Buffon histoire Naturelle tom. X. & XI. in 4^o

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.

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

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 11

Erasmi encomium Morice 8^o

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shill. sterl..

Borrower

Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Desiderius Erasmus (Male, born 1469, died 1536)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Moriae Encomium, id est, Stulticiae laudatio, ludicra declamatione tractata per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum.
Possible modern shelfmark: Jolly.472(2).

Psalmanaazaar's Description of Formosa, 8^o

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl.

Borrower

Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.

Book HoldingLibrary record

George Psalmanazar (Male, born c.1679, died 1763)
Genre: Travel
An historical and geographical description of Formosa [Psalmanazar]
Possible modern shelfmark: Bl.5/2.7.

Brerewood on the diversity of Languages &c. 8^o

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: six shill. sterl..

Borrowers

Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

Mr Alexander Kemp
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Edward Brerewood (Male, born c.1565, died 1613)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology, Genre: Travel
Enquiries touching the diversity of languages and religions [Brerewood]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ap].4/1.4.

Session Papers 1755 fol.

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl..

Borrower

Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1740-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.

Book Holding

Genre: Law
Session Papers 1755

& State of Facts

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.

Borrower

William Smith
Gender: Male.
Class: Arts. Academic dates: MA 1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1733, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
State of facts concerning the first proposal of performing the paracentesis of the thorax [Monro]

D:^r Monro de Vasis &c.

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.

Borrower

William Smith
Gender: Male.
Class: Arts. Academic dates: MA 1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Nollet Art des Experiences en 3 tomes

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.

Borrower

James Hall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet (Male, born 1700, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
L'art des expériences [Nollet].

Heister's Surgery

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/6/0.

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.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Lorenz Heister (Male, born 1683, died 1758)
Genre: Medicine
Heister's Surgery (original title)
General system of surgery, in three parts (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

White's Cases in Surgery

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.

Borrower

Thomas Hay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

John Aikin (Male, born 1747, died 1822), Charles White (Male, born 1728, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Cases in surgery, with remarks: part the first [White; Aiken]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *H.23.10.

Nettleton on Virtue

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: N. B. A Dumfries Note.

Borrower

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

Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Nettleton (Male, born 1683, died 1742)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Treatise on virtue and happiness [Nettleton]

Pringle on the Army

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.

Borrower

John Ramsay
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]

Rollin's Roman history Vol. 3^d 4^th 5:^th

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.

Borrower

Robert Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76955. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1767-1769.
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 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Priestly's English Grammar

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.

Borrower

Charles Telfer
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Education
The rudiments of English grammar, adapted to the use of schools [Priestley]

& Le Dran's Observations

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.

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.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Observations in surgery: containing one hundred and fifteen different cases [Le Dran]

Cleghorn on Minorca

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.

Borrower

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

Book HoldingLibrary record

George Cleghorn (Male, born 1716, died 1789)
Genre: Medicine
Cleghorn on Minorca (original title)
Observations on the epidemical diseases in Minorca. From the year 1744 to 1749 (standardised title)

Hutcheson on the Passions

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.

Borrower

George Hall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on the nature and conduct of the passions and affections : with illustrations upon the moral sense [Hutcheson]

Fool of Quality V:^s 1-2-3-4.

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/9/0.

Borrower

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

Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of quality, or, The history of Henry, Earl of Moreland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Hutchenson's System Vol:s 1 & 2^d in 4:^to

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: N. B. A Glasgow Note N:o 25/150.

Borrower

James Smith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of moral philosophy [Hutcheson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .171 Hut. .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

1^st Volume of Robertson's History of Scotland

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: Feb^ry 15^th 1771. Original Borrower: John Riddell.

Borrower

John Riddle
Gender: Male.

Book Holding

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland. During the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. till his accession to the crown of England.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Essay  on the  passions

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/1 (Friday). Classmark: C6- 8. Original Returned Text: Essay on the passions.

Borrower

James Litster
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. With Illustrations on the Moral Sense. By the Author of the Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue. [Hutcheson]
Classmark: E.6.39, C.6.8, B.4.24?.

Bragge on y^e passions

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/4/24 (Wednesday). Classmark: D5 . 29. Original Returned Text: Bragge on the Passions.

Borrower

James Litster
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Bragge (Male, born 1664, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A practical treatise of the regulation of the passions. By Francis Bragge, B. D. Vicar of Hitchin, and Prebendary of Lincoln.
Classmark: J.7.9, D.5.29, B.6.34.

Pamphlets  Vol 1^st

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/25 (Monday). Classmark: B4 . 4. Original Returned Text: Pamphlets Vol 1^st.

Borrower

James McDonald
Gender: Male.
Life dates: bap. 1753-1843. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1393717308.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

John Payne (Male, died 1787)
Genre: Theology
Pamphlets, Plays, Sermons &c. 22 vols. [B.4.4]
Classmark: B.4.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Lyttleton's  hist Vol 2^d

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/4/6 (Saturday). Classmark: E3 . 6. Original Returned Text: Lyttleton hist V 2^d..

Borrower

Thomas Stewart
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1751-1819. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1413031228.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
The History of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed, A History of the Revolutions of England From the Death of Edward the Confessor To the Birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton.
Classmark: E.3.6, A.6.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Grandison's hist. 65 & 6 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/12 (Tuesday). Classmark: O 5 . 1. Original Returned Text: Grand. hist - 5 & 6 Vol..

Borrower

Patrick Bower
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1754-c. 1790. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1368138916.
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

Reading's Sermons

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Classmark: N6. 22. Original Returned Text: Reading's Sermons.

Borrower

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

Book HoldingLibrary record

William Reading (Male, born 1674, died 1744)
Genre: Sermons
Twenty Three Sermons of Mortification, Holiness, and of the Fear and Love of God. Lately Preached in London, By William Reading, M.A. Keeper of the Library at Sion-College.
Classmark: C.6.5, N.6.22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Rambler 1. 2 . 3 & 4 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/27 (Wednesday). Classmark: L6 . 28. Original Returned Text: Rambler 1 . 2 . 3 & 4 Vol.

Borrower

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

Book HoldingLibrary record

Dr Samuel Johnson (Male, born 1709-9-18, died 1784-12-13)
Genre: Periodicals
[The rambler. In four volumes] / [by Samuel Johnson].
Classmark: L.7.28, B.7.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Brooke's Na. hist. 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/18 (Monday). Classmark: L6 , 12. Original Returned Text: Brookes Na .hist 1 & 2 V..

Borrower

Alexander MacKenzie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Richard Brookes (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new and accurate system of natural history; containing I. The history of quadrupedes, including Amphibious Animals, Frogs, and Lizards, with their Properties and Uses in Medicine. II. The History of Birds, with the Method of bringing up those of the singing Kind. III. The History of Fishes and Serpents, including Sea-Turtles, Crustaceous and Shell-Fishes; with their medicinal Uses. IV. The History of Insects, with their Properties and Uses in Medicine. V. The History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils, and Minerals; with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses: To which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these Subjects. VI. The history of vegetables, as well Foreign as Indigenous, including an Account of the Roots, Barks, Woods, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits, Seeds, Resins, Gums, and concreted Juices; as also their Properties, Virtues, and Uses in Medicine; together with the Method of cultivating those planted in Gardens. By R. Brookes, M. D. Author of the General Practice of Physic. In six volumes.
Classmark: L.6.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Hist. of Pyrats

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Classmark: A5 .38. Original Returned Text: Hist. of Pyrats.

Borrower

Thomas Douglas
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377047308.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Charles Johnson (Male)
Genre: Lives
A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates, and also their policies, discipline and government, from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, in 1717, to the present year 1724. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. To which is prefix’d an account of the famous Captain Avery and his companions; with the manner of his death in England. The whole digested into the following chapters; chap. I. Of Captain Avery. II. The rise of Pyrates. III. Of Captain Martel. IV. Of Captain Bonnet. V. Of Captain Thatch. VI. Of Captain Vane. Vii. Of Captain Rackam. Viii. Of Captain England. IX. Of Captain Davis. X. Of Captain Roberts. XI. Of Captain Worley. XII. Of Captain Lowther. XIII. Of Captain Low. XIV. Of Captain Evans. And their several crews. To which is added. A short abstract of the statute and civil law, in, relation to pyracy. By Captain Charles Johnson.
Classmark: A.6.3, A.5.38.

Bell's  Travles  Vol 2^d

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/18 (Monday). Classmark: -- -. Original Returned Text: Bell's Travles V 2^d.

Borrower

James Dallas
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1375462916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia : in two volumes / by John Bell, of Antermony ; volume I. Containing a journey to Ispahan in Persia, in the years 1715, 1716, 1717, and 1718. Part of a journey to Pekin in China, through Siberia, in the years 1719, 1720, and 1721. With a map of the author's two routes between Mosco and Pekin.
Classmark: P.4.36, S.6.14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

foundling 1 & 2 V.

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/16 (Saturday). Original Returned Text: found. 1 & 2 Vol.

Borrower

Alexander Bishop
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367160476.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq;
Classmark: K.8.13, B.8.17, B.7.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Preceptor  Vol 1^st

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/2/21 (Thursday). Classmark: D3 . 7. Original Returned Text: Prceptor Vol 1^st.

Borrower

James Christie
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1755-1817. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1372640556.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
The preceptor: containing a general course of education. Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth. In twelve parts. Viz. I. On reading, speaking, and writing letters. II. On geometry. III. On geography and astronomy. IV. On chronology and history. V. On rhetoric and poetry. VI. On drawing. VII. On logic. VIII. On natural history. IX. On ethics, or morality. X. On trade and commerce. XI. On laws and government. XII. On human life and manners. Illustrated with maps and useful cuts.
Classmark: J.6.5, D.3.7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Lyttleton's hist. of H. y^e 2^d  3 & 4 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/3/2 (Saturday). Classmark: E3. 6. Original Returned Text: Lyttleton's Hystory 3 & 4 Vol:.

Borrower

George Gib
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
The History of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed, A History of the Revolutions of England From the Death of Edward the Confessor To the Birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton.
Classmark: E.3.6, A.6.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4