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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.23, page 33

Record ID 278558

Med: PamphletsAAAWg14

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Alexander Clyne
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81094. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Medicine
Medical Pamphlets A.A.A.W.G.14

Record ID 279557

Ferguson's Essay4to 8vo

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

George Black
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essay on the history of civil society [Ferguson]

Record ID 279569

Sketches vol. 1st:8vo

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of Man, 4 vols [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .9019 Kam..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of Man. Considerably enlarged by the last additions and corrections of the author.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 90 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the History of Man

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Rae

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Sketches of the History of Man

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 279560

Buffon vol. 4th

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

James Graham
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 4

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 279563

Fourcroy's ChemistryVol. 1st:

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea. Funds deposited: A Glasgow Note.


Borrower

Matthew Crozier
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86894. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps 1805.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Fourcroy's Chemistry (original title)
Elementary lectures on chemistry and natural history (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *I.28.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elementary lectures on chemistry and natural history. Containing a methodical abridgement of all the chemical knowledge acquired to the present time; ... The whole forming a complete course of those two sciences.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 16 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday).

Borrower: Matthew Crozier

Author: Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Elements of Natural History and Chemistry

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 279566

Cotes Lectures 8vo

Borrowed: 1790/1/16 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea. Funds deposited: Greenock Note.


Borrower

George Spence
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90844. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1787-1789. Other: MD (Edin) 1790.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Roger Cotes (Male, born 1682, died 1716)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures [Cotes]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .5322:.533 Cot..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Roger Cotes (Male, born 1682, died 1716)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures by Roger Cotes A. M. Late Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Smith, Robert, 1689-1768
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Roger Cotes (Male, born 1682, died 1716)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures by Roger Cotes