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Record ID 209

Gordon's Tacitus Vols 1st & 2d

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/2/6 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 6 Feb 1758. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Works of Tacitus [Gordon]
Press: AR. Shelf: 5. Number: 3 yl. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi1-g.19-21. Original Author: Tacitus, Cornelius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
The works of Tacitus. In four volumes. To which are prefixed, political discourses upon that author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Gordon, Thomas, -1750.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 110 times in 65 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/2/6 (Monday).

Borrower: John Coulter

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

Works of Tacitus

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 210

Rollins A: History Vol 3d

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/19 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 19 Jan 1758. Professor 1: 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

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 3

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: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/19 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Hunter

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 3

Record ID 211

Littletowns Dictionary

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/16 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 16 Jan 1758. 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: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/16 (Monday).

Borrower: James Gregson

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

Latin Dictionary [Adam Littleton]

Record ID 212

Plautus in usum Delphini

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/23 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 23 Jan 1758. Professor 1: James Moor.


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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Titus Maccius Plautus (Male, born c.BCE254, died BCE184)
Genre: Drama
Comoediae : interpretatione et notis illustravit Jacobus Operarius ... in usum ... Delphini
Press: AI. Shelf: 3. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn5-f.7-8. Original Author: Plautus, Titus Maccius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Titus Maccius Plautus (Male, born c.BCE254, died BCE184)
Genre: Drama
M. Acci Plauti Comœdiæ. Interpretatione et notis illustravit. Jacobus Operarius..., in usum Serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1679. Format: 4to.
Editors: Operarius, Jacobus.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 33 borrowing records


Book Work

Titus Maccius Plautus (Male, born c.BCE254, died BCE184)
Genre: Drama
Comedies of Plautus

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/23 (Monday).

Borrower: Alexander Gillies

Author: Titus Maccius Plautus (Male, born c.BCE254, died BCE184), Genre: Drama

Comedies of Plautus

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 213

Senecae Opera

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/17 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 17 Jan 1758. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Male, born c.BCE4, died 65)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Quae extant opera, ad veterum exemplarium fidem nunc recens castigata.
Press: X. Shelf: 3. Number: 9. Original Author: Seneca..

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/17 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William McMaster

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Male, born c.BCE4, died 65), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Seneca

Record ID 214

History of y Knights of Malta fren

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/19 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 19 Jan 1758. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire des Chevaliers hospitaliers de S Jean de Jerusalem, appellez depuis les Chevaliers de Rhodes. et aujourd'hui les Chevaliers de Malte (Paris, 1726)
Press: AH. Shelf: 3. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RQ 751-4. Original Author: Vertot, abbé de, 1655-1735..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire des Chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem appellez depuis Chevaliers de Rhodes, et aujourd'hui Chevaliers de Malthe.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1726. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 12 borrowing records


Book Work

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta

Record ID 215

Boerhaave's Chemistry Vol 1st

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/27 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 27 Jan 1758. Professor 1: Joseph Black.


Borrower

Archibald Semple
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Medicine, Physic. Original Full Name: Archibald Semple.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elementa chemiae
Press: BA. Shelf: 3. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea6-b.5. Original Author: Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elementa chemiae quae anniversario labore docuit, in publicis, privatisque, scholis, H. Boerhaave.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1732. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 24 borrowing records


Book Work

Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elementa Chemiae [Herman Boerhaave]

Borrowed: 1758/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/1/27 (Friday).

Borrower: Archibald Semple

Author: Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Elementa Chemiae [Herman Boerhaave]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 216

Sermons at Boyles Lecture Vol. 1st

Borrowed: 1758/1/6 (Friday). Returned: 1758/2/8 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 8 Feb 1758. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sampson Letsome (Male, born c.1703, died 1760), John Nicholl (Male)
Genre: Sermons
Defence of natural and revealed religion: being a collection of the sermons preached at the Lecture founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle (from the year 1691 to the year 1732.) With the additions and amendments of the several authors, and general indexes.
Press: CF. Shelf: 2. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh2-c.5-7. Original Author: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sampson Letsome (Male, born c.1703, died 1760), John Nicholl (Male)
Genre: Sermons
A defence of natural and revealed religion: being a collection of the sermons preached at the Lecture founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle (from the year 1691 to the year 1732.) With the additions and amendments of the several authors, and general indexes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739. Format: folio.
Editors: Edited by Sampson Letsome and John Nicholl
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 84 borrowing records


Book Work

Sampson Letsome (Male, born c.1703, died 1760), John Nicholl (Male)
Genre: Sermons
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Collection]

Borrowed: 1758/1/6 (Friday). Returned: 1758/2/8 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Morison

Author: Sampson Letsome (Male, born c.1703, died 1760), John Nicholl (Male), Genre: Sermons

Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Collection]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 217

Newton's Optics

Borrowed: 1758/1/6 (Friday). Returned: 1758/1/26 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 26 Jan 1758. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

Archibald Semple
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Medicine, Physic. Original Full Name: Archibald Semple.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Optice: sive de reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus et coloribus lucis, libri tres. Latine reddidit Samuel Clarke, A.M. ... Accedunt tractatus duo ejusdem authoris de speciebus et magnitudine figurarum curvilinearum, Latinè scripti.
Press: BB. Shelf: 6. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn2-g.15  . Original Author: Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727..

Borrowed: 1758/1/6 (Friday). Returned: 1758/1/26 (Thursday).

Borrower: Archibald Semple

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

Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light

Record ID 218

Rollin's Rom: History vol 2d

Borrowed: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/23 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 23 Jan 1758. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman history from the foundation of Rome to the battle of Actium ... Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 4. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi1-g.24-25. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/23 (Monday).

Borrower: Thomas Alice

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

Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 219

Hederici Lexicon

Borrowed: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/24 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 24 Jan 1758. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

Henry McKinlay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: Henry McKinlay.
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: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/24 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Henry McKinlay

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

Lexicon Manuale Graecum

Record ID 220

Brown on the Understanding

Borrowed: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/20 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 20 Jan 1758. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

Samuel Barber
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Physic, Theology. Original Full Name: Samuel Barber.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Peter Browne Bishop of Cork and Ross (Male, born 1666, died 1735)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Procedure, extent, and limits of human understanding
Press: AO. Shelf: 7. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo5-f.10. Original Author: Browne, Peter, -1735..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Peter Browne Bishop of Cork and Ross (Male, born 1666, died 1735)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Procedure, extent, and limits of human understanding
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

Peter Browne Bishop of Cork and Ross (Male, born 1666, died 1735)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Procedure, Extent, and Limits of Human Understanding

Borrowed: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/20 (Friday).

Borrower: Samuel Barber

Author: Peter Browne Bishop of Cork and Ross (Male, born 1666, died 1735), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Procedure, Extent, and Limits of Human Understanding

Record ID 221

Hutchesons System Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/20 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 20 Jan 1758. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

Samuel Barber
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Physic, Theology. Original Full Name: Samuel Barber.
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: 1758/1/9 (Monday). Returned: 1758/1/20 (Friday).

Borrower: Samuel Barber

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

System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 222

Munro's Osteology

Borrowed: 1758/1/10 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/1/31 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 10 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 31 Jan 1758. Professor 1: Thomas Hamilton.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Monro (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomy of the humane bones: To which are added, an anatomical treatise of the nerves; an account of the reciprocal motions of the heart ; and a description of the humane lacteal sac and duct.
Press: AI. Shelf: 6. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi9-h.11  . Original Author: Monro Alexander, 1697-1767..

Borrowed: 1758/1/10 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/1/31 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Hugh Scott

Author: Alexander Monro (Male, born 1697, died 1767), Genre: Medicine

Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves

Record ID 223

Stillingfleets Origines Sacrae

Borrowed: 1758/1/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/2/3 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 Jan 1758. Original Returned Date: 3 Feb 1758. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edward Stillingfleet (Male, born 1635, died 1699)
Genre: Theology
Origines sacrae: or, a rational account of the grounds of natural and reveal'd religion
Press: CC. Shelf: 2. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh8-d.12. Original Author: Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edward Stillingfleet (Male, born 1635, died 1699)
Genre: Theology
Origines sacrae: or, a rational account of the grounds of natural and reveal’d religion: wherein the foundations of religion, and the authority of the scriptures, are asserted and clear’d
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1709. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 16


Book Work

Edward Stillingfleet (Male, born 1635, died 1699)
Genre: Theology
Origines Sacrae

Borrowed: 1758/1/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/2/3 (Friday).

Borrower: John Fullerton

Author: Edward Stillingfleet (Male, born 1635, died 1699), Genre: Theology

Origines Sacrae