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Record ID 1178

Rolls Belles Lettres

Borrowed: 1760/2/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1760/3/4 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 4 Mar 1760. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres ... With reflections on taste; and instructions with regard to the eloquence of the pulpit, the bar and the stage. The whole illustrated with passages from ... poets and orators ... with critical remarks on them ... Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.13-16. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Borrowed: 1760/2/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1760/3/4 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Clark

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

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

Record ID 1179

Benson's Scripture History

Borrowed: 1760/2/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1760/3/4 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 4 Mar 1760. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Benson (Male, born 1699, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
History of the first planting the Christian religion taken from the Acts of the Apostles and their Epistles ... With an appendix ...
Press: CK. Shelf: 4. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-g.2. Original Author: Benson, George, 1699-1762..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

George Benson (Male, born 1699, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
The history of the first planting the Christian religion: taken from the Acts of the Apostles, and their Epistles.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 49 times in 42 borrowing records


Book Work

George Benson (Male, born 1699, died 1762)
Genre: Theology
History of the First Planting the Christian Religion

Borrowed: 1760/2/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1760/3/4 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Clark

Author: George Benson (Male, born 1699, died 1762), Genre: Theology

History of the First Planting the Christian Religion

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 1180

Brooks Tassos Jerusalem

Borrowed: 1760/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1760/2/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 27 Feb 1760. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

John Turner
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Theology, Greek. Original Full Name: John Turner.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem, an epic poem. Translated from the Italian. By Henry Brooke, Esq. Books I.-III.
Press: L. Shelf: 8. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm6-f.9  . Original Author: Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Tasso’s Jerusalem, an epic poem.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to.
Translators: Brooke, Henry.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records


Book Work

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered

Borrowed: 1760/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1760/2/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Turner

Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry

Jerusalem Delivered

Record ID 1181

Clarke on the Trinity

Borrowed: 1760/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1760/2/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 20 Feb 1760. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
Scripture-doctrine of the Trinity
Press: CF. Shelf: 4. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi8-h.14. Original Author: Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1683..

Borrowed: 1760/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1760/2/20 (Wednesday).

Borrower: David Dunbar

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

Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity

Record ID 1182

Lelands view vol 2d

Borrowed: 1760/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1760/2/23 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 23 Feb 1760. Professor 1: William Leechman. Professor 2: Robert Simson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
View of the principal deistical writers that have appeared in England in the last and present century; with observations upon them, and some account of the answers that have been published against them. In several letters to a friend...
Press: AP. Shelf: 5. Number: 11: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl2-h.1-3. Original Author: Leland, John, 1691-1766..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
A view of the principal deistical writers that have appeared in England in the last and present century; with observations upon them, and some account of the answers that have been published against them. In several letters to a friend.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 70 borrowing records


Book Work

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
View of the Principal Deistical Writers

Borrowed: 1760/2/15 (Friday). Returned: 1760/2/23 (Saturday).

Borrower: George McLiesh

Author: John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766), Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology

View of the Principal Deistical Writers

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 1183

Simsons Conic section's

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/3/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 3 Mar 1760. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


Borrower

Robert Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Natural Philosophy, Theology, Moral Philosophy, Divinity, Greek. Original Full Name: Robert Hunter.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri quinque. / Auctore Roberto Simson, M.D. In Academia Glasguensi Matheseos Professore..
Press: BA. Shelf: 9. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-g.3  . Original Author: Simson, Robert, 1687-1768..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri quinque.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/3/3 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Hunter

Author: Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics

Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]

Record ID 1184

Baxter's life of faith

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/2/25 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 25 Feb 1760. Professor 1: Alexander Wilson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Richard Baxter (Male, born 1615, died 1691)
Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology
Life of faith. In three parts
Press: CB. Shelf: 5. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-f.1. Original Author: Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691..

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/2/25 (Monday).

Borrower: Archibald McLea

Author: Richard Baxter (Male, born 1615, died 1691), Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology

Life of Faith. In Three Parts

Record ID 1185

Atterbury's Sermons v 1st

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/3/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 3 Mar 1760. Professor 1: Alexander Wilson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Atterbury (Male, born 1662, died 1732)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on several occasions
Press: AP. Shelf: 4. Number: 4.5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-f.19,20. Original Author: Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Atterbury (Male, born 1662, died 1732)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on several occasions.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 10 borrowing records


Book Work

Francis Atterbury (Male, born 1662, died 1732)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions [Francis Atterbury]

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/3/3 (Monday).

Borrower: Duncan McLea

Author: Francis Atterbury (Male, born 1662, died 1732), Genre: Sermons

Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions [Francis Atterbury]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 1186

Atlas Geographica vol 1st

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/3/4 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 4 Mar 1760. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732)
Genre: Travel
Atlas geographus: or, a compleat system of geography, ancient and modern...
Press: CC. Shelf: 4. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-g.14-18. Original Author: Atlas..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732)
Genre: Travel
Atlas geographus: or, a compleat system of geography, ancient and modern.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1711-1717. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 13 borrowing records


Book Work

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732)
Genre: Travel
Atlas Geographus: or, A Compleat System of Geography, Ancient and Modern

Borrowed: 1760/2/18 (Monday). Returned: 1760/3/4 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Clark

Author: Herman Moll (Male, died 1732), Genre: Travel

Atlas Geographus: or, A Compleat System of Geography, Ancient and Modern

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 1187

Herodoti Opera

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/9 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 9 Mar 1760. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
He tou Herodotou Halikarnasseos Historia. Herodoti Halicarnassessis Historia. Ex editione Jacobi Gronovii ... Adjectus est, ex eadem editione, Liber de vita Homeri; vulgo sed falso, adscriptus Herodoto ...
Press: M. Shelf: 3. Number: 26. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh2-b.5  . Original Author: Herodotus..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Hē tou Hērodotou Halikarnasseōs historia. = Herodoti Halicarnassensis historia. Ex editione Jacobi Gronovii; tomis novem. Adjectus est, ex eadem editione, liber de vita Homeri; vulgo sed falso, adscriptus Herodoto.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 51 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Histories [Herodotus]

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/9 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Steven

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9

Record ID 1188

Machiavel's Works

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/18 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 18 Mar 1760. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


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

Niccolò Machiavelli (Male, born 1469, died 1527)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of the famous Nicolas Machiavel ... Newly and faithfully translated into English.
Press: BR. Shelf: 4. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo2-b.14  . Original Author: Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Niccolò Machiavelli (Male, born 1469, died 1527)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of the famous Nicolas Machiavel, citizen and secretary of Florence·
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1675. Format: folio.
Translators: Neville, Henry, 1620-1694.
Number of borrowings: 20


Book Work

Niccolò Machiavelli (Male, born 1469, died 1527)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Niccolò Machiavelli

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/18 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Charles Wilson

Author: Niccolò Machiavelli (Male, born 1469, died 1527), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Niccolò Machiavelli

Record ID 1189

Lucian's Works

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/18 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 18 Mar 1760. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


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

Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Louikianou Samosateōs Dialogoi: Peri tou Enupniou etoi Bios Loukianou.
Press: U. Shelf: 6. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh1-d.7. Original Author: Lucian, of Samosata..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Λουκιανου Σαμοσατεως Διαλογοι. Περι του Ἐνυπνιου· ἠτοι βιος Λουκιανου. [Lucian, Works, Dialogues]]
Language: Greek . Published: Florence. Date of publication: 1496. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 14


Book Work

Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Lucian of Samosata

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/18 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Charles Wilson

Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Belles Lettres

Works of Lucian of Samosata

Record ID 1190

Hebrew Psalter

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/18 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Feb 1760. Original Returned Date: 18 Mar 1760. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


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

Johannes Leusden (Male, born 1624, died 1699)
Genre: Theology
Hebrew Psalter
Press: CC. Shelf: 5. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh9-l.22.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Johannes Leusden (Male, born 1624, died 1699)
Genre: Theology
Sefer Tehilim = Liber Psalmorum
Language: Hebrew | Latin . Published: Utrecht. Date of publication: 1688. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Leusden, Johannes, 1624-1699
Number of borrowings: 21


Book Work

Johannes Leusden (Male, born 1624, died 1699)
Genre: Theology
Sefer Tehilim = Liber Psalmorum

Borrowed: 1760/2/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/3/18 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Charles Wilson

Author: Johannes Leusden (Male, born 1624, died 1699), Genre: Theology

Sefer Tehilim = Liber Psalmorum