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MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names, page 59v

Record ID 3225

Peregrine Pickle Vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1765/3/15 (Friday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Mar 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 1765. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

Thomas Waterman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Humanity, Greek. Original Full Name: Thomas Waterman.
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 2

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: 1765/3/15 (Friday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Waterman

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

Adventures of Peregrine Pickle

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 3226

Sales Alcoran

Borrowed: 1765/5/16 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 29 May 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

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


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George Sale (Male, born c.1697, died 1736)
Genre: Theology
Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated, with notes, and a preliminary discourse, by George Sale, gent.
Press: CK. Shelf: 4. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-e.6  . Original Author: Sale, George, 1697?-1736..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Sale (Male, born c.1697, died 1736)
Genre: Theology
The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated, with notes, and a preliminary discourse, by George Sale, gent.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 36


Book Work

George Sale (Male, born c.1697, died 1736)
Genre: Theology
Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed

Borrowed: 1765/5/16 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday).

Borrower: George Davidson

Author: George Sale (Male, born c.1697, died 1736), Genre: Theology

Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed

Record ID 3227

Letters concerning Mythology

Borrowed: 1765/5/16 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/5/17 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 17 May 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

Thomas Blackwell (Male, born c.1660, died 1728)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters concerning mythology
Press: Stationary. Shelf: [blank]. Number: [blank]. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-g.6  . Original Author: Blackwell, Thomas..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Blackwell (Male, born c.1660, died 1728)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters concerning mythology.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Thomas Blackwell (Male, born c.1660, died 1728)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Letters concerning Mythology

Borrowed: 1765/5/16 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/5/17 (Friday).

Borrower: John Snodgrass

Author: Thomas Blackwell (Male, born c.1660, died 1728), Genre: Belles Lettres

Letters concerning Mythology

Record ID 3228

Horatius in usum Delphini

Borrowed: 1765/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 1765. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Poetry
Opera. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Ludovicus Desprez ... in usum Delphini ...
Press: B. Shelf: 6. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn10-g.19. Original Author: Horace..

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Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Q. Horatii Flacci Opera; interpretatione et notis illustravit L. Desprez ... in usum ... Delphini, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1691. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace

Borrowed: 1765/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Trail

Genre: Poetry

Works of Horace

Record ID 3229

Homes History of Jews 2 Vols

Borrowed: 1765/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/6/5 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 5 Jun 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

James Home (Male, died 1737)
Genre: Theology
Scripture history of the Jews, and their republick ... Interspers'd with remarks divine and moral ...
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 9.10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi2-h.5-6  . Original Author: Home, James..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1765/5/21 (Tuesday). Returned: 1765/6/5 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Snodgrass

Author: James Home (Male, died 1737), Genre: Theology

Scripture History of the Jews

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 3230

Leonora Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/7/1 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 1 Jul 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

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Leonora: or, characters drawn from real life. Containing a great variety of incidents, interspers'd with reflections moral and entertaining.
Press: Stat. Hall. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-k.26-27. Original Author: Anon..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Leonora: or, characters drawn from real life. Containing a great variety of incidents, interspers’d with reflections moral and entertaining.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Leonora

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/7/1 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction

Leonora

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 3231

Wolfii Opera Vol 3d

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 28 Jun 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

John Gillies
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Divinity, Law, Minister. Original Full Name: John Gillies.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/28 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gillies

Record ID 3232

? Fitzosbourne of Tragedies Fitzosbourns Letters Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 1765. Professor 1: Robert Trail.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Letters on several subjects ... To which is added (translated by the same hand), a Dialogue upon oratory; attributed to Quinctilian
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi9-g.3. Original Author: Melmoth, William, 1710-1799..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Letters on several subjects. By the late Sir Thomas Fitzosborne [Pseud. i. e. W. Melmoth]...To which is added, (translated by the same hand) a dialogue upon oratory: attributed to Quinctilian [sic].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 84 times in 48 borrowing records


Book Work

William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Peter Miller

Author: William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799), Genre: Lives

Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects

Record ID 3233

Frasers Kuli Khan

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 29 May 1765. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Fraser (Male, born 1713, died 1754)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
History of Nadir Shah, formerly called Thamas Kuli Khan, the present emperor of Persia. To which is prefix'd a short history of the Moghul emperors. At the end is inserted a catalogue of about two hundred manuscripts in ... Oriental languages, collected in the East
Press: Stationers. Shelf: [blank]. Number: [blank]. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-h.6. Original Author: Fraser, James, active 1742..

Record ID 3234

Herodotus.                   X

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/8/30 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 30 Aug 1765. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

John Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek. Original Full Name: John Robertson.
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: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/8/30 (Friday).

Borrower: John Robertson

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 3235

Brugh on Human Nature                X

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/18 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 18 Jun 1765. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

Professor George Jardine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Greek and assistant professor of logic 1774-1787; Professor of Greek 1787-1824.
Class: Greek, Logic, Divinity. Original Full Name: George Jardine. Life dates: 1742-1827. Academic dates: Glasgow 1760; MA (Glasgow) 1765.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Burgh (Male, born 1714, died 1775)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Dignity of human nature. Or, a brief account of the certain and established means of attaining the true end of our existence
Press: AG. Shelf: 1. Number: 15. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh5-e.9  . Original Author: Burgh, James..

Record ID 3236

Histoire Des Huns 5 Vols

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 22 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 1765. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

John Crosse
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Civil Law. Original Full Name: John Crosse.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Joseph Deguignes (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire générale des Huns, des Turcs, des Mogols, et des autres Tartares occidentaux, &c. avant et depuis Jesus-Christ jusqu'a present; précédée d'une introduction contenant des tables chronol. & histor. des princes qui ont regné dans l'Asie : Ouvrage tiré des livres chinois & des manuscrits orientaux de la Bibliotheque du Roi
Press: C. Shelf: 3. Number: 1. Original Author: Deguignes, Joseph..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Borrowed: 1765/5/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Crosse

Author: Joseph Deguignes (Male), Genre: History

Histoire Générale des Huns, des Turcs, des Mogols, et des Autres Tartares Occidentaux

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

Record ID 3237

Bacons Works Vol. 4

Borrowed: 1765/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1765/6/5 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 5 Jun 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 4

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: 1765/5/27 (Monday). Returned: 1765/6/5 (Wednesday).

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 4

Record ID 3238

Grotius de jure belli & pacis

Borrowed: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 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

Hugo Grotius (Male, born 1583, died 1645)
Genre: Law
De jure belli ac pacis libri tres ... Cum annotatis auctoris, ejusdemque dissertatione de mari libero; ac libello singulari de aequitate, indulgentia, et facilitate: nec non Joann. Frid. Gronovii ... notis ... Editionem ... emendatissimam ... recensuit ... notulas ... addidit Joannes Barbeyrac ...
Press: CG. Shelf: 2. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk2-g.11  . Original Author: Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645..

Borrowed: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Ivan Andreyevich Tretyakov

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

De Jure Belli ac Pacis

Record ID 3239

History of the house of Commons

Borrowed: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/8/1 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 1 Aug 1765. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History and proceedings of the House of Commons from the Reformation to the present time... Illustrated with a great variety of historical and explanatory notes. Together with a large appendix...
Press: Stationary. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-h.5-10. Original Author: Chandler, Richard, -1747..
Volumes borrowed: Volume unspecified

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The history and proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the present time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1744. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Chandler, Richard, -1747.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 69 times in 30 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time

Record ID 3240

Fosters Sermons Vol. 3 X

Borrowed: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/7/28 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 28 Jul 1765. Professor 1: None.


Borrower

Professor George Jardine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Greek and assistant professor of logic 1774-1787; Professor of Greek 1787-1824.
Class: Greek, Logic, Divinity. Original Full Name: George Jardine. Life dates: 1742-1827. Academic dates: Glasgow 1760; MA (Glasgow) 1765.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Foster (Male, born 1697, died 1753)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on the following subjects...
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm10-h.22-23. Original Author: Foster, James, 1697-1753..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Foster (Male, born 1697, died 1753)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on the following subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

James Foster (Male, born 1697, died 1753)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons on the Following Subjects [James Foster]

Borrowed: 1765/5/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1765/7/28 (Sunday).

Borrower: Professor George Jardine

Author: James Foster (Male, born 1697, died 1753), Genre: Sermons

Sermons on the Following Subjects [James Foster]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 3241

Rapins History Vol 5

Borrowed: 1765/5/30 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 May 1765. Original Returned Date: 12 Jun 1765. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
History of England [as well ecclesiastical as civil].
Press: AR. Shelf: 6. Number: 1: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm2-g.1-18. Original Author: Rapin-Thoyras, Paul de, 1661-1725..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
The history of England.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1746. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 323 times in 232 borrowing records


Book Work

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]

Borrowed: 1765/5/30 (Thursday). Returned: 1765/6/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: George Davidson

Author: Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725), Genre: History

History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5