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MS Lib 2: Students Receipt Book, page 50v

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Record ID 1255

Biblia Graeca [illegible] ver: Lam. 2 vols

Borrowed: 1760/4/4 (Friday). Returned: 1760/4/20 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 20 Apr 1760. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Bible.
Press: CQ. Shelf: 4. Number: 23.

Borrowed: 1760/4/4 (Friday). Returned: 1760/4/20 (Sunday).

Borrower: Alexander Simpson

Bible.

Record ID 1256

Archaelogia britannica

Borrowed: 1760/4/7 (Monday). Returned: 1760/4/16 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 16 Apr 1760. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edward Lhuyd (Male, born 1660, died 1709)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Archaeologia britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. Vol. 1, Glossography
Press: S. Shelf: 5. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll f243  . Original Author: Lhuyd, Edward, 1660-1709..

Borrowed: 1760/4/7 (Monday). Returned: 1760/4/16 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Patrick McArthur

Author: Edward Lhuyd (Male, born 1660, died 1709), Genre: History, Genre: Travel

Archaeologia Britannica

Record ID 1257

Rollin's ant: hist: vol. 6

Borrowed: 1760/4/7 (Monday). Returned: 1760/4/14 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 14 Apr 1760. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

N. Fothringham
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Latin. Original Full Name: N. Fothringham.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Antient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.1-12. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1760/4/7 (Monday). Returned: 1760/4/14 (Monday).

Borrower: N. Fothringham

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

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 1258

Turritini opera 4 vols

Borrowed: 1760/4/7 (Monday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 29 Apr 1760. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

François Turrettini (Male, born 1623, died 1687)
Genre: Theology
Institutio theologiae elencticae
Press: CF. Shelf: 3. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn10-g.11-13. Original Author: Turrettini, François, 1623-1687..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

François Turrettini (Male, born 1623, died 1687)
Genre: Theology
Institutio Theologiæ Elencticæ, in qua status controversiæ perspicue exponitur, præcipua orthodoxorum argumenta proponuntur & vindicantur, & fontes solutionum aperiuntur ... Editio nova recognita et multis locis aucta; cui accessit oratio de vita & obitu authoris.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1680-1685. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 39 borrowing records


Book Work

François Turrettini (Male, born 1623, died 1687)
Genre: Theology
Institutio Theologiae Elencticae

Borrowed: 1760/4/7 (Monday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George McLiesh

Author: François Turrettini (Male, born 1623, died 1687), Genre: Theology

Institutio Theologiae Elencticae

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

Record ID 1259

Terentii Comoediae in usum Delph.

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 29 Apr 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

Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
Comoediae sex. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Nicolaus Camus, J.U.D. ... in usum ... Delphini. Juxta editionem novissimam Parisiensem.
Press: AI. Shelf: 3. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo5-i.24  . Original Author: Terence..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
P. Terentii Carthaginensis Afri Comoediae sex. Interpretatione & notis illustravit Nicolaus Camus, jussu christianissimi Regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1723. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19


Book Work

Terence (Male)
Genre: Drama
Comedies [Terence]

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Clark

Author: Terence (Male), Genre: Drama

Comedies [Terence]

Record ID 1260

Horatii: in usum Delph:

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 29 Apr 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

Genre: Poetry
Opera. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Ludovicus Desprez ... in usum Delphini ...
Press: B. Shelf: 6. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn10-g.19. Original Author: Horace..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Q. Horatii Flacci Opera; interpretatione et notis illustravit L. Desprez ... in usum ... Delphini, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1691. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Clark

Genre: Poetry

Works of Horace

Record ID 1261

Dimache De Bourda. vol. 3

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 29 Apr 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

Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons pour les dimanches
Press: AP. Shelf: 9. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl1-l.8-11. Original Author: Bourdaloue, Louis, 1632-1704..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons du P. Bourdaloue,... pour les dimanches.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1716. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 41 borrowing records


Book Work

Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons ... pour les Dimanches

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Clark

Author: Louis Bourdaloue (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Sermons

Sermons ... pour les Dimanches

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 1262

Chambers Dictionary 2 vols

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/25 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 25 Apr 1760. Professor 1: James Clow. Professor 2: George Muirhead. Professor 3: John Anderson.


Borrower

William Irvine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Natural Philosophy, Physic, Medicine. Original Full Name: William Irvine.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences... Extracted from the best authors, dictionaries ... &c. in several languages.
Press: AA. Shelf: 4. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-a.1-4. Original Author: Chambers, Ephraim..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of the arts and sciences.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741-1743. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 35 borrowing records


Book Work

Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences

Borrowed: 1760/4/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1760/4/25 (Friday).

Borrower: William Irvine

Author: Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740), Genre: Reference Works

Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 1263

Pearson on the creed

Borrowed: 1760/4/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1760/5/2 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 2 May 1760. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686)
Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Creed.
Press: CC. Shelf: 3. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh9-d.13. Original Author: Pearson, John, 1613?-1686..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686)
Genre: Theology
An exposition of the Creed.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1692. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 29


Book Work

John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686)
Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Creed

Borrowed: 1760/4/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1760/5/2 (Friday).

Borrower: David Dunbar

Author: John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686), Genre: Theology

Exposition of the Creed

Record ID 1264

British compendium

Borrowed: 1760/4/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 29 Apr 1760. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Nichols (Male)
Genre: History
British compendium: or, Rudiments of honour : Containing the origin of the Scots, and succession of their kings for above 2000 years: also the titles, descents, marriages, intermarriages, issue, posts and seats of all the Scottish nobility.
Press: BI. Shelf: 7. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bf76-m.9  . Original Author: Nichols, Francis, active 18th century..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Nichols (Male)
Genre: History
The British compendium: or, rudiments of honour.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: 16mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Francis Nichols (Male)
Genre: History
British Compendium: or, Rudiments of Honour

Borrowed: 1760/4/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1760/4/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Stirling

Author: Francis Nichols (Male), Genre: History

British Compendium: or, Rudiments of Honour

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 1265

Simson's conic sections

Borrowed: 1760/4/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1760/4/25 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 10 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 25 Apr 1760. Professor 1: Adam Smith. Professor 2: John Anderson. Professor 3: James Clow.


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: 1760/4/10 (Thursday). Returned: 1760/4/25 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Hunter

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

Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]

Record ID 1266

Rollin's ant: hist: vols. 1st. 2d

Borrowed: 1760/4/11 (Friday). Returned: 1760/4/23 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 Apr 1760. Original Returned Date: 23 Apr 1760. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Antient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.1-12. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1760/4/11 (Friday). Returned: 1760/4/23 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Stewart

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

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2