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Record ID 209291

Keill's Astronomy8vo:

Borrowed: 1790/1/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Baron Frederick Reden
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82164. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Keill (Male, born 1671, died 1721)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Keill's Astronomy (original title)
Introduction to the true astronomy [Keill] (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Keill (Male, born 1671, died 1721)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
An introduction to the true astronomy: Or, Astronomical lectures; read in the Astronomical School of the University of Oxford.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 20


Book Work

John Keill (Male, born 1671, died 1721)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introduction to the True Astronomy

Record ID 209297

Fingal &c.

Borrowed: 1790/1/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal &c. (original title)
Fingal : an ancient epic poem : in six books : together with several other poems Statement of responsibility composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 190 times in 168 borrowing records


Book Work

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem

Borrowed: 1790/1/12 (Tuesday).

Borrower: David Scott

Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry

Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem

Record ID 209300

Millar on B. Constitution 4to

Borrowed: 1790/1/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Edward Lothian
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Bisset (Male, born 1717, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
Millar on B. Constitution (original title)
An essay on the medical constitution of Great Britain [Bisset] (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Bisset (Male, born 1717, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on the medical constitution of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Charles Bisset (Male, born 1717, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on the Medical Constitution of Great Britain

Record ID 212378

Buffon vol. 2d.

Borrowed: 1790/1/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Crawfurd Nelson
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 2

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 212390

Reid's Int: Essays

Borrowed: 1790/1/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the intellectual powers of man [Reid]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the intellectual powers of man. By Thomas Reid, D.D. F.R.S.E. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 150 times in 104 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Record ID 212396

Hamilton's Midwifery

Borrowed: 1790/1/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 7/-.


Borrower

David Todd
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90200. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1787-1789.
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

Borrowed: 1790/1/15 (Friday).

Borrower: David Todd

Author: Alexander Hamilton (Male, born 1739, died 1802), Genre: Medicine

Elements of the Practice of Midwifery