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Record ID 115454
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 66
Memoire Instructif
Borrowed: 1770/1/29 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
John Balfour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Drysdale
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77438. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1765-1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Étienne-François Turgot (Male, born 1721, died 1789)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Mémoire instructif sur la manière de rassembler, de préparer, de conserver, et d'envoyer les diverses curiosités d'histoire naturelle [Turgot]
Historical Shelfmark: A.J.a.16.
Confidence level: Certain
Étienne-François Turgot (Male, born 1721, died 1789)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Mémoire instructif sur la manière de rassembler, de préparer, de conserver et d'envoyer les diverses curiosités d'Histoire Naturelle.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
Étienne-François Turgot (Male, born 1721, died 1789)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Mémoire Instructif sur la Manière de Rassembler, de Préparer, de Conserver et d'Envoyer les Diverses Curiosités d'Histoire Naturelle
Borrowed: 1770/1/29 (Monday).
Borrowers: John Balfour , John Drysdale
Author: Étienne-François Turgot (Male, born 1721, died 1789), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 85829
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Borrowed Vol.s 5th & 6th Prix de Chirurg. & 8th
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Balfour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Balfour
Record ID 91244
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 22-23
Borrow'd Ferguson on Society
Borrowed: 1770/2/9 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Balfour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essay on the history of civil society [Ferguson]
Confidence level: Certain
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An essay on the history of civil society. By Adam Ferguson, LL.D. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 97
ESTC: T75304
Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Essay on the History of Civil Society
Borrowed: 1770/2/9 (Friday).
Borrower: John Balfour
Author: Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 97742
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 52
World Displayed V:s 3-5-6-7
Borrowed: 1771/4/19 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
John Balfour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Travel
World displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; P*.33.34.53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Borrowed: 1771/4/19 (Friday).
Borrower: John Balfour
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7