Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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Edinburgh University Library

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Book Holding ID 18311
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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Virgil's Aeneis.
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Virgil's Aeneis, translated into Scottish verse / by the famous Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld.
Language: Scots | English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1710. Format: folio.
Translators: Douglas, Gawin, 1474?-1522.
Number of borrowings: 8


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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Aeneid

Book Holding ID 28770
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Valerius Maximus (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Valerius Maximus : cum selectis variorum observat: et nova recensione A. Thysii.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections W*30.15.
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 12670
Library record

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten's commentaries [on the Aphorisms of Boerhaave]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 132 times in 65 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (38 borrowings), Volume 2] (36 borrowings), Volume 3] (24 borrowings), Volume 4] (22 borrowings), Volume 5] (12 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries abridged.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762-1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: abridged by Dr Schomberg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 132 times in 66 borrowing records


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John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries Abridged

Book Holding ID 24887
Library record

F. (François) Arnaud (Male, born 1721, died 1784), Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard (Male, born 1734, died 1817)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Variétés littéraires : ou Recueil de pièces tant originales que traduites, concernant la philosophie, la littérature et les arts.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections T.23.28-31 .
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 1 time in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (0 borrowings), Volume 2] (0 borrowings), Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (0 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 67623
Library record

Saint Bede the Venerable (Male, born 673, died 735)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Venerabilis Bedae opera
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; C*15.30-31.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Saint Bede the Venerable (Male, born 673, died 735)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Venerabilis Bedæ ... opera quotquot reperiri potuerunt omnia. Hac vltima impressione ornatius in lucem edita.
Language: Latin . Published: Cologne. Date of publication: 1612. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Saint Bede the Venerable (Male, born 673, died 735)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Works of the Venerable Bede

Book Holding ID 24320
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Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
View of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy [Pemberton]
Number of borrowings: 7

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Confidence level: Certain

Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A view of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 29


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Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy

Book Holding ID 67446
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Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of society and manners in France, Switzerland and Germany [Moore]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .91(4025) Moo..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (5 borrowings), Volume 2] (6 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. By a gentleman, who resided several years in those countries. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 74 borrowing records


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Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany

Book Holding ID 67761
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Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of society and manners in Italy (standardised title)
Moore's Italy (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .91(4507) Moo..
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 2] (4 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
A view of society and manners in Italy: With anecdotes relating to some eminent characters.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 176 times in 114 borrowing records


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Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in Italy

Book Holding ID 67563
Library record

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
View of society in Europe, in its progress from rudeness to refinement [Stuart]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; EE*..1.19.
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
A view of society in Europe, in its progress from rudeness to refinement; or, inquiries concerning the history of law, government, and manners.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 18


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Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
View of Society in Europe

Book Holding ID 29085

Virgilius Variorum 8vo
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 67692

Voltaire Histoire
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)

Book Holding ID 20303

Voltaire's Universal History.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 12 times in 5 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (2 borrowings), Volume 4] (3 borrowings), Volume 5] (3 borrowings), Volume 6] (3 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 22943
Library record

Jacob Spon (Male, born 1647, died 1685), Sir George Wheeler (Male, born 1650, died 1723)
Genre: Travel
Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece, et du Levant, fait és années 1675 & 1676.
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

Jacob Spon (Male, born 1647, died 1685), Sir George Wheeler (Male, born 1650, died 1723)
Genre: Travel
Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece et du Levant, fait és années 1675 et 1676 par J. Spon ... et G. Wheeler.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1679. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


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Jacob Spon (Male, born 1647, died 1685), Sir George Wheeler (Male, born 1650, died 1723)
Genre: Travel
Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece et du Levant, fait és Années 1675 et 1676

Book Holding ID 24977
Library record

Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Voyage du chevalier Des Marchais en Guinée, isles voisines, et à Cayénne, fait en 1725, 1726 & 1727 [Labat]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 5 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (2 borrowings), Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (0 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Voyage du Chevalier des Marchais en Guinée, Isles voisines, et à Cayenne, fait en 1725, 1726 et 1727, contenant une description ... de ces païs, et du commerce qui s'y fait. Enrichi d'un grand nombre de cartes, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1730. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 2 borrowing records


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Jean Baptiste Labat (Male, born 1663, died 1738)
Genre: Travel
Voyage du Chevalier des Marchais en Guinée, Isles Voisines, et à Cayenne, fait en 1725, 1726 et 1727

Book Holding ID 23126
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Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Siberia, fuit ... en 1751 [sic], contenantles moeurs, les usages des Russes, etc. [Chappe d'Auteroche]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 7 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 2] (4 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761, ... enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein, de gravures.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 10 borrowing records


Book Work

Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761

Book Holding ID 26706
Library record

Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV [Ives]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .91(54029) Ive..
Number of borrowings: 11

Book Holding ID 18407
Library record

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV [Anson]
Number of borrowings: 11

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

Book Holding ID 22874
Library record

Captain William Dampier (Male, born c.1652, died 1715)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year 1699 [Dampier]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; P.22.63-64.
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

Captain William Dampier (Male, born c.1652, died 1715)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to New Holland, &c. in the year, 1699.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1703. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records


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Captain William Dampier (Male, born c.1652, died 1715)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the Year 1699

Book Holding ID 68055
Library record

Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle [Sparrman]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; SD 6926-6927.
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

Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and round the world: ... from the year 1772 to 1776.
Language: English . Published: Perth. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records


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Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World

Book Holding ID 29457
Library record

Horace Bénédict de Saussure (Male, born 1740, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyages dans les Alpes: précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève [Saussure] (standardised title)
Saussure's Voyage (original title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Enquire at Centre for Research Collections ; *P.19.16-19.
Number of borrowings: 6
Volumes: Volume 1] (6 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Horace Bénédict de Saussure (Male, born 1740, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyages dans les Alpes précédés d'un Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Horace Bénédict de Saussure (Male, born 1740, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyages dans les Alpes Précédés d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Genève

Book Holding ID 26691

Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (0 borrowings), Volume 2] (0 borrowings), Volume 3] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Voyages ... en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 28 borrowing records


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Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies

Book Holding ID 22940
Library record

Gerard Fridrikh Miller (Male, born 1705, died 1783)
Genre: Travel
Voyages et découvertes faites par les Russes le long des côtes de la mer glaciale & sur l'océan oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique [Muller]
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 24911

Voyages.
Historical Shelfmark: AAA.Eb11.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 4] (1 borrowing), Volume 5] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 68025
Library record

Jean-Claude de La Métherie (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Vues physiologiques sur l'organisation animale et végétale
Historical Shelfmark: B.B.x.12. Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *H.32.77.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Jean-Claude de La Métherie (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Vues physiologiques sur l'organisation animale et végétale.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Jean-Claude de La Métherie (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Vues Physiologiques sur l'Organisation Animale et Végétale