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Record ID 48395
Museum Veronese
Borrowed: 1757/9/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Sep. Original Returned Date: 12 Sep.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Marchese Scipione Maffei (Male, born 1675, died 1755)
Genre: History
Museum Veronense.
Press: H. Shelf: 5. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-c.8 . Original Author: Maffei, Scipione, marchese, 1675-1755..
Confidence level: Certain
Marchese Scipione Maffei (Male, born 1675, died 1755)
Genre: History
Museum Veronense: hoc est, antiquarum inscriptionum atque anaglyphorum collectio cui Taurinensis adjungitur et Vindobonensis. Accedunt monumenta id genus plurima nondum vulgata, et ubicunque collecta.
Language: Latin . Published: Verona. Date of publication: 1749. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
Marchese Scipione Maffei (Male, born 1675, died 1755)
Genre: History
Museum Veronense: hoc est, Antiquarum Inscriptionum atque Anaglyphorum Collectio cui Taurinensis adjungitur et Vindobonensis
Borrowed: 1757/9/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/9/12 (Monday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Marchese Scipione Maffei (Male, born 1675, died 1755), Genre: History
Record ID 48396
Museum Crotonense
Borrowed: 1757/9/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Sep. Original Returned Date: 12 Sep.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum cortonense in quo vetera monumenta comprehenduntur anaglypha, thoreumata, gemmae inscalptaeque quae in Academia Etrusca ceterisque nobilium virorum domibus adservantur in plurimis tabulis aereis distributum, atque a Francisco Valesio, Antonio Francisco Gorio, et Rodulphino Venuti notis illustratum.
Press: H. Shelf: 5. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl1-c.11.
Confidence level: Certain
Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Cortonense in quo vetera monumenta complectuntur anaglypha, thoreumata, gemmæ inscalptæ, insculptæque quæ in Academia Etrusca ceterisque nobilium virorum domibus adservantur in plurimis tabulis æreis distributum, atque a Francisco Valesio ... Antonio Francisco Gorio ... et Rodulphino Venuti ... notis illustratum.
Language: Latin . Published: Rome. Date of publication: 1750. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2
Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified)
Genre: Fine Arts
Museum Cortonense
Borrowed: 1757/9/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/9/12 (Monday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Accademia Etrusca (Unspecified), Genre: Fine Arts
Record ID 48397
Museum Odescalcum
Borrowed: 1757/9/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Sep. Original Returned Date: 12 Sep.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Pietro Santi Bartoli (Male, born 1635, died 1700)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Museum Odescalcum sive thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum quae a Christina Svecorum Regina collectae in Museo Odescalco adservantur, et a Petro Sancte Bartolo quondam incisae, nunc primum in lucem proferuntur.
Press: H. Shelf: 5. Number: 15.16. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl1-c.12,13.
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Santi Bartoli (Male, born 1635, died 1700)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Museum Odescalcum, sive Thesaurus antiquarum gemmarum quae a serenissima Christina, Suecorum regina, collectae.
Language: French . Published: Rome. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
Pietro Santi Bartoli (Male, born 1635, died 1700)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Museum Odescalcum, sive Thesaurus Antiquarum Gemmarum quae a Serenissima Christina, Suecorum Regina, Collectae
Borrowed: 1757/9/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1757/9/12 (Monday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Pietro Santi Bartoli (Male, born 1635, died 1700), Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 48398
Roman Antiquitates Boroni
Borrowed: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Sep. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Antonio Borioni (Male)
Genre: History
Collectanea antiquitatum Romanarum quas ... [104] tabulis aenis incisas et a Rodulphino Venuti
Press: H. Shelf: 4. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-a.12. Original Author: Borioni, Antonio..
Confidence level: Certain
Antonio Borioni (Male)
Genre: History
Collectanea antiquitatum Romanorum quas centum tabulis æneis incisas et a R. V. notis illustratas exhibet A. Borioni.
Language: Latin . Published: Rome. Date of publication: 1736. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
Antonio Borioni (Male)
Genre: History
Collectanea Antiquitatum Romanorum
Borrowed: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Antonio Borioni (Male), Genre: History
Record ID 48399
Museum Romanum 2 vols
Borrowed: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Sep. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Michel Ange de La Chausse (Male, born c.1660, died 1724)
Genre: History
Romanum Museum sive thesaurus eruditae antiquitatis.
Press: H. Shelf: 4. Number: 13.14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-a.10-11. Original Author: La Chausse, Michel-Ange de..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Michel Ange de La Chausse (Male, born c.1660, died 1724)
Genre: History
Romanum Museum sive thesaurus eruditae antiquitatis.
Language: Latin . Published: Rome. Date of publication: 1746. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
Michel Ange de La Chausse (Male, born c.1660, died 1724)
Genre: History
Romanum Museum sive Thesaurus Eruditae Antiquitatis
Borrowed: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Michel Ange de La Chausse (Male, born c.1660, died 1724), Genre: History
Romanum Museum sive Thesaurus Eruditae Antiquitatis
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 48400
Monfaucons Antiquities 4 vols
Borrowed: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Sep. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures.
Press: A. Shelf: 3. Number: 1 &c. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi4-a.1-15. Original Author: Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Likely
Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1722-1724. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 11 borrowing records
Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741)
Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Antiquité Expliquée et Représentée en Figures
Borrowed: 1757/9/12 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Bernard de Montfaucon (Male, born 1655, died 1741), Genre: Fine Arts, Genre: History
Antiquité Expliquée et Représentée en Figures
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 48401
Marmora Taurinica 2 vols
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1758/3/4 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Sep. Original Returned Date: 4 Mar.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Antonio Rivautella (Male, born 1703, died 1753)
Genre: Fine Arts
Marmora Taurinensia dissertationibus et notis illustrata.
Press: H. Shelf: 8. Number: 1.2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-f.5,6. Original Author: Rivautella, Antonio, 1703-1753..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Antonio Rivautella (Male, born 1703, died 1753)
Genre: Fine Arts
Marmora Taurinensia dissertationibus, et notis illustrata.
Language: Latin . Published: Turin. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Antonio Rivautella (Male, born 1703, died 1753)
Genre: Fine Arts
Marmora Taurinensia
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1758/3/4 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Antonio Rivautella (Male, born 1703, died 1753), Genre: Fine Arts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 48402
Popes Iliad vol 1
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Sep. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Iliad of Homer.
Press: L. Shelf: 5. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-c.7-12. Original Author: Homer..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1715-1720. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 107 times in 80 borrowing records
ESTC: T59731
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 48403
Gronovii Tactitus {
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/9 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Sep. Original Returned Date: 9 Dec.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Opera quae exstant, integris ... et selectis [variorum] commentariis illustrata. Ex recensione et cum notis Jacobii Gronovii
Press: B. Shelf: 2. Number: 9.10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl7-e.6,7. Original Author: Tacitus, Cornelius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quæ exstant, integris Beati Rhenani, F. Ursini, M. A. Mureti, J. Merceri, J. Lipsii, V. Acidalii, C. Pichenæ, J. Gruteri, H. Grotii, J. Freinshemii, J. F. Gronovii ... commentariis illustrata, ex recensione ... J. Gronovii.
Language: Latin . Published: Maastricht. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 4to.
Editors: Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 8 borrowing records
Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Works of Tacitus
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/9 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 48404
Plinius Secundus 3 vols folio {
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Sep. Original Returned Date: [blank].
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Reference Works
Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Harduinus ... in usum ... Delphini.
Press: AI. Shelf: 6. Number: 1.2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm7-e.1-5. Original Author: Pliny, the Elder..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Reference Works
Caii Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiae Libri XXXVII. interpretatione et notis illustravit J. Harduinus ... in usum ... Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1685. Format: 4to. Pagination: 5 vols.
Editors: Hardouin, Jean, 1646-1729
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 18 borrowing records
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Reference Works
Natural History [Pliny]
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113), Genre: Reference Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 48405
Memoire de la Academie vol 11
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Sep. Original Returned Date: 28 Apr.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des inscriptions et belles lettres, depuis son establissement jusqu'à present
Press: AY. Shelf: 2. Number: 3:8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh2-k.1-4. Original Author: Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (France).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1758/4/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11
Record ID 48406
Universal History vol 13
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/10 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Sep. Original Returned Date: 10 Dec.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
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: 7. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-f.22-24; Sp Coll Bl10-g.1-17. Original Author: Campbell, John, 1708-1775..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
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
ESTC: T150199
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Borrowed: 1757/9/19 (Monday). Returned: 1757/12/10 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present
Volumes borrowed: Volume 13
Record ID 48407
Scaliger's Cæsar
Borrowed: 1757/11/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1758/4/29 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Nov. Original Returned Date: 29 Apr.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
C. Julii Caesaris quae extant omnia.
Press: AL. Shelf: 9. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bf71-g.25 . Original Author: Caesar, Julius..
Confidence level: Certain
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
C. Julii Cæsaris quæ extant omnia. [With the supplementary commentaries ascribed to Hirtius and others.] Cum animadversionibus integris Dion. Vossii, J. Davisii ... aliorumque variis notis; ut & ... Julius Celsus de vita et rebus gestis C. Julii Cæsaris, ex Musæo Joannis Georgii Grævii.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1713. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Works of Julius Caesar
Borrowed: 1757/11/19 (Saturday). Returned: 1758/4/29 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Record ID 48408
Clarkes Homer's Iliad 2vs 2to
Borrowed: 1757/11/19 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Nov. Original Returned Date: x returned.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Ilias Graece et Latine.
Press: A. Shelf: 2. Number: 3:4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-e.7-8. Original Author: Homer..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Homeri Ilias Græce et Latine. Annotationes in usum serenissimi principis Gulielmi Augusti, Ducis de Cumberland, &c.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1729-1732. Format: 4to.
Editors: Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1683
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 93 borrowing records
ESTC: T53519
Borrowed: 1757/11/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 48409
Drakenburgh Livius Halicus
Borrowed: 1757/12/18 (Sunday). Returned: 1758/3/11 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Dec. Original Returned Date: 11 Mar.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Historiam ab urbe condita libri qui supersunt, omnes cum notis [variorum].
Press: A. Shelf: 3. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn5-e.1-7. Original Author: Livy..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Certain
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Historiam ab urbe condita libri qui supersunt, omnes cum notis [variorum] ... curante Arn. Drakenborch, qui et suas annotationes adjecit. Accedunt supplementa deperditorum T. Livii librorum à Joh. Freinshemio concinnata.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1738-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Drakenborch, Arnold, 1684-1748; Freinsheim, Johann, 1608-1660.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 49 borrowing records
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
History of Rome [Livy]
Borrowed: 1757/12/18 (Sunday). Returned: 1758/3/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 48410
Senecæ Tragediæ 4to
Borrowed: 1757/12/18 (Sunday). Returned: 1758/3/11 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 18 Dec. Original Returned Date: 11 Mar.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Borrowed: 1757/12/18 (Sunday). Returned: 1758/3/11 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Record ID 48411
Ekskubalauron
Borrowed: 1758/4/16 (Sunday). Returned: 1759/3/11 (Sunday).
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Sir Thomas Urquhart (Male, born 1611, died 1660)
Genre: Lives
Ekskybalauron: or, The discovery of a most exquisite jewel, more precious then diamonds inchased in gold, the like whereof was never seen in any age; : found in the kennel of Worcester-streets, the day after the fight, and six before the autumnal æquinox, anno 1651. Serving in this place, to frontal a vindication of the honour of Scotland, from that infamy, whereinto the rigid Presbyterian party of that nation, out of their coveteousness and ambition, most dissembledly hath involved it.
Press: BU. Shelf: 6. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi2-l.17 . Original Author: Urquhart, Thomas, Sir, 1611-1660..
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Thomas Urquhart (Male, born 1611, died 1660)
Genre: Lives
Ekskybalauron: or, The discovery of a most exquisite jewel, more precious then diamonds inchased in gold, the like whereof was never seen in any age; found in the kennel of Worcester-streets, the day after the fight, and six before the autumnal æquinox, anno 1651. Serving in this place, to frontal a vindication of the honour of Scotland, from that infamy, whereinto the rigid Presbyterian party of that nation, out of their coveteousness and ambition, most dissembledly hath involved it.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1652. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: R203867
Sir Thomas Urquhart (Male, born 1611, died 1660)
Genre: Lives
Ekskybalauron: or, The Discovery of a Most Exquisite Jewel
Borrowed: 1758/4/16 (Sunday). Returned: 1759/3/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Sir Thomas Urquhart (Male, born 1611, died 1660), Genre: Lives
Record ID 48412
Moliere's plays 1st vol: {:
Borrowed: 1758/4/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Apr.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
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
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
ESTC: T64442
Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17)
Genre: Drama
Works of Molière
Borrowed: 1758/4/28 (Friday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Molière (Male, born 1622-1-15, died 1673-2-17), Genre: Drama
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 48413
Cicero de Oratore in us: Delph.
Borrowed: 1758/10/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/3/11 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 31 Oct. Original Returned Date: 11 Mar.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orationes interpretatione et notis illustravit P. Carolus de Merouville ... ad usum ... Delphini
Press: AI. Shelf: 3. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn5-g.1-3. Original Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. T. Ciceronis orationes interpretatione et notis illustravit P. Carolus de Merouville ... ad usum serenissimi Delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1684. Format: 4to.
Editors: Merouville, Charles.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 53 times in 30 borrowing records
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Cicero
Borrowed: 1758/10/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/3/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 48414
Cicero Olivet: De Oratore. 4to
Borrowed: 1758/10/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/3/11 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 31 Oct. Original Returned Date: 11 Mar.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
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
Opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum ... Delphini.
Press: A. Shelf: 5. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-h.7-15. Original Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
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, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records
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: 1758/10/31 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/3/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
Record ID 48415
Louth's Prelections {
Borrowed: 1759/9/2 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 2 Sep. Original Returned Date: [blank].
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787)
Genre: Education, Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
De sacra poesi Hebraeorum. Praelectiones academicae Oxonii habitae a Roberto Lowth ... Subjicitur metricae Harianae brevis confutatio: et oratio Crewiana.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm6-f.11 . Original Author: Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787..
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787)
Genre: Education, Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
De sacra poesi Hebraeorum. Praelectiones academicae Oxonii habitae a Roberto Lowth ... Subjicitur metricae Harianae brevis confutatio: et oratio Crewiana.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T113218
Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787)
Genre: Education, Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum
Borrowed: 1759/9/2 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Robert Lowth (Male, born 1710, died 1787), Genre: Education, Genre: Poetry, Genre: Theology
Record ID 48416
Pope's Letters. {
Borrowed: 1759/9/23 (Sunday). Returned: 1760/7/13 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Sep. Original Returned Date: 13 Jul.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Mr. Pope, and several eminent persons, from the year 1705, to 1711.
Press: L. Shelf: 6. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl5-f.8 . Original Author: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744..
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent persons. From the Year 1705. to 1735. N. B. This Edition contains more Letters, and more correctly Printed, than any other extant.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T5505
Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Alexander Pope
Borrowed: 1759/9/23 (Sunday). Returned: 1760/7/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Lives
Record ID 48417
Theocritus {
Borrowed: 1759/9/23 (Sunday). Returned: 1760/7/13 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Sep. Original Returned Date: 13 Jul.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Simmias of Rhodes (Male), Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti, Moschi, Bionis, Simmii quae extant: cum Graecis in Theocritum scholiis, et indice copioso: omnia studio et opera Danielis Heinsii. Accedunt Josephi Scaligeri, Isaaci Casauboni, et eiusdem Danielis Heinsii notae et lectiones.
Press: A. Shelf: 2. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm8-g.9 . Original Author: Theocritus..
Confidence level: Certain
Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Simmias of Rhodes (Male), Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Θεοκριτου, Μοσχου, Βιωνος, Σιμμιου τα εὑρισκομενα. Theocriti, Moschi, Bionis, Simmii quæ extant: cum Græcis in Theocritum scholiis, et indice copioso. Omnia studio et opera Danielis Heinsii. Accedunt Josephi Scaligeri, Isaci Casauboni et Danielis Heinsii notæ et lectiones.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Heidelberg. Date of publication: 1604. Format: 4to.
Editors: Heinsius, Daniel, 1580-1655; Scaliger, Joseph Juste, 1540-1609; Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614.
Number of borrowings: 11
Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Simmias of Rhodes (Male), Theocritus (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Theocriti, Moschi, Bionis, Simmii quae Extant
Borrowed: 1759/9/23 (Sunday). Returned: 1760/7/13 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Bion of Phlossa near Smyrna (Male), Moschus (Male), Simmias of Rhodes (Male), Theocritus (Male), Genre: Poetry
Record ID 48418
Prelectiones Poeticæ Trapp {
Borrowed: 1759/9/30 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Sep. Original Returned Date: [blank].
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Joseph Trapp (Male, born 1679, died 1747)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Praelectiones poeticae ... Volumen primum
Press: AL. Shelf: 5. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-i.22 . Original Author: Trapp, Joseph, 1679-1747..
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Trapp (Male, born 1679, died 1747)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Praelectiones Poeticae: In Schola naturalis Philosophiae Oxon. Habitae. Authore Josepho Trapp, A. M. Coll. Wadh. Socio, & Praelectore Publico Lecturae Poeticae; à Viro Insignissimo D. Henrico Birkhead, Coll. Omnium Animarum olim Socio in celeberrimâ Universitate Oxoniensi nuper fundate.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1711-1719. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T68036
Joseph Trapp (Male, born 1679, died 1747)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Praelectiones Poeticae: In Schola naturalis Philosophiae Oxon.
Borrowed: 1759/9/30 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Joseph Trapp (Male, born 1679, died 1747), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Praelectiones Poeticae: In Schola naturalis Philosophiae Oxon.
Record ID 48419
Præle. Rami in Bucol. Virgili {
Borrowed: 1759/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1760/7/20 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec. Original Returned Date: 20 Jul.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Bucolica, P. Rami ... praelectionibus exposita: quibus poëtae vita praeposita est
Press: AL. Shelf: 11. Number: 4. Original Author: Virgil..
Confidence level: Likely
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Belles Lettres
P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, P. Rami, eloquentiae & philosophiæ professoris regii, prælectionibus exposita: quibus poëtæ vita præposita est.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1558. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Ramus, Petrus
Number of borrowings: 1
Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Eloquentia [Virgil]
Borrowed: 1759/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1760/7/20 (Sunday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 48420
Memoir de Acc De Bell. L. 5.. ?? oo {
Borrowed: 1759/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1760/3/20 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des inscriptions et belles lettres, depuis son establissement jusqu'à present
Press: AY. Shelf: 2. Number: 3:8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh2-k.1-4. Original Author: Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (France).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres: depuis son establissement jusqu'à present avec les mémoires de littérature tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1717-1780. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 75 borrowing records
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1759/12/8 (Saturday). Returned: 1760/3/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 48421
Keating's History of Ireland
Borrowed: 1760/3/8 (Saturday). Returned: /7/13. Original Borrowed Date: 8 Mar [1760). Original Returned Date: 13 Jul.
George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644)
Genre: History
General history of Ireland ... Faithfully translated from the original Irish language.
Press: S. Shelf: 6. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh6-c.9 . Original Author: Keating, Geoffrey, 1570?-1644..
Confidence level: Certain
Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644)
Genre: History
The general history of Ireland. Containing I. A full and impartial account of the first inhabitants of that kingdom; with the Lives and Reigns of an hundred and seventy four succeeding Monarchs of the Milesian Race. II. The Original of the Gadelians, their Travels into Spain, and from thence into Ireland. III. A succinct Account of the Reigns of all the Kings of Ireland, with the several Attempts and Invasions upon that Island. IV. Of the frequent Assistance the Irish afforded the Scots against their Enemies the Romans and Britons, particularly their obliging the Britons to make a Ditch from Sea to Sea between England and Scotland, to guard themselves from the Surprizes and frequent Incursions of the Scots and Irish. V. A genuine Description of the Courage and Liberality of the ancient Irish, their severe Laws to preserve their Records and Antiquities, and the Punishments inflicted upon those Antiquaries who presumed to vary from the Truth; with an Account of the Laws and Customs of the Irish, and their Royal Assemblies at Tara, &c. V I. A relation of the long and bloody wars of the Irish against the Danes, whose Yoke they at last threw off, and restored Liberty to their Country, which they preserved till the Arrival of Henry II. King of England.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1723. Format: folio.
Translators: O'Connor, Dermot.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T122585
Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644)
Genre: History
General History of Ireland
Borrowed: 1760/3/8 (Saturday). Returned: /7/13.
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Geoffrey Keating (Male, born c.1570, died 1644), Genre: History