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Record ID 49888

Dampier's Voyages Vol 1.2.3.

Borrowed: 1767/8/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 19 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Captain William Dampier (Male, born c.1652, died 1715)
Genre: Travel
New voyage round the world.
Press: BV. Shelf: 5. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-h.21,22. Original Author: Dampier, William, Captain..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Captain William Dampier (Male, born c.1652, died 1715)
Genre: Travel
A new voyage round the world
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1703. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Captain William Dampier (Male, born c.1652, died 1715)
Genre: Travel
New Voyage Round the World

Record ID 49889

Travels through Denmark

Borrowed: 1767/8/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 19 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

de La Combe de Urigny (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Denmark and some parts of Germany: by way of journal in the retinue of the English envoy, in 1702.
Press: BV. Shelf: 4. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh2-g.16  . Original Author: La Combe de Urigny, de..

Record ID 49890

A Voyage to the Indies

Borrowed: 1767/8/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 19 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Gabriel Dellon (Male, born 1649)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the East-Indies.
Press: AR. Shelf: 9. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl2-i.19  . Original Author: Dellon, Gabriel, 1649-.

Record ID 49891

Figure of the Earth

Borrowed: 1767/8/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 19 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Figure of the earth, determined from observations made by order of the French king at the polar circle ... Translated from the French.
Number: 17. Original Author: Maupertuis, 1698-1759.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh8-f.21  . Press: AF. Shelf: 19.

Record ID 49892

Gordons Peter the Great Vol.s 1.2.

Borrowed: 1767/8/12 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 19 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Gordon (Male, born 1669, died 1752)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
History of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia. To which is prefixed, a short general history of the country ... and an account of the author's life.
Press: N. Shelf: 6. Number: 10.11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-g.12-13. Original Author: Gordon, Alexander, 1669-1752..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Gordon (Male, born 1669, died 1752)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
The history of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia. To which is prefixed, A short general history of the country, from the rise of that monarchy: and an account of the author’s life.
Language: English . Published: Aberdeen. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Gordon (Male, born 1669, died 1752)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia

Record ID 49893

History of Dublin

Borrowed: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 25 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Walter Harris (Male, born 1686, died 1761)
Genre: History
History and antiquities of the city of Dublin.
Number: [blank]. Original Author: Harris, Walter, 1686-1761.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RB 1707  . Press: uncat.. Shelf: [blank].

Record ID 49894

History of Gustavus Adolph: V.1.2.

Borrowed: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 25 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Walter Harte (Male, born 1709, died 1774)
Genre: Lives
History of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, sirnamed the Great.
Press: K. Shelf: 7. Number: 8.9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-e.12,13. Original Author: Harte, Walter, 1709-1774..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Walter Harte (Male, born 1709, died 1774)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, sirnamed, the Great.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 26 borrowing records


Book Work

Walter Harte (Male, born 1709, died 1774)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden

Record ID 49895

Hennepin's Discovery of America

Borrowed: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 25 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Louis Hennepin (Male)
Genre: Travel
New discovery of a vast country in America ... between New France and New Mexico ... With a continuation ... To which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not published in the French edition
Number: 12. Original Author: Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-h.15  . Press: BF. Shelf: 5.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Louis Hennepin (Male)
Genre: Travel
A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1698. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

Louis Hennepin (Male)
Genre: Travel
New Discovery of a Vast Country in America

Record ID 49896

Cruelties exercised by the Inquisition in Portugal

Borrowed: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 25 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

One of the secretaries to the Inquisition (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Account of the cruelties exercis'd by the Inquisition in Portugal.
Press: BV. Shelf: 6. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm5-i.25  . Original Author: One of the secretaries to the Inquisition..

Record ID 49897

Voyage de Siam

Borrowed: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/9/23 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 23 Sep 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Guy Tachard (Male, born 1651, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyage de Siam des pères jésuites, envoyés par le Roy, aux Indes à la Chine.
Press: BR. Shelf: 5. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-k.12-13. Original Author: Tachard, Gui..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Guy Tachard (Male, born 1651, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyage de Siam, des pères Jésuites envoyés par le roy aux Indes & à la Chine : avec leurs observations astronomiques & leurs remarques de physique, de géographie, d'hydrographie & d'histoire.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1687-1688. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Guy Tachard (Male, born 1651, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Voyage de Siam, des Pères Jésuites Envoyés par le Roy aux Indes & à la Chine

Record ID 49898

Keiths History of America

Borrowed: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 25 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir William Keith Baronet (Male, born 1680, died 1749)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
History of the British plantations in America... Part I. Containing the history of Virginia; with remarks on the trade and commerce of that colony
Number: 8. Original Author: Keith, William, Sir, Bart.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm9-g.8  . Press: L. Shelf: 8.

Record ID 49899

A Journal from Cairo to Sinai

Borrowed: 1767/8/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 25 Aug 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Clayton Bishop of Clogher (Male, born 1695, died 1758)
Genre: Travel
Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai, and back again.
Press: K. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn2-f.18  . Original Author: Clayton, Robert, 1695-1758..

Record ID 49900

Monros Expedition

Borrowed: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1767/12/4 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 4 Dec 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Monro (Male)
Genre: History
Monro his expedition vvith the vvorthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes Regiment)
Press: S. Shelf: 7. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm4-e.11  . Original Author: Monro, Robert..

Record ID 49901

The Trial and sufferings of M.r Isaac Martin

Borrowed: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1767/9/2 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 2 Sep 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Isaac Martin (Male)
Genre: Lives
Tryal and sufferings of Mr. Isaac Martin, who was put into the Inquisition in Spain..
Press: AF. Shelf: 9. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-i.1  . Original Author: Martin, Isaac..

Record ID 49902

The antient & present state of Moscoy Vol.s 1.2.

Borrowed: 1767/8/25 (Tuesday). Returned: 1767/9/23 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 25 Aug 1767. Original Returned Date: 23 Sep 1767.


Borrower

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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jodocus Crull (Male, died c.1713)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Antient and present state of Muscovy, containing a geographical, historical and political account of all those nations and territories under the jurisdiction of the present Czar
Press: BT. Shelf: 5. Number: 13 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo9-m.2-3. Original Author: Crull, J. (Jodocus), -1713?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jodocus Crull (Male, died c.1713)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The antient and present state of Muscovy, containing a geographical, historical and political account of all those nations and territories under the jurisdiction of the present czar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1698. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

Jodocus Crull (Male, died c.1713)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Antient and Present State of Muscovy