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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.23, page 11

Record ID 162453

Buffon vol. 9th

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Crichton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon (original title)
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .59 Buf..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9 vols.
Translators: Smellie, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 372 times in 279 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

Record ID 162462

Newton's Chronology?? 

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Fraser Hadcote
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of ancient kingdoms amended [Newton]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
The chronology of ancient kingdoms amended. To which is prefix’d, a short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe, to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 16


Book Work

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: History
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended

Record ID 162555

Hutcheson on  Beauty

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea. Funds deposited: Perth Note.


Borrower

James Carmichael
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88724. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue [Hutcheson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .171 Hut..

Record ID 162591

Hamilton's Midwifery& Burn's Poems

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/0.


Borrower

William Paterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Hamilton (Male, born 1739, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Elements of the practice of midwifery [Hamilton]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.19.83.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Hamilton (Male, born 1739, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Elements of the practice of midwifery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19


Book Work

Alexander Hamilton (Male, born 1739, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Elements of the Practice of Midwifery

Record ID 162600

Hamilton's Midwifery& Burn's Poems

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/0.


Borrower

William Paterson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect [Burns]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; Df.7.28.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. By Robert Burns.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 21


Book Work

Robert Burns (Male, born 1759-1-25, died 1796-7-21)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [Robert Burns]

Record ID 162603

Saussure's Voyagetomes 1

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Horace Bénédict de Saussure (Male, born 1740, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Saussure's Voyage (original title)
Voyages dans les Alpes: précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève [Saussure] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Enquire at Centre for Research Collections ; *P.19.16-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Horace Bénédict de Saussure (Male, born 1740, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyages dans les Alpes précédés d'un Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Horace Bénédict de Saussure (Male, born 1740, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyages dans les Alpes Précédés d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Genève

Record ID 162606

Reid's Active Powers

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Anthony Stewart
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80518. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1787-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Reid's Active Powers (original title)
Essays on the active powers of man [Reid] (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the active powers of man.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 46


Book Work

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the Active Powers of Man

Record ID 162609

Theophrastus by Hill

Borrowed: 1790/1/4 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

Robert Townsend
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Theophrastus by Hill (original title)
Theophrastou tou Eresiou Peri tōn lithōn biblion = Theophrastus's History of stones (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *.L.29.22.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Theophrastou tou Eresiou peri ton lithon biblion. Theophrastus’s history of stones
Language: English | Greek . Published: London. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Hill, John
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of Stones