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MS Lib 2: Students Receipt Book, page 8v

Record ID 120

Herodotus Gronovii

Borrowed: 1757/11/4 (Friday). Returned: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 18 Nov 1757. Professor 1: James Moor. Professor 2: Adam Smith. Professor 3: John Anderson.


Borrower

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


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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: 1757/11/4 (Friday). Returned: 1757/11/18 (Friday).

Borrower: Alexander Gillies

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 121

Vetus Testamentum Graecum

Borrowed: 1757/11/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/11/21 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 21 Nov 1757. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

John Pinkerton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic. Original Full Name: John Pinkerton.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Theology
Vetus Testamentum Graecum
Press: AP. Shelf: 10. Number: 1.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Theology
Vetus Testamentum Graecum
Language: Greek .
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Genre: Theology
Bible - Old Testament [Greek]

Borrowed: 1757/11/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/11/21 (Monday).

Borrower: John Pinkerton

Genre: Theology

Bible - Old Testament [Greek]

Record ID 122

Newtonii Principia

Borrowed: 1757/11/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/12/15 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 15 Dec 1757. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.
Press: BB. Shelf: 6. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-g.1  . Original Author: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Auctore Isaaco Newtono, Equite Aurato.
Language: Latin . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1713. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 63 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Borrowed: 1757/11/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/12/15 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Rainey

Author: Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Record ID 123

Hedericus Lexicon

Borrowed: 1757/11/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/11/22 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 22 Nov 1757. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Hederich (Male, born 1675, died 1748)
Genre: Education, Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon manuale Graecum ... in tres partes, videlicet hermeneuticam, analyticam, et syntheticam, divisum ... Recensitum et plurimum auctum à Sam. Patrick.
Press: AI. Shelf: 5. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn2-g.12  . Original Author: Hederich, Benjamin, 1675-1748..

Borrowed: 1757/11/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/11/22 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William McLiesh

Author: Benjamin Hederich (Male, born 1675, died 1748), Genre: Education, Genre: Reference Works

Lexicon Manuale Graecum

Record ID 124

B. Meaux Introduction to Un: History

Borrowed: 1757/11/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/11/21 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 21 Nov 1757. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Bishop of Meaux (Male, born 1627, died 1704)
Genre: History
Discourse on the history of the whole world: dedicated to His Royal Highness the Dauphin. And explicating the continuance of religion with the changes of states and empires; from the Creation till the reign of Charles the Great (London, [1686])
Press: AR. Shelf: 5. Number: 15. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi3-k.5  . Original Author: Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, 1627-1704. [Bp of Meaux].

Borrowed: 1757/11/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/11/21 (Monday).

Borrower: James Morehead

Author: Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Bishop of Meaux (Male, born 1627, died 1704), Genre: History

Discourse on the History of the Whole World

Record ID 125

Rollin's hist of ye Arts  & Scien

Borrowed: 1757/11/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/11/25 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 25 Nov 1757. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

John Robison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Chemistry. Original Full Name: John Robison. Life dates: 1739-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
History of the arts and sciences of the antients ... Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 8. Number: 15. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo3-h.11-14. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The history of the arts and sciences of the antients, under the following heads: in four volumes. Vol. I. Agriculture, commerce, ... Vol. IV. Metaphysics and physics, physic, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
History of the Arts and Sciences of the Antients

Borrowed: 1757/11/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/11/25 (Friday).

Borrower: John Robison

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

History of the Arts and Sciences of the Antients

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

Record ID 126

Hook's Roman History

Borrowed: 1757/11/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/12/12 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 12 Dec 1757. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth
Press: AH. Shelf: 3. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo2-d.3-6. Original Author: Hooke, Nathaniel..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751-1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 137 times in 74 borrowing records


Book Work

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Borrowed: 1757/11/16 (Wednesday). Returned: 1757/12/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Archibald Hamilton

Author: Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763), Genre: History

Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

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

Record ID 127

Taciti Opera Lypsiae

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/12/13 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 13 Dec 1757. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Opera quae exstant. I. Lipsius quintùm recensuit. Seorsim excusi commentarii meliores plenioresque, cum curis secundis
Press: X. Shelf: 4. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo5-m.1  . Original Author: Tacitus, Cornelius..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Opera quae exstant. Seorsim excusi commentarii meliores plenioresque, cum curis secundis.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Works of Tacitus

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/12/13 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William McGill

Author: Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120), Genre: History

Works of Tacitus

Record ID 128

Herodoti Opera

Borrowed: 1757/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1757/11/30 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 17 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 30 Nov 1757. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

William Brison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology. Original Full Name: William Brison.
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 Bh2-b.5  . Original Author: Herodotus..

Borrowed: 1757/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1757/11/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Brison

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 129

Clark on the Atributes

Borrowed: 1757/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1757/11/28 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 17 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 28 Nov 1757. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
Discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian revelation. In answer to Mr. Hobbs, Spinoza, the author of The Oracles of Reason, and other deniers of natural and revealed religion. : Being sixteen sermons, preach'd in the cathedral-church of St. Paul, in the years 1704, and 1705, at the lecture founded by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq.
Press: CF. Shelf: 4. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RB 3330. Original Author: Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729..

Borrowed: 1757/11/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1757/11/28 (Monday).

Borrower: William Millar

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

Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God

Record ID 130

Littletowns Dictionary

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/12/5 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 5 Dec 1757. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

James Gregson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: James Gregson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Littleton (Male, born 1627, died 1694)
Genre: Reference Works
Linguae Latinae liber dictionarius quadripartitus: A Latin dictionary, in four parts. I. An English-Latine. II. A Latine-classical. III. A Latine-proper. IV. A Latine-barbarous
Press: CT. Shelf: 3. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn2-g.13. Original Author: Littleton, Adam, 1627-1694..

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/12/5 (Monday).

Borrower: James Gregson

Author: Adam Littleton (Male, born 1627, died 1694), Genre: Reference Works

Latin Dictionary [Adam Littleton]

Record ID 131

Sophoclis Tragediae

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/11/24 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 24 Nov 1757. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek; by Thomas Francklin.
Press: X. Shelf: 8. Number: 2. Original Author: Sophocles..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
The tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek ; by Thomas Francklin, M.A. Fellow of Trinity-College, and Greek Professor in the University of Cambridge.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758-1759. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Francklin, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406)
Genre: Drama
Tragedies of Sophocles

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/11/24 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Somervel

Author: Sophocles (Male, born c.BCE496, died BCE406), Genre: Drama

Tragedies of Sophocles

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 132

Gregory's Geometrical Exercises

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/11/22 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 22 Nov 1757. Professor 1: James Clow.


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

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10)
Genre: Mathematics
Exercitatio geometrica de dimensione figurarum sive specimen methodi generalis ... auctore Davide Gregorio ...
Press: AU. Shelf: 8. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 142  . Original Author: Gregory, David, 1661-1708..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10)
Genre: Mathematics
Exercitatio geometrica de dimensione figurarum sive Specimen methodi generalis.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1684. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10)
Genre: Mathematics
Exercitatio Deometrica de Dimensione Figurarum sive Specimen Methodi Generalis

Borrowed: 1757/11/18 (Friday). Returned: 1757/11/22 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Irvine

Author: David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Genre: Mathematics

Exercitatio Deometrica de Dimensione Figurarum sive Specimen Methodi Generalis

Record ID 133

Senecae Opera

Borrowed: 1757/11/21 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/5 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 5 Dec 1757. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

Alexander MacDonald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: Alexander MacDonald.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Frederik Ruysch (Male, born 1638, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Opera omnia anatomico-medico-chirugica, huc usque edita ... Cum figuris æneis.
Press: BL. Shelf: 2. Number: 7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Frederik Ruysch (Male, born 1638, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
F. Ruyschii ... Opera omnia anatomico-medico-chirurgica hucusque edita.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1722-1743. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 16 borrowing records


Book Work

Frederik Ruysch (Male, born 1638, died 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Opera Omnia Anatomico-Medico-Chirurgica

Borrowed: 1757/11/21 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/5 (Monday).

Borrower: Alexander MacDonald

Author: Frederik Ruysch (Male, born 1638, died 1731), Genre: Medicine

Opera Omnia Anatomico-Medico-Chirurgica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 134

L'es Esprites De Loix

Borrowed: 1757/11/21 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/5 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Nov 1757. Original Returned Date: 5 Dec 1757. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

Samuel Charters
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic. Original Full Name: Samuel Charters.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
De l'esprit des loix.
Press: AC. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh8-f.1-2. Original Author: Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
De l'esprit des loix.
Language: French . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 34 borrowing records


Book Work

Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Spirit of Laws

Borrowed: 1757/11/21 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/5 (Monday).

Borrower: Samuel Charters

Author: Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755), Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Spirit of Laws

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2