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Record ID 954

Rollines belles letters vol 3d

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 12 Sep 1759. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


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 3

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (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 3

Record ID 955

Pindar's works in quarto

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/10/31 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 31 Oct 1759. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo (Male, born 354, died 430)
Works of St Augustine
Press: BX. Shelf: 1.5. Number: 1. Original Author: Augustine..

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/10/31 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Duncan Bayne

Author: Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo (Male, born 354, died 430)

Works of St Augustine

Record ID 956

Leek's Euclid

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/18 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 18 Aug 1759. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


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: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/8/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Gillies

Author: Euclid (Male), Genre: Mathematics

Elements of Geometry [Euclid]

Record ID 957

Hooks Roman historie v 8

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 19 Sep 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 3

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: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/19 (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 3

Record ID 958

An Essay on spirite

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 19 Sep 1759. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

Henry Menish
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Physic. Original Full Name: Henry Menish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Clayton Bishop of Clogher (Male, born 1695, died 1758)
Genre: Theology
Essay on spirit, wherein the doctrine of the Trinity is considered in the light of nature and reason; as well as in the light in which it was held by the ancient Hebrews : compared also with the doctrine of the Old and New Testament.
Press: AE. Shelf: 5. Number: 16. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RB 3334  . Original Author: Clayton, Robert, 1695-1758..

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/19 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Henry Menish

Author: Robert Clayton Bishop of Clogher (Male, born 1695, died 1758), Genre: Theology

Essay on Spirit

Record ID 959

Herodotus historie

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 19 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Joseph Black. Professor 2: Thomas Hamilton. Professor 3: George Muirhead.


Borrower

Samuel Billingsley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Divinity. Original Full Name: Samuel Billingsley.
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 f476  . Original Author: Herodotus..

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/19 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Samuel Billingsley

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 960

Abernethy's sermons v 1st

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Aug 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Abernethy (Male, born 1680, died 1740)
Genre: Theology
Discourses concerning the being and ... perfections of God ...
Press: AP. Shelf: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-g.3-4. Original Author: Abernethy, John, 1680-1740..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1759/8/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/3 (Monday).

Borrower: James Stewart

Author: John Abernethy (Male, born 1680, died 1740), Genre: Theology

Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 961

Universall History 1.5.6 vols

Borrowed: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Returned: 1759/9/26 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Sep 1759. Original Returned Date: 26 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

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: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Returned: 1759/9/26 (Wednesday).

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 962

Lhuds Archologica Britanica

Borrowed: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Sep 1759. Original Returned Date: 12 Sep 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

James Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Ethics, Divinity, Physic, Natural Philosophy, Medicine. Original Full Name: James Stewart.
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: 1759/9/3 (Monday). Returned: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Stewart

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

Archaeologia Britannica

Record ID 963

Rollins Belles Lettres vol 4

Borrowed: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/26 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Sep 1759. Original Returned Date: 26 Sep 1759. 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

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 4

Borrowed: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/26 (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 4

Record ID 964

Quintus Curtius 2 vols

Borrowed: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/26 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Sep 1759. Original Returned Date: 26 Sep 1759. Professor 1: George Muirhead. Professor 2: Adam Smith. Professor 3: John Anderson.


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: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/9/26 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Fitzmaurice

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

De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 965

Grotii opera vol 3d

Borrowed: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/10/3 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Sep 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Oct 1759. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645)
Genre: Theology
Opera omnia theologica, in tres tomos divisa. Ante quidem per partes, nunc autem conjunctim et accuratius edita.
Press: CR. Shelf: 1. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-a.7-10. Original Author: Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645)
Genre: Theology
Hugonis Grotii Opera omnia theologica, in tres tomos divisa. Ante quidem per partes, nunc autem conjunctim & accuratius edita
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1679. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 20 borrowing records


Book Work

Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645)
Genre: Theology
Opera Omnia Theologica [Hugo Grotius]

Borrowed: 1759/9/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/10/3 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Samuel Billingsley

Author: Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645), Genre: Theology

Opera Omnia Theologica [Hugo Grotius]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 966

AEschylos

Borrowed: 1759/9/17 (Monday). Returned: 1759/10/16 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 17 Sep 1759. Original Returned Date: 16 Oct 1759. Professor 1: None.


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 Holding

Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Works of Moliere, French and English.
Press: M. Shelf: 3. Number: 3. Original Author: Molière..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
The works of Moliere, French and English.
Language: French | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 24 borrowing records


Book Work

Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Works of Molière

Borrowed: 1759/9/17 (Monday). Returned: 1759/10/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Alexander Gillies

Author: Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17), Genre: Drama

Works of Molière

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1