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Record ID 155118

Franklin's Sophocles 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Two Guineas.


Borrower

Robert Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76955. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767-1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
The tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek [Francklin]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *.W.20.30-31.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
The tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek ; by Thomas Francklin, M.A. Fellow of Trinity-College, and Greek Professor in the University of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758-1759. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Francklin, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Tragedies of Sophocles

Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Anderson

Author: Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406), Genre: Drama

Tragedies of Sophocles

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 155121

& Connoisseur 4 V:s

Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Robert Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76955. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767-1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
The connoisseur.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
The connoisseur.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 34 borrowing records


Book Work

George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
Connoisseur. By Mr Town, Critic and Censor-General

Borrowed: 1776/3/19 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Anderson

Author: George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals

Connoisseur. By Mr Town, Critic and Censor-General

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 155124

Abercromby's Achevements vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Two Guineas.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
The martial atchievements of the Scots nation [Abercromby]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: David Russell

Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives

Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 155127

& Burke on the Sublime

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful.

Record ID 155130

Arabian Nights 4 V:s

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to Divert the Sultan from the Execution of a Cruel Vow. Translated from the French of M. Galland. In four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights Entertainments

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Daniel Hamilton

Genre: Fiction

Arabian Nights Entertainments

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 155133

Home's facts

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.


Borrower

John Aitken
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84585. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1763-1770. Other: Fellow of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Medical facts and experiments [Home]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .616 Hom..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Medical facts and experiments.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 33


Book Work

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Facts and Experiments

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: John Aitken

Author: Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813), Genre: Medicine

Medical Facts and Experiments

Record ID 155136

Pennant's Voyage

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

James Wharrie
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90289. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX [Pennant]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
A tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX.
Language: English . Published: Chester. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798)
Genre: Travel
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: James Wharrie

Author: Thomas Pennant (Male, born 1726, died 1798), Genre: Travel

Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX

Record ID 155139

New Dispensatory

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.


Borrower

Dennis Ryan
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88054. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
New compendious dispensatory
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *I.32.11.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
A new compendious dispensatory: or, a select body of the most useful, accurate, and elegant medicines, both officinal and extemporaneous, for the several disorders incident to the human body.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 24


Book Work

John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779)
Genre: Medicine
New Compendious Dispensatory

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Dennis Ryan

Author: John Ball (Male, born c.1704, died 1779), Genre: Medicine

New Compendious Dispensatory

Record ID 155142

Pott's Works

Borrowed: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

John Cochran
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82998. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775.
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 4, 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: 1776/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: John Cochran

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

Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5