An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 110579
Female Spectator Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/0.
William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Eliza Fowler Haywood (Female, born c.1693, died 1756)
Genre: Periodicals
Female Spectator
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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
ESTC: P2670
Eliza Fowler Haywood (Female, born c.1693, died 1756)
Genre: Periodicals
Female Spectator
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Stewart
Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood (Female, born c.1693, died 1756), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 110585
Kusterus de verbo medio &c
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/2/6.
Cortes Telfair
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Ludolf Kuster (Male, born 1670, died 1716)
Genre: Education
Lud. Kusterus De vero usu verborum mediorum eorumque differentia à verbis activis & passivis.
Confidence level: Certain
Ludolf Kuster (Male, born 1670, died 1716)
Genre: Education
Lud. Kusterus de vero usu verborum mediorum eorumque differentia a verbis activis & passivis.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: N5537
Ludolf Kuster (Male, born 1670, died 1716)
Genre: Education
De Vero Usu Verborum Mediorum eorumque Differentia a Verbis Activis & Passivis
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Cortes Telfair
Author: Ludolf Kuster (Male, born 1670, died 1716), Genre: Education
De Vero Usu Verborum Mediorum eorumque Differentia a Verbis Activis & Passivis
Record ID 110597
Hutchinson's System 2 V:s 4to
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0.
Charles Ocheltrie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of moral philosophy [Hutcheson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .171 Hut. .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A system of moral philosophy, in three books; written by the late Francis Hutcheson, L. L. D. Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. Published from the Original Manuscript, by his Son Francis Hutcheson, M. D. To which is prefixed some account of the life, writings, and character of the author, by the Reverend William Leechman, D. D. Professor of Divinity in the Same University.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 350 borrowing records
ESTC: T99472
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson]
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Charles Ocheltrie
Author: Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 110600
Macbride's Experiments
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
John Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91843. Dissertation: De Scorbuto.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768; MD (Edin), 1772. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Physician.
David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimental essays on the following subjects : I. On the fermentation of alimentary mixtures. II. On the nature and properties of fixed air. III. On the respective powers, and manner of acting, of the different kinds of antiseptics. IV. On the scurvy; with a proposal for trying new methods to prevent or cure the same, at sea. V. On the dissolvent power of quick-lime [Macbride]
Confidence level: Certain
David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the fermentation of alimentary mixtures. II. On the Nature and Properties of Fixed Air. III. On the respective Powers, and Manner of Acting, of the different Kinds of Antiseptics. IV. On the Scurvy; with a Proposal for trying new Methods to prevent or cure the same, at Sea. V. On the Dissolvent Power of Quick-Lime.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 77
ESTC: N8983
David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimental Essays [David Macbride]
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Anderson
Author: David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 110606
Ball's practice of physick Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
Arthur Taaffe
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90162. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1771. Other: Apprentice to the Royal College of Surgeons, 1767.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
The modern practice of physic : or, a method of judiciously treating the several disorders incident to the human body [Ball].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
The modern practice of physic: or, a method of judiciously treating the several disorders incident to the human body: Together With a Recital of their Causes, Symptoms, Diagnostics, Prognostics, and the Regimen necessary to be observed in regard of them.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 38 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: N5047
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
Modern Practice of Physic [John Ball]
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday).
Borrower: Arthur Taaffe
Author: John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779), Genre: Medicine
Modern Practice of Physic [John Ball]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 110609
World Displayed V:s 3 & 4
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.
Thomas Turnbull
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82502. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Travel
World displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; P*.33.34.53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Turnbull
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 110612
Ball's practice Vol. 2:d
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
Arthur Taaffe
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90162. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1771. Other: Apprentice to the Royal College of Surgeons, 1767.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
The modern practice of physic : or, a method of judiciously treating the several disorders incident to the human body [Ball].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
The modern practice of physic: or, a method of judiciously treating the several disorders incident to the human body: Together With a Recital of their Causes, Symptoms, Diagnostics, Prognostics, and the Regimen necessary to be observed in regard of them.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 38 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: N5047
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
Modern Practice of Physic [John Ball]
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Arthur Taaffe
Author: John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779), Genre: Medicine
Modern Practice of Physic [John Ball]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 110633
Bonnet Sur les corps orgonises en 2 tomes
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
James Mclurg
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91520. Dissertation: De Calore.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1769; MD (Edin), 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1767. Origin: Virginia.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considérations sur les corps organisés [Bonnet]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considerations sur les Corps organisés. Ou l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction etc.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 6 borrowing records
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considerations sur les Corps Organisés
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: James Mclurg
Author: Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considerations sur les Corps Organisés
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 110645
Palmerij Exercitationes in Græcos 4:to
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 3/0/0.
John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91915. Dissertation: De Hominum varietatibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1772; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780; LRCP(1777); FRCP(1793); FRS . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1754-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Jacques Le Paulmier (Male, born 1587, died 1670)
Jacobi Palmerii a Grentemesnil, Exercitationes in optimos fere auctores Græcos.
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Hunter
Author: Jacques Le Paulmier (Male, born 1587, died 1670)
Jacobi Palmerii a Grentemesnil, Exercitationes in optimos fere auctores Græcos.
Record ID 110648
& Heroditus Wesselingij
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91915. Dissertation: De Hominum varietatibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1772; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780; LRCP(1777); FRCP(1793); FRS . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1754-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Historiarum libri IX ... Gr. et Lat. ex Laur. Vallae interpretatione, cum adnotationibus Thomae Galei et Iacobi Gronovii.
Confidence level: Certain
Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Ἡροδοτου ἱστοριων λογοι θʹ. ... Herodoti ... historiarum libri IX.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1763. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 19
Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Histories [Herodotus]
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Hunter
Author: Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428), Genre: History
Record ID 110657
Aristarelius de distantus folio ac lunæ Græc. Lat.
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91915. Dissertation: De Hominum varietatibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1772; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780; LRCP(1777); FRCP(1793); FRS . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1754-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Aristarchus of Samos (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae liber
Confidence level: Certain
Aristarchus of Samos (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Aristarchou Samiou Peri megethōn kai apostēmatōn hēliou kai selēnēs, biblion. Pappou Alexandreōs tou tēs synagōgēs bibliou 2 apospasma. = Aristarchi Samii De magnitudinibus & distantiis solis & lunæ liber.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1688. Format: folio.
Editors: Wallis, John, 1616-1703.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: R1170
Aristarchus of Samos (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Peri Megethōn kai Apostēmatōn Hēliou kai Selēnēs
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Hunter
Author: Aristarchus of Samos (Male), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 110663
Wiseman's Surgery
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.
William Blaine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Richard Wiseman (Male, born c.1622, died 1676)
Genre: Medicine
Severall chirurgicall treatises [Wiseman]
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Wiseman (Male, born c.1622, died 1676)
Genre: Medicine
Severall chirurgicall treatises.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1676. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: R12081
Richard Wiseman (Male, born c.1622, died 1676)
Genre: Medicine
Severall Chirurgicall Treatises
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Blaine
Author: Richard Wiseman (Male, born c.1622, died 1676), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 110666
Linnæi philosophia Botanica
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
John Lind
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81752. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnaei ... Philosophia botanica
Confidence level: Certain
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
C. Linnæi ... Philosophia botanica, in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Vienna. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophia Botanica [Carl Linnaeus]
Borrowed: 1769/8/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Lind
Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 110669
Les Oeuvres de Rousseau tomes 2d & 4:th
Borrowed: 1769/8/7 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.
Adam Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Other: Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy. Life dates: 1723-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. Rousseau de Genève
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; V*..34.75-80.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 4
Confidence level: Likely
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. Rousseau de Geneve.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 98 times in 31 borrowing records
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Borrowed: 1769/8/7 (Monday).
Borrower: Adam Ferguson
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 4
Record ID 110675
Shakespeare's plays V:s 1st & 2d
Borrowed: 1769/8/7 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.
William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespeare, from Mr. Pope's edition.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear, from Mr. Pope’s edition.
Language: English . Published: Birmingham. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Pope, Alexander, 1688-174
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T138598
William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare
Borrowed: 1769/8/7 (Monday).
Borrower: William Stewart
Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 110681
Platneri Chirurgia
Borrowed: 1769/8/7 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
Ronald Macvicar
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77978. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones chirurgiae rationalis [Platner]
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Jo. Zachariae Platneri... Institutiones chirurgicae rationalis, tum medicae tum manualis in usus discentium.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Chirurgicae Rationalis, tum Medicae tum Manualis in Usus Discentium
Borrowed: 1769/8/7 (Monday).
Borrower: Ronald Macvicar
Author: Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747), Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Chirurgicae Rationalis, tum Medicae tum Manualis in Usus Discentium