Macbrides Essays

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.

Borrower

James Moody
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91682. Dissertation: De causis et formis Febrium.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1771; MD (1772). Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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David Macbride (Male, born 1726, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experimental essays on the following subjects : I. On the fermentation of alimentary mixtures. II. On the nature and properties of fixed air. III. On the respective powers, and manner of acting, of the different kinds of antiseptics. IV. On the scurvy; with a proposal for trying new methods to prevent or cure the same, at sea. V. On the dissolvent power of quick-lime [Macbride]

Gibson on fevers

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.

Borrower

James Henderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/89262. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1770. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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John Gibson (Male)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on continual, intermitting, eruptive, and inflammatory, fevers [Gibson]

Elements of Criticism 3 V:^s

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/15/0.

Borrower

John Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91843. Dissertation: De Scorbuto.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768; MD (Edin), 1772. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Physician.

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Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism [Kames]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Popple's Map of America

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.

Borrowers

Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

Francis Matthew
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Henry Popple (Male, died 1743)
Genre: Travel
Map of the British Empire in America [Popple].

Borrow'd Rogers Account of America

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.

Borrowers

Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

Francis Matthew
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Robert Rogers (Male, born 1731, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
A concise account of North America : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent,including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c.

& his Journal 2 V.^s

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.

Borrowers

Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

Francis Matthew
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Robert Rogers (Male, born 1731, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Journals of Major Robert Rogers: containing an account of the several excursions he made under the Generals who commanded upon the continent of North America, during the late War.

Hutcheson's Compend

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1770/1/2 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 2 Jan 1770. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.

Borrower

James Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: James Sibbald.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of moral philosophy, in three books ... To which is prefixed, some account of the life, writings, and character of the author by the Reverend William Leechman, D.D.
Press: L. Shelf: 8. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea7-a.11-12. Original Author: Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Ovid: Opera

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1769/12/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 27 Dec 1769. Professor 1: William Wight.

Borrower

Robert Findlay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Minister.
Class: Minister. Original Full Name: Robert Findlay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.

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Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Metamorphoseon libri XV. Cum variis lectionibus indiceque rerum et fabularum. With Abbé Banier's arguments and explanations of the history and the mythology of each fable in English / [Ovid].
Press: AE. Shelf: 4. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk8-f.9  . Original Author: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D..

Medicin Pamphlet

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1770/1/22 (Monday). Classmark: C65. 65. Original Returned Text: Medicin Pamphlet.

Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1747. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377729636.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Richard Mead (Male, born 1673, died 1754)
Genre: Medicine
A short discourse concerning pestilential contagion, and the methods to be used to prevent it. By Richard Mead.
Classmark: C.5.65.

Henry's Comment: Vol 5^th

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1770/2/12 (Monday). Classmark: M3 . 3. Original Returned Text: Henry Comment. V 5^th.

Borrower

David Fair
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1744. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/3403acc0159edd049df97deadcf43447.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Matthew Henry (Male, born 1662, died 1714)
Genre: Theology
An exposition of the Old and New Testaments / by Mr. Matthew Henry, late minister of the Gospel at Chester.
Classmark: M.3.3, R.2.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Grandison's hist 5 & 6 Vol

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1769/12/26 (Tuesday). Classmark: O 5 . 1. Original Returned Text: Grandison's hist 5 & 6 V..

Borrower

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

Book Holding

Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In six volumes. To the Last of which is added, An Historical and Characteristical Index. As also, A Brief History, authenticated by Original Letters, of the Treatment which the Editor has met with from certain Booksellers and Printers in Dublin. Including Observations on Mr. Faulkner’s Defence of Himself, published in his Irish News-Paper of Nov. 3. 1753.
Classmark: O.5.1, B.5.27.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Elliss's  Voyages

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1769/12/28 (Thursday). Classmark: D4. 7. Original Returned Text: Elliss's Voyages.

Borrower

Andrew Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1755-1827. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377770044.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student.

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Henry Ellis (Male, born 1721, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to Hudson's-Bay, : by the Dobbs galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country : together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable / by Henry Ellis, Gent., agent for the proprietors in the said expedition ; to which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies ; illustrated with proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson's-Bay, with the countries adjacent.
Classmark: J.6.19, D.4.7, P.8.3.

Hist. of Japan Vol 1 & 2 ^d

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1769/12/28 (Thursday). Classmark: O2. 15. Original Returned Text: Hist of Japa 1 & 2 V ..

Borrower

Andrew Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1755-1827. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377770044.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student.

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Englebert Kaempfer (Male, born 1651, died 1716)
Genre: History
The history of Japan: Giving an Account of The antient and present State and Government of that Empire; of Its Temples, Palaces, Castles, and other Buildings; of Its Metals, Minerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds, and Fishes; of The Chronology and Succession of the Emporers, Ecclesiastical and Secular; of The Original Descent, Religions, Customs, and Manufactures of the Natives, and of their Trade and Commerce with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam. Written in High Dutch By Engelbertus Kaempfer, M. D. Physician to the Dutch Embassy to the Emporer's Court; And translated from his Original Manuscript, never before printed, By J. G. Scheuchzer, F. R. S. And a Member of the College of Physicians, London. With the Life of the author and an Introduction. To which is added, Part of a Journal of a Voyage to Japan, made by the English in the Year 1673. Illustrated with many copper plates.
Classmark: O.2.15.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Wise's Young mans companion

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1770/1/13 (Saturday). Classmark: P7. 1. Original Returned Text: Wise's Young mans Compa:.

Borrower

Robert Milligan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Thomas Wise (Male)
Genre: Education, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The newest young man’s companion, containing, a compendious English grammar. Instructions to write variety of hands, with Copies both in Prose and Verse. Letters on compliment, business, and several other Occasions. Forms of indentures, bonds, wills, testaments, Letters of Attorney, Bills of Sale, Receipts, Releases, &c. Arthmetick in all its Branches, in an Easier Way than any yet published; With The art of mensuration. A short and easy Method of Book-Keeping, After the Italian Manner. Likewise a Compendium of Geography, Describing all the Empires, Kingdoms and Dominions, in the whole World. To which is added a Description of the several Counties of England and Scotland, their Produce, Market-Towns, and Market-Days. The art of painting in Oil, colouring Maps, &c. with Water Colours, and Directions for Gilding with Gold or Silver; The Art of Making Artificial Fireworks; Tables shewing Accompts ready cast up: and an English spelling dictionary. Th whole calculated to qualify persons for business, without a master, and illustrated with a map of the world. By Thomas Wise, Accomptant.
Classmark: P.7.1.

Tacitus Granovii 1&2 Vol

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1770/5/16 (Wednesday). Classmark: M6- 25. Original Returned Text: Tacitus Granovii 1 & 2 Vol.

Borrower

H Macleod
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quae exstant, integris Beati Rhenani, Fulvii Ursini, M. Antonii Mureti, Josiae Merceri, Justi Lipsii, Valentis Acidalii, Curtii Pichenae, Jani Gruteri, Hugonis Grotii, Joannis Freinshemii, Joannis Frederici Gronovii, & selectis aliorum Commentariis illustrata. Ex Recensione & Cum Notis Jacobi Gronovii.
Classmark: M.6.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Stilingfleets orig: Sacre:

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1769/12/21 (Thursday). Classmark: N3. 16. Original Returned Text: Stilingfleet's orig Sacre.

Borrower

John Buddo
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1748-1814. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1369891580.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Edward Stillingfleet (Male, born 1635, died 1699)
Genre: Theology
Origines sacrae: or, a rational account of the grounds of natural and reveal'd religion. The eighth edition. To which is now added part of another book upon the same subject, Written A. D. MDCXCVII. Publish'd from the Author's Own Manuscript. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Edward Stillingfleet, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Classmark: M.3.16.

Stackhouse hist ofy^e Bible V 1^st

Borrowed: 1769/12/18 (Monday). Returned: 1769/12/21 (Thursday). Classmark: P1. 16. Original Returned Text: Stackhouse hist of y^e Bible V. 1^st.

Borrower

John Buddo
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1748-1814. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1369891580.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Thomas Stackhouse (Male, born c.1680, died 1752)
Genre: Theology
A new history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity. With Answers to most of the Controverted Questions, Dissertations upon the most remarkable Passages, and a Connection of Profane History all along. To which are added Notes, explaining difficult Texts, rectifying Mis-Translations, and reconciling seeming Contradictions. The whole illustrated with proper maps and sculptures. By the Reverend Thomas Stackhouse, A.M. Vicar of Beenham in Berkshire.
Classmark: K.2.4, K.1.4, P.1.16, P.2.31.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1