire... par une société de médecins.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 1 borrowing record


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Pierre de La Servolle (Male), Jacques de Marque (Male), Pierre François Nicolas (Male, born 1743, died 1816)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau Dictionnaire Universel et Raisonné de Médecine, de Chirurgie et de l'Art Vétérinaire

Book Holding ID 24281
Library record

Charles de Saint-Yves (Male, born 1667, died 1733)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau traité des maladies des yeux [Saint-Yves]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H*..31.56.
Number of borrowings: 3

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Charles de Saint-Yves (Male, born 1667, died 1733)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau traité des maladies des yeux avec de nouvelles découvertes sur la structure de l'oeil par de Saint-Yves.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3


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Charles de Saint-Yves (Male, born 1667, died 1733)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau Traité des Maladies des Yeux

Book Holding ID 21119
Library record

Pierre Jean Grosley (Male, born 1718, died 1785)
Genre: Travel
Nouveaux mémoires ou observations sur l'Italie.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

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Pierre Jean Grosley (Male, born 1718, died 1785)
Genre: Travel
Nouveaux mémoires ou observations sur l'Italie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record


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Pierre Jean Grosley (Male, born 1718, died 1785)
Genre: Travel
New Observations on Italy and its Inhabitants

Book Holding ID 25166
Library record

Claude Lancelot (Male, born c.1615, died 1695)
Genre: Education
Nouvelle methode pour apprendre facilement la langue latine.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Claude Lancelot (Male, born c.1615, died 1695)
Genre: Education
Nouvelle methode pour apprendre facilement la langue latine.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Claude Lancelot (Male, born c.1615, died 1695)
Genre: Education
Nouvelle Methode pour Apprendre Facilement la Langue Latine

Book Holding ID 21743
Library record

Claude Lancelot (Male, born c.1615, died 1695)
Genre: Education
Nouvelle méthode pour apprendre facilement la langue grecque.
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Claude Lancelot (Male, born c.1615, died 1695)
Genre: Education
Nouvelle methode pour apprendre facilement la langue grecque.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1696. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


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Claude Lancelot (Male, born c.1615, died 1695)
Genre: Education
Nouvelle Methode pour Apprendre Facilement la Langue Grecque

Book Holding ID 67419
Library record

Jan Ingenhousz (Male, born 1730, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nouvelles expériences et observations sur divers objets de physique [Ingenhouz]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; O*.28.6.
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: Certain

Jan Ingenhousz (Male, born 1730, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nouvelles expériences et observations sur divers objets de physique.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1785-1789. 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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Jan Ingenhousz (Male, born 1730, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nouvelles Expériences et Observations sur Divers Objets de Physique

Book Holding ID 28584
Library record

Pier Antonio Micheli (Male, born 1679, died 1737)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nova plantarum genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita [Micheli]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *.K.18.24.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Pier Antonio Micheli (Male, born 1679, died 1737)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nova plantarum genera juxta Tournefortii methodum disposita.
Language: Latin . Published: Florence. Date of publication: 1729. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Pier Antonio Micheli (Male, born 1679, died 1737)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nova Plantarum Genera Juxta Tournefortii Methodum Disposita

Book Holding ID 29394
Library record

John Jones (Male, born 1645, died 1709)
Genre: Medicine
Novarum dissertationum de morbis abstrusioribus tractatus primus (standardised title)
Jones de. Morbis (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *G.33.67.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Very likely

John Jones (Male, born 1645, died 1709)
Genre: Medicine
Novarum dissertationum de morbis abstrusioribus tractatus primus
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1683. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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John Jones (Male, born 1645, died 1709)
Genre: Medicine
Novarum Dissertationum de Morbis Abstrusioribus