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Record ID 84836
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
Borrow'd les Oeuvres Destouches en 10. tomes 12:mo
Borrowed: 1769/2/3 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor George Stuart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philippe Néricault Destouches (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Monsieur Destouches....
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Philippe Néricault Destouches (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Monsieur Destouches,... Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée, considérablement augmentée...
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 1 borrowing record
Philippe Néricault Destouches (Male, born 1680, died 1754)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Néricault Destouches
Borrowed: 1769/2/3 (Friday).
Borrowers: Professor George Stuart , John Tait
Author: Philippe Néricault Destouches (Male, born 1680, died 1754), Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Néricault Destouches
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 83675
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
Borrowed Encyclopedie Vol. 13
Borrowed: 1768/12/24 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1768/12/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hugh Blair
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Record ID 84821
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
Borrow'd Scriptores Romanqe historiæ in 3 Voll in folio
Borrowed: 1769/1/27 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Scriptores historiæ Romanæ Latini veteres, qui extant omnes, notis variis illustrati, a Carolo Henrico de Klettenberg et Wildeck... in unum redacti corpus, tribus tomis distinctum.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Scriptores historiæ Romanæ Latini Veteres qui extant omnes: notis variis illustrati a C. H. De Klettenberg et Wildeck ... in unum redacti corpus.
Language: Latin . Published: Heidelberg. Date of publication: 1743-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Scriptores Historiae Romanae Latini Veteres
Borrowed: 1769/1/27 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Scriptores Historiae Romanae Latini Veteres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 84815
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
Borrow'd Essai sur la population des l'Amerique en 5 tomes
Borrowed: 1769/1/21 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Engel (Male, born 1702, died 1784)
Genre: Travel
Essai dur la population de l'Amerique.
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Engel (Male, born 1702, died 1784)
Genre: Travel
Essai sur cette question. Quand et comment l'Amérique a-t-elle été peuplée d'hommes et d'animaux?
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Samuel Engel (Male, born 1702, died 1784)
Genre: Travel
Essai sur Cette Question. Quand et Comment l'Amérique a-t-elle été Peuplée d'Hommes et d'Animaux?
Borrowed: 1769/1/21 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Samuel Engel (Male, born 1702, died 1784), Genre: Travel
Essai sur Cette Question. Quand et Comment l'Amérique a-t-elle été Peuplée d'Hommes et d'Animaux?
Record ID 83696
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
Borrow'd Diodorus Siculus Græc. Lat Vol. 1
Borrowed: 1769/1/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Diodori Siculi Bibliothecae historicae libri qui supersunt.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Likely
Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Διοδωρου του Σικελιωτου Βιβλιοθηκης ἱστορικης τα σωζομενα. Diodori Siculi Bibliothecae historicae libri qui supersunt, interprete Laurentio Rhodomano.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1746. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 11 borrowing records
Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]
Borrowed: 1769/1/3 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20), Genre: History
Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 83669
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
Borrow'd Parson's Remains of Japhet
Borrowed: 1768/12/19 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
James Parsons (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remains of Japhet: being historical enquiries into the affinity and origin of the European languages.
Confidence level: Certain
James Parsons (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remains of Japhet: being historical enquiries into the affinity and origin of the European languages.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T149594
James Parsons (Male, born 1705, died 1770)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languages
Borrowed: 1768/12/19 (Monday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: James Parsons (Male, born 1705, died 1770), Genre: Belles Lettres
Remains of Japhet: Being Historical Enquiries into the Affinity and Origin of the European Languages
Record ID 83816
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
& Histoire des Navigations 2 V.s 4.to
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Tait
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des navigations aux terres australes. Contenant ce que l'on sçait des mœurs & des productions des contrées découvertes jusqu'à ce jour, etc.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
Borrowed: 1769/1/14 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Tait
Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 83693
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 2-3
and Aristo in 2 Vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1768/12/24 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso ... in Italian and English.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando furioso, by Ludovico Ariosto. In Italian and English.
Language: English | Italian . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to.
Translators: Crocker, T. H.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T133394
Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533)
Genre: Poetry
Orlando Furioso
Borrowed: 1768/12/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hugh Blair
Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Male, born 1474, died 1533), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 84965
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Borrow'd Buffon histoire naturelle tomes 9-10-11-12-13
Borrowed: 1769/3/4 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1752-1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 86 times in 41 borrowing records
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: 1769/3/4 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
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 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13
Record ID 84845
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
World Displayed Vol. 4
Borrowed: 1769/2/9 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Genre: Travel
World displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; P*.33.34.53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Borrowed: 1769/2/9 (Thursday).
Borrower: Principal William Robertson
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 84977
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Gumilla histoire de l'Orénoque en 3 tomes 12:mo
Borrowed: 1769/3/10 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Gumilla (Male, died 1750)
Genre: Travel
Histoire naturelle, civile et géographique de l'Orenoque, et des principales riviéres qui s'y jettent.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Gumilla (Male, died 1750)
Genre: Travel
Histoire naturelle, civile et géographique de l'Orenoque, et des principales rivières qui s'y jettent.
Language: French . Published: Avignon. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Eidous, Marc Antoine.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Joseph Gumilla (Male, died 1750)
Genre: Travel
Histoire Naturelle, Civile et Géographique de l'Orenoque, et des Principales Rivières qui s'y Jettent
Borrowed: 1769/3/10 (Friday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Joseph Gumilla (Male, died 1750), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 84857
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
& Mably Parallel des Romains & Francois 2 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Reverend Mr Matthew Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other. Address: North Berwick.
Life dates: 1735-1798.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Parallèle des Romains et des François par rapport au gouvernement.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Parallèle des Romains et des François par rapport au gouvernement.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Parallèle des Romains et des François par Rapport au Gouvernement
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , Reverend Mr Matthew Murray
Author: Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Parallèle des Romains et des François par Rapport au Gouvernement
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 84854
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Borrowed Beaufort Republique Romaine 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Reverend Mr Matthew Murray
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other. Address: North Berwick.
Life dates: 1735-1798.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Louis de Beaufort (Male, born 1703, died 1795)
Genre: History
La république romaine, ou, Plan général de l'ancien gouvernement de Rome : où l'on dévelope les différens ressorts de ce gouvernement, l'influence qu'y avoit la religion; la souveraineté du peuple, & la manière dont il l'exerçoit; quelle étoit l'autorité du Sénat & celle des magistrats, l'administration de la justice, les prérogatives du citoyen romain, & les différentes conditions des sujets de ce vaste empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Louis de Beaufort (Male, born 1703, died 1795)
Genre: History
La République romaine, ou Plan général de l'ancien gouvernement de Rome.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Louis de Beaufort (Male, born 1703, died 1795)
Genre: History
République Romaine, ou Plan Général de l'Ancien Gouvernement de Rome
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , Reverend Mr Matthew Murray
Author: Louis de Beaufort (Male, born 1703, died 1795), Genre: History
République Romaine, ou Plan Général de l'Ancien Gouvernement de Rome
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 84860
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Bow'd Mosheimij historiæ Esslessiati 4to
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Johann Lorenz Mosheim institutiones historiae Christianae maiores. Saeculum primum.
Confidence level: Very likely
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
J. L. Moshemii Institutiones Historiae Christianae majores. Sæculum primum.
Language: Latin . Published: Helmstedt. Date of publication: 1739. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 5
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Institutiones Historiae Christianae Majores. Saeculum Primum
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755), Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Institutiones Historiae Christianae Majores. Saeculum Primum
Record ID 84866
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
& Gregorys comparative View
Borrowed: 1769/2/20 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.
Alexander Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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]
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
ESTC: T138027
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
Borrowed: 1769/2/20 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Hamilton
Author: 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 84980
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Gendre Traite de l'Opinion etc 9 tomes
Borrowed: 1769/3/10 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Gilbert Charles Le Gendre Marquis de Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire (Male, born 1688, died 1746)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Traité historique et critique de l'opinion.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
Confidence level: Certain
Gilbert Charles Le Gendre Marquis de Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire (Male, born 1688, died 1746)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Traité historique et critique de l'Opinion.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 1 borrowing record
Gilbert Charles Le Gendre Marquis de Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire (Male, born 1688, died 1746)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Traité Historique et Critique de l'Opinion
Borrowed: 1769/3/10 (Friday).
Borrower: Principal William Robertson
Author: Gilbert Charles Le Gendre Marquis de Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire (Male, born 1688, died 1746), Genre: Belles Lettres
Traité Historique et Critique de l'Opinion
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
Record ID 84851
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Borrowed Liverpool form of Prayer
Borrowed: 1769/2/13 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philip Holland (Male, born 1721, died 1789)
Genre: Theology
A form of prayer, and a new collection of psalms: for the use of a congregation of Protestant dissenters in Liverpool.
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Holland (Male, born 1721, died 1789)
Genre: Theology
A form of prayer, and A new collection of psalms, for the use of a congregation of Protestant dissenters in Liverpool.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T148092
Philip Holland (Male, born 1721, died 1789)
Genre: Theology
Form of Prayer, and A New Collection of Psalms
Borrowed: 1769/2/13 (Monday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: Philip Holland (Male, born 1721, died 1789), Genre: Theology
Record ID 84959
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Borrowed Buffon histoire Naturelle tomes 11, 12, 13 & 14 7 8
Borrowed: 1769/2/25 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1752-1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 86 times in 41 borrowing records
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: 1769/2/25 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
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 7, Volume 8, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14
Record ID 84983
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Fountainhall's Decisions 2Vs folio
Borrowed: 1769/3/10 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722)
Genre: Law
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722)
Genre: Law
The decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T78741
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722)
Genre: Law
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712
Borrowed: 1769/3/10 (Friday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722), Genre: Law
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 84863
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 4-5
Bowd Brouset Sur L'Education des Enfants 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1769/2/20 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.
Alexander Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Pierre Brouzet (Male, born 1714, died c.1772)
Genre: Medicine
Essai sur l'éducation médicinale des enfans, et sur leurs maladies.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Brouzet (Male, born 1714, died c.1772)
Genre: Medicine
Essai sur l'éducation médicinale des enfans, et sur leurs maladies.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Pierre Brouzet (Male, born 1714, died c.1772)
Genre: Medicine
Essai sur l'éducation Medicinale des Enfans, et sur leurs Maladies
Borrowed: 1769/2/20 (Monday).
Borrower: Alexander Hamilton
Author: Pierre Brouzet (Male, born 1714, died c.1772), Genre: Medicine
Essai sur l'éducation Medicinale des Enfans, et sur leurs Maladies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 85253
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Borrowed Causes Celebres the first 8 Volumes
Borrowed: 1769/4/8 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1769/4/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hugh Blair
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 85265
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Borrow'd Spence's Polymetis
Borrowed: 1769/4/15 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis, or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133753
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1769/4/15 (Saturday).
Borrower: Principal William Robertson
Author: Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Record ID 85223
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Borrow'd Goguet Sur l'Origine &c en 3 tomes 4to
Borrowed: 1769/3/25 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Antoine Yves Goguet (Male, born 1716, died 1758)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Law
De l'origine des loix, des arts, et des sciences; et de leurs progrès chez les anciens peuples.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Antoine Yves Goguet (Male, born 1716, died 1758)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Law
De l'Origine des Loix, des Arts, et des Sciences; et de leurs progrès chez les anciens peuples.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 20 borrowing records
Antoine Yves Goguet (Male, born 1716, died 1758)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Law
Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences, and their Progress among the Most Ancient Nations
Borrowed: 1769/3/25 (Saturday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Antoine Yves Goguet (Male, born 1716, died 1758), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History, Genre: Law
Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences, and their Progress among the Most Ancient Nations
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 85241
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Also British Topography
Borrowed: 1769/3/27 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Richard Gough (Male, born 1735, died 1809)
Genre: History
Anecdotes of British topography, or, An historical account of what has been done for illustrating the topographical antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland.
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Gough (Male, born 1735, died 1809)
Genre: History
Anecdotes of British topography. Or, an historical account of what has been done for illustrating the topographical antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T57083
Richard Gough (Male, born 1735, died 1809)
Genre: History
Anecdotes of British Topography
Borrowed: 1769/3/27 (Monday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: Richard Gough (Male, born 1735, died 1809), Genre: History
Record ID 85256
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Oeuvres de La Motte Vol 1st & 3d
Borrowed: 1769/4/8 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Antoine Houdart de Lamotte (Male, born 1672, died 1731)
Genre: Lives
Oeuvres de Monsieur Houdar de la Motte.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Antoine Houdart de Lamotte (Male, born 1672, died 1731)
Genre: Lives
Lettres de Monsieur de La Motte, suivies d'un recueil de vers, pour servir de supplément à ses Oeuvres.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 14 borrowing records
Antoine Houdart de Lamotte (Male, born 1672, died 1731)
Genre: Lives
Lettres de Monsieur de La Motte
Borrowed: 1769/4/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hugh Blair
Author: Antoine Houdart de Lamotte (Male, born 1672, died 1731), Genre: Lives
Lettres de Monsieur de La Motte
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Record ID 85262
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Memoires de L'Acad. des Inscriptions Vol 2.d 8vo
Borrowed: 1769/4/8 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Hugh Blair
Gender: Male.
Other: Regius Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh. Life dates: 1718-1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres, depuis son establissement jusqu'à présent.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1769/4/8 (Saturday).
Borrower: Hugh Blair
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 85190
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Borrowed the first & second Volumes of Blackstones Commentary
Borrowed: 1769/3/14 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Adam Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Other: Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy. Life dates: 1723-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Blackstone's Commentaries.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1765-1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T57753
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Borrowed: 1769/3/14 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Adam Ferguson
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 85280
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Also Fielding's Works Vol: 4.th
Borrowed: 1769/4/21 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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 4
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
ESTC: T89839
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1769/4/21 (Friday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 85292
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Also Fingal
Borrowed: 1769/4/24 (Monday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal &c. (original title)
Fingal : an ancient epic poem : in six books : together with several other poems Statement of responsibility composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal (standardised title)
Confidence level: Certain
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 190 times in 168 borrowing records
ESTC: T132461
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem
Borrowed: 1769/4/24 (Monday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 85250
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Borrow'd Monthly Review V:s 34 & 35
Borrowed: 1769/4/8 (Saturday). Loan period: return on demand.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review (London).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 34, Volume 35
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 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Record ID 85295
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 6-7
Borrow'd Gooch's Surgery 2 V.s
Borrowed: 1769/4/25 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Dr John Gregory
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
James Gregory
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91814. Dissertation: De Morbis coeli mutatione medendis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1771; Professor of the Institutes of Physic, 1776; Joint Professor of the Practice of Physic, 1790. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1753-1821.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780)
Genre: Medicine
A practical treatise on wounds and other chirurgical subjects.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *H.22.42-43 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780)
Genre: Medicine
A practical treatise on wounds and other chirurgical subjects; to which is prefixed A short historical account of the rise and progress of surgery and anatomy, addressed to young surgeons.
Language: English . Published: Norwich. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T90621
Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780)
Genre: Medicine
Practical Treatise on Wounds and other Chirurgical Subjects
Borrowed: 1769/4/25 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Dr John Gregory , James Gregory
Author: Benjamin Gooch (Male, died c.1780), Genre: Medicine
Practical Treatise on Wounds and other Chirurgical Subjects
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 85496
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
Diodorus Siculus 2d Vol fol:
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Adam Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Other: Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy. Life dates: 1723-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Diodori Siculi Bibliothecae historicae libri qui supersunt.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Διοδωρου του Σικελιωτου Βιβλιοθηκης ἱστορικης τα σωζομενα. Diodori Siculi Bibliothecae historicae libri qui supersunt, interprete Laurentio Rhodomano.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1746. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 11 borrowing records
Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Adam Ferguson
Author: Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20), Genre: History
Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 85487
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
Borrow'd Taylor's Perspective by Kirby in 2 V:s 4:to & folio
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Russell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer to the Signet (WS).
John Joshua Kirby (Male, born 1716, died 1774)
Genre: Fine Arts
Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy, both in theory and practice : in two books [Kirby]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections O*.20.67.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Joshua Kirby (Male, born 1716, died 1774)
Genre: Fine Arts
Dr. Brook Taylor’s method of perspective made easy; both in theory and practice: in two books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T133416
John Joshua Kirby (Male, born 1716, died 1774)
Genre: Fine Arts
Dr Brook Taylor’s Method of Perspective Made Easy
Borrowed: 1769/5/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Russell
Author: John Joshua Kirby (Male, born 1716, died 1774), Genre: Fine Arts
Dr Brook Taylor’s Method of Perspective Made Easy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 85484
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
& Fielding's Works Vol. 4th
Borrowed: 1769/4/28 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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
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
ESTC: T89839
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1769/4/28 (Friday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 85475
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
Borrow'd Oeuvres de Rousseau Tom 1&2
Borrowed: 1769/4/28 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. Rousseau de Genève
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; V*..34.75-80.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Likely
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. Rousseau de Geneve.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 98 times in 31 borrowing records
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Borrowed: 1769/4/28 (Friday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 85748
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
Borrowd Fieldings Works Vol 3d
Borrowed: 1769/5/23 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
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 3
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
ESTC: T89839
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1769/5/23 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Professor Robert Cuming
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 85454
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
Also Scriptores Romaniæ Historiæ 3 V:s folio
Borrowed: 1769/4/27 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Adam Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Other: Professor of Natural Philosophy; of Pneumatics and Moral Philosophy. Life dates: 1723-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
George McLean
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Scriptores historiæ Romanæ Latini veteres, qui extant omnes, notis variis illustrati, a Carolo Henrico de Klettenberg et Wildeck... in unum redacti corpus, tribus tomis distinctum.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Scriptores historiæ Romanæ Latini Veteres qui extant omnes: notis variis illustrati a C. H. De Klettenberg et Wildeck ... in unum redacti corpus.
Language: Latin . Published: Heidelberg. Date of publication: 1743-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Scriptores Historiae Romanae Latini Veteres
Borrowed: 1769/4/27 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Adam Ferguson , George McLean
Scriptores Historiae Romanae Latini Veteres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 85301
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
& Scots Magazine for D.o
Borrowed: 1769/4/26 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Record ID 85532
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
Borrow'd Heinneccij Opera Vol. 4th
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Male, born 1681, died 1741)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Iohann Gottlieb Heineccius ... operum ad universam iuris prudentiam ... pertinentium, tomus primus(-quartus, sextus-octavus).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Male, born 1681, died 1741)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Operum ad Universam Juris prudentiam, philosophiam et litteras humaniores pertinentium tomus primus(-octavus. elementa Juris Civilis secundum ordinem Pandectarum, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1744-1749. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 66 times in 44 borrowing records
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Male, born 1681, died 1741)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam
Borrowed: 1769/5/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Male, born 1681, died 1741), Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 85307
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
& Observations on the Turks 2 Vs
Borrowed: 1769/4/26 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the religion, law, government, and manners, of the Turks.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the religion, laws, government, and manners, of the Turks.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T136311
Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the Religion, Law, Government, and Manners, of the Turks
Borrowed: 1769/4/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Principal William Robertson
Author: Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786), Genre: Travel
Observations on the Religion, Law, Government, and Manners, of the Turks
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 85298
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
Borrow'd Monthly Review v 68
Borrowed: 1769/4/26 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review (London).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 68
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 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1769/4/26 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Principal William Robertson
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 68
Record ID 85481
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 8-9
The Connoisseur vol 1st
Borrowed: 1769/4/28 (Friday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
The connoisseur.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
The connoisseur.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 73 times in 34 borrowing records
ESTC: T161032
George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
Connoisseur. By Mr Town, Critic and Censor-General
Borrowed: 1769/4/28 (Friday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: George Colman (Male, born 1732, died 1794), Bonnell Thornton (Male, born 1724, died 1768), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: Periodicals
Connoisseur. By Mr Town, Critic and Censor-General
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 85910
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
& Pegge on the Coins of Cunobelin
Borrowed: 1769/7/4 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Samuel Pegge (Male, born 1704, died 1796)
Genre: History
Coins of Cunobeline.
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Pegge (Male, born 1704, died 1796)
Genre: History
An essay on the coins of Cunobelin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T97556
Samuel Pegge (Male, born 1704, died 1796)
Genre: History
Essay on the Coins of Cunobelin
Borrowed: 1769/7/4 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: Samuel Pegge (Male, born 1704, died 1796), Genre: History
Record ID 85835
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Also Blainville's Travels 3 VsHe still has the 3v of Blainville
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Monsieur J. de Blainville (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Monsieur J. de Blainville (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy: by the late Monsieur de Blainville.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to.
Editors: Soyer, Daniel.
Translators: Turnbull, George; Guthrie, William, 1708-1770; Lockman, Mr.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T129843
Monsieur J. de Blainville (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Other Parts of Europe; but especially Italy
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Monsieur J. de Blainville (Male), Genre: Travel
Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Other Parts of Europe; but especially Italy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 85880
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
& Dutens Recherches
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
L. (Louis) Dutens (Male, born 1730, died 1812)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Recherches sur l'origine des découvertes attribuées aux modernes, où l'on démontre que nos plus célèbres philosophes ont puisé la plûpart de leurs connoissances dans les ouvrages des anciens [Dutens]
Confidence level: Certain
L. (Louis) Dutens (Male, born 1730, died 1812)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Recherches sur l'origine des découvertes attribuées aux modernes, où l'on démontre que nos plus célèbres philosophes ont puisé la plûpart de leurs connoissances dans les ouvrages des anciens; et que plusieurs vérités importantes sur la réligion ont été connues des sages du Paganisme.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
L. (Louis) Dutens (Male, born 1730, died 1812)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Origin of the Discoveries Attributed to the Moderns
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: L. (Louis) Dutens (Male, born 1730, died 1812), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Origin of the Discoveries Attributed to the Moderns
Record ID 85757
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Borrowed Hudsoni Flora Anglica
Borrowed: 1769/5/30 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Cullen
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
William Hudson (Male, born c.1730, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Gulielmi Hudsoni ... Flora anglica.
Confidence level: Certain
William Hudson (Male, born c.1730, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora anglica, exhibens plantas per regnum Angliæ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopaeorum.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T147634
William Hudson (Male, born c.1730, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora Anglica, Exhibens Plantas per Regnum Angliae Sponte Crescentes
Borrowed: 1769/5/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Cullen
Author: William Hudson (Male, born c.1730, died 1793), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Flora Anglica, Exhibens Plantas per Regnum Angliae Sponte Crescentes
Record ID 85754
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Borrow'd Sauvages Nosologia Voll. 1 & 2
Borrowed: 1769/5/30 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica, sistens morborum, classes genera et species : juxta Sydenhami mentem et botanicorum ordinem.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia methodica, sistens morborum classes, juxtà Sydenhami mentem & botanicorum ordinem.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 111 times in 43 borrowing records
François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Nosologia Methodica [François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages]
Borrowed: 1769/5/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (Male, born 1706, died 1767), Genre: Medicine
Nosologia Methodica [François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 85832
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Borrow'd Brown's Dissertatin on Musick
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
A dissertation on the rise, union, and power, the progressions, separations, and corruptions, of poetry and music : to which is prefixed : The cure of Saul : a sacred ode.
Confidence level: Certain
John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
A dissertation on the rise, union, and power, the progressions, separations, and corruptions, of poetry and music. To which is prefixed, the cure of Saul. A sacred ode.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T81514
John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Dissertation on Poetry and Music. To which is Prefixed, the Cure of Saul. A Sacred ode
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: John Brown (Male, born c.1715, died 1766), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Dissertation on Poetry and Music. To which is Prefixed, the Cure of Saul. A Sacred ode
Record ID 85838
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
& Les Oeuvres de Chanssee en 5 tomes 12mo
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Nivelle de La Chaussée (Male, born 1692, died 1754)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de monsieur Nivelle de la Chaussée.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Nivelle de La Chaussée (Male, born 1692, died 1754)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de M. Nivelle de La Chaussée.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 1 borrowing record
Nivelle de La Chaussée (Male, born 1692, died 1754)
Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Nivelle de La Chaussée
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Nivelle de La Chaussée (Male, born 1692, died 1754), Genre: Drama
Oeuvres de Nivelle de La Chaussée
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 85901
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
& Voltaire's Works 7 V:s 4.to
Borrowed: 1769/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
William Stewart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des oeuvres de Voltaire.
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified
Confidence level: Certain
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Collection complette des Oeuvres de Mr de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1768-1777. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 6 borrowing records
Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Voltaire
Borrowed: 1769/6/29 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , William Stewart
Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified
Record ID 85874
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Also the Farmer's Daughter of Essex
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Penn (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Fiction
The farmer's daughter of Essex.
Confidence level: Certain
James Penn (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Fiction
The farmer’s daughter of Essex.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T108403
James Penn (Male, born 1727, died 1800)
Genre: Fiction
Farmer’s Daughter of Essex
Borrowed: 1769/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: James Penn (Male, born 1727, died 1800), Genre: Fiction
Record ID 85907
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Borrow'd Borlase Antiqutities of Cornwall
Borrowed: 1769/7/4 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
William Borlase (Male, born 1695, died 1772)
Genre: History
Antiquities, historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall [Borlase]
Possible modern shelfmark: Enquire at Centre for Research Collections ; R*17.27.
Confidence level: Certain
William Borlase (Male, born 1695, died 1772)
Genre: History
Antiquities, historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall. Consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, druid-superstition, customs, and remains of the most remote antiquity in Britain, and the British isles, exemplified and proved by monuments now extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, with a vocabulary of the Cornu-British language.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T139784
William Borlase (Male, born 1695, died 1772)
Genre: History
Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall
Borrowed: 1769/7/4 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Robert Henry
Author: William Borlase (Male, born 1695, died 1772), Genre: History
Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall
Record ID 85898
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Borrow'd Swift's Works V:s 9-10-11
Borrowed: 1769/6/29 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
William Stewart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754-1755. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 119 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T140266
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift
Borrowed: 1769/6/29 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , William Stewart
Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 85817
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 10-11
Borrow'd Varro de Lingua Latina
Borrowed: 1769/6/6 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Mr William Currie
Gender: Male. Address: Kinglassie.
Class: MA. Academic dates: 1742. Life dates: 1722-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
William Stewart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. Ter. Varronis De lingua latina libri qui supersunt cum fragmentis ejusdem : Accedunt notae Antonii Augustini, Adriani Turnebi, Josephi Scaligeri, et Ausonii Popmae.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. Terentii Varronis de Lingua Latina libri quæ supersunt, cum fragmentis ejusdem. Accedunt notæ A. Augustini, A. Turnebi, J. Scaligeri et Ausomi Popmæ.
Language: Latin . Published: Zweibrücken. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 3 borrowing records
Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27)
Genre: Belles Lettres
De Lingua Latina [Marcus Terentius Varro]
Borrowed: 1769/6/6 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Mr William Currie , Principal William Robertson , William Stewart
Author: Marcus Terentius Varro (Male, born BCE116, died BCE27), Genre: Belles Lettres
De Lingua Latina [Marcus Terentius Varro]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 86399
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Annual Register Vol.s 1.2.& 3.d
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 763 times in 426 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 86372
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Farr on Acids
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Farr (Male, born 1741, died 1795)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on the medical virtues of acids.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H.23.44.8 .
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Farr (Male, born 1741, died 1795)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on the medical virtues of acids.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T101225
Samuel Farr (Male, born 1741, died 1795)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on the Medical Virtues of Acids
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: Samuel Farr (Male, born 1741, died 1795), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 86357
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Gibson on fevers
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Gibson (Male)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on continual, intermitting, eruptive, and inflammatory, fevers [Gibson]
Confidence level: Certain
John Gibson (Male)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on continual, intermitting, eruptive, and inflammatory, fevers. With observations extracted from the writings of the most eminent practitioners, both Ancient and Modern, and confirmed by the Author’s own Experience in the Course of Twenty Years Practice. To which is added, an account of epidemic fevers, From Hippocrates, Sydenham, and Lancisi.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T149224
John Gibson (Male)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Continual, Intermitting, Eruptive, and Inflammatory, Fevers
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: John Gibson (Male), Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Continual, Intermitting, Eruptive, and Inflammatory, Fevers
Record ID 86324
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
& Tissot on the diseases of Sedentary people
Borrowed: 1769/7/13 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Auguste David Tissot (Male, born 1728, died 1797)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on diseases incidental to literary and sedentary persons : with proper rule for preventing their fatal consequences and instructions for their cure [Tissot]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.M.f.3.
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Auguste David Tissot (Male, born 1728, died 1797)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on diseases incidental to literary and sedentary persons. With proper rules for preventing their fatal consequences. And instructions for their cure.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T77171
Samuel Auguste David Tissot (Male, born 1728, died 1797)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons
Borrowed: 1769/7/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: Samuel Auguste David Tissot (Male, born 1728, died 1797), Genre: Medicine
Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons
Record ID 86363
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Method of Curing the Jaundice
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Medicine
A method of curing the jaundice and other disorders of the liver, by the herb agrimony taken in the manner of tea.
Confidence level: Certain
John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Medicine
A method of curing the jaundice and other disorders of the liver, by the herb agrimony, taken in the manner of tea.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: N34853
John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775)
Genre: Medicine
Method of Curing the Jaundice and other Disorders of the Liver
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: John Hill (Male, born c.1714, died 1775), Genre: Medicine
Method of Curing the Jaundice and other Disorders of the Liver
Record ID 86414
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
& Memoires de l'Academie de Chirurgie tome 4:th
Borrowed: 1769/8/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Georges Arnaud de Ronsil (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Mémoires de chirurgie, avec quelques remarques historiques sur l'état de la médecine et de la chirurgie en France et en Angleterre.
Volumes borrowed: Volume , Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Georges Arnaud de Ronsil (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Mémoires de chirurgie, avec quelques remarques historiques sur l’état de la médecine & de la chirurgie en France & en Angleterre.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T149181
Georges Arnaud de Ronsil (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Mémoires de Chirurgie [Georges Arnaud de Ronsil]
Borrowed: 1769/8/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: Georges Arnaud de Ronsil (Male, born 1698, died 1774), Genre: Medicine
Mémoires de Chirurgie [Georges Arnaud de Ronsil]
Volumes borrowed: Volume , Volume 2
Record ID 86315
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
& 1st Vol: of Observns on the Government of the Turks
Borrowed: 1769/7/6 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the religion, law, government, and manners, of the Turks.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the religion, laws, government, and manners, of the Turks.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T136311
Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Observations on the Religion, Law, Government, and Manners, of the Turks
Borrowed: 1769/7/6 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: Sir James Porter (Male, born 1710, died 1786), Genre: Travel
Observations on the Religion, Law, Government, and Manners, of the Turks
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 86417
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
& D:r Whytt's Works
Borrowed: 1769/8/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Robert Whytt, M.D.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .61 Why..
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
The works of Robert Whytt, M.D. Late Physician to his Majesty; President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 51
ESTC: T153076
Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Robert Whytt
Borrowed: 1769/8/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 86354
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Macpherson's Dissertations
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John MacPherson (Male, born 1710, died 1765)
Genre: History
Critical dissertations on the origin, antiquities, language, government, manners, and religion, of the ancient Caledonians, their posterity the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots [Macpherson]
Confidence level: Certain
John MacPherson (Male, born 1710, died 1765)
Genre: History
Critical dissertations on the origin, antiquities, language, government, manners, and religion, of the ancient Caledonians, their posterity the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots. By John MacPherson, D.D. Minister of Slate in the Isle of Sky.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 24
ESTC: T96376
John MacPherson (Male, born 1710, died 1765)
Genre: History
Critical Dissertations on ... the Ancient Caledonians
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: John MacPherson (Male, born 1710, died 1765), Genre: History
Record ID 86381
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Borrow'd Warner's Cases
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Warner (Male, born 1717, died 1801)
Genre: Medicine
Cases in surgery [Warner].
Confidence level: Very likely
Joseph Warner (Male, born 1717, died 1801)
Genre: Medicine
Cases in surgery, with introductions, operations, and remarks.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T150801
Joseph Warner (Male, born 1717, died 1801)
Genre: Medicine
Cases in Surgery, with Introductions, Operations, and Remarks
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: Joseph Warner (Male, born 1717, died 1801), Genre: Medicine
Cases in Surgery, with Introductions, Operations, and Remarks
Record ID 86369
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Denman on fevers
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Denman (Male, born 1733, died 1815)
Genre: Medicine
Essays on the puerperal fever, and on puerperal convulsions [Denham]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H.18.46/1 .
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Denman (Male, born 1733, died 1815)
Genre: Medicine
Essays on the puerperal fever, and on Puerperal Convulsions.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T33504
Thomas Denman (Male, born 1733, died 1815)
Genre: Medicine
Essays on the Puerperal Fever
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: Thomas Denman (Male, born 1733, died 1815), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 86327
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
& Saunder's version of Plenck on Mercury
Borrowed: 1769/7/13 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease. To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands. Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck, professor of surgery and midwifery, at Vienna. The second edition. To which is prefixed, A table, exhibiting, at one view, all the preparations of mercury, reduced under proper heads. With an appendix of remarks on Mr. Plenck; together with some experiments and observations which ascertain with more accuracy a steady and uniform method of giving his medicine; and a short and easy method of preparing the mercurius calcinatus. By William Saunders, M.D
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Saunders, William, 1743-1817.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T26907
Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817)
Genre: Medicine
New and Easy Method of Giving Mercury
Borrowed: 1769/7/13 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck (Male, born 1738, died 1807), William Saunders (Male, born 1743, died 1817), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 86411
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Borrow'd Bell's Travels Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1769/8/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia [Bell]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 83 times in 53 borrowing records
ESTC: T99651
John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia
Borrowed: 1769/8/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780), Genre: Travel
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 86366
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Percival on Water
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Percival (Male, born 1740, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on water: : particularly on the hard pump water of Manchester.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Percival (Male, born 1740, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on water: particularly on the hard pump water of Manchester.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T45804
Thomas Percival (Male, born 1740, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Water
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: Thomas Percival (Male, born 1740, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 86360
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Compendium of Physick & Surgery
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Medicine
Compendium of physic and surgery. For the use of young practitioners.
Record ID 86348
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Borrow'd D:r Roberton's history of Charles V Vol. 3d
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the reign of the Emperor Charles V [Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3
Record ID 86393
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Borrd also Maccaulays history vol 2.d
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I to the elevation of the House of Hanover [Macaulay].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of Iames I to the elevation of the House of Hanover.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769-1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T106229
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Borrowed: 1769/8/1 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 86384
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
& Smellie's Midwifery Vol. 3:d
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Willison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery [Smellie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the theory and practice of midwifery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 208 times in 86 borrowing records
ESTC: T152324
William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery
Borrowed: 1769/7/25 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Willison
Author: William Smellie (Male, born 1697, died 1763), Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 86375
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Millar on the Asthma
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough [Millar]
Confidence level: Certain
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12
ESTC: T90130
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Asthma, and on the Hooping Cough
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 86378
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Caverhill on the Gout
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Caverhill (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the cause and cure of the gout [Caverhill]
Confidence level: Certain
John Caverhill (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the cause and cure of the gout.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T63548
John Caverhill (Male, died 1781)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Cause and Cure of the Gout
Borrowed: 1769/7/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: John Caverhill (Male, died 1781), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 86318
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Borrow'd Chinese Miscellanies in 2 V:s 12:mo
Borrowed: 1769/7/11 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
William Robertson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Travel
Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T143275
Borrowed: 1769/7/11 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , William Robertson
Genre: Travel
Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the Chinese
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 86390
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Borrd for Prof Cuming Hasselquists Travels
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Fredric Hasselquist (Male, born 1722, died 1752)
Genre: Travel
Voyages and travels in the Levant in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52 [Hasselquist]
Confidence level: Certain
Fredric Hasselquist (Male, born 1722, died 1752)
Genre: Travel
Voyages and travels in the Levant; in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52. Containing Observations in Natural History, Physick, Agriculture, and Commerce: particularly On the Holy Land, and the Natural History of the Scriptures. Written originally in the Swedish Language, By the late Frederick Hasselquist, M.D. Fellow of the Royal Societies of Upsal and Stockholm. Published, by the Order of her present Majesty the Queen of Sweden, by Charles Linnaeus, Physician to the King of Sweden, Professor of Botany at Upsal, and Member of all the Learned Societies in Europe.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T147145
Fredric Hasselquist (Male, born 1722, died 1752)
Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels in the Levant in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52
Borrowed: 1769/7/27 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: Fredric Hasselquist (Male, born 1722, died 1752), Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels in the Levant in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52
Record ID 86312
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 12-13
Borrowed 1st Vol: of the Reliques of Ancient Poetry for Profr Cuming and 2d & 3d vols of Ditto
Borrowed: 1769/7/6 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Poetry
Reliques of ancient English poetry.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) Together with some few of later date.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T83735
Genre: Poetry
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets
Borrowed: 1769/7/6 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 86744
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Bowd the Antient Universal history Vol. 6
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 15 shillings.
Tucker Harris
Gender: Male. Address: Charleston, SC.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91518. Dissertation: De Cholera spontanea.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770; MD (Edin), 1771. Origin: Carolina. Life dates: 1747-1821.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
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
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Tucker Harris
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 86717
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Borrow'd Cibbers Lives of thet Poets 5 V:s
Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Stewart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753)
Genre: Lives
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland : to the time of Dean Swift.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753)
Genre: Lives
The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the time of Dean Swift. Compiled from ample materials scattered in a variety of books, and especially from the Ms. Notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this Design, by Mr. Cibber.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T82891
Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753)
Genre: Lives
Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift
Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: William Robertson , William Stewart
Author: Theophilus Cibber (Male, born 1703, died 1758), Robert Shiells (Male, died 1753), Genre: Lives
Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 86684
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
The History of France by Velly & Villaret tomes 19 & 20th
Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Robert Ord
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Lord Chief Baron.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Baron of the Exchequer.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France : depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au regne de Louis XIV.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19, Volume 20
Confidence level: Certain
Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XIV.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1761-1786. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 5 borrowing records
Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV
Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Robert Ord , Principal William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Paul François Velly (Male), Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV
Volumes borrowed: Volume 19, Volume 20
Record ID 86726
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Borrow'd Ben Johnsons Works Vols 3d 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Stewart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ben Jonson : in seven volumes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Ben. Jonson. In seven volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Editors: Whalley, Peter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T83079
Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of Ben Jonson
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: William Robertson , William Stewart
Author: Ben Jonson (Male, born c.1573, died 1637), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 86768
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Also Anson's Voyage 4to
Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV [Anson]
Confidence level: Very likely
George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 11
ESTC: T171346
George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV
Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762), Genre: Travel
Record ID 86747
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Borr'd 3d Volm of Mrs McCaulay's history
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of James I to the elevation of the House of Hanover [Macaulay].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
The history of England from the accession of Iames I to the elevation of the House of Hanover.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769-1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T106229
Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791)
Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: Catherine Macaulay (Female, born 1731, died 1791), Genre: History
History of England [Catherine Macaulay]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 86450
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Borrow'd Spenser's Fairy Queen 4:to
Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Tait
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queene.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an exact collation of the two original editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first Three Books printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T35152
Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queene
Borrowed: 1769/8/10 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , William Robertson , John Tait
Author: Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 86765
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Walpoles Answer to Bolingbroke
Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
Answer to the latter part of Lord Bolingbroke's letters on the study of history.
Confidence level: Certain
Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
An answer to the latter part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T111684
Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
Answer to the Latter Part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of History
Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757), Genre: History
Answer to the Latter Part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of History
Record ID 86720
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Borrowed of the University library Horrebow Natural History of Iceland
Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Alexander
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90717. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1764-1768; MD (Edin), 1769. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1764.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Niels Horrebow (Male, born 1712, died 1760)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The natural history of Iceland.
Confidence level: Certain
Niels Horrebow (Male, born 1712, died 1760)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The natural history of Iceland: Containing A particular and accurate Account of the different Soils, burning Mountains, Minerals, Vegetables, Metals, Stones, Beasts, Birds, and Fishes; together with the Disposition, Customs, and Manner of Living of the Inhabitants.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T89157
Niels Horrebow (Male, born 1712, died 1760)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Natural History of Iceland
Borrowed: 1769/8/15 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Alexander
Author: Niels Horrebow (Male, born 1712, died 1760), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Record ID 86762
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Bowd Fergusons Astronomy
Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics [Ferguson]
Confidence level: Very likely
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T18585
James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles
Borrowed: 1769/9/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 86750
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 14-15
Bor. the ancient Universal History Vol. 18
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Skirving
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: History
An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
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
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1769/8/29 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Skirving
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
Record ID 86948
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
Rollins ancient History Vol: 3rd & 6th V:s 5 & 6.
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76517. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774; Indian Medical Service, 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians [Rollin]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Very likely
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records
ESTC: N16395
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday).
Borrower: James Robertson
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 86789
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
Borrowed D:r Robertson's history of Cha:s V Vol. 3:d
Borrowed: 1769/9/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the reign of the Emperor Charles V [Robertson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of the reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a view of the progress of society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire, to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 603 times in 452 borrowing records
ESTC: T71143
William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Borrowed: 1769/9/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 86792
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
& Fielding's Works V.s 1:st & 2:d
Borrowed: 1769/9/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Thomas Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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
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
ESTC: T89839
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1769/9/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Williamson
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 89153
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
& Pownall on the Colonies
Borrowed: 1769/10/4 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Pownall (Male, born 1722, died 1805)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The administration of the colonies.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Pownall (Male, born 1722, died 1805)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The administration of the colonies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T90024
Thomas Pownall (Male, born 1722, died 1805)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Administration of the Colonies. Wherein their Rights and Constitution are Discussed and Stated
Borrowed: 1769/10/4 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: Thomas Pownall (Male, born 1722, died 1805), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Administration of the Colonies. Wherein their Rights and Constitution are Discussed and Stated
Record ID 86951
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
Borrow'd Smith Formulae Medicamentorum &c AAADf28
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
John Williamson
Gender: Male.
Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Formulæ medicamentorum: or, a compendium of the modern practice of physic [Smith]
Confidence level: Very likely
Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Medicamentorum formulæ ad varias medendi intentiones concinnatæ.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: N3700
Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790)
Genre: Medicine
Medicamentorum Formulae ad Varias Medendi Intentiones Concinnatae
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Williamson
Author: Hugh Smith (Male, born 1730, died 1790), Genre: Medicine
Medicamentorum Formulae ad Varias Medendi Intentiones Concinnatae
Record ID 86936
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
Borrow'd Premier & Seconde Suite des Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences pour l'annee 1764
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
D. Rutherford
Gender: Male.
Genre: Periodicals
Suite des Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; D.S.C.5.7(1-16).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1710
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences, avec les mémoires de mathématique et de physique.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1666-1789. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 180 times in 110 borrowing records
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday).
Borrower: D. Rutherford
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1710
Record ID 86876
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
Borr.d for Profr Cuming Crantz's history of Greenland 2 Vol.s
Borrowed: 1769/9/28 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Professor Robert Cuming
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
The history of Greenland [Cranz]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
The history of Greenland : containing a description of the country, and its inhabitants: and particularly, a relation of the mission, carried on for above these thirty years by the Unitas Fratrum, at New Herrnhuth and Lichtenfels, in that country / by David Crantz ; translated from the High-Dutch, and illustrated with maps and other copper-plates ; in two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Gambold, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 24 borrowing records
ESTC: T144569
David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
History of Greenland
Borrowed: 1769/9/28 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Professor Robert Cuming , George Cumin
Author: David Cranz (Male, born 1723, died 1777), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 86798
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
& Theocritus Græc. Lat. 4:to
Borrowed: 1769/9/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti reliquiæ ... cum scholiis Graecis et commentariis integris H. Stephani, J. Scaligeri, et I. Casauboni.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti Reliquiæ, utroque sermone, cum scholiis Græcis et commentariis integris Henrici Stephani, Josephi Scaligeri, et Isaci Casauboni.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Vienna. Date of publication: 1765-1766. Format: 4to.
Translators: Reiske, J. J.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records
Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti Reliquiae
Borrowed: 1769/9/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: Theocritus (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 86774
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
Borrow'd The Commentaries of the Emperor M: Antoninus 8:vo translated by J. Thomson
Borrowed: 1769/9/14 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
J. Gregory
Gender: Male.
Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (Male, born 121-4-26, died 180-3-17)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The commentaries of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus.
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (Male, born 121-4-26, died 180-3-17)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The commentaries of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus. Containing his maxims of science, and rules of life.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Thomson, James.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T98330
Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (Male, born 121-4-26, died 180-3-17)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Borrowed: 1769/9/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: J. Gregory
Author: Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (Male, born 121-4-26, died 180-3-17), Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 86885
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
& Also Rousseau's Works Vol.s 13.14.15.&16th
Borrowed: 1769/9/28 (Thursday). Loan period: return on demand.
Principal William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Other: Principal of the University of Edinburgh. Life dates: 1721-1793.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
George Cumin
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. Rousseau de Genève
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; V*..34.75-80.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16
Confidence level: Likely
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Oeuvres de M. Rousseau de Geneve.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 98 times in 31 borrowing records
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Borrowed: 1769/9/28 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Principal William Robertson , George Cumin
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16
Record ID 86930
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
& Halleri commentarii in Boerhavij institutiones tomes 1.mus
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday). Loan period: return on demand.
Dr John Gregory
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
James Gregory
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91814. Dissertation: De Morbis coeli mutatione medendis.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1774. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1771; Professor of the Institutes of Physic, 1776; Joint Professor of the Practice of Physic, 1790. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1753-1821.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Hermanni Boerhaave, phil. et med. ... , Praelectiones academicae in proprias institutiones rei medicae.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Hermanni Boerhaave,... Praelectiones academicae, in proprias institutiones rei medicae edidit et notas addidit Albertus Haller.
Language: Latin . Published: Göttingen. Date of publication: 1739-1744. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 46 times in 13 borrowing records
Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Praelectiones Academicae [Herman Boerhaave]
Borrowed: 1769/10/3 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Dr John Gregory , James Gregory
Author: Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738), Genre: Medicine
Praelectiones Academicae [Herman Boerhaave]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 86990
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.5 (1768-1781, Type: Professorial). Page: 16-17
& History of the Spanish Americas 8vo
Borrowed: 1769/10/4 (Wednesday). Loan period: return on demand.
William Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): son of Principal Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History
A concise history of the Spanish America.
Confidence level: Certain
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History
A concise history of the Spanish America; containing a succinct relation of the discovery and settlement of its several colonies.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T45467
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: History
Concise History of the Spanish America
Borrowed: 1769/10/4 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Robertson
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: History