An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 448874
Metastasio's Works in Italian in 9 V:s 12:mo
Borrowed: 1782/3/30 (Saturday).
Dr Ebenezer Macfait
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Medicine and Health > Physician.
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor Abate Pietro Metastasio.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1 [Genre: Fiction], , Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
Confidence level: Very likely
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Borrowed: 1782/3/30 (Saturday).
Borrower: Dr Ebenezer Macfait
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
Record ID 448877
Ossian with D.r Blair's Dissertation 4:to
Borrowed: 1782/4/2 (Tuesday).
Mr Andrew Inglis
Gender: Male.
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal : in two volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ossian, the son of Fingal. In two volumes. Translated from the Gaelic language by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 112 times in 62 borrowing records
ESTC: T137080
Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal ... Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian
Borrowed: 1782/4/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Inglis
Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal ... Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 448880
Hume's Histsory Vol. 2d 8:vo
Borrowed: 1782/4/5 (Friday).
Mr Andrew Inglis
Gender: Male.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History (original title)
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII [Hume] (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 54 borrowing records
ESTC: N8496
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Borrowed: 1782/4/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Inglis
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 448883
Anderson's Diplomata Scotiæ
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas Bruce
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus, in duas partes distributus [Anderson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections CC.5.15.
Confidence level: Certain
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Selectus diplomatum & numismatum Scotiae thesaurus, in duas partes distributus; prior syllogen complectitur veterum diplomatum sive chartarum regum et procerum Scotiae, una cum eorum sigillis, a Duncano II, ad Jacobum I id est, ab anno 1094 ad 1412; adjuncta sunt reliquorum Scotiae et Magno Britanniae regum sigilla ...
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 25
ESTC: T133809
James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728)
Genre: History
Diplomata Scoticae
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Bruce
Author: James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728), Genre: History
Record ID 448886
Warton's English Poetry 3 V:s 4:to
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas Bruce
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
History of English poetry from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; S*.25.34-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774-1781. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T145505
Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Bruce
Author: Thomas Warton (Male, born 1728, died 1790), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 448889
Lessons for Children 12:mo
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas Bruce
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Mrs Anna Letitia Barbauld (Female, born 1743, died 1825)
Genre: Education
Lessons for Children of Three Years Old
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *Z.10.44/3.
Confidence level: Very likely
Mrs Anna Letitia Barbauld (Female, born 1743, died 1825)
Genre: Education
Lessons for Children of Three Years Old.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 16mo.
ESTC: N509074
Mrs Anna Letitia Barbauld (Female, born 1743, died 1825)
Genre: Education
Lessons for Children of Three Years Old.
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Bruce
Author: Mrs Anna Letitia Barbauld (Female, born 1743, died 1825), Genre: Education
Record ID 448892
Blackstone's Commentaries Vol. 3d & 4:th
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas Bruce
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Blackstone's Commentaries.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1765-1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 41 borrowing records
ESTC: T57753
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Bruce
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 448895
Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws English Vol. 1:st 12:mo
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas Bruce
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Spirit of laws. Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .84452.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The spirit of laws. Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. A new translation. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Berwick. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: N23467
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Spirit of Laws
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Bruce
Author: Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755), Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 448898
Polybius Casauboni Græc. Lat. folio
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Mr Thomas Bruce
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Polybii Lycortae F. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt.
Confidence level: Certain
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Πολυβιου Ἱστοριων τα σωζομενα. Polybii ... historiarum libri qui supersunt. I. Casaubonus ... emendavit, Latine vertit, et commentariis illustravit.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1609. Format: folio.
Editors: Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614
Number of borrowings: 2
Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Histories [Polybius]
Borrowed: 1782/4/16 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Bruce
Author: Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118), Genre: History
Record ID 448901
Wintringham on Endemic Diseases
Borrowed: 1782/4/20 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Walker
Gender: Male.
John Thomson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76737. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: Royal Medical Society 1790; Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1793. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1765-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise of endemic diseases wherein the different nature of airs, situations, soils, waters, diet, etc., are mechanically explain'd and accounted for [Wintringham]
Confidence level: Certain
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise of endemic diseases wherein the different nature of airs, situations, soils, waters, diet, etc., are mechanically explain'd and accounted for.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1718. Format: 8vo.
ESTC: T060421
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise of Endemic Diseases.
Borrowed: 1782/4/20 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Mr Robert Walker , John Thomson
Author: Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 448904
& on Contagious Diseases &c. 8:vo
Borrowed: 1782/4/20 (Saturday).
Mr Robert Walker
Gender: Male.
John Thomson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76737. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: Royal Medical Society 1790; Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1793. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1765-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on contagious diseases: more particularly on the small-pox, measles, putrid, malignant, and pestilential fevers.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; G*.29.34/3.
Confidence level: Certain
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on contagious diseases: more particularly on the small-pox, measles, putrid, malignant, and pestilential fevers.
Language: English . Published: York. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 8vo.
ESTC: T009126
Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on Contagious Diseases.
Borrowed: 1782/4/20 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Mr Robert Walker , John Thomson
Author: Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 448907
V. Swieten Commentaries V:s 14 & 15:th
Borrowed: 1782/4/30 (Tuesday).
Mr Robert Walker
Gender: Male.
John Thomson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76737. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: Royal Medical Society 1790; Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1793. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1765-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten's commentaries [on the Aphorisms of Boerhaave]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 15
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
ESTC: T135133
John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722)
Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries Abridged
Borrowed: 1782/4/30 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Mr Robert Walker , John Thomson
Author: John Toland (Male, born 1670, died 1722), Genre: Medicine
Van Swieten’s Commentaries Abridged
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 15
Record ID 448910
Chem: Dictionary Vol. 3.d
Borrowed: 1782/5/21 (Tuesday).
Thomas Elliot
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77472. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775. Other: British Navy, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Dictionary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Borrowed: 1782/5/21 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Elliot
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 448913
London Med: Inquiries V:s 1-2-3
Borrowed: 1782/5/28 (Tuesday).
Benjamin Bell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77045. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769; Fellow of College of Surgeons, 1771. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1749-1806.
Occupation (normalised): Agricultural > Farmer. Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
Genre: Medicine
Medical observations and inquiries [Society of Physicians of London]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections I.21.5-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Medicine
Medical observations and inquiries. By a Society of physicians in London.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757-1784. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: P483372
Borrowed: 1782/5/28 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Benjamin Bell
Genre: Medicine
Medical Observations and Inquiries
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 448916
Platneri Institutiones Chirurgiæ
Borrowed: 1782/5/28 (Tuesday).
Benjamin Bell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77045. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769; Fellow of College of Surgeons, 1771. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1749-1806.
Occupation (normalised): Agricultural > Farmer. Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.
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: 1782/5/28 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Benjamin Bell
Author: Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747), Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Chirurgicae Rationalis, tum Medicae tum Manualis in Usus Discentium
Record ID 448919
Aristotelis Ethica Græc. Lat. folio
Borrowed: 1782/6/6 (Thursday).
Dr Ebenezer Macfait
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Medicine and Health > Physician.
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
De moribus ad Nicomachum libri decem [Aristotle]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *W.26.18.
Confidence level: Certain
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotelous Ethikōn Nikomacheiōn biblia deka. Aristotelis De moribus ad Nicomachvm, lib. X.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1555. Format: folio.
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Nicomachean Ethics
Borrowed: 1782/6/6 (Thursday).
Borrower: Dr Ebenezer Macfait
Author: Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 448922
Moore's View of France &c. vol. 2:d
Borrowed: 1782/6/11 (Tuesday).
Mr Andrew Inglis
Gender: Male.
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..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
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
ESTC: T64314
Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802)
Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany
Borrowed: 1782/6/11 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Inglis
Author: Dr John Moore (Male, born 1729, died 1802), Genre: Travel
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 448925
Philostrati Opera Græc. Lat. AAg6 folio
Borrowed: 1782/6/6 (Thursday).
Dr Walter Anderson
Gender: Male. Address: Churnside, Berwickshire.
Life dates: 1723-1800.
Philostratus the Athenian (Male)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Philostratus Opera
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.g.6.
Confidence level: Very likely
Philostratus the Athenian (Male)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Philostrati Lemnii opera quae exstant.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1608. Format: folio.
Philostratus the Athenian (Male)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Works of Philostratus.
Borrowed: 1782/6/6 (Thursday).
Borrower: Dr Walter Anderson
Author: Philostratus the Athenian (Male), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Record ID 448928
Gassendi Opera tomus 5tus A.Q.g.1. as by Separate receipt.
Borrowed: 1782/6/6 (Thursday).
Dr Walter Anderson
Gender: Male. Address: Churnside, Berwickshire.
Life dates: 1723-1800.
Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Opera Omnia [Gassendi]
Historical Shelfmark: A.Q.g.1..
Confidence level: Very likely
Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
P. Gassendi opera omnia.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1658. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 21 borrowing records
Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Pierre Gassendi
Borrowed: 1782/6/6 (Thursday).
Borrower: Dr Walter Anderson
Author: Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality