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Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1), page 221

Record ID 178320

Robertson's hist- 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/2/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Classmark: N5.22. Original Returned Text: Robertson's hist .1 & 2 Vol.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland during the reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI. till his accession to the crown of England. With a review of the Scottish history previous to that period; and an appendix containing Original Papers. In Two Volumes. By William Robertson, D. D. Minister of Lady Yester’s, Edinburgh. ...
Classmark: N.5.22, N.7.24?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1771/2/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/2/23 (Saturday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 178323

Newgent's   Travles 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/28 (Thursday). Classmark: P5. 15. Original Returned Text: Newgent's Travles 1 & 2 Vol.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Thomas Nugent (Male, born c.1700, died 1772)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Germany. Containing observations on customs, manners, religion, government, commerce, arts, and antiquities. With a particular account of the courts of Mecklenburg. In a series of letters to a friend, by Thomas Nugent, LL. D. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Embellished with elegant cuts of the Palaces and Gardens of the Dukes of Mecklenburg. In two volumes. ...
Classmark: P.5.15.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Thomas Nugent (Male, born c.1700, died 1772)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Germany. Containing observations on customs, manners, religion, government, commerce, arts, and antiquities. With a particular account of the courts of Mecklenburg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 22 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Nugent (Male, born c.1700, died 1772)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Germany [Thomas Nugent]

Borrowed: 1771/2/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/2/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: Thomas Nugent (Male, born c.1700, died 1772), Genre: Travel

Travels through Germany [Thomas Nugent]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 178326

Harriss's life of Cromwell

Borrowed: 1771/2/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Classmark: O6 . 9. Original Returned Text: Harriss's life of Cromwell.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

William Harris (Male, born 1720, died 1770)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
An historical and critical account of the life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. After the manner of Mr. Bayle. Drawn from original writers and state papers. To which is added, an appendix of Original Papers, Now first published. By William Harris.
Classmark: O.6.9.

Borrowed: 1771/2/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: William Harris (Male, born 1720, died 1770), Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Oliver Cromwell

Record ID 178329

Mair's  Book--keeping

Borrowed: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Classmark: Q5. 5. Original Returned Text: Mair's Book--keeping.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping methodiz’d: or, a methodical treatise of merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form. Wherein, The theory of the Art is fully Explained, and reduced to practice, by Variety of suitable Examples in all the Branches of Trade. To which is added, A Large Appendix, containing, I. Descriptions and Specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by Merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the Nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an Account of her Exports and Imports. VI. A Dictionary, explaining the abstruse Words and Terms that occur in Merchandize. By John Mair, A.M.
Classmark: J.5.26, Q.5.5, G.6.14.

Record ID 178332

Military  Tran. of Hindostan

Borrowed: 1771/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/21 (Thursday). Classmark: P3 . 9. Original Returned Text: Military Tran. of Hindostan.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
Classmark: P.3.9, O.3.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV

Borrowed: 1771/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/3/21 (Thursday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801), Genre: History

History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 178335

Nature  Display'd 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Classmark: B5 .26. Original Returned Text: Nature Display'd 1 & 2V..


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Vol. III. Translated from the original French.
Classmark: J.4.20, B.5.26, B.4.31.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Vol. III. Translated from the original French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 132 times in 96 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Returned: 1771/4/8 (Monday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 178338

Art of letter Writing

Borrowed: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Returned: 1771/4/12 (Friday). Classmark: L7. 23. Original Returned Text: Art of letter writing.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The art of letter-writing, Divided into Two Parts. The First, containing rules and directions for Writing Letters on all Sorts of Subjects: with a variety of examples, Equally elegant and instructive. The Second, a collection of letters on the Most interesting Occasions in Life. In which are inserted, The proper Method of addressing Persons of all Ranks; some necessary Orthographical Directions; the Forms of Messages for Cards; and Thoughts upon a Multiplicity of Subjects. The Whole composed on a Plan intirely new; chiefly calculated for the Instruction of Youth, but may be of singular Service to Gentlemen, Ladies, and all others, who are desirous to attain the true Style and Manner of a polite Epistolary Intercourse.
Classmark: L.7.23.

Borrowed: 1771/4/8 (Monday). Returned: 1771/4/12 (Friday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge

Art of Letter-Writing

Record ID 178341

Borrowed: 1771/4/22 (Monday). Returned: 1771/4/27 (Saturday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: John MacPherson (Male, born 1710, died 1765), Genre: History

Critical Dissertations on ... the Ancient Caledonians

Record ID 178344

Borrowed: 1771/12/10 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/1/13 (Monday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

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

Orations of Demosthenes

Record ID 178347

Xenophon's opera G & L..

Borrowed: 1772/1/13 (Monday). Returned: 1772/2/10 (Monday). Classmark: O4. 5. Original Returned Text: Xenophon's opera G . & L..


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Xenophontis oratoris et historici, propter summam eius eloquentiam, doctissimorum omnium iudicio longe clarissimi, opera, quae quidem graecè extant omnia, eademq[ue]; eruditissimorum virorum labore in Latinam linguam conversa: ac nunc primum diligenti cura, & maximo labore de integro recognita, & in lucem edita. Quorum Catalogum pagina versa reperies. His accessit verborum & rerum gestarum Index copiosissimus.
Classmark: E.4.34, O.4.5, P.4.15, P.4.1.

Borrowed: 1772/1/13 (Monday). Returned: 1772/2/10 (Monday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

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

Works of Xenophon

Record ID 178350

Lock on Understanding

Borrowed: 1772/2/3 (Monday). Returned: 1772/3/13 (Friday). Classmark: P3. 35. Original Returned Text: Lock on Understanding.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay concerning humane understanding. In four books. Written by John Locke, Gent.
Classmark: F.3.8, P.2.35, S.3.1?.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay concerning humane understanding. In four books. Written by John Locke, Gent.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1694. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 58


Book Work

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Borrowed: 1772/2/3 (Monday). Returned: 1772/3/13 (Friday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Record ID 178353

Herodoti  opera

Borrowed: 1772/3/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/10 (Friday). Classmark: M3. 11. Original Returned Text: Herodoti opera.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Ἡροδοτου Ἁλικαρνασσηος Ἱστοριων λογοι θʹ. ... Του αὐτου ἐξηγησις περι της Ὁμηρου βιοτης. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX. ... Ejusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Cum Vallæ interpret. Latina historiarum Herodoti ad H. Stephano recognita. Item cum iconibus structurarum ab Herodoto descriptarum. Ctesiæ quædam de reb. Pers. & Ind. Editio secunda.
Classmark: M.3.11, L.2.16.

Borrowed: 1772/3/13 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/10 (Friday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 178356

Borrowed: 1772/3/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1772/4/10 (Friday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: John MacPherson (Male, born 1710, died 1765), Genre: History

Critical Dissertations on ... the Ancient Caledonians

Record ID 178359

Don Qixote 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1772/4/13 (Monday). Returned: 1772/4/18 (Saturday). Classmark: L7. 38. Original Returned Text: Don Qixote 1 & 2 Vol.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis, Esq; The Whole carefully revised and corrected, with a new Translation of the Poetical Parts by another Hand. ...
Classmark: L.7.38, L.9.63.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis, Esq; The Whole carefully revised and corrected, with a new Translation of the Poetical Parts by another Hand. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Charles Jarvis
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 109 times in 53 borrowing records


Book Work

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
Don Quixote

Borrowed: 1772/4/13 (Monday). Returned: 1772/4/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616), Genre: Fiction

Don Quixote

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 178362

Emilius  31 & 42 Vol

Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Returned: 1772/5/11 (Monday). Classmark: E. .. Original Returned Text: Emilius 1 & 2 Vol -.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Education
Emilius and Sophia: or, a new system of education. Translated from the French of Mr. J. J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. By the translator of Eloisa. ...
Classmark: E.7.14, Q.7.44, R.8.6?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Education
Emilius and Sophia: or, a new system of education. Translated from the French of Mr. J. J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. By the translator of Eloisa. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 24 borrowing records


Book Work

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778)
Genre: Education
Emilius and Sophia: or, A New System of Education

Borrowed: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Returned: 1772/5/11 (Monday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Male, born 1712, died 1778), Genre: Education

Emilius and Sophia: or, A New System of Education

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 178365

Gordon's  Tacitus 1 & 2 Vol.

Borrowed: 1772/10/24 (Saturday). Classmark: Q. ..


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.