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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10, page 240

Record ID 138312

Percivall on Lead

Borrowed: 1774/7/26 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/1/6.


Borrower

James Metcalfe
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78133. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Percival (Male, born 1740, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Observations and experiments on the poison of lead [Percival]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *I.33.62.

Record ID 138315

Pope's Homer's Iliad vol. 1:st folio

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: ND.


Borrower

Alexander Munro
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer [Pope]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1715-1720. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 107 times in 80 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Iliad

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: Alexander Munro

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Iliad

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 138318

Voltaire's Works V:s 3:d & 4:th

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 4 Guineas.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire [12mo].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres completes de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Kehl. Date of publication: 1785-1789. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 125 times in 33 borrowing records


Book Work

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Bartlet

Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Voltaire

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 138321

Grieve's Celsus

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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.


Book Holding

Aulus Cornelius Celsus (Male)
Genre: Medicine
A. Corn. Celsus of medicine, in eight books.
Historical Shelfmark: C.e.7.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Aulus Cornelius Celsus (Male)
Genre: Medicine
A. Cornelius Celsus of medicine. In eight books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Greive, James, -1773
Number of borrowings: 16


Book Work

Aulus Cornelius Celsus (Male)
Genre: Medicine
De Medicina

Record ID 138324

& Alston's ? Lime Walter

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A dissertation on quick-lime and lime-water [Alston]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A dissertation on quick-lime and lime-water.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 5


Book Work

Charles Alston (Male, born 1683, died 1760)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dissertation on Quick-Lime and Lime-Water

Record ID 138327

Duncan on Mercury

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/2/0.


Borrower

John Whytt
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86416. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the operation and use of mercury in the venereal disease [Duncan]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *I.32.33.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the operation and use of mercury in the venereal disease.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 60


Book Work

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease

Record ID 138330

Adanson famillies des plantes 2 V:s 8:vo

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/14/0.


Borrower

George Brown
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90747. Dissertation: De cortice Peruviano.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1778; MD (Edin), 1779. Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Michel Adanson (Male, born 1727, died 1806)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Familles des plantes [Adanson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Michel Adanson (Male, born 1727, died 1806)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Familles des plantes.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

Michel Adanson (Male, born 1727, died 1806)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Familles des Plantes

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: George Brown

Author: Michel Adanson (Male, born 1727, died 1806), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Familles des Plantes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 138333

Keill's Anatomy

Borrowed: 1774/7/28 (Thursday).