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Record ID 1

Wells Xenophon vol. 3d

Borrowed: 1757/3/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/5/10 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 Mar 1757. Original Returned Date: 10 May 1757. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

Charles Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Theology, Preacher. Original Full Name: Charles Wilson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Opera quae extant omnia [Xenophon]
Press: B. Shelf: 10. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi2-g.19-23. Original Author: Xenophon..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Xenophōntos ta sōzomena. = Xenophontis opera quæ extant omnia; unà cum chronologiâ Xenophonteâ cl. Dodwelli, et quatuor tabulis geographicis.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1691-1703. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Wells, Edward, 1667-1727.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 168 times in 118 borrowing records


Book Work

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Xenophon

Borrowed: 1757/3/22 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/5/10 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Charles Wilson

Author: Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Xenophon

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 2

Herodotus Gronovii

Borrowed: 1757/4/29 (Friday). Returned: 1757/5/27 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Apr 1757. Original Returned Date: 27 May 1757. Professor 1: William Leechman. Professor 2: James Moor. Professor 3: George Muirhead.


Borrower

William McQuhae
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology. Original Full Name: William McQuhae.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX ... Gr. & Lat. cum interpretatione Laurentii Vallae ... etiam Graecismo per singulas fere paginas remollito industria Jacobi Gronovii ...
Press: G. Shelf: 4. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll f476  . Original Author: Herodotus..

Borrowed: 1757/4/29 (Friday). Returned: 1757/5/27 (Friday).

Borrower: William McQuhae

Author: Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428), Genre: History

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 3

Diodorus Seculus Rhodommani

Borrowed: 1757/3/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/4/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Mar 1757. Original Returned Date: 27 Apr 1757. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

William McGill
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology. Original Full Name: William McGill.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliothecae historicae libri qui supersunt interprete Laurentio Rhodomano ... Ad fidem MSS recensuit Petrus Wesselingius atque ... annotationes cum indicibus ... adjecit
Press: X. Shelf: 4. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi2-b.11-12. Original Author: Diodorus, Siculus..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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


Book Work

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]

Borrowed: 1757/3/5 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/4/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William McGill

Author: Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20), Genre: History

Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 4

Clark's Ovid Metamorphosis

Borrowed: 1757/3/6 (Sunday). Returned: 1757/4/28 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Mar 1757. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr 1757. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

Thomas Kerr
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Divinity. Original Full Name: Thomas Kerr.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Ovid (Male, born BCE43, died 17)
Genre: Poetry
Metamorphoseon libri XV ...
Press: AS. Shelf: 5. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-i.13. Original Author: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D..

Borrowed: 1757/3/6 (Sunday). Returned: 1757/4/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Kerr

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

Metamorphoses

Record ID 5

Haris's Voyages vol: 1st

Borrowed: 1757/4/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/4/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Apr 1757. Original Returned Date: 27 Apr 1757. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

Alexander Campbell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Law. Original Full Name: Alexander Campbell.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, a complete collection of voyages and travels ... To which is prefixed a copious introduction ... Now carefully revised, with large additions ...
Press: BU. Shelf: 5. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-a.8. Original Author: Harris, John, 1677?-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records


Book Work

John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1757/4/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/4/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Alexander Campbell

Author: John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719), Genre: Travel

Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 6

Origen against Celsus

Borrowed: 1757/4/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/4/28 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Apr 1757. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr 1757. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

James Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Ethics, Divinity, Physic, Natural Philosophy, Medicine. Original Full Name: James Stewart.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Origen (Male, born c.185, died 254)
Genre: Theology
Contra Celsum libri octo ... Philocalia. Gulielmus Spencerus ... utriusque operis versionem recognovit, et annotationes adjecit. Accedunt etiam notae Davidis Hoeschelii in octo libros Origenis, unà cum notis Jo. Tarini in Philocaliam. Cum indice ... locupletissimo.
Press: BC. Shelf: 5. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn6-f.9. Original Author: Origen..

Borrowed: 1757/4/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/4/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Stewart

Author: Origen (Male, born c.185, died 254), Genre: Theology

Against Celsus

Record ID 7

Hutcheson on the Passions

Borrowed: 1757/4/18 (Monday). Returned: 1757/5/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Apr 1757. Original Returned Date: 4 May 1757. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

Thomas Pollock
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Theology. Original Full Name: Thomas Pollock.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on the nature and conduct of the passions and affections. With illustrations on the moral sense.
Press: AO. Shelf: 7. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 985  . Original Author: Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on the nature and conduct of the passions and affections. With illustrations on the moral sense.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 41


Book Work

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections

Borrowed: 1757/4/18 (Monday). Returned: 1757/5/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Pollock

Author: Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections

Record ID 8

Hutcheson's System vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1757/4/18 (Monday). Returned: 1757/5/2 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Apr 1757. Original Returned Date: 2 May 1757. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

John Dean
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: John Dean.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of moral philosophy, in three books ... To which is prefixed, some account of the life, writings, and character of the author by the Reverend William Leechman, D.D.
Press: L. Shelf: 8. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea7-a.11-12. Original Author: Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1757/4/18 (Monday). Returned: 1757/5/2 (Monday).

Borrower: John Dean

Author: Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 9

Clarke's Sermons vol. 3d

Borrowed: 1757/4/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/4/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Apr 1757. Original Returned Date: 27 Apr 1757. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

Robert Stirling Junior
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology. Original Full Name: Robert Stirling Junior.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons ... published from the author's manuscript, by John Clarke, D.D. ...
Press: AP. Shelf: 6. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk2-i.1-10. Original Author: Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1757/4/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/4/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Stirling Junior

Author: Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17), Genre: Sermons

Sermons [Samuel Clarke]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 10

Diodorus Seculas Steph.

Borrowed: 1757/4/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/5/9 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Apr 1757. Original Returned Date: 9 May 1757. Professor 1: William Leechman. Professor 2: James Moor. Professor 3: George Muirhead.


Borrower

John Graham
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Preacher. Original Full Name: John Graham.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliothecae historicae libri quindecim de quadraginta. Decem ex his quindecim nunquam prius fuerunt editi [a Henrico Stephano].
Press: F. Shelf: 4. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo1-a.14  . Original Author: Diodorus, Siculus..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliothecae historicae libri quindecim de quadraginta. Decem ex his quindecim nunquam prius fuerunt editi [a Henrico Stephano].
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1559. Format: folio.
Editors: Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]

Borrowed: 1757/4/20 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/5/9 (Monday).

Borrower: John Graham

Author: Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20), Genre: History

Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]