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Record ID 295378

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 76

Vertot histoire critique de l'establissement des Bretons dans les Gaules. 2 tom in 12

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire critique de l'establissement des Bretons dans les Gaules [Vertot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.24.e.

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Confidence level: Certain

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire critique de l'établissement des Bretons dans les Gaules, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1720. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta

Record ID 295381

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 76

D'Avaux Negociat. 4 vols 12o

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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Jean-Antoine de Mesmes Comte d’Avaux (Male, born 1640, died 1709)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The negotiations of Count d'Avaux.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.8.d.2-5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jean-Antoine de Mesmes Comte d’Avaux (Male, born 1640, died 1709)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The negotiations of Count d’Avaux, ambassador from his Most Christian Majesty to the States General of the United Provinces.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754-1755. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

Jean-Antoine de Mesmes Comte d’Avaux (Male, born 1640, died 1709)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Negotiations of Count d’Avaux, Ambassador from his Most Christian Majesty to the States General of the United Provinces

Record ID 295372

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 76

Demosthenis & Aeschinis opea Gr. Lat. fol

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three poinds sterl..


Borrower

Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Aeschines (Male), Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Demosthenis et Aeschinis principum Graeciae oratorum opera [Wolf]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.370.b.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Aeschines (Male), Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Demosthenis et Æschinis principum Græciæ oratorum opera.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Frankfurt am Main. Date of publication: 1604. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 27


Book Work

Aeschines (Male), Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Demosthenes and Aeschines

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill

Author: Aeschines (Male), Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Demosthenes and Aeschines

Record ID 295375

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 76

Giannoni's history of Naples 2 vol. fol.

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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Pietro Giannone (Male, born 1676, died 1748)
Genre: History
The civil history of the kingdom of Naples [Giannone]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.66.a.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Pietro Giannone (Male, born 1676, died 1748)
Genre: History
The civil history of the kingdom of Naples.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1729-1731. Format: folio.
Translators: Ogilvie, James, Captain.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 11 borrowing records


Book Work

Pietro Giannone (Male, born 1676, died 1748)
Genre: History
Civil History of the Kingdom of Naples

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill

Author: Pietro Giannone (Male, born 1676, died 1748), Genre: History

Civil History of the Kingdom of Naples

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 295384

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 77

Bolllingbrokes Works Vol. 3. & 5 4to

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.


Borrower

Mr David Ross of Ankerville
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1727-1836.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [An].1/1.17-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 5

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Confidence level: Certain

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 4to. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr David Ross of Ankerville

Author: Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 5

Record ID 295390

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 77

Oeuvres d'Horace par Dacier tom 1.2.3.4.5. in 12

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.


Borrower

Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Poetry
Oeuvres d'Horace, traduites en francois, avec des notes et des remarques critiques [Dacier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.54.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Les Oeuvres d'Horace, traduites en francois, avec des notes et des remarques critiques.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1691. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Translators: Dacier, Andre
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/16 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr George Clerk

Genre: Poetry

Works of Horace

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

Record ID 144891

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 38

Plutarch's Lives vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/6.


Borrower

Philip Morison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's lives [Langhorne]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Philip Morison

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

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 144882

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 38

Grew's Anat: of plants

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas. Funds deposited: Two Glasgow Notes.


Borrower

Adam Grieve
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/75752. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Nehemiah Grew (Male, born 1641, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The anatomy of plants [Grew]
Historical Shelfmark: A.L. a.8.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Nehemiah Grew (Male, born 1641, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The anatomy of plants· With an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1682. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

Nehemiah Grew (Male, born 1641, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants

Record ID 144888

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 38

Haller's physiology 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0. Funds deposited: G. 2. 1760..


Borrower

Samuel Curtin
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91851. Dissertation: De Febre flava Indiae occidentalis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1776; MD (Edin), 1778. Origin: Jamaica.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Dr. Albert Haller's physiology [Mihles]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .612 Hal..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Dr. Albert Haller’s physiology; being a course of lectures upon the visceral anatomy and vital oeconomy of human bodies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Mihles, Samuel
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 197 times in 106 borrowing records


Book Work

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Haller’s Physiology

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Samuel Curtin

Author: Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777), Genre: Medicine

Haller’s Physiology

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 144879

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 38

Cullen's Mat: Med:

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


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

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Cullen's Materia Medica (original title)
Lectures on the materia medica (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *I.20.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica, as delivered by William Cullen, M. D. Professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Now Published by Permission of the Author, And with many Corrections from the Collatiohn of different Manuscripts by the Editors.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 96 times in 93 borrowing records


Book Work

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen]

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Scott

Author: William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790), Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine

Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 144885

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 38

Sully's Memoirs Vol. 5:th

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Maxwell Nasmyth
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully (Male, born 1559, died 1641)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune : duke of Sully, prime minister to Henry the Great.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully (Male, born 1559, died 1641)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 38 borrowing records


Book Work

Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully (Male, born 1559, died 1641)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great

Record ID 144894

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 39

Fielding's Works V:s 1-2-3

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 5/0/0. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq : with the life of the author.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *V.20.13-16. .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq; with the life of the author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 38 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George Hall

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

Works of Henry Fielding

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 52518

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 53r

Goldsmith's History of the Earth Vol. 6th

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: /5/19. Original Borrowed Date: 16 May 1775. Original Returned Date: 19 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

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the earth, and animated nature.
Press: AM. Shelf: 7. Number: 6, 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-k.1-8. Original Author: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 705 times in 454 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: /5/19.

Borrower: William Wight

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy

History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 54369

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 96v

Ciceronis Orationes tomi 2d pars 2da

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/5 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 May 1775. Original Returned Date: 5 Jun 1775.


Borrower

William Richardson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: M.r Richardson. Life dates: 1743-1814. Academic dates: 1757-1763; MA 1763.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationes ex recensione Ioannis Georgii Graevii.
Press: AL. Shelf: 4. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl5-i.5-10. Original Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2.2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. Tullii Ciceronis orationes ex recensione Ioannis Georgii Graevii cum ejusdem animadversionibus, et notis integris Francisci Hottomanni, Dionysii Lambini, Fulvii Vrsini, Paulli Manutii ac selectis aliorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1695-1699. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632-1703.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1775/5/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/6/5 (Monday).

Borrower: William Richardson

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

Orations of Cicero

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2.2