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Record ID 211460

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 276

Grinaeus novus Orbis Veteribus incognitus fol.

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/6/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Simon Grynäus (Male, born 1493, died 1541)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum [Grynaeus]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.132.b.5.

Record ID 211457

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 276

Hist. des Navigations aux terres australes 2 V. 4.to par M des Brosses

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/6/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des navigations aux terres australes [Brosses]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.e.14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des navigations aux terres australes. Contenant ce que l'on sçait des mœurs & des productions des contrées découvertes jusqu'à ce jour, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/6/26 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen

Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 211454

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 276

Hist. Generalle des Voyages tom 1.2. 4.to

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/6/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterling.


Borrower

Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire generale des voyages.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.e.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 4to. Pagination: 25 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
Histoire Générale des Voyages

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/6/26 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen

Author: Abbé Prévost (Male, born 1697, died 1763), Genre: Travel

Histoire Générale des Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 104123

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 252

Pott on fractures

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

Lewis Borthwick
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90510. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1771-1774. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Some few general remarks on fractures and dislocations [Pott]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.H.b.8.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Some few general remarks on fractures and dislocations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Some Few General Remarks on Fractures and Dislocations

Record ID 104135

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 252

Swan's Sydenham

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0. Funds deposited: ND.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
Entire works of Dr. Thomas Sydenham, newly made English from the originals

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
The entire works of Dr Thomas Sydenham, newly made English from the originals.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Swan, John
Number of borrowings: 72


Book Work

Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Thomas Sydenham

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Stewart

Author: Thomas Sydenham (Male, born 1624, died 1689), Genre: Medicine

Works of Thomas Sydenham

Record ID 104129

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 252

Robertson's hist of Scotland Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Clerk
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90736. Dissertation: De Hydrocephalo.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1777; LRCP(1781) . Origin: Scoto-Brit..
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 2

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Clerk

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

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 104138

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 252

Nature Displayed V:s 1-2

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Isaac Ketchen
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Isaac Ketchen

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 104141

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 253

Rollin's Roman history Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: ND.


Borrower

John Cuninghame
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77329. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium [Rollin]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; *Q.50-51.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 52439

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 51r

Tibulli Opera

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/4/7 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 May. Original Returned Date: 7 Apr.


Borrower

William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19)
Genre: Poetry
Tibulli et Propertii Opera. Ex editione J. Broukhusii fideliter expressa.
Press: B. Shelf: 6. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 1288. Original Author: Tibullus..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19)
Genre: Poetry
Tibulli et Propertii Opera. Ex editione J. Broukhusii fideliter expressa.
Language: Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Broekhuizen, Joan van.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Tibullus and Propertius

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/4/7 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Wight

Author: Sextus Propertius (Male), Albius Tibullus (Male, born BCE55, died BCE19), Genre: Poetry

Works of Tibullus and Propertius

Record ID 52438

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 51r

Catalogue Des Livres

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/14 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 May. Original Returned Date: 14 May.


Borrower

William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Reference Works
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de la Maison Professe des ci-devant soidisans Jesuites
Press: N. Shelf: 4. Number: 267&c. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 979  . Original Author: Jesuits. Paris College..

Record ID 52436

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 51r

Lecons De Physique par Nollet 6 Volms.

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/14 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 May. Original Returned Date: 14 May.


Borrower

William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet (Male, born 1700, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Leçons de physique expérimentale.
Press: N. Shelf: 9. Number: 1&c. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-k.15-20. Original Author: Nollet, abbé (Jean Antoine), 1700-1770..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet (Male, born 1700, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Leçons de physique expérimentale.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1757-1766. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 13 borrowing records


Book Work

Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet (Male, born 1700, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Leçons de Physique Expérimentale.

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/14 (Friday).

Borrower: William Wight

Author: Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet (Male, born 1700, died 1770), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Leçons de Physique Expérimentale.

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 52440

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 51r

Buffon Histoire 2 Vol.ms

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/14 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 May. Original Returned Date: 14 May.


Borrower

William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Avec la description du cabinet du roi
Press: B. Shelf: 4. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-e.1-18. Original Author: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 243 times in 129 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

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/14 (Friday).

Borrower: William Wight

Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 52437

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 51r

Œuvres De Maupertius 3 Volm.

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/14 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 May. Original Returned Date: 14 May.


Borrower

William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres [Maupertius].
Press: N. Shelf: 4. Number: 20&c. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi1-h.5-8. Original Author: Maupertuis, 1698-1759..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres de M. de Maupertuis.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 19 borrowing records


Book Work

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres de Maupertuis

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/5/14 (Friday).

Borrower: William Wight

Author: Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Oeuvres de Maupertuis

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 52441

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 51r

Opere Di Metastasia 4 Vol.ms

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 May. Original Returned Date: 15 Jan.


Borrower

William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 12. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh1-g.1-9. Original Author: Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records


Book Work

Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/1/15 (Friday).

Borrower: William Wight

Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry

Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 54227

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 93r

Tables of Ancient Coins

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/12/24 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 May. Original Returned Date: 24 Dec.


Borrower

George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735)
Genre: History
Tables of ancient coins, weights and measures, explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations.
Press: R. Shelf: 7. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll q836. Original Author: Arbuthnot, John..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735)
Genre: History
Tables of ancient coins, weights and measures, explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 23


Book Work

John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735)
Genre: History
Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/12/24 (Thursday).

Borrower: George Muirhead

Author: John Arbuthnot (Male, born 1667, died 1735), Genre: History

Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures

Record ID 39013

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 93r

Modern History Vol. 29th.

Borrowed: 1772/5/26 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: May 26th. Original Borrower: Q. Gordone.


Borrower

Q Gordone
Gender: Unknown.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Modern part of an universal history, from the earliest account of time. Complied from original writers. By the authors of the antient part.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 29

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
The Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Writers. By the Authors of the Antient Part.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 576 times in 358 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time