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MS Lib 4: Professors Receipt Book, page 40v

Record ID 50112

C. Scheiner in Dr Simpsons Catalogue


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.

Record ID 50113

Bleaus Atlad Vol 6

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/7/6 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 6 Jul 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joan Blaeu (Male, born 1596, died 1673)
Genre: Travel
Geographia Blaviana...qua orbis terrae tabvlis ante ocvlos ponitvr, et descriptionibvs illvstratvr. 5 partes in 11 voll.
Press: O. Shelf: 3. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll k1-a.1-11. Original Author: Blaeuw, Joan..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/7/6 (Friday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: Joan Blaeu (Male, born 1596, died 1673), Genre: Travel

Geographia Blauiana...qua Orbis Terrae Tabulis ante Oculos Ponitur, et Descriptionibus Illustratur

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 50114

Flamsteeds Atlas Cœlist

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/5/22 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 22 May 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Press: O. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-a.4-6. Original Author: Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia celestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 63 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Historia Celestis Britannica

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/5/22 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: John Flamsteed (Male, born 1646, died 1719), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works

Historia Celestis Britannica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 50115

Heverlii Selinoga

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/4/11 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 11 Apr 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive lunae descriptio.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea6-x.3  . Original Author: Hevel, Johann..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Johannis Hevelii Selenographia: sive, Lunæ Descriptio.
Language: Latin . Published: Gdansk. Date of publication: 1647. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Selenographia: sive, Lunae Descriptio

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/4/11 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Selenographia: sive, Lunae Descriptio

Record ID 50116

♀ in soli Visa

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/5/22 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 22 May 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Jeremiah Horrocks (Male, born c.1617, died 1641)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Mercurius in sole visus Gedani, MDCLXI, d. III Maji, st. n. 
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk2-c.3  . Original Author: Hevel, Johann..

Record ID 50117

Gassend. Tom 1t

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 6 Feb 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Opera omnia, in sex tomos divisa.
Press: BX. Shelf: 3. Number: 3:4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi2-c.9-12. Original Author: Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
P. Gassendi opera omnia, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1658. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Pierre Gassendi

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: Pierre Gassendi (Male, born 1592, died 1655), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Pierre Gassendi

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 50118

Hevelii Cometog

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/5/22 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 22 May 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cometographia.
Press: P. Shelf: 2. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.11. Original Author: Hevel, Johann..

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/5/22 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: Johannes Hevelius (Male, born 1611, died 1687), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Cometographia

Record ID 50119

Abercrombies Scots Warriors 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/3/20 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 20 Mar 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial atchievements of the Scots nation ...
Press: CC. Shelf: 2. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo2-h.19-21. Original Author: Abercromby, Patrick, 1656-1716?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
The martial atchievements [sic] of the Scots nation: ... By Patrick Abercromby, ... In four volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 257 times in 200 borrowing records


Book Work

Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation

Borrowed: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/3/20 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives

Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 50120

Plumeur L' Art de Tourner

Borrowed: 1770/2/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/22 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Feb 1770. Original Returned Date: 22 May 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Plumier (Male, born 1646, died 1704)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
L'art de tourner.
Press: K. Shelf: 5. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-c.19. Original Author: Plumier, Charles, 1646-1704..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Plumier (Male, born 1646, died 1704)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
L'Art de Tourner, ou de faire en perfection toutes sortes d'ouvrages au tour.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1701. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Charles Plumier (Male, born 1646, died 1704)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Art de Tourner, ou De Faire en Perfection Toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages au Tour

Record ID 50121

Wards Oratory

Borrowed: 1770/3/31 (Saturday). Returned: 1770/5/24 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 31 Mar 1770. Original Returned Date: 24 May 1770.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Ward (Male, born c.1679, died 1758)
Genre: Education
System of oratory, delivered in a course of lectures ... to which is prefixed an inaugural oration ... in Latin ...
Number: 3. Original Author: Ward, John, 1679?-1758.. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-g.19-20. Press: AH. Shelf: 6.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Ward (Male, born c.1679, died 1758)
Genre: Education
A system of oratory, delivered in a course of lectures publicly read at Gresham College, London: to which is prefixed an inaugural oration, spoken in Latin, before the commencement of the lectures, according to the usual Custom.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 42 times in 28 borrowing records


Book Work

John Ward (Male, born c.1679, died 1758)
Genre: Education
System of Oratory

Borrowed: 1770/3/31 (Saturday). Returned: 1770/5/24 (Thursday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: John Ward (Male, born c.1679, died 1758), Genre: Education

System of Oratory