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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11, page 97

Record ID 148992

Buffon tomes 4 & 5

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.


Borrower

John Scott
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86086. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1752-1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 86 times in 41 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Scott

Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5

Record ID 148995

Wallace on Mankind

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

John Scott
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86086. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Wallace (Male, born 1697, died 1771)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dissertation on the numbers of mankind, in antient and modern times [Wallace]

Record ID 148998

Maclaurin's View.

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, in four books [Maclaurin]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, in four books
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 45


Book Work

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries

Record ID 149001

Potter's Antiquities 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

Andrew Playfair
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archæologia Græca, or, The antiquities of Greece [Potter]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archæologia græca, or, the antiquities of Greece.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1715. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 76 times in 48 borrowing records


Book Work

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday).

Borrower: Andrew Playfair

Author: John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747), Genre: History

Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 149010

Baylies on B. Wat:

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/13/0.


Borrower

John Moncrieff
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82000. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Baylies (Male, born 1724, died 1787)
Genre: Medicine
Practical reflections on the uses and abuses of Bath waters [Baylies]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *.I.22.4.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Baylies (Male, born 1724, died 1787)
Genre: Medicine
Practical reflections on the uses and abuses of Bath waters. Made from actual experiments and observations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

William Baylies (Male, born 1724, died 1787)
Genre: Medicine
Practical Reflections on the Uses and Abuses of Bath Waters

Record ID 149013

Floyer on Bathing

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

John Moncrieff
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82000. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edward Baynard (Male, born 1641), Sir John Floyer (Male, born 1649, died 1734)
Genre: Medicine
Psychrolousia: or, the history of cold bathing: : both ancient and modern. In two parts. The first, written by Sir John Floyer, ... The second, ... By Dr. Edward Baynard, ....

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edward Baynard (Male, born 1641), Sir John Floyer (Male, born 1649, died 1734)
Genre: Medicine
Psychrolousia: or, the history of cold bathing: both ancient and modern. In two parts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1706. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Edward Baynard (Male, born 1641), Sir John Floyer (Male, born 1649, died 1734)
Genre: Medicine
Psychrolousia: or, The History of Cold Bathing: Both Ancient and Modern

Record ID 149019

Robertson's Hist: vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

John Inglis
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81611. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI [Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Inglis

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 149022

Pott AAAHb8

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). 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

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Pott's Works
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.H.b.8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
The chirurgical works of Percivall Pott, F.R.S. surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 115 times in 35 borrowing records


Book Work

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Clerk

Author: Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Medicine

Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 5

Record ID 149025

& on Ruptures

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). 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

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on ruptures

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on ruptures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 44


Book Work

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Ruptures

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Clerk

Author: Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Medicine

Treatise on Ruptures

Record ID 149037

Hawkesworth's Voyages Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 3 guineas.


Borrowers

Mr Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

James Skirvin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88118. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1763-1765. Other: Indian Medical Service.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyages (original title)
Account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1