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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11, page 13

Record ID 144003

Callander's voyages vol. 2:nd & 3:d

Borrowed: 1775/3/25 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

David Clephane
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis cognita, or, Voyages to the Terra Australis or Southern Hemisphere during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries ... [Callander]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *P.23.91-93.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Borrowed: 1775/3/25 (Saturday).

Borrower: David Clephane

Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 144006

Ives's Voyage

Borrowed: 1775/3/25 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: ND.


Borrower

John Erskine of Cambus
Gender: Male. Address: Argyle Square, Edinburgh.
Class: Arts. Other: Advocate 1781. Life dates: 1758-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV [Ives]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .91(54029) Ive..

Record ID 144009

Sharp's Inquiry

Borrowed: 1775/3/25 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: G. 2. 1756..


Borrower

John Bisset
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80908. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical enquiry to the present state of surgery [Sharp]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 77


Book Work

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Record ID 144012

Ferguson's Astronomy

Borrowed: 1775/3/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/18/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics [Ferguson]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 26


Book Work

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles

Record ID 144015

Hamilton's schola Italica picturæ

Borrowed: 1775/3/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 5/0/0. Funds deposited: Newcastle Note.


Borrower

Robert Hoashon Cay
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81054. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Gavin Hamilton (Male, born 1723, died 1798)
Genre: Fine Arts
Schola italica picturae, sive, Selectae quaedam summorum e schola italica pictorum tabulae aere incisae [Hamilton]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections JZ 156.

Record ID 144018

Hewson on the Blood

Borrowed: 1775/3/27 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: G. 2. 1746..


Borrower

Thomas Elliot
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77472. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775. Other: British Navy, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Hewson (Male, born 1739, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental inquiry into the properties of the blood, with remarks on some of its morbid appearances : and an appendix, relating to the discovery of the lymphatic system in birds, fish, and the animals called amphibious [Hewson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; JA731/3.

Record ID 144021

Rollin's Rom: hist: V:s 11:th & 12:th & 13:th

Borrowed: 1775/3/17 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/0/0. Funds deposited: Two Glasgow Notes.


Borrower

John Lockhart
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83693. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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 11, Volume 12, Volume 13

Borrowed: 1775/3/17 (Friday).

Borrower: John Lockhart

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 11, Volume 12, Volume 13