An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 140964
Sheridan's Lectures
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: G. 3. 1764.
Cortes Telfair
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on elocution [Sheridan]
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on elocution: together with two dissertations on language; and some other tracts relative to those subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 12
ESTC: T90536
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Course of Lectures on Elocution
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Cortes Telfair
Author: Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
Record ID 140967
Wilkie's Epigoniad
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
Peter Liddle
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/85547. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
The Epigoniad : a poem, in nine books
Confidence level: Certain
William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
The epigoniad. A poem. In nine books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: N6617
William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
Epigoniad
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Peter Liddle
Author: William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 140970
Huxham on fevers
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
William Johnstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on fevers: to which is now added, A dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat [Huxham]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections (E. B. .6169 Hux.).
Confidence level: Certain
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on fevers. To which is now added, a dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat. The third edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 53
ESTC: T53086
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Johnstone
Author: John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768), Genre: Medicine
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat
Record ID 140979
Rowning's system 2 V:s
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: G. 2. 1747..
Walter Scott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compendious system of natural philosophy [Rowning].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compendious system of natural philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: N51159
John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Compendious System of Natural Philosophy
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Walter Scott
Author: John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Compendious System of Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 140994
Anderson's Diplomata
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 5 Guineas.
George Leith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Leith
Author: James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728), Genre: History
Record ID 141000
Crantz's hist: of Greenland 2 V:s
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
George Leith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
The history of Greenland [Cranz]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
The history of Greenland : containing a description of the country, and its inhabitants: and particularly, a relation of the mission, carried on for above these thirty years by the Unitas Fratrum, at New Herrnhuth and Lichtenfels, in that country / by David Crantz ; translated from the High-Dutch, and illustrated with maps and other copper-plates ; in two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Gambold, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T144569
David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
History of Greenland
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Leith
Author: David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 141006
Smith's Theory
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
Archibald Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of moral sentiments [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; Dh.5.149.
Confidence level: Very likely
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 107
ESTC: T141578
Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: Archibald Hamilton
Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 141015
Chemical Dictionary 2 V:s
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/3/0. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.
James Armstrong
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88474. Dissertation: De Nautarum Sanitate tuenda.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1788; MD (Edin), 1789. Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Dictionary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).
Borrower: James Armstrong
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2