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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9, page 47

Record ID 97424

World Displayed V:s 4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Elphinston Balfour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday).

Borrower: Elphinston Balfour

Genre: Travel

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11

Record ID 97442

Warburton's Legation V:s 4 & 5 6-7

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Dumfries Note N.o 8/3786.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Warburton (Male, born 1698, died 1779)
Genre: Theology
Divine legation of Moses [Warburton]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Warburton (Male, born 1698, died 1779)
Genre: Theology
The divine legation of Moses demonstrated.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 20 borrowing records


Book Work

William Warburton (Male, born 1698, died 1779)
Genre: Theology
Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday).

Borrower: John Colquhoun

Author: William Warburton (Male, born 1698, died 1779), Genre: Theology

Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7

Record ID 97445

Carter's Epictetus

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Elizabeth Carter (Female, born 1717, died 1806), Epictetus (Male, born 50, died 135)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
All the works of Epictetus, which are now extant ... Translated from the original Greek, by Elizabeth Carter.

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday).

Borrower: John Baird

Author: Elizabeth Carter (Female, born 1717, died 1806), Epictetus (Male, born 50, died 135), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Epictetus

Record ID 97448

& Plutarch's Lives V.s 5&6

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarchs Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarchs lives. Translated from the Greek by several hands. To which is prefixt the life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1683-1686. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday).

Borrower: John Baird

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 97451

Record ID 97457

Medical Essays Vol. 5 & 6

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/14/0.


Borrower

Robert Speir
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90100. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .6104 Edi..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations / revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1737-1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 224 times in 87 borrowing records


Book Work

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Speir

Author: Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731), Genre: Medicine

Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 97469

Literary Essays Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1771/4/12 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

James Hall
Gender: Male.
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 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