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MS Lib 2: Students Receipt Book, page 38v

Record ID 942

Helvicus Chronologie

Borrowed: 1759/8/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 29 Aug 1759. Professor 1: Joseph Black.


Borrower

Samuel Billingsley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Divinity. Original Full Name: Samuel Billingsley.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Christoph Helwig (Male, born 1581, died 1617)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Historical and chronological theatre of Christopher Helvicus... Inlarged with additions...
Press: CP. Shelf: 2. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-d.7. Original Author: Helwig, Christoph..

Borrowed: 1759/8/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Samuel Billingsley

Author: Christoph Helwig (Male, born 1581, died 1617), Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Historical and Chronological Theatre of Christopher Helvicus

Record ID 943

Leeke's Euclid

Borrowed: 1759/8/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 29 Aug 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


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

Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Euclid's Elements of geometry. In XV. books: with a supplement... To which is added, a treatise of regular solids, by Campane and Flussas. Likewise Euclid's Data: and Marinus his preface thereunto annexed. Also a treatise of the divisions of superficies, ascribed to Machomet Bagdedine...
Press: BY. Shelf: 4. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl6-d.15  . Original Author: Euclid..

Borrowed: 1759/8/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Alexander Gillies

Author: Euclid (Male), Genre: Mathematics

Elements of Geometry [Euclid]

Record ID 944

Universall historie vols 1.5.6.

Borrowed: 1759/8/13 (Monday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Thomas Hamilton.


Borrower

Samuel Billingsley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Divinity. Original Full Name: Samuel Billingsley.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
Universal history, from the earliest account of time. Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. with a general index to the whole.
Press: AU. Shelf: 6. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-f.22-24; Sp Coll Bl10-g.1-17. Original Author: Universal History..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Borrowed: 1759/8/13 (Monday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday).

Borrower: Samuel Billingsley

Genre: History

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 945

Rolines belles letters vols 1.2

Borrowed: 1759/8/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 29 Aug 1759. 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

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

Borrowed: 1759/8/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: David Dunbar

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

Record ID 946

Hooks Roman history vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1759/8/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 29 Aug 1759. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

Thomas Fitzmaurice
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Physic. Original Full Name: Thomas Fitzmaurice.
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 2

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: 1759/8/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Fitzmaurice

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 2

Record ID 947

Diodorus Siculus 2 vols

Borrowed: 1759/8/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson. Professor 2: Joseph Black. Professor 3: Adam Smith.


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

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliothecae historicae libri quindecim de quadraginta. Decem ex his quindecim nunquam prius fuerunt editi [a Henrico Stephano].
Press: F. Shelf: 4. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo1-a.14  . Original Author: Diodorus, Siculus..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliothecae historicae libri quindecim de quadraginta. Decem ex his quindecim nunquam prius fuerunt editi [a Henrico Stephano].
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1559. Format: folio.
Editors: Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20)
Genre: History
Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]

Borrowed: 1759/8/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday).

Borrower: Alexander Gillies

Author: Diodorus Siculus (Male, born c.BCE90, died 20), Genre: History

Bibliotheca Historica [Diodorus Siculus]

Record ID 948

Lightfoots Works 2 vols.

Borrowed: 1759/8/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

Robert Campbell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Divinity, Preacher. Original Full Name: Robert Campbell.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Lightfoot (Male, born 1602, died 1675)
Genre: Theology
Works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D.D. late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge; such as were, and such as never before were printed. With the authors life, and large and useful tables to each volume. Also three maps: one of the temple drawn by the author himself; the others of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings..
Press: BL. Shelf: 1. Number: 1: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RF 971-972. Original Author: Lightfoot, John, 1602-1675..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Lightfoot (Male, born 1602, died 1675)
Genre: Theology
The works of the reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D. late master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge; such as were, and such as never before were printed.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1684. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 20 borrowing records


Book Work

John Lightfoot (Male, born 1602, died 1675)
Genre: Theology
Works of John Lightfoot

Borrowed: 1759/8/15 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Campbell

Author: John Lightfoot (Male, born 1602, died 1675), Genre: Theology

Works of John Lightfoot

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 949

Cicero's works vols 11.12

Borrowed: 1759/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 29 Aug 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera quae supersunt omnia. Ad fidem optimarum editionum diligenter expressa. Voluminibus XX.
Press: M. Shelf: 4. Number: 41.42. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 677-695. Original Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera quae supersunt omnia. Ad fidem optimarum editionum diligenter expressa.
Language: Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1748-1749. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero

Borrowed: 1759/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Morehead

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Cicero

Volumes borrowed: Volume 11, Volume 12

Record ID 950

Hooks Roman history vol 1st

Borrowed: 1759/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 29 Aug 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

John Morehead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Morehead.
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

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: 1759/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Morehead

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

Record ID 951

Sermons at Boyles letures 3 vols

Borrowed: 1759/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 12 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Joseph Black.


Borrower

Samuel Billingsley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Divinity. Original Full Name: Samuel Billingsley.
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, Volume 2, Volume 3

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: 1759/8/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Samuel Billingsley

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, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 952

Anacreon Glasgow edition

Borrowed: 1759/8/28 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: [blank]. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

Unidentified
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Natural Philosophy, Law, Moral Philosophy, [blank]. Original Full Name: [Not identified].


Book HoldingLibrary record

Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485), Sappho (Female)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Anacreon, translated into English verse; with notes explanatory and poetical. To which are added the odes, fragments, and epigrams of Sappho. With the original Greek plac'd opposite to the translation
Press: AS. Shelf: 9. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-k.2  . Original Author: Anacreon..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485), Sappho (Female)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Anacreon, translated into English verse; with notes explanatory and poetical. To which are added the odes, fragments, and epigrams of Sappho. With the original Greek plac’d opposite to the translation. By Mr. Addison.
Language: English | Greek . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Joseph Addison
Number of borrowings: 50


Book Work

Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485), Sappho (Female)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Anacreon and Sappho

Borrowed: 1759/8/28 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Unidentified

Author: Anacreon (Male, born c.BCE582, died BCE485), Sappho (Female), Genre: Poetry

Works of Anacreon and Sappho

Record ID 953

Quintus Curtius H. Snakenb: 2vs

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 12 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson. Professor 2: Adam Smith. Professor 3: Joseph Black.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male)
Genre: Lives
De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni ... libri superstites. Cum omnibus supplementis, variantibus lectionibus, commentariius ac notis perpetuis [variorum] ... Curavit et digessit Henricus Snakenburg / [Curtius].
Press: A. Shelf: 5. Number: 4.5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-g.12-13. Original Author: Curtius Rufus, Quintus..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male)
Genre: Lives
De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni ... libri superstites. Cum omnibus supplementis, variantibus lectionibus, commentariius ac notis perpetuis [variorum] ... Curavit et digessit Henricus Snakenburg / [Curtius].
Language: Latin . Published: Delft | Leiden. Date of publication: 1724. Format: 4to.
Editors: Snakenburg, Henry.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male)
Genre: Lives
De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Fitzmaurice

Author: Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male), Genre: Lives

De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2