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Record ID 117182

Martin's System V:s 1-2

Borrowed: 1770/3/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

James Aitchison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Martin's System (original title)
Philosophia Britannica, or, A new and comprehensive system of the Newtonian philosophy, astronomy and geography [Martin] (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophia Britannica: or, a new and comprehensive system of the Newtonian philosophy, astronomy, and geography, in a course of twelve lectures, with notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 64 borrowing records


Book Work

Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophia Britannica

Borrowed: 1770/3/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Aitchison

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Philosophia Britannica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 117200

Nettleton on Virtue

Borrowed: 1770/3/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.


Borrower

George Lamb
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Nettleton (Male, born 1683, died 1742)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Treatise on virtue and happiness [Nettleton]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Nettleton (Male, born 1683, died 1742)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A treatise on virtue and happiness.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 63


Book Work

Thomas Nettleton (Male, born 1683, died 1742)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Treatise on Virtue and Happiness

Record ID 117203

Fingal

Borrowed: 1770/3/10 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

Hugh Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal &c. (original title)
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)

Book Edition

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


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1770/3/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: Hugh Anderson

Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry

Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem

Record ID 117215

Preceptor Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

James Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor : containing a general course of education, wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
The preceptor: containing a general course of education.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Dodsley, Robert
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 122 times in 101 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday).

Borrower: James Thomson

Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education

Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 117224

Oldmixon's Logic

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.


Borrower

James McWhirter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Dominique Bouhours (Male, born 1628, died 1702)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The arts of logick and rhetorick, illustrated by examples taken out of the best authors, antient and modern ... to which are added, parallel quotations out of the most eminent English authors [Bouhours/Oldmixon]]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections N.20.72.

Record ID 117230

Temora

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Walter Minto
Gender: Male.
Class: Divinity. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1753-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books: together with several other epic poems.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight 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: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 137 times in 130 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Walter Minto

Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry

Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem

Record ID 117227

Locke's Essay

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Walter Minto
Gender: Male.
Class: Divinity. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1753-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Locke's Essay folio (original title)
Essay concerning humane understanding [Locke] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; Dh.6.90.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay concerning humane understanding. In four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1690. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 29


Book Work

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Record ID 117233

Medical pamphlets

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/3.


Borrower

James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Medicine
Medical pamphlets.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday).

Borrower: James Robertson

Genre: Medicine

Medical pamphlets.

Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Record ID 117236

Millar Observations on the Asthma & other pamphlets

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Dumfries Note.


Borrower

Samuel Carter Pettener
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80226. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough [Millar]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12


Book Work

John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Asthma, and on the Hooping Cough

Record ID 117239

London Medical Transactions Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Martin Wall
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76798. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal College of Physicians of London (Unspecified)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Periodicals
Medical transactions: published by the College of Physicians in London.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Royal College of Physicians of London (Unspecified)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Periodicals
Medical transactions, published by the College of Physicians in London.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768-1820. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 19 borrowing records


Book Work

Royal College of Physicians of London (Unspecified)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Periodicals
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London

Record ID 117242

& Geoffroy Meteria Medica Vol. 1.

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Martin Wall
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76798. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Etienne-François Geoffroy (Male, born 1672, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Traité de la matiere medicale, ou, De l'histoire des vertus, du choix et de l'usage des remedes simples [Geoffroy]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Etienne-François Geoffroy (Male, born 1672, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Traité de la matiére medicale, ou de l'histoire des vertus du choix et de l'usage des remèdes simples.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1743-1757. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 5 borrowing records


Book Work

Etienne-François Geoffroy (Male, born 1672, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Traité de la Matiére Medicale, ou de l'Histoire des Vertus du Choix et de l'Usage des Remèdes Simples

Record ID 117245

Martyn's Virgil

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

James Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Martyn (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dissertations and critical remarks upon the Æneids of Virgil [Martyn]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Martyn (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dissertations and critical remarks upon the Æneids of Virgil.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

John Martyn (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dissertations and Critical Remarks upon the AEneids of Virgil

Record ID 117248

Horace Delph: 12:mo

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

James Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Poetry
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections W*.21.47-48 .

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Q. Horatii Flacci Opera; interpretatione et notis illustravit L. Desprez ... in usum ... Delphini, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1691. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace

Record ID 117251

Salmon's Grammar

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

James Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new geographical and historical grammar [Salmon]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections P*..23.35 .

Record ID 117254

Also Varietes Litteratures tome 3:d

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

James Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary 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 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 117257

Also Fielding's Works Vol. 4:th

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

James Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq : with the life of the author.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *V.20.13-16. .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq; with the life of the author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 38 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday).

Borrower: James Nisbet

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

Works of Henry Fielding

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 117260

Physical & Literary Essays 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/14/0.


Borrower

John Morison
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83941. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary : read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records


Book Work

Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday).

Borrower: John Morison

Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 117263

Hogarth's Anlysis [sic]

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/13/0. Funds deposited: Air Note Douglass.


Borrower

John Russell Junior
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of beauty : Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *.T.25.2 .

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The analysis of beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 29


Book Work

William Hogarth (Male, born 1697, died 1764)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste

Record ID 117266

& Belfour's history

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

John Russell Junior
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Belfour (Male)
Genre: History
A new history of Scotland; from the earliest accounts to the present time [Belfour]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections Q.22.74 .

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Belfour (Male)
Genre: History
A New History of Scotland; from the Earliest Accounts, to the Present Time. By John Belfour.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 14


Book Work

John Belfour (Male)
Genre: History
New History of Scotland

Record ID 117269

Linnæi Amœnitates Academicæ in 6 Voll. 8:vo

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/5/0.


Borrower

Samuel Harwood
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/75792. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnæi ... Amoenitates academicae; seu, Dissertationes variæ physicæ, medicæ, botanicæ.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections L*.23.58 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnæi ... Amoenitates academicæ, seu dissertationes variæ physicæ, medicæ, botanicæ antehac seorsim editæ, nunc collectæ et auctæ cum tabulis æneis.
Language: Latin . Published: Stockholm. Date of publication: 1749-1790. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 5 borrowing records


Book Work

Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Amoenitates Academicae

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Samuel Harwood

Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Amoenitates Academicae

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 117275

D:r Robertson's history Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Air Note Douglass.


Borrower

James Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI [Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1770/3/12 (Monday).

Borrower: James Hunter

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2