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Record ID 301360

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245

Monthly Review tom 6.7. 8.vo

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6, Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.

Record ID 301357

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245

Rollins Ancient History tom 1.2.3.4 8.vo

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians [Rollin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.89.e.20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 58 times in 12 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

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

Record ID 301366

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245

Ovid Banier 8.vo

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
P. Ovidii Nasonis metamorphoseōn libri XV. Cum variis lectionibus ... With Abbé Banier's arguments and explanations of the history of mythology of each fable in English.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.55.d.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV. Cum variis lectionibus indiceque rerum & fabularum. With Abbe Banier's arguments and explanations of the history and mythology of each fable in English.
Language: Latin | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Banier
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Metamorphoses

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]

Author: Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17), Genre: Poetry

Metamorphoses

Record ID 301363

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 245

Quintiliana Rollin 8.vo

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]

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

De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]

Record ID 290224

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 135

Clarendon's Histy Vol. 4, 5, 6

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday).


Borrower

George Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1738-1807.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year 1641. With the precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the King’s blessed Restoration, and Return upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Clarendon, Late Lord High Chancellor of England, Privy Counsellor in the Reigns of King Charles the First and the Second. ...
Classmark: 11.7.1-6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4 (2 pt 2), Volume 5 (3 pt 1), Volume 6 (3 pt 2)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year 1641.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1705-1706. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 152 times in 64 borrowing records


Book Work

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday).

Borrower: George Duncan

Author: Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674), Genre: History

History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4 (2 pt 2), Volume 5 (3 pt 1), Volume 6 (3 pt 2)

Record ID 156186

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 211

Young on Opium

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Young M. D. (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on opium: founded upon practical observations [Young]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Young M. D. (Male)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on opium, founded upon practical observations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 34


Book Work

George Young M. D. (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Opium

Record ID 156195

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 211

& Gaubius de formulis

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Robert Scott
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86092. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hieronymus David Gaubius (Male, born 1705, died 1780)
Genre: Medicine
Hieronymi Davidis Gaubii, medicinae & chemiae in Academia Batava, ... libellus de methodo concinnandi formulas medicamentorum.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hieronymus David Gaubius (Male, born 1705, died 1780)
Genre: Medicine
Hieronymi Davidis Gaubii,... Libellus de methodo concinnandi formulas medicamentorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Hieronymus David Gaubius (Male, born 1705, died 1780)
Genre: Medicine
Libellus de Methodo Concinnandi Formulas Medicamentorum

Record ID 156189

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 211

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Scott

Author: Pierre Pomet (Male, born 1658, died 1699), Genre: Medicine

Compleat History of Druggs

Record ID 156192

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 211

Barchusen Chemia

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Robert Scott
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86092. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1769.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johann Conrad Barchusen (Male, born 1666, died 1723)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Joannes Conradus Barchusen elementa chemiae, quibus subjuncta est confectura lapidis philosophici i imaginibus repraesentata.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections I*.22.15.

Record ID 156201

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 212

Gil. Blas vol. 3d

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

Samuel Matthew
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alain René Le Sage (Male, born 1668, died 1747)
Genre: Fiction
Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .84351.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alain René Le Sage (Male, born 1668, died 1747)
Genre: Fiction
The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Smollett, Tobias.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 19 borrowing records


Book Work

Alain René Le Sage (Male, born 1668, died 1747)
Genre: Fiction
History and Adventures of Gil Blas

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday).

Borrower: Samuel Matthew

Author: Alain René Le Sage (Male, born 1668, died 1747), Genre: Fiction

History and Adventures of Gil Blas

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 156198

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 212

Macquer's Chemistry 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

John Cristall
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/75418. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre Joseph Macquer (Male, born 1718, died 1784)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Dictionnaire de chymie : contenant la theorie & la pratique de cette science [Macquer]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday).

Borrower: John Cristall

Author: Pierre Joseph Macquer (Male, born 1718, died 1784), Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Dictionnaire de Chymie, Contenant la Théorie & la Pratique de Cette Science

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 156204

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 212

Winslow's Anatomy

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: Dundee Note.


Borrower

George Maule
Gender: Male.
Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body [Winslow]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
An anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 133 times in 71 borrowing records


Book Work

Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday).

Borrower: George Maule

Author: Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760), Genre: Medicine

Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 50992

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 15v

Ancient Universal History V. 1 --- 4, 5, 11, 18, 19, 20

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/27 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Apr. Original Returned Date: 27 May.


Borrower

James Baillie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Jas Baillie. Life dates: c. 1723-1778. Academic dates: DD (Hon) 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
Universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Press: AT. Shelf: 1. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-f.22-24. Original Author: Campbell, John, 1708-1775..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 11, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/27 (Monday).

Borrower: James Baillie

Genre: History

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 11, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20

Record ID 128069

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 258-259

Fool of Quality 4 & 5 Vol

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday). Classmark: E4. 22. Original Returned Text: Fool of Quality 4. 5 Vol.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland. In four volumes. ... By Mr. Brooke.
Classmark: E.4.22, R.9.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland. In four volumes. ... By Mr. Brooke.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 261 times in 112 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland. Vol. V. By Mr. Brooke.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 112 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: Henry Whinfield

Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction

Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5

Record ID 132843

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 308-309

Swift's  Works 5 . 6t Vol

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/3 (Friday). Classmark: N6. 20. Original Returned Text: Swift's Works 5 . 6th Vol.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin : accurately corrected by the best editions. With the author's life and character; notes historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition. In eight volumes.
Classmark: N.6.20, R.8.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin : accurately corrected by the best editions. With the author's life and character; notes historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition. In eight volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 293 times in 154 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/3 (Friday).

Borrower: William Spence

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

Works of Jonathan Swift

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 133536

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 327-328

Watson's  Horace  1 . 2d Vol

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/11 (Saturday). Classmark: D3. 3. Original Returned Text: Watson's Horace 1. 2d V.


Borrower

John Grant
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1383275876.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27)
Genre: Poetry
The Odes, epodes, and carmen Seculare of Horace, Translated into English Prose, As near as the Two Languages will admit. Together with the Original Latin from the Best Editions. Wherein The Words of the Latin Text are put in their Grammatical Order; the Observation of the most Valuable Commentators, both ancient and modern, represented; and the Author's Design and Beautiful Descriptions fully set forth in a Key annexed to each Ode and Poem; with Notes both Geographical and Historical. The Whole adapted to the Capacities of Youth at School, as well as of Private Gentlemen. By David Watson, M.A. Of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrew's. Revised by a Gentleman will-skilled in this sort of Literature at London.
Classmark: J.4.11, D.3.3, R.5.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1776/4/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/5/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Grant

Author: Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27), Genre: Poetry

Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2