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Record ID 157917
Guthries Ciceros Epistles two Vols 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
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.
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
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
ESTC: T137806
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
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.
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.
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
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
ESTC: T139417
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 157923
Franklins Electricity 4to
Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
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.
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity : made at Philadelphia in America.
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. To which are added, letters and papers on philosophical subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 32
ESTC: T101040
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Borrowed: 1776/10/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Home
Author: 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.
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.
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.
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
ESTC: T77399
William Cheselden (Male, born 1688, died 1752)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomy of the Human Body [William Cheselden]
Borrowed: 1776/10/3 (Thursday).
Borrower: James Bennett
Author: William Cheselden (Male, born 1688, died 1752), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 157929
Goldsmith's history of Greece 2 Volls 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/10/3 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
John Paton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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
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
ESTC: T146080
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.
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.
Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics
The doctrine and application of fluxions [Simpson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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
ESTC: T77586
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.
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.
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
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
ESTC: T117246
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.
Angus McDiarmid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Angus McDiarmid
Record ID 157941
Dryden's Virgil Vols 2d & 3d
Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.
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.
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
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
ESTC: T139417
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
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.
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.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments [Priestley]
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
ESTC: T36344
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Home
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments