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Record ID 3096

Sir Ch. Grandison Vol 4

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/1 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 1 Apr 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 4

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/1 (Monday).

Borrower: Colin Campbell

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

History of Sir Charles Grandison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 3097

Universal History Vol 2.d

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/10 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 10 Apr 1765. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

Alexander Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Divinity. Original Full Name: Alexander Thomson.
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 2

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: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/10 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Alexander Thomson

Genre: History

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 3098

Bacons Works Vol 2.d

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/7 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 7 Apr 1765. Professor 1: Robert Trail.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Francis Bacon ... With several additional pieces, never before printed in any edition of his works. To which is prefixed, a new life of the author, by Mr. Mallet.
Press: CO. Shelf: 2. Number: 6: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea8-x.10-13. Original Author: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England. In four volumes. With several Additional Pieces, Never before printed in any Edition of his Works. To which is prefixed, a new life of the author, By Mr. Mallet.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 79 times in 75 borrowing records


Book Work

Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Francis Bacon

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/7 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Snodgrass

Author: Francis Bacon (Male, born 1561, died 1626), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Francis Bacon

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 3099

Cotes Hydrostatics

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/26 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 26 Apr 1765. Professor 1: Robert Trail.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Roger Cotes (Male, born 1682, died 1716), Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures ... published with notes by ... Robert Smith, LL.D.
Press: AU. Shelf: 6. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-h.18  . Original Author: Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716..

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/26 (Friday).

Borrower: William Trail

Author: Roger Cotes (Male, born 1682, died 1716), Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures by Roger Cotes ... with Notes By his Successor Robert Smith

Record ID 3100

Edinburgh Essays Vol. 1

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/26 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 26 Apr 1765. Professor 1: Robert Trail.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Press: AT. Shelf: 6. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-k.9-14. Original Author: Philosophical Society of Edinburgh..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 74 borrowing records


Book Work

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/26 (Friday).

Borrower: William Trail

Author: Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731), Genre: Medicine

Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 3101

Collection of Plays

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/1 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 1 Apr 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 Holding

Genre: Drama
Collection of Plays.
Number: 14. Original Author: [Plays.]. Press: AS. Shelf: 6.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Drama
Collection of Plays.
Language: English .
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Genre: Drama
Collection of Plays

Borrowed: 1765/3/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/4/1 (Monday).

Borrower: George Greive

Genre: Drama

Collection of Plays

Record ID 3102

Caves lives of the Apostles Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/10 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 10 Apr 1765. Professor 1: James Moor. Professor 2: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Cave (Male, born 1637, died 1713)
Genre: Theology
Apostolici: or, the lives, acts, death, and martyrdoms of those who were contemporary with, or immediately succeeded the apostles. As also the most eminient of the primitive Fathers for the first three hundred years. To which is added, a Chronology of the three first ages of the church.
Press: BO. Shelf: 3. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll bk8-e.2. Original Author: Cave, William, 1637-1713..

Record ID 3103

Life of Queen Mary

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/28 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr 1765. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

P. Le Pesant de (Pierre Le Pesant) Boisguilbert (Male, born 1646-2-17, died 1714-10-10)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
Life of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland and France
Press: AR. Shelf: 4. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm2-h.9. Original Author: Boisguilbert, P. Le Pesant de (Pierre Le Pesant), 1646-1714..

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/28 (Sunday).

Borrower: Robert Auchincloss

Author: P. Le Pesant de (Pierre Le Pesant) Boisguilbert (Male, born 1646-2-17, died 1714-10-10), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives

Life of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland and France

Record ID 3104

Sharpes Surgery

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/23 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 23 Apr 1765. Professor 1: Robert Trail.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical enquiry into the present state of surgery
Press: AT. Shelf: 7. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk8-f.15  . Original Author: Sharp, Samuel, 1700?-1778..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18


Book Work

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/23 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Stuart

Author: Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778), Genre: Medicine

Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Record ID 3105

Cookes Hesiod.

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/22 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 22 Apr 1765. Professor 1: John Millar.


Borrower

Ivan Andreyevich Tretyakov
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Law, Mathematics. Original Full Name: Ivan Andreyevich Tretyakov.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hesiod (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Hesiod / translated from the Greek by Thomas Cooke.
Press: CS. Shelf: 5. Number: 4: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi7-f.20-21. Original Author: Hesiod..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hesiod (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Hesiod translated from the Greek. By Mr. Cooke.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 4to.
Translators: Mr Cooke
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

Hesiod (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Hesiod

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/22 (Monday).

Borrower: Ivan Andreyevich Tretyakov

Author: Hesiod (Male), Genre: Poetry

Works of Hesiod

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 3106

Hesiodus

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/18 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 18 Apr 1765. Professor 1: John Millar.


Borrower

Ivan Andreyevich Tretyakov
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Law, Mathematics. Original Full Name: Ivan Andreyevich Tretyakov.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Poetry
Oi tes eroikes poieseos palaioi poietai pantes. Poetae Graeci veteris, carminis heroici scriptores, Graece et Latine, ex recensione Jacobi Lectii ... viz. Homerus, Hesiodus, Orpheus, Callimachus, Aratus, Nicander, Theocritus, Moschus, Bion, Dionysius, Coluthus, Tryphiodorus, Musaeus, Theognis, Phocylides, Pythagorae aurea carmina, cum fragmentis aliorum, Apollonius Rhodius, Oppianus, Cointus Smyrnaeus, Nonni Dionysiaca.
Press: U. Shelf: 6. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-b.8  . Original Author: Various..

Record ID 3107

Charles Grandison Vol: 2

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/27 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 27 Apr 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


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

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 2

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/4/27 (Saturday).

Borrower: Hamilton Maxwell

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

History of Sir Charles Grandison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 3108

Virgil in usum Delphini

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/5/2 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 2 May 1765. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolvs Rvævs... Ad usum Serenissimi Delphini.
Press: AI. Shelf: 3. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-g.15  . Original Author: Virgil..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, interpretatione et notis illustravit Carolus Ruaeus,... jussu... Regis, ad usum... Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1682. Format: 4to.
Editors: La Rue, Charles de, 1643-1725
Number of borrowings: 21


Book Work

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

Borrowed: 1765/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/5/2 (Thursday).

Borrower: Charles Kirkpatrick

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Works of Virgil

Record ID 3109

Caves Lives of ye Apostles

Borrowed: 1765/4/1 (Monday). Returned: 1765/4/15 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 1 Apr 1765. Original Returned Date: 15 Apr 1765. Professor 1: James Moor. Professor 2: George Muirhead. Professor 3: James Clow.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Cave (Male, born 1637, died 1713)
Genre: Theology
Apostolici: or, the lives, acts, death, and martyrdoms of those who were contemporary with, or immediately succeeded the apostles. As also the most eminient of the primitive Fathers for the first three hundred years. To which is added, a Chronology of the three first ages of the church.
Press: BO. Shelf: 3. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll bk8-e.2. Original Author: Cave, William, 1637-1713..

Record ID 3110

Temples Works Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1765/4/1 (Monday). Returned: 1765/4/15 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 1 Apr 1765. Original Returned Date: 15 Apr 1765. Professor 1: William Wight.


Borrower

Archibald Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Mathematics, Law, Greek. Original Full Name: Archibald Ferguson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. : to which is prefixed, the life and character of the author.
Press: S. Shelf: 5. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll NP.7.12-15. Original Author: Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of Sir William Temple, Bart.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 124 times in 75 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Sir William Temple

Borrowed: 1765/4/1 (Monday). Returned: 1765/4/15 (Monday).

Borrower: Archibald Ferguson

Author: Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699), Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Sir William Temple

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2