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Book Holding ID 22274
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Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Periodicals
Rambler
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 20 times in 10 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (4 borrowings), Volume 2] (3 borrowings), Volume 3] (6 borrowings), Volume 4] (7 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Periodicals
The Rambler.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 10 borrowing records


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Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Periodicals
Rambler

Book Holding ID 28791

Ramsay's Works
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 21737
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Theophilus Lobb (Male, born 1678, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Rational methods of curing fevers.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 25592
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Realdo Colombo (Male, born 1516, died 1559)
Genre: Medicine
Realdi Columbi Cremonensis, in almo Gymnasio Romano anatomici celeberrimi, De re anatomica libri XV.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H*.32.47 .
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Realdo Colombo (Male, born 1516, died 1559)
Genre: Medicine
Realdi Columb Cremonensis de re anatomica libri XV.
Language: Latin . Published: Frankfurt am Main. Date of publication: 1593. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Realdo Colombo (Male, born 1516, died 1559)
Genre: Medicine
De Re Anatomica [Realdo Colombo]

Book Holding ID 49921

Cornelius de Pauw (Male, born 1739, died 1799)
Recherches Philosophique [de Pauw]
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 25415

Jean-Pierre David (Male, born 1737, died 1784)
Genre: Medicine
Recherches sur la maniere d'agir de la saignee [David]
Number of borrowings: 1

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Jean-Pierre David (Male, born 1737, died 1784)
Genre: Medicine
Recherches sur la manière d'agir de la saignée et sur les effets qu'elle produit relativement à la partie où on la fait, par M. David.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Jean-Pierre David (Male, born 1737, died 1784)
Genre: Medicine
Recherches sur la Manière d'Agir de la Saignée

Book Holding ID 29763
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Marquise de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné (Female, born 1626, died 1696)
Genre: Lives
Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la comtesse de Grignan, sa fille
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (1 borrowing)

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Marquise de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné (Female, born 1626, died 1696)
Genre: Lives
Recueil des Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Sévigné, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 6 borrowing records


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Marquise de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné (Female, born 1626, died 1696)
Genre: Lives
Recueil des Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Sévigné

Book Holding ID 17981
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Constantin de Renneville (Male, born c.1650, died 1723)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Recueil des voyages qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progrez de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

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Constantin de Renneville (Male, born c.1650, died 1723)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Recueil des voyages qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces Unies des Païs-bas.
Language: French . Published: Rouen. Date of publication: 1725. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records


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Constantin de Renneville (Male, born c.1650, died 1723)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Recueil des Voyages qui ont Servi à l'Établissement et aux Progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales

Book Holding ID 21275
Library record

Genre: Medicine
Recueil sur l'electricité médicale.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (7 borrowings), Volume 2] (8 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 20354
Library record

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: History
Reflections on the late Lord Bolingbroke's letters on the study and use of history.
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: History
Reflections on the late Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the study and use of history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


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John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: History
Reflections on the Late Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study and Use of History

Book Holding ID 22442
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Sir John Skene (Male, born c.1543, died 1617)
Genre: Law
Regiam majestatem
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Skene (Male, born c.1543, died 1617)
Genre: Law
Regiam Majestatem: The auld lawes and constitutions of Scotland
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1609. Format: folio.
Editors: Published in both Latin and English in 1609. Latin version ESTC S117417.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Sir John Skene (Male, born c.1543, died 1617)
Genre: Law
Regiam Majestatem

Book Holding ID 67539
Library record

Reinier de Graaf (Male, born 1641, died 1673)
Genre: Medicine
Regnerus de Graaf de mulierum organis ... novus, etc.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; JA3419.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Reinier de Graaf (Male, born 1641, died 1673)
Genre: Medicine
De mulierum organis generationi servientibus tractatus novus, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1672. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Reinier de Graaf (Male, born 1641, died 1673)
Genre: Medicine
De Mulierum Organis Generationi Servientibus Tractatus Novus

Book Holding ID 24815

Reid's Essay
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 18053
Library record

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Male, born 1656, died 1708)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Relation d'un voyage du Levant [Tournefort].
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 9 times in 6 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (4 borrowings), Volume 2] (3 borrowings), Volume 3] (2 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Male, born 1656, died 1708)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Relation d'un voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du Roy. Contenant l'histoire ancienne & moderne de plusieurs isles de l'archipel, de Constantinople, des côtes de la Mer noire, de l'Arménie, de la Georgie, des frontieres de Perse & de l'Asie mineure.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 6 borrowing records


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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (Male, born 1656, died 1708)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Relation d'un Voyage du Levant fait par Ordre du Roy

Book Holding ID 18236
Library record

Genre: Poetry
Reliques of ancient English poetry.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 9 times in 3 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 2] (3 borrowings), Volume 3] (3 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets

Book Holding ID 20930
Library record

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. : in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 [Addison]
Number of borrowings: 3

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Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1705. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 16


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703.

Book Holding ID 26414
Library record

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Remarks on the disease, commonly called a fistula in ano
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.K.g.21. Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H.19.73/3.
Number of borrowings: 3

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Confidence level: Certain

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Remarks on the disease, commonly called a fistula in the ano.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3


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Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Remarks on the Disease, Commonly called a Fistula in the Ano

Book Holding ID 24269
Library record

René Descartes (Male, born 1596, died 1650)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Renati Des-cartes Opera philosophica.
Number of borrowings: 6

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Confidence level: Certain

René Descartes (Male, born 1596, died 1650)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Renati Des-Cartes Opera Philosophica.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1692. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

René Descartes (Male, born 1596, died 1650)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Works of Descartes

Book Holding ID 29247
Library record

René Descartes (Male, born 1596, died 1650)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Renati Des-Cartes Tractatus de homine, et de formatione foetus.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections V*.29.19..
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

René Descartes (Male, born 1596, died 1650)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Renati Des-Cartes Tractatus de homine, et de formatione fœtus.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1686. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

René Descartes (Male, born 1596, died 1650)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Tractatus de Homine, et de Formatione Foetus

Book Holding ID 25517
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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī (Male, born c.865, died 925)
Genre: Medicine
Rhazes De variolis et morbillis, Arabice et Latine; cum aliis nonnullis ejusdem argumenti.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *G.29.42 .
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī (Male, born c.865, died 925)
Genre: Medicine
Rhazes de variolis et morbillis, arabice et latine; cvm aliis nonnvllis eivsdem argvmenti.
Language: Latin | Arabic . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Channing, Johannis.
Number of borrowings: 2


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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī (Male, born c.865, died 925)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Rhazes

Book Holding ID 20336
Library record

Richard Morton (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Richard Morton opera medica.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 43 times in 22 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (21 borrowings), Volume 2] (22 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Richard Morton (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Richardi Morton,... Opera medica, in quatuor tomos distributa, quibus additi tratatus sequentes.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1699. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 22 borrowing records


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Richard Morton (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Opera Medica [Richard Morton]

Book Holding ID 68091
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Willem Hendrik Nieupoort (Male, born c.1670, died c.1730)
Genre: Theology
Rituum qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; Q.17.50.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Willem Hendrik Nieupoort (Male, born c.1670, died c.1730)
Genre: Theology
Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio.
Language: Latin . Published: Utrecht. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Willem Hendrik Nieupoort (Male, born c.1670, died c.1730)
Genre: Theology
Rituum, qui Olim apud Romanos Obtinverunt

Book Holding ID 27537
Library record

Robert Ainsworth (Male, born 1669, died 1743)
Genre: Reference Works
Robert Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

Robert Ainsworth (Male, born 1669, died 1743)
Genre: Reference Works
Robert Ainsworth’s dictionary, English and Latin. A new edition, with great additions and amendments.
Language: English | Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


Book Work

Robert Ainsworth (Male, born 1669, died 1743)
Genre: Reference Works
Robert Ainsworth’s Dictionary, English and Latin

Book Holding ID 25256

Robertson on Medicines
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 20492

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Robertson's history.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 4 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (3 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 29631

Bryan Robinson (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Robinson on Animal Economy & On Food & Medicine (3Vs
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume ] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 67521

Robison on Medicines
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 12658

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's History
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 27 times in 13 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (2 borrowings), Volume 5] (1 borrowing), Volume 6] (2 borrowings), Volume 7] (2 borrowings), Volume 8] (4 borrowings), Volume 9] (3 borrowings), Volume 10] (2 borrowings), Volume 11] (1 borrowing), Volume 12] (1 borrowing), Volume 13] (1 borrowing), Volume 14] (1 borrowing), Volume 15] (1 borrowing), Volume 16] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 20663
Library record

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth [Hooke]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .9(3701-02) Hoo..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 27 times in 23 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (13 borrowings), Volume 2] (5 borrowings), Volume 3] (5 borrowings), Volume 4] (4 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 241 times in 184 borrowing records


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Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Book Holding ID 21170
Library record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium [Rollin]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *Q.50-51.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 117 times in 51 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (10 borrowings), Volume 2] (12 borrowings), Volume 3] (9 borrowings), Volume 4] (8 borrowings), Volume 5] (7 borrowings), Volume 6] (10 borrowings), Volume 7] (9 borrowings), Volume 8] (6 borrowings), Volume 9] (5 borrowings), Volume 10] (6 borrowings), Volume 11] (7 borrowings), Volume 12] (7 borrowings), Volume 13] (6 borrowings), Volume 14] (5 borrowings), Volume 15] (5 borrowings), Volume 16] (5 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 22115
Library record

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Roman history, from the foundation of the city of Rome, to the destruction of the Western empire [Goldsmith]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 40 times in 34 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (20 borrowings), Volume 2] (20 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
The Roman history, from the foundation of the city of Rome, to the destruction of the western Empire. By Dr. Goldsmith. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 51 times in 40 borrowing records


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Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire

Book Holding ID 25295

Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
Russell de Tabe Glandulari
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Very likely

Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
De tabe glandulari, sive de usu aquæ marinæ in morbis glandularum dissertatio.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


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Richard Russell (Male, born 1687, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
Dissertation concerning the Use of Sea Water in Diseases of the Glands