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Record ID 296170

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 98

Quinctiliani institut Orator. a Car. Rollin in 8

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six shill. sterl..


Borrower

Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.73.e.

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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, ... a Carolo Rollin.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Rollin, Charles
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr William Stewart

Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education

De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]

Record ID 296173

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 98

Swifts Works Vol. 4.5.6 in 4

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, accurately revised in six volumes, adorned with copper-plates; with some account of the author's life, and notes historical and explanatory, by John Hawkesworth.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.7.5-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, accurately revised in six volumes, adorned with copper-plates; with some account of the author’s life, and notes historical and explanatory, by John Hawkesworth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Editors: Hawkesworth, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr William Stewart

Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres

Works of Jonathan Swift

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 296176

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 98

Xenophontis Opera Leunclavii fol

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.


Borrower

Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Xenophontis et imperatoris & philosophi clarissimi omnia, quae exstant, opera [Leunclavius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bdg.l.33.

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Confidence level: Certain

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Ξ. ἁπαντα τα σωζομενα βιβλια. X. ... omnia quæ exstant opera, J. Leuvenklaio interprete: cum annotationibus, etc.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Basel. Date of publication: 1568. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Xenophon

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson

Author: Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Xenophon

Record ID 296179

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 99

Plates for Millars Gardiners Dictionary 2 vol. fol.

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds Sterl.


Borrower

Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ao.4.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine

Author: Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge

Gardeners Dictionary

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 296185

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 99

Walpoles Anecdotes 4 vol. 4.to

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).


Book HoldingLibrary record

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of painting in England [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Al.5.8-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS.
Language: English . Published: Twickenham. Date of publication: 1762-1780. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives
Anecdotes of Painting in England

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine

Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Lives

Anecdotes of Painting in England

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

Record ID 296182

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 99

Felebien Vies de Peintures w tom 4.to

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).


Book HoldingLibrary record

André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695)
Genre: Fine Arts
Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des plus Excellens Peintres Anciens et Modernes [Felibien]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cw.2.72-73.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695)
Genre: Fine Arts
Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1685-1688. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695)
Genre: Fine Arts
Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des Plus Excellens Peintres Anciens et Modernes

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/7/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine

Author: André Félibien Sieur des Avaux et de Javercy (Male, born 1619, died 1695), Genre: Fine Arts

Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des Plus Excellens Peintres Anciens et Modernes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 145224

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 47

& Pringle's Observations

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the diseases of the army [Pringle]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the diseases of the army, by John Pringle, Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 148


Book Work

Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Diseases of the Army

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Elliot

Author: Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782), Genre: Medicine

Observations on the Diseases of the Army

Record ID 145221

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 47

Priestly on Electricity

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/7/0. Funds deposited: Air Note Douglass.


Borrower

Thomas Elliot
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77472. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775. Other: British Navy, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments [Priestley]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 55


Book Work

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments

Record ID 145230

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 48

Heisteri Compend: Anatomicum

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Ruddiman Steuart
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91884. Dissertation: De Apoplexia.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1776; MD (Edin), 1777. Origin: Scoto-Brit..
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Lorenz Heister (Male, born 1683, died 1758)
Genre: Medicine
D. Lorenz Heister ... compendium anatomicum.

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Confidence level: Certain

Lorenz Heister (Male, born 1683, died 1758)
Genre: Medicine
Compendium anatomicum totam rem anatomicam brevissime complectens.
Language: Latin . Published: Nuremberg. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

Lorenz Heister (Male, born 1683, died 1758)
Genre: Medicine
Compendium Anatomicum [Lorenz Heister]

Record ID 145233

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 48

Puffendorf's Law of Nations folio

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf (Male, born 1632, died 1694)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Of the law of nature and nations : eight books [Pufendorf]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections SCF 969.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday).

Borrower: Isaac Ketchen

Author: Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf (Male, born 1632, died 1694), Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Of the Law of Nature and Nations

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 145227

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 48

Flemyng's physiology

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Ruddiman Steuart
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91884. Dissertation: De Apoplexia.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1776; MD (Edin), 1777. Origin: Scoto-Brit..
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Malcolm Flemyng (Male, died 1764)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introduction to Physiology; being a course of lectures on the most important parts of the animal oeconomy [Flemyng]

Record ID 145236

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 48

& Grotius de jure belli 4:to

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645)
Genre: Law
Hugo Grotius de jure belli ac pacis librorum iii compendium, annotationibus ... illustratum, in usum ... juventutis Academiae Edinensia [Scott]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *E.23.45.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645)
Genre: Law
Hugonis Grotii De jure belli ac pacis librorum III. Compendium, annotationibus & commentariis selectis illustratum. In usum studios? juventutis academi? Edinensis.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1707. Format: 4to.
Editors: Scott, William
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645)
Genre: Law
De Jure Belli ac Pacis

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday).

Borrower: Isaac Ketchen

Author: Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645), Genre: Law

De Jure Belli ac Pacis

Record ID 145242

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 48

Medical Essays vol. 6:th

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Patrick Dugud
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91563. Dissertation: De caloris animalium causa.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1774; MD (Edin), 1775. Origin: Scottish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .6104 Edi..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations / revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1737-1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 224 times in 87 borrowing records


Book Work

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Record ID 145239

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 48

Arbuthnot on Coins

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


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 [Arbuthnot]

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

Record ID 51672

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 32v

Linnæi Species plantarum 2 Vol.

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/9/6 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Jun 1775. Original Returned Date: 6 Sep 1775.


Borrower

Thomas Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Reid. Life dates: 1710-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum, : exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas.
Press: AN. Shelf: 7. Number: 1&2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-k.3-4. Original Author: Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Caroli Linnæi Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas secundum systema sexuale digestas.
Language: Latin . Published: Stockholm. Date of publication: 1762-1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 70 times in 37 borrowing records


Book Work

Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Species Plantarum

Borrowed: 1775/6/29 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/9/6 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Reid

Author: Linnaeus (Male, born 1707, died 1778), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Species Plantarum

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2