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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11, page 247

Record ID 157917

Guthries Ciceros Epistles two Vols 8vo

Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

William Brown
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88652. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1783. Other: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Cicero's epistles to Atticus [Guthrie]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections W*.29.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Cicero’s epistles to Atticus. With notes historical, explanatory, and critical.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Guthrie, William, 1708-1770
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Letters to Atticus

Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Brown

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Letters to Atticus

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 157920

Dryden's Virgil Vol: 2 & 3d

Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.


Borrower

George Home
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77735. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil translated by John Dryden, Esq.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 36 borrowing records


Book Work

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George Home

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Works of Virgil

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 157923

Franklins Electricity 4to

Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

George Home
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77735. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity : made at Philadelphia in America.

Record ID 157926

Cheselden's Anatomy 8vo

Borrowed: 1776/10/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

James Bennett
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90750. Dissertation: De Hydrope Anasarca.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1776-1778; MD (Edin), 1779. Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Cheselden (Male, born 1688, died 1752)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomy of the human body [Cheselden]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *H.23.52.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Cheselden (Male, born 1688, died 1752)
Genre: Medicine
The anatomy of the human body.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 74


Book Work

William Cheselden (Male, born 1688, died 1752)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomy of the Human Body [William Cheselden]

Record ID 157929

Goldsmith's history of Greece 2 Volls 8vo

Borrowed: 1776/10/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

John Paton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great [Goldsmith]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .9(38) Gol..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
The grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 205 times in 171 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Borrowed: 1776/10/3 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Paton

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History

Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 157932

Bowd Simpson's fluxions 2 Vols 8vo

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

John Carstairs
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79124. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics
The doctrine and application of fluxions [Simpson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics
The doctrine and application of fluxions. Containing (besides what is common on the subject) a number of new improvements in the theory. And the solution of a variety of new, and very interesting, problems in different branches of the mathematicks.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 11 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics
Doctrine and Application of Fluxions

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Carstairs

Author: Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761), Genre: Mathematics

Doctrine and Application of Fluxions

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 157935

2 Vols of the fool of quality 1st & 2d

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

John Carstairs
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79124. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of quality, or, The history of Henry, Earl of Moreland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality, or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 80 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Carstairs

Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction

Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 157938

Polymetis abridged 8vo

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: half Guinea Geo: 3d 1763.


Borrower

Angus McDiarmid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Record ID 157941

Dryden's Virgil Vols 2d & 3d

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.


Borrower

George Home
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77735. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil translated by John Dryden, Esq.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 36 borrowing records


Book Work

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George Home

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Works of Virgil

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 157944

& Priestley on Electricity 4to

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

George Home
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77735. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments [Priestley]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 55


Book Work

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments