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Record ID 385965

Buffon vol. 3d

Borrowed: 1790/4/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Douglas Whyte
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88368. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789.
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 3

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 385968

Spenser's F. Queen folio

Borrowed: 1790/4/30 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie qveen : The shepheards calendar : together with the other works of England's arch-poët, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queen: The shepheards calendar: together with the other works of England’s arch-poët, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1611. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 5


Book Work

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Edmund Spenser

Record ID 385971

D:r Robertson's Q. Mary vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/5/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Henry Grieve
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI [Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 385974

Med: Pamphlets AAAW.h 18.

Borrowed: 1790/5/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Eight shillings.


Borrower

William Bullen
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90878. Dissertation: De scrophula.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789. Other: MD (Edin) 1792. Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Tracts A.A.A.W.h.18
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.W.h.18.

Record ID 385977

Watson's Essay Vs 1-2-3-4-5

Borrowed: 1790/5/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical essays [Watson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; I*.23.56-60.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical essays. By R. Watson, D. D. F. R. S. and Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781-1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson]

Record ID 385980

D:r Ferguson's R. History vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1790/5/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Charles Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84611. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1793. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps 1793; Fellow of College of Surgeons 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
History of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic [Ferguson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; E.B. .9(3702) Fer..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
The history of the progress and termination of the Roman republic.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 201 times in 126 borrowing records


Book Work

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic

Record ID 385983

Shakespeare's Plays vol. 5:th by Johnson

Borrowed: 1790/5/1 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Archibald Bell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama
Plays of William Shakespeare [Johnson; Steevens]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama
The plays of William Shakespeare. In ten volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Editors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784; Steevens, George, 1736-1800. 
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 145 times in 49 borrowing records


Book Work

William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama
Plays of William Shakespeare