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Record ID 3016

Peregrine Pickle Vol 1st

Borrowed: 1765/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 14 Mar 1765. Professor 1: James Williamson.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.
Original Author: Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction
The adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a lady of quality.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 281 times in 121 borrowing records


Book Work

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

Borrowed: 1765/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/3/14 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Jamieson

Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: Fiction

Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 3017

Universal History Vol 1.st

Borrowed: 1765/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/4/2 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 2 Apr 1765. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

James Lowry
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Divinity. Original Full Name: James Lowry.
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

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: 1765/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/4/2 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Lowry

Genre: History

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 3018

Philosop: Transact: Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1765/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/3/21 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 21 Mar 1765. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 7. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: HS 688-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1665. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 172 times in 85 borrowing records


Book Work

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions

Borrowed: 1765/3/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/3/21 (Thursday).

Borrower: William McCrae

Author: Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals

Philosophical Transactions

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 3019

Wodrows History

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 27 Mar 1765. Professor 1: James Moor. Professor 2: James Clow. Professor 3: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Wodrow Minister of the Gospel at Eastwood (Male, born 1679, died 1734)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
History of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restauration to the Revolution / collected from the publick records, original papers, and manuscripts of that time, and other well attested narratives.
Press: CF. Shelf: 1. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh3-b.7-8. Original Author: Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Allan McAlay

Author: Robert Wodrow Minister of the Gospel at Eastwood (Male, born 1679, died 1734), Genre: History, Genre: Theology

History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restauration [sic] to the Revolution

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 3020

Sir Ch. Grandison Vol 1

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

Colin Campbell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Divinity, Ethics. Original Full Name: Colin Campbell. Academic dates: MA 1766.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters published from the originals / by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa.
Press: AO. Shelf: 4. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 1047-1052. Original Author: Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/20 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Colin Campbell

Author: Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Fiction

History of Sir Charles Grandison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 3021

Review A. D 1751

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 13 Mar 1765. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek. Original Full Name: Robert Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review (London).
Press: AU. Shelf: 4. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Library Research Annexe Store Pm4691. Original Author: Monthly Review..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 349 times in 204 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.

Record ID 3022

Tragedies

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 19 Mar 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Hamilton.


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 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: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/19 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Richardson

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

Tragedies of Sophocles

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 3023

Cicero de finibus

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/2 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 2 Apr 1765. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

Henry Moncrieff
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Divinity. Original Full Name: Henry Moncrieff.
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 1

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: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/2 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Henry Moncrieff

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 1

Record ID 3024

Rollins Method Vol: 3

Borrowed: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 19 Mar 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


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: 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: 1765/3/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/3/19 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Hunter

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 3025

Mackensy on Solitude

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar 1765. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

Thomas Randall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy. Original Full Name: Thomas Randall.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Moral essay, preferring solitude to publick employment, : and all it's appanages; such as fame, command, riches, pleasures, conversation, &c
Press: AO. Shelf: 12. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi6-l.11. Original Author: Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691..

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/20 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Randall

Author: Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Male, born 1636, died 1691), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Moral Essay, Preferring Solitude to Publick Employment

Record ID 3026

Bolinbrokes Life

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/26 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 26 Mar 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


Borrower

William Cumberland Cruikshank
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Divinity. Original Full Name: William Cumberland Cruikshank. Life dates: 1745-1800. Academic dates: MA (1767); MD (1783) .
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the life and ministerial conduct, with some free remarks on the political writings, of the late Lord Bolingbroke.
Press: Stat. Hall. Shelf: [blank]. Number: [blank]. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-f.4  . Original Author: Mallet, David, 1705?-1765..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the life and ministerial conduct, with some free remarks on the political writings, of the Late Lord Visc. Bolingbroke.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

David Mallet (Male, born c.1705, died 1765)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the Life and Ministerial Conduct […] of the Late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke

Record ID 3027

History of Virginia

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 15 Mar 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek. Original Full Name: Robert Robertson.
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: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/15 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

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

History of Virginia

Record ID 3028

Fordyce on Education

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/1 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 1 Apr 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Fordyce (Male, born 1711, died 1751)
Genre: Education
Dialogues concerning education.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk8-f.10-11. Original Author: Fordyce, David, 1711-1751..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

David Fordyce (Male, born 1711, died 1751)
Genre: Education
Dialogues concerning education.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 86 times in 53 borrowing records


Book Work

David Fordyce (Male, born 1711, died 1751)
Genre: Education
Dialogues Concerning Education [David Fordyce]

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/1 (Monday).

Borrower: William Taylor

Author: David Fordyce (Male, born 1711, died 1751), Genre: Education

Dialogues Concerning Education [David Fordyce]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 3029

Thucydides Vol 5

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/21 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 21 Mar 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 5

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: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/21 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Muter

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

History of the Peloponnesian War

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 3030

Fieldings Miscel: Vol: 3

Borrowed: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/22 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 22 Mar 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

Robert Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Divinity. Original Full Name: Robert Thomson.
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 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: 1765/3/14 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Thomson

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

Miscellanies [Henry Fielding]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3