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Record ID 383355

Comment: de Rebus vol. 29num

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

W. Leslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Commentarii de Rebus in Scientia Naturali
Volumes borrowed: Volume 29

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Commentarii de Rebus in Scientia Naturali et Medicina gestis.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1752-1798. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Commentarii de Rebus in Scientia Naturali et Medicina Gestis

Record ID 383358

Smellie on Midwifery vol. 2:th - 3:d

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Israel Craig
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery [Smellie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 86 borrowing records


Book Work

William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday).

Borrower: Israel Craig

Author: William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763), Genre: Medicine

Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 383361

Gravesande's System vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Gravesande's system (original title)
Mathematical elements of natural philosophy confirm'd by experiments (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; E.B. .53015 Gra..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 383364

Hawkesworth's Voyages vol. 3d

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Charles Berry
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth's Voyages (original title)
Account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 383367

Buffon vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

John Falconer
Gender: Male.


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 1

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 383370

D:r Robertson's America Vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Patrick Russell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Dr. Robertson's America (original title)
History of America [Robertson] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. F .9(7-8) Rob..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of America.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday).

Borrower: Patrick Russell

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of America [William Robertson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 383373

British Plutarch Vs 7-8-9-10-11-& 12

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea. Funds deposited: 1/2 Guinea 1785.


Borrower

A. Cowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch, or, Biographical entertainer [Mortimer]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections R*.31.6-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
The British Plutarch; or, biographical entertainer. Being a select collection of the lives at large of the most eminent men, natives of Great Britain and Ireland; from the reign of Henry Viii. to George II.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch

Borrowed: 1790/2/26 (Friday).

Borrower: A. Cowan

Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives

British Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12