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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10, page 288

Record ID 140964

Sheridan's Lectures

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: G. 3. 1764.


Borrower

Cortes Telfair
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
A course of lectures on elocution [Sheridan]

Book Edition

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


Book Work

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

Course of Lectures on Elocution

Record ID 140967

Wilkie's Epigoniad

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Wilkie (Male, born 1721, died 1772)
Genre: Poetry
The Epigoniad : a poem, in nine books

Book Edition

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


Book Work

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

Epigoniad

Record ID 140970

Huxham on fevers

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.


Borrower

William Johnstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.).

Book Edition

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


Book Work

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..


Borrower

Walter Scott
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compendious system of natural philosophy [Rowning].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

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


Book Work

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.


Borrower

George Leith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Leith

Author: James Anderson (Male, born 1662, died 1728), Genre: History

Diplomata Scoticae

Record ID 141000

Crantz's hist: of Greenland 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

George Leith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
The history of Greenland [Cranz]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Leith

Author: David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777), Genre: Travel

History of Greenland

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 141006

Smith's Theory

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

Archibald Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of moral sentiments [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; Dh.5.149.

Book Edition

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


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments

Record ID 141015

Chemical Dictionary 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/3/0. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

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.


Book Holding

Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Dictionary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1775/1/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Armstrong

Genre: Natural Philosophy

Chemical Dictionary

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2