An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 144099
Hewson on the Blood
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
James Ronaldson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86039. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1771-1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1779.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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.
Confidence level: Certain
William Hewson (Male, born 1739, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
An 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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 48
ESTC: T64136
William Hewson (Male, born 1739, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: James Ronaldson
Author: William Hewson (Male, born 1739, died 1774), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 144102
Mallet's Introd:
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 3 guineas.
Archibald Alison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Paul Henri Mallet (Male, born 1730, died 1807)
Genre: History
Introduction à l'histoire de Dannemarc [Mallet]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections Q*20.8.
Confidence level: Certain
Paul Henri Mallet (Male, born 1730, died 1807)
Genre: History
Introduction a l'histoire de Dannemarc, ou l'on traite de la religion, des loix, des mœurs & des usages des anciens danois.
Language: French . Published: Copenhagen. Date of publication: 1755-1756. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 10
Paul Henri Mallet (Male, born 1730, died 1807)
Genre: History
Introduction a l'Histoire de Dannemarc
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: Archibald Alison
Author: Paul Henri Mallet (Male, born 1730, died 1807), Genre: History
Record ID 144105
A. Regist: for 1773
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Archibald Alison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1773
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 854 times in 498 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: Archibald Alison
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1773
Record ID 144108
Crantz's hist: 2 V:s
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Archibald Alison
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: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: Archibald Alison
Author: David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 144111
[?] Manel [?] vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Archibald Alison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: Archibald Alison
Record ID 144114
Prevost's voyages tome 19
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Archibald Alison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire générale des voyages; ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre qui ont été publiées jusqu'à present dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues [Prevost]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *P.21.51-69.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont toutes les nations connues.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1746-1770. Format: 4to.
Translators: Prévost, abbé, 1697-1763.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 28 borrowing records
Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire Générale des Voyages
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: Archibald Alison
Author: Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763), Genre: Travel
Histoire Générale des Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19
Record ID 144117
Plot of Stafford Shire
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Archibald Alison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Plot (Male, born 1640, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history of Stafford-shire [Plot]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; JY 927.
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Plot (Male, born 1640, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of Stafford-shire.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1686. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: R21986
Robert Plot (Male, born 1640, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History of Stafford-shire
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: Archibald Alison
Author: Robert Plot (Male, born 1640, died 1696), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 144120
Plutarch's Lives vol. 5:th
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
John Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's lives [Langhorne]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records
ESTC: T107379
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: John Watson
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 144123
Spectator vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.
William Hall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator: in eight volumes.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .82452 Spe..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The spectator. In eight volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T178720
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: William Hall
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 144126
Lind on the Scurvy
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: G. 2. 1750..
James McNally
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise of the scurvy [Lind]
Confidence level: Very likely
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the scurvy.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 118
ESTC: T45786
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Scurvy
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: James McNally
Author: James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 144129
Nature Displayed Vs 1-2-3
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
David Macvicar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records
ESTC: N24037
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: David Macvicar
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 144132
Edin:r Literary Essays vol. 3:rd
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
James Fisher
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/75604. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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 3
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
ESTC: T136789
Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Borrowed: 1775/3/31 (Friday).
Borrower: James Fisher
Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3