An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 120020
Leonidas
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.
William Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Richard Glover (Male, born 1712, died 1785)
Genre: Poetry
Leonidas: a poem [Glover]
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Glover (Male, born 1712, died 1785)
Genre: Poetry
Leonidas, a poem.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 12
ESTC: T97589
Richard Glover (Male, born 1712, died 1785)
Genre: Poetry
Leonidas
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Sprott
Author: Richard Glover (Male, born 1712, died 1785), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 120023
& Barber's Poems
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
William Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Mary Barber (Female, born c.1685, died 1755)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on several occasions [Barber]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections S*.18.3 .
Confidence level: Certain
Mary Barber (Female, born c.1685, died 1755)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on several occasions.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T42622
Mary Barber (Female, born c.1685, died 1755)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on Several Occasions [Mary Barber]
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Sprott
Author: Mary Barber (Female, born c.1685, died 1755), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 120026
Locke's Works Vol. 3:d folio
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/0/0.
William Skirving
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Locke's Works in folio (original title)
Works of John Locke Esq : In three volumes (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *S.18.32/16.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke Esq; In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1714. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T128627
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of John Locke
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Skirving
Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 120029
& Rollin's Ancient history V:s 6:th & 7:th
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
William Skirving
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians [Rollin]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Very likely
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records
ESTC: N16395
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Skirving
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 120032
Medical pamphlets
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0. Funds deposited: N. B.: You give a G. Note & get Silver.
John Francis Xavier Parnham
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91731. Dissertation: De Cystirrhoea.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1771; MD (Edin), 1772. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1770. Origin: Maryland.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Medicine
Medical pamphlets.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Francis Xavier Parnham
Genre: Medicine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 120041
James on Canine Madness
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/1/6.
David McRobert
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/87722. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert James (Male, born c.1703, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise on canine madness [James]
Confidence level: Certain
Robert James (Male, born c.1703, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise on canine madness.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T57163
Robert James (Male, born c.1703, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise on Canine Madness
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: David McRobert
Author: Robert James (Male, born c.1703, died 1776), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 120047
Fielding's Works Vol. 2:d
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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 2
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
ESTC: T89839
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Stewart
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 120053
& Reid's Inquiry
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the human mind: on the principles of common sense [Reid]
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 178
ESTC: T110558
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Stewart
Author: Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Record ID 120083
Trillerus de Pleurtide
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
William Black
Gender: Male.
Dissertation: De Diagnosi, Prognosi, et Causis Mortis in Febribus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: before 1771. Other: MD (Leiden), 1772; LRCP(1787) . Origin: Irish. Life dates: 1749/50-1829.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Daniel Wilhelm Triller (Male, born 1695, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Dan. Wilh. Trilleri Succincta commentatio de pleuritide ejusque curatione.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G*..22.67 .
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Wilhelm Triller (Male, born 1695, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Dan. Wilh. Trilleri, philosoph. et med. doct. ... Succincta commentatio de pleuritide ejusque curatione : adjectis simul X. singularibus pleuriticorum historiis, & disputatione de pleuritide aestiva.
Language: Latin . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Daniel Wilhelm Triller (Male, born 1695, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Succincta Commentatio de Pleuritide ejusque Curation
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Black
Author: Daniel Wilhelm Triller (Male, born 1695, died 1782), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 120092
Lee's Introdution to Botany
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: not recorded.
William Carson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Lee (Male, born 1715, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introduction to botany [Lee]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .58 Lin..
Confidence level: Certain
James Lee (Male, born 1715, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An introduction to botany.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T81053
James Lee (Male, born 1715, died 1795)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introduction to Botany [James Lee]
Borrowed: 1770/6/5 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Carson
Author: James Lee (Male, born 1715, died 1795), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 120098
Coe on Concretions
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
John Badeley
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91555. Dissertation: De tophis et calculis in viis urinariis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770; MD (Edin), 1771. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1768. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Coe (Male, born 1704, died 1761)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on biliary concretions : or, stones in the gall-bladder and ducts.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Coe (Male, born 1704, died 1761)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on biliary concretions: or, stones in the gall-bladder and ducts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 15
ESTC: T117575
Thomas Coe (Male, born 1704, died 1761)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Biliary Concretions
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Badeley
Author: Thomas Coe (Male, born 1704, died 1761), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 120104
Lancisij Opera
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
William Brown
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88652. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1783. Other: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Giovanni Maria Lancisi (Male, born 1654, died 1720)
Genre: Medicine
Jo. Mariae Lancisi opera varia in unum congesta, et in duos tomos distributa.
Confidence level: Certain
Giovanni Maria Lancisi (Male, born 1654, died 1720)
Genre: Medicine
Jo. Mariae Lancisii,... Opera varia... in duos tomos distributa...
Language: Latin . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2
Giovanni Maria Lancisi (Male, born 1654, died 1720)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Brown
Author: Giovanni Maria Lancisi (Male, born 1654, died 1720), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 120110
V. Swieten Maladies des Armees 12:mo
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/2/0.
Forrest Dewar
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81212. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1769. Other: Apprentice to the Royal College of Surgeons, 1766; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Freiherr van Gerard Swieten (Male, born 1700, died 1772)
Genre: Medicine
Description abbrégée des maladies qui regnent le plus communément dans les armées, avec le méthode de les traiter [Swieten]
Confidence level: Certain
Freiherr van Gerard Swieten (Male, born 1700, died 1772)
Genre: Medicine
Description abbrégée des maladies qui regnent le plus communément dans les armées, avec la méthode de les traiter.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Freiherr van Gerard Swieten (Male, born 1700, died 1772)
Genre: Medicine
Description Abbrégée des Maladies qui Regnent le Plus Communément dans les Armées
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Forrest Dewar
Author: Freiherr van Gerard Swieten (Male, born 1700, died 1772), Genre: Medicine
Description Abbrégée des Maladies qui Regnent le Plus Communément dans les Armées
Record ID 120113
Nature Displayed Vol: 2d & 3:d
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Air Note Douglass.
Thomas Clerk
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90736. Dissertation: De Hydrocephalo.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1777; LRCP(1781) . Origin: Scoto-Brit..
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records
ESTC: N24037
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Thomas Clerk
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 120116
Beaumont & Fletcher's plays V:s 1 & 10
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.
William Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
The works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher : in ten volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 10
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
The works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher. In ten volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 21 borrowing records
ESTC: T139208
Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625)
Genre: Drama
Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Sprott
Author: Francis Beaumont (Male, born 1584, died 1616), John Fletcher (Male, born 1579, died 1625), Genre: Drama
Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 10
Record ID 120140
Carte's Life of Clarendon 3 V:s 8:vo
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
William Sprott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Carte's Life of Clarendon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Sprott
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 120155
Douglasss Péerage
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.
R: Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
Peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation [Douglas]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections Q*.16.3 .
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their Origin to the present Generation: collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, the Charters, and other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of our best Historians.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 20
ESTC: T145745
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: R: Anderson
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 120161
& Gibbs Stenography
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
R: Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
An historical account of compendious and swift writing [Gibbs].
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
An historical account of compendious and swift writing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 60
ESTC: T921
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing
Record ID 120164
& Simson's Euclid
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
R: Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth [Simson]
Confidence level: Certain
Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are Restored. Also, to this second edition is added the book of Euclid’s data. In like manner Corrected. By Robert Simson, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Robert Simson
Number of borrowings: 37
ESTC: T145346
Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Geometry [Euclid]
Record ID 120170
Platneri Ars Medendi
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
Plunkett Lhoyd
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91506. Dissertation: De Nephritide.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767-1769; MD (Edin), 1770. Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Medicine
Io. Zachar. Platneri Ars medendi singvlis morbis accommodata.
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Medicine
J. Z. Platneri ... Ars medendi singulis morbis accommodata.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Medicine
Ars Medendi Singulis Morbis Accommodata
Borrowed: 1770/6/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Plunkett Lhoyd
Author: Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747), Genre: Medicine