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Record ID 95054
Luciani Opera Vol. 1 Two Guineas Pounds
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/0/0. Funds deposited: N. B. A Glasgow No 38/24.
William Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Luciani Samosatensis Opera.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Λουκιανου ... ἁπαντα. Luciani opera, cum nova versione T. Hemsterhusii et J. M. Gesneri, Graecis scholiis, ac notis omnium proximae editionis commentatorum, additis J. Brodaei, J. Jensii, L. Kusteri, B. Bosii, H. Vitringae, J. de la Faye, E. Leedes ... ac praecipue M. Solani et J. M. Gesneri, ... priorem partem ... curavit ... T. Hemsterhusius. Ceteras ... partes ordinavit, notasque suas adjecit, J. F. Reitzius.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Hemsterhuis,Tiberius, 1685-1766.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 17 borrowing records
Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Simson
Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 95057
Rollin's Method Vol. 1
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/1/0. Funds deposited: A Dumfries Note N:o 60/409.
John Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, An introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c. With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar and the Stage. The whole illustrated with Passages from the most famous Poets and Orators, antient and modern, with Critical Remarks on them. Designed more particularly for Students in the Universities.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 179 times in 92 borrowing records
ESTC: T136375
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Henderson
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 95060
World Displayed V:s 1 2-3
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.
Alexander Munro
Gender: Male.
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 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
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: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Alexander Munro
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 95063
Rollin's Roman history V:s 2:d
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.
George Pearson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/92011. Dissertation: De putredine animalibus post morteur superviente.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1771; LRCP(1784); FRS(1791) . Origin: English. Life dates: 1751-1828.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium [Rollin]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *Q.50-51.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, To the end of the Commonwealth. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739-1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1241 times in 806 borrowing records
ESTC: N48133
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Pearson
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 95072
Nature Displayed Vol. 4
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/13/0.
William Finlay
Gender: Male.
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 4
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: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Finlay
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 4
Record ID 95087
& Grove's System
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
William Finlay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A system of moral philosophy [Grove].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A system of moral philosophy, by the late Reverend and learned Mr. Henry Grove, Of Taunton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Amory, Thomas, 1701-1774.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: N23195
Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove]
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Finlay
Author: Henry Grove (Male, born 1684, died 1738), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 95090
Pott on Ruptures
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Linen note.
Charles Laird
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on ruptures
Confidence level: Certain
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on ruptures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T68468
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Ruptures
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Charles Laird
Author: Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 95102
New Dispensatory
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Dumfries Note No 8/1326.
William McClive
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85672. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1773.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
New compendious dispensatory
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *I.32.11.
Confidence level: Certain
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
A new compendious dispensatory: or, a select body of the most useful, accurate, and elegant medicines, both officinal and extemporaneous, for the several disorders incident to the human body.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 24
ESTC: T53885
John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
New Compendious Dispensatory
Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: William McClive
Author: John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779), Genre: Medicine