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Record ID 281327

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 328

Glas's history of the Canary Islands in 4.

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/11/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill. sterl..


Borrowers

Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

Patrick MacVicar
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Juan de Abreu de Galindo (Male)
Genre: History
The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands [Abreu de Galindo/Glas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.151.a.12.

Record ID 281330

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 328

Buffon hist. nat. vol. 9. in 4.

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/11/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one Guinea.


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 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 9

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 237 times in 126 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: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/11/1 (Sunday).

Borrower: Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck

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 9

Record ID 106292

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 283

Hewson on Blood

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.


Borrower

George Parker
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80194. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1771-1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Hewson (Male, born 1739, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental inquiry into the properties of the blood, with remarks on some of its morbid appearances : and an appendix, relating to the discovery of the lymphatic system in birds, fish, and the animals called amphibious [Hewson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; JA731/3.

Record ID 106295

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 283

Mauriceau's Midwifry

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

George Parker
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80194. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1771-1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

François Mauriceau (Male, born 1637, died 1709)
Genre: Medicine
The diseases of women with child, and in child-bed [Mauriceau]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.S..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

François Mauriceau (Male, born 1637, died 1709)
Genre: Medicine
The diseases of vvomen with child, and in child-bed: as also the best means of helping them in natural and unnatural labors.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1683. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Chamberlen, Hugh
Number of borrowings: 14


Book Work

François Mauriceau (Male, born 1637, died 1709)
Genre: Medicine
Diseases of Women with Child, and in Child-Bed

Record ID 106307

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 284

Also Comparative View

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91915. Dissertation: De Hominum varietatibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1772; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780; LRCP(1777); FRCP(1793); FRS . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1754-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world [Gregory]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 49


Book Work

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World

Record ID 106304

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 284

Offices of a physician

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

John Hunter
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91915. Dissertation: De Hominum varietatibus.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775; MD (Edin), 1775. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1772; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780; LRCP(1777); FRCP(1793); FRS . Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1754-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Observations on the duties and offices of a physician, and on the method of prosecuting enquiries in philosophy [Gregory]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.19.69.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Observations on the duties and offices of a physician; and on the method of prosecuting enquiries in philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 47


Book Work

John Gregory (Male, born 1724, died 1773)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician

Record ID 106310

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 284

Mortoni Opera

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.


Borrower

Ignatius Daniel Knolton
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/92005. Dissertation: De Pertussi.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1771; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: Philadelphia.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Richard Morton (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Richard Morton opera medica.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Richard Morton (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Richardi Morton,... Opera medica, in quatuor tomos distributa, quibus additi tratatus sequentes.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1699. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 22 borrowing records


Book Work

Richard Morton (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Opera Medica [Richard Morton]

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday).

Borrower: Ignatius Daniel Knolton

Author: Richard Morton (Male), Genre: Medicine

Opera Medica [Richard Morton]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 106301

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 284

& Medical Essays Vol. 5 p:t 1:st

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

William Grieve
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91498. Dissertation: De Febribus Tertianis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1772; MD, 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1767. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Physician.


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 5

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 106316

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 284

& Gilchrist on Sea-Voyages

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Boyle Cochlan
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/92094. Dissertation: De Plethora.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Ebenezer Gilchrist (Male, born 1707, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Use of sea voyages in medicine [Gilchrist]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; G.19.70.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Ebenezer Gilchrist (Male, born 1707, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
The use of sea voyages in medicine.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 49


Book Work

Ebenezer Gilchrist (Male, born 1707, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Use of Sea Voyages in Medicine

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday).

Borrower: Boyle Cochlan

Author: Ebenezer Gilchrist (Male, born 1707, died 1774), Genre: Medicine

Use of Sea Voyages in Medicine

Record ID 106298

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 284

Pott on the head

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

William Grieve
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91498. Dissertation: De Febribus Tertianis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1772; MD, 1770. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1767. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Physician.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the nature and consequences of those injuries to which the head is liable from external violence [Pott]

Record ID 106313

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 284

Wintringham's Works 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: Douglas Note.


Borrower

Boyle Cochlan
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/92094. Dissertation: De Plethora.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Works of the late Clifton Wintringham, now first collected and published entire.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; G.19.95-96.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
The works of the late Clifton Wintringham, Physician at York, now first collected and published entire: with large additions and emendations from the original manuscripts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748)
Genre: Medicine
Works of the Late Clifton Wintringham, Physician at York

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday).

Borrower: Boyle Cochlan

Author: Clifton Wintringham (Male, born 1689, died 1748), Genre: Medicine

Works of the Late Clifton Wintringham, Physician at York

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 219491

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 45

Pope's Odyssey v. 5

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Borrowed: 1772/10.

Borrower: John Wilson

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 220622

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 76

Modern Univ. Hist. v. 9

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

Thomas Miller
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Modern Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
The modern part of the universal history. Compiled from original writers; by the authors of the antient. Which will perfect the work, and render it a complete body of history, from the earliest account of time, to the present. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1765. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 38 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Modern Part of the Universal History

Borrowed: 1772/10.

Borrower: Thomas Miller

Genre: History

Modern Part of the Universal History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

Record ID 220808

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 82

Universal Hist v. 20

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Miller
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

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

Record ID 221015

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 87

Plutarch's Lives v. 1

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

Beaumont Mien
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1772/10.

Borrower: Beaumont Mien

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 221099

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 88

Life of Cicero v. 1

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Horsman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Melmoth's Life of Cicero
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to several of his friends: with remarks by William Melmoth, Esq; The second edition. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Melmoth, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 7 borrowing records


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Letters to Friends [Cicero]

Borrowed: 1772/10.

Borrower: William Horsman

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Letters to Friends [Cicero]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 221153

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 89

Goldsmith's Rom. Hist v. 1

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Scrimgeour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Borrowed: 1772/10.

Borrower: John Scrimgeour

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History

Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 221150

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 89

Spectator v. 7

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Scrimgeour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The spectator. ... Carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator

Borrowed: 1772/10.

Borrower: John Scrimgeour

Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals

Spectator

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Record ID 177630

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 208

Pope's Iliad 1 & 2 Vol-

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: 1772/10/14 (Wednesday). Classmark: L7 . 3. Original Returned Text: Pope's Iliad 1 & 2 V..


Borrower

Thomas Fairful
Gender: Male.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq.
Classmark: L.7.3, P.8.11?, B.7.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Alexander Pope
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 124 times in 68 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Iliad

Borrowed: 1772/10. Returned: 1772/10/14 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Fairful

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Iliad

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2