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MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names, page 47r

Record ID 2812

Thucydides Vol 3d

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 19 Feb 1765. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390)
Genre: History
Ho tou Thoukydidou Polemos Peloponnesiakos. Thcydidis Bellum Peloponnesiacum. Ex editione Wassii et Dukeri
Press: Stationary. Original Author: Thucydides..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390)
Genre: History
Ho tou Thoukydidou Polemos Peloponnēsı̂akos. Thucydidis Bellum Peloponnesiacum.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Duker, Karl Andreas, 1670-1752; Wasse, Joseph, 1672-1738.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390)
Genre: History
History of the Peloponnesian War

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/19 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Muter

Author: Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390), Genre: History

History of the Peloponnesian War

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 2813

Universal History Vol 7.

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 20 Feb 1765. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

Robert Muter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Preacher, Divinity, Logic. Original Full Name: Robert Muter.
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 7

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: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/20 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Muter

Genre: History

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Record ID 2814

Simsons Conic Sections

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/10 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 10 Feb 1765. Professor 1: Robert Trail.


Borrower

John Wallace
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Physic, Anatomy, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: John Wallace.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri quinque. / Auctore Roberto Simson, M.D. In Academia Glasguensi Matheseos Professore..
Press: BA. Shelf: 9. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-g.3  . Original Author: Simson, Robert, 1687-1768..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri quinque.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/10 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Wallace

Author: Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics

Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]

Record ID 2815

Montaignes Essays

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/10 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 10 Feb 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Les essais de Michel seigneur de Montaigne / donnez sur les plus anciennes et les plus correctes éditions: augmentez de plusieurs lettres de l'auteur ... Avec des notes, et de nouvelles tables des matières ... Par Pierre Coste.
Press: L. Shelf: 8. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh3-e.4-6. Original Author: Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Les Essais de Michel, seigneur de Montaigne.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1725. Format: 4to.
Editors: Coste, Pierre, 1668-1747.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays of Montaigne

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/10 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Snodgrass

Author: Michel de Montaigne (Male, born 1533, died 1592), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essays of Montaigne

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 2816

Tom Jones Vol: 5

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 29 Jan 1765. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a foundling
Press: Stationery. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-k.1-6. Original Author: Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 71 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Hamilton Maxwell

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 2817

Lelands Deistical Writeres Vol. 1st

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/1 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 1 Feb 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
View of the principal deistical writers that have appeared in England in the last and present century; with observations upon them, and some account of the answers that have been published against them. In several letters to a friend...
Press: AP. Shelf: 5. Number: 11: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl2-h.1-3. Original Author: Leland, John, 1691-1766..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
A view of the principal deistical writers that have appeared in England in the last and present century; with observations upon them, and some account of the answers that have been published against them. In several letters to a friend.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 70 borrowing records


Book Work

John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
View of the Principal Deistical Writers

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/1 (Friday).

Borrower: George Greive

Author: John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766), Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology

View of the Principal Deistical Writers

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 2818

Halleys Astromical Tables

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/13 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 13 Feb 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


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

Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Edmundi Halleii astronomi dum viveret regii tabulæ astronomicæ: accedunt de usu tabularum præcepta.
Press: P. Shelf: 7. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-e.3  . Original Author: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Edmundi Halleii astronomi dum viveret regii tabulæ astronomicæ : accedunt de usu tabularum præcepta.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 4to.
Editors: Bevis, John.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomi dum Viveret Regii Tabulae Astronomicae

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/13 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Irvine

Author: Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Astronomi dum Viveret Regii Tabulae Astronomicae

Record ID 2819

Montesq: cause de la Grandeur

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/3/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar 1765. Professor 1: Alexander Wilson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Considérations sur les causes de la granduer des Romains, et de leur decadence. A laquelle on a joint un dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate; et la Défense de l'Esprit des loix, avec quelques eclaircissemens
Number: 7. Original Author: Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh9-f.22  . Press: AO. Shelf: 7.

Record ID 2820

Fieldings Miscellanis

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 15 Feb 1765. Professor 1: Patrick Cumin.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Miscellanies.
Press: Stat. Hall. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-f.5-7. Original Author: Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Miscellanies / by Henry Fielding...in three volumes
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 139 times in 85 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction
Miscellanies [Henry Fielding]

Borrowed: 1765/1/28 (Monday). Returned: 1765/2/15 (Friday).

Borrower: William Richardson

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction

Miscellanies [Henry Fielding]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 2821

Geddes on Composition

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/2/14 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 14 Feb 1765. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

John Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Logic, Natural Philosophy, Greek, Physic. Original Full Name: John Wilson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Geddes (Male, born 1710, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the composition and manner of writing of the antients, particularly Plato.
Press: Stat. Hall. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea7-d.4  . Original Author: Geddes, James, 1710-1745..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Geddes (Male, born 1710, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on the composition and manner of writing of the antients, particularly Plato. By the late James Geddes, Esq; Advocate.
Language: English | Greek . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22


Book Work

James Geddes (Male, born 1710, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the Composition and Manner of Writing of the Antients

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/2/14 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Wilson

Author: James Geddes (Male, born 1710, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essay on the Composition and Manner of Writing of the Antients

Record ID 2822

Popes Miscellanies Vol 1st

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/2/12 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Feb 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in prose and verse.
Press: AS. Shelf: 6. Number: 4: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-h.11-13. Original Author: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in prose and verse.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 95 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/2/12 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Thomson

Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry

Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 2823

History of Virginia

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/2/12 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Feb 1765. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

William Burnside
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Greek, Physic, Ethics. Original Full Name: William Burnside.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Nathaniel Crouch (Male, born c.1632, died c.1725)
Genre: History
History of Virginia, in four parts ...
Press: AR. Shelf: 5. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-h.15. Original Author: Crouch, Nathaniel, 1632?-1725?..

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/2/12 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Burnside

Author: Nathaniel Crouch (Male, born c.1632, died c.1725), Genre: History

History of Virginia

Record ID 2824

Tom Jones

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/1/30 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 30 Jan 1765. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a foundling
Press: Stationery. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-k.1-6. Original Author: Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 71 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/1/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Hamilton Maxwell

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 2825

Byngs Expedition

Borrowed: 1765/1/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/2/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Jan 1765. Original Returned Date: 15 Feb 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Corbett (Male, born 1698, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Account of the expedition of the British fleet to Sicily, in the years 1718,1719, and 1720. Under the command of Sir George Byng, Bart.... Collected from the Admiral's manuscripts, and other original papers.
Press: AR. Shelf: 5. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-h.11  . Original Author: Corbett, Thomas, -1751..