An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 7564
Tom Jones Vol.s 1.2
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/1/19 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 19 Jan 1770. Professor 1: Alexander Wilson.
Robert Hunter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Natural Philosophy, Theology, Moral Philosophy, Divinity, Greek. Original Full Name: Robert Hunter.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a foundling
Press: Stationery. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-k.1-6. Original Author: Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 154 times in 71 borrowing records
ESTC: T89901
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/1/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Hunter
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 7565
A Vol.m of Moshem
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 19 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Patrick Cumin. Professor 2: William Wight.
Dr James Couper
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Physic, Divinity. Original Full Name: James Couper. Life dates: d. 1836. Academic dates: MA 1775; DD 1800.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: Theology
Institutionum historiae Christianae compendium.
Press: AH. Shelf: 11. Number: 14. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm1-l.27 . Original Author: Mosheim, Johann Lorenz, 1694?-1755..
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: Theology
Io. Lavrentii Moshemii Institvtionvm historiae Christianae compendivm.
Language: Latin . Published: Helmstedt. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 13
Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755)
Genre: Theology
Institutionum Historiae Christianae Compendium
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Dr James Couper
Author: Johann Lorenz Mosheim (Male, born c.1694, died 1755), Genre: Theology
Record ID 7566
Sim: Euclide
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/22 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 22 Dec 1769. Professor 1: James Williamson.
Richard Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Physic, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: Richard Nisbet.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Euclid, : viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. In this edition, the errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are corrected, and some of Euclid's Demonstrations are restored.
Press: AB. Shelf: 4. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-e.13. Original Author: Euclid..
Confidence level: Certain
Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. In this Edition, the Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, And some of Euclid’s Demonstrations are Restored.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to.
Editors: Simson, Robert, 1687-1768.
Number of borrowings: 27
ESTC: T145344
Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Elements of Geometry [Euclid]
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Richard Nisbet
Author: Euclid (Male), Genre: Mathematics
Record ID 7567
Locks Works Vol. 1.
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/1/29 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 29 Jan 1769. Professor 1: Alexander Wilson.
Henry Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Divinity, Ethics, Anatomy, Physic, Preacher. Original Full Name: Henry Stevenson. Life dates: d. 1808. Academic dates: MA 1766.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Arts and Letters > Librarian. Education > University Student.
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of John Locke Esq; in three volumes.
Press: G. Shelf: 7. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-d.15-17. Original Author: Locke, John, 1632-1704..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke Esq; in three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1714. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 84 times in 71 borrowing records
ESTC: T128627
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of John Locke
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/1/29 (Sunday).
Borrower: Henry Stevenson
Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 7568
Hutchesons Compend
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 15 Dec 1769. Professor 1: John Anderson.
John McNair
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Ethics, Physic, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: John McNair.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of moral philosophy, in three books ... To which is prefixed, some account of the life, writings, and character of the author by the Reverend William Leechman, D.D.
Press: L. Shelf: 8. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea7-a.11-12. Original Author: Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A system of moral philosophy, in three books; written by the late Francis Hutcheson, L. L. D. Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. Published from the Original Manuscript, by his Son Francis Hutcheson, M. D. To which is prefixed some account of the life, writings, and character of the author, by the Reverend William Leechman, D. D. Professor of Divinity in the Same University.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 350 borrowing records
ESTC: T99472
Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson]
Borrowed: 1769/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/15 (Friday).
Borrower: John McNair
Author: Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 7569
Sinclari Hydrostatea
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/1/10 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 10 Jan 1770. Professor 1: George Muirhead.
John Finnie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Preacher, Librarian. Original Full Name: John Finnie.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Librarian. Education > University Student.
George Sinclair (Male, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Hydrostaticks ; or, The weight, force, and pressure of fluid bodies made evident by physical, and sensible experiments, together with some miscellany observations, the last whereof is a short history of coal, and of all the common and proper accidents thereof, a subject never treated of before
Press: BA. Shelf: 12. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi8-h.25 . Original Author: Sinclair, George, -1696..
Confidence level: Certain
George Sinclair (Male, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The hydrostaticks; or, The weight, force, and pressure of fluid bodies, made evident by physical, and sensible experiments.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1672. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: R38925
George Sinclair (Male, died 1696)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Hydrostaticks; or, The Weight, Force, and Pressure of Fluid Bodies
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/1/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Finnie
Author: George Sinclair (Male, died 1696), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Hydrostaticks; or, The Weight, Force, and Pressure of Fluid Bodies
Record ID 7570
Rappin's History V 14
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 20 Dec 1769. Professor 1: James Moor.
Robert Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic. Original Full Name: Robert Reid.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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 14
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
ESTC: T160963
Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Robert Reid
Author: Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725), Genre: History
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14
Record ID 7571
Lardner's Credibility V 2d
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 19 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Robert Trail.
William Gilmour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic, Natural Philosophy, Divinity, Theology. Original Full Name: William Gilmour.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Nathaniel Lardner (Male, born 1684, died 1768)
Genre: Theology
Credibility of the Gospel history.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn2-k.6-22. Original Author: Lardner, Nathaniel..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nathaniel Lardner (Male, born 1684, died 1768)
Genre: Theology
The credibility of the Gospel history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741-1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 22 borrowing records
ESTC: T147921
Nathaniel Lardner (Male, born 1684, died 1768)
Genre: Theology
Credibility of the Gospel History
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Gilmour
Author: Nathaniel Lardner (Male, born 1684, died 1768), Genre: Theology
Credibility of the Gospel History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 7572
Macaulays Short hand
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 13 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.
James Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: James Sibbald.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Aulay Macaulay (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Polygraphy or short-hand made easy to the meanest capacity ...
Press: N. Shelf: 6. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm1-l.3 . Original Author: Macaulay, Aulay..
Confidence level: Certain
Aulay Macaulay (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Polygraphy or short-hand made easy to the meanest capacity: being an universal character fitted to all languages: Which may be learnd by this Book, without the help of a Master.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 20
ESTC: T106221
Aulay Macaulay (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Polygraphy or Short-Hand made Easy to the Meanest Capacity
Borrowed: 1769/12/6 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Sibbald
Author: Aulay Macaulay (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 7573
Ch: Grandison V 3d
Borrowed: 1769/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 19 Dec 1769. Professor 1: James Moor.
Archibald Smith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: Archibald Smith.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters published from the originals / by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa.
Press: AO. Shelf: 4. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 1047-1052. Original Author: Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In six volumes. To the Last of which is added, An Historical and Characteristical Index. As also, A Brief History, authenticated by Original Letters, of the Treatment which the Editor has met with from certain Booksellers and Printers in Dublin. Including Observations on Mr. Faulkner’s Defence of Himself, published in his Irish News-Paper of Nov. 3. 1753.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 414 times in 204 borrowing records
ESTC: T160961
Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
History of Sir Charles Grandison
Borrowed: 1769/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Archibald Smith
Author: Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Fiction
History of Sir Charles Grandison
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 7574
Walpole on Bolingbrock
Borrowed: 1769/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 12 Dec 1769. Professor 1: William Wight.
George Thompson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Divinity. Original Full Name: George Thompson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
Answer to the latter part of Lord Bolingbroke's letters on the study of history ... in a series of letters ...
Press: AH. Shelf: 6. Number: 21. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-h.14. Original Author: Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757..
Confidence level: Certain
Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
An answer to the latter part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T111684
Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757)
Genre: History
Answer to the Latter Part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of History
Borrowed: 1769/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Thompson
Author: Baron Horatio Walpole (Male, born 1678, died 1757), Genre: History
Answer to the Latter Part of Lord Bolingbroke’s Letters on the Study of History
Record ID 7575
McLaurins Algebra
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/21 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1769. Professor 1: John Anderson.
Francis Rattray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Physic. Original Full Name: Francis Rattray.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Arithmeticae et algebrae compendium ...
Press: AU. Shelf: 6. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll NM.3.12 . Original Author: MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746..
Confidence level: Certain
David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Arithmeticæ et algebræ compendium. In usum juventutis academicæ.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 55
ESTC: T182714
David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Arithmeticae et Algebrae Compendium
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/21 (Thursday).
Borrower: Francis Rattray
Author: David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746), Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Record ID 7576
Musical Miscellany V 4.t
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/27 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 27 Dec 1769. Professor 1: John Anderson.
John Cochran
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: John Cochran.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Poetry
Musical miscellany: being a collection of choice songs, set to the violin and flute,
Press: CO. Shelf: 5. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi10-i.28-32. Original Author: Eminent Masters..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Poetry
The musical miscellany; being a collection of choice songs, set to the violin and flute, by the most eminent masters.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1729. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 77 times in 34 borrowing records
ESTC: T118842
Genre: Poetry
Musical Miscellany
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Cochran
Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 7577
Pliny's Epistles
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1770/1/17 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 17 Jan 1770. Professor 1: John Anderson. Professor 2: George Muirhead.
Charles Nicolson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Preacher. Original Full Name: Charles Nicolson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Lives
Epistolarum libros decem, cum notis selectis ... recensuerunt suisque animadversionibus illustrarunt Gottlieb Cortius et Paullus Daniel Longolius: qui etiam universum opus indicibus locupletissimis instruxit
Press: A. Shelf: 3. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi4-e.3 . Original Author: Pliny, the Younger..
Confidence level: Certain
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Lives
Caii Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolarum libros decem : cum notis selectis Jo. Mariae Catanaei, Jac. Schegkii, Jac. Sirmondi, Is. Casauboni, Henrici Stephani, Conradi Rittershusii, Cl. Minois, Casparis Barthii, Aug. Buchneri, Jo. Schefferi, Jo. Frid. Gronovii, Christophori Cellarii aliorumque.
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3
Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113)
Genre: Lives
Epistles of Pliny the Younger
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1770/1/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Charles Nicolson
Author: Pliny the Younger (Male, born c.61, died 113), Genre: Lives
Record ID 7578
Cæsar V 1.st
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1770/1/17 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 17 Jan 1770. Professor 1: Thomas Reid. Professor 2: George Muirhead.
Charles Nicolson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Preacher. Original Full Name: Charles Nicolson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
De bellis Gallico et civili Pompejano, nec non A. Hirtii aliorumque de bellis Alexandrino, Africano, et Hispaniensi, commentarii, ad MSStorum fidem expressi, cum integris notis Dionysii Vossii, Joannis Davisii, et Samuelis Clarkii. Cura et studio Francisci Oudendorpii, qui suas animadversiones, ac varias lectiones adjecit
Press: B. Shelf: 2. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-e.18,19. Original Author: Caesar, Julius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
De bellis Gallico et civili Pompejano, nec non A. Hirtii aliorumque de bellis Alexandrino, Africano, et Hispaniensi, commentarii, ad MSStorum fidem expressi, cum integris notis Dionysii Vossii, Joannis Davisii, et Samuelis Clarkii
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 4to.
Editors: Oudendorp, Frans van, 1696-1761
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 17 borrowing records
Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1770/1/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Charles Nicolson
Author: Julius Caesar (Male, born BCE100-7-12, died BCE44-3-15), Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 7579
Demothenes Orationes
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 13 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Robert Trail.
Andrew Donnan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic, Divinity. Original Full Name: Andrew Donnan.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Demosthenis selectae orationes. Ad cod. MSSS. recensuit, textum, scholiasten, et versionem plurimis in locis castigavit, notis insuper illustravit Ricardus Mounteney. Praefiguntur huic editioni observationes in commentarios vulgo Ulpianeos
Press: AL. Shelf: 5. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-f.6. Original Author: Demosthenes..
Confidence level: Certain
Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Δημοσθενους λογοι Εκλεκτοι. Demosthenis selectae orationes. Ad Cod. MSS. recensuit, Textum, Scholiasten, & Versionem plurimis in locis castigavit, Notis insuper illustravit. Ricardus Mounteney, Coll. Regal. apud Cantab. Socius. Praefiguntur huic Editioni Observationes in Commentarios Vulgò Ulpianeos.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1731. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 43
ESTC: T138478
Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Orations of Demosthenes
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Andrew Donnan
Author: Demosthenes (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 7580
Xenophon V 4.th
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 12 Dec 1769. Professor 1: George Muirhead.
Nehemiah Nisbett
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Ethics, Physic, Divinity. Original Full Name: Nehemiah Nisbett.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Opera quae extant omnia [Xenophon]
Press: B. Shelf: 10. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi2-g.19-23. Original Author: Xenophon..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Xenophōntos ta sōzomena. = Xenophontis opera quæ extant omnia; unà cum chronologiâ Xenophonteâ cl. Dodwelli, et quatuor tabulis geographicis.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1691-1703. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Wells, Edward, 1667-1727.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 168 times in 118 borrowing records
ESTC: T111427
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Xenophon
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Nehemiah Nisbett
Author: Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 7581
Clark's Homer V 1.st
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/15 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 15 Dec 1769. Professor 1: John Anderson. Professor 2: James Williamson.
William Barker
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: William Barker.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Ilias Graece et Latine. Annotationes ... scripsit atque edidit Samuel Clarke, S.T.P.
Press: A. Shelf: 2. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-e.7-8. Original Author: Homer..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/15 (Friday).
Borrower: William Barker
Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 7582
Plato's Republick
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 20 Dec 1769. Professor 1: William Wight. Professor 2: George Muirhead.
William Dounie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Ethics, Logic, Physic, Divinity. Original Full Name: William Dounie.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Republic of Plato; in ten books / translated from the Greek by H. Spens ; with a preliminary discourse concerning the philosophy of the ancients by the translator.
Press: R. Shelf: 8. Number: 18. Original Author: Plato..
Confidence level: Very likely
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The republic of Plato; in ten books.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Editors: Spens, H.
Number of borrowings: 26
ESTC: T132206
Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Republic [Plato]
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrower: William Dounie
Author: Plato (Male, born c.BCE428, died BCE348), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 7583
Livy V 1.st
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/22 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 22 Dec 1769. Professor 1: William Wight. Professor 2: George Muirhead.
James Martin
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: James Martin.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Historium libri qui extant. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Dujatius ... in usum ... Delphini. Accessere librorum omnium deperditorum supplementa, per Jo. Freinshemium
Press: AI. Shelf: 4. Number: 1st. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn5-e.8-13. Original Author: Livy..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
T. Livii ... Historiarum libri qui extant. Interpretatione et notis illustravit J. Dujatius. Accessere librorum omnium deperditorum supplementa, per J. Freinshemium quæ magna ex parte nunc primum prodeunt in lucem.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1679-1682. Format: 4to.
Editors: Doujat, Jean; Freinsheim, Johann, 1608-1660.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 59 borrowing records
Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
History of Rome [Livy]
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1769/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: James Martin
Author: Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 7584
Rollins History Vol. 5
Borrowed: 1769/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1769/12/22 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 22 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Thomas Hamilton.
Henry Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Divinity, Ethics, Anatomy, Physic, Preacher. Original Full Name: Henry Stevenson. Life dates: d. 1808. Academic dates: MA 1766.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Arts and Letters > Librarian. Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Antient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.1-12. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records
ESTC: N16395
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1769/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1769/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Henry Stevenson
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 7585
Gibs Short hand
Borrowed: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/26 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 26 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.
William Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: William Reid.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
Historical account of compendious and swift writing. [With an Essay towards a farther improvement of shorthand]
Press: AS. Shelf: 4. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn2-i.7 . Original Author: Gibbs, Philip, active 1736..
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
An historical account of compendious and swift writing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 60
ESTC: T921
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing
Borrowed: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Reid
Author: Philip Gibbs (Male), Genre: Education
Record ID 7586
Preceptor V 1.st
Borrowed: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 19 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.
William Hannah
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: William Hannah.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor: containing a general course of education. Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth. In twelve parts, illustrated with mapss and useful cuts.
Press: Stat. Hall. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk3-g.1-2. Original Author: Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
The preceptor: containing a general course of education. Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth. In twelve parts. Viz. I. On reading, speaking, and writing letters. II. On geometry. III. On geography and astronomy. IV. On chronology and history. V. On rhetoric and poetry. VI. On drawing. VII. On logic. VIII. On natural history. IX. On ethics, or morality. X. On trade and commerce. XI. On laws and government. XII. On human life and manners
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v..
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 255 times in 216 borrowing records
ESTC: T79284
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Borrowed: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/19 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Hannah
Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 7587
Rollin's Method V 2d
Borrowed: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/20 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 20 Dec 1769. Professor 1: John Anderson.
John McMath
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: John McMath.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres ... With reflections on taste; and instructions with regard to the eloquence of the pulpit, the bar and the stage. The whole illustrated with passages from ... poets and orators ... with critical remarks on them ... Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.13-16. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c. With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar and the Stage. The whole illustrated with Passages from the most famous Poets and Orators, antient and modern, with Critical Remarks on them. Designed more particularly for Students in the Universities.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 117 borrowing records
ESTC: T136375
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1769/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John McMath
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 7588
Hook's R: History V 1.st
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/28 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 28 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Robert Trail. Professor 2: Thomas Reid.
William Rainey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Divinity, Physic. Original Full Name: William Rainey.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth
Press: AH. Shelf: 3. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bo2-d.3-6. Original Author: Hooke, Nathaniel..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751-1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 137 times in 74 borrowing records
ESTC: T71732
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Rainey
Author: Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763), Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 7589
Clavis Homerica
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/1/15 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 15 Jan 1770. Professor 1: James Williamson.
James Waddell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek. Original Full Name: James Waddell.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Perkins (Male)
Genre: Reference Works
Clavis Homerica ... Accedunt Michaelis Apostolii, proverbia
Press: CE. Shelf: 5. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi1-l.10 . Original Author: Perkins, George..
Confidence level: Certain
George Perkins (Male)
Genre: Reference Works
Clavis Homerica, reserans significationes ... omnium vocabulorum, quae in libris Iliadis Homerici necnon fere Odysseae continentur.
Language: Latin . Published: Rotterdam. Date of publication: 1655. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 31
George Perkins (Male)
Genre: Reference Works
Clavis Homerica
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/1/15 (Monday).
Borrower: James Waddell
Author: George Perkins (Male), Genre: Reference Works
Record ID 7590
McAulays Short hand
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/26 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 26 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.
Alexander Smellie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics. Original Full Name: Alexander Smellie.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Aulay Macaulay (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Polygraphy or short-hand made easy to the meanest capacity ...
Press: N. Shelf: 6. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm1-l.3 . Original Author: Macaulay, Aulay..
Confidence level: Certain
Aulay Macaulay (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Polygraphy or short-hand made easy to the meanest capacity: being an universal character fitted to all languages: Which may be learnd by this Book, without the help of a Master.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 20
ESTC: T106221
Aulay Macaulay (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Polygraphy or Short-Hand made Easy to the Meanest Capacity
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Smellie
Author: Aulay Macaulay (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 7591
Hand Maid to the Arts
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/17 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Dec 1769. Original Returned Date: 17 Dec 1769. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.
James Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: James Sibbald.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777)
Genre: Fine Arts
Handmaid to the arts, teaching ... the ... use ... and composition of all ... substances employed in painting ... the several devices employed ... the various manners of gilding, silvering, and bronzing ... and the method of staining ...
Press: N. Shelf: 6. Number: 30. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-k.9 . Original Author: Dossie, Robert..
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777)
Genre: Fine Arts
The handmaid to the arts, teaching, I. A perfect knowledge of the materia pictoria: or the nature, use, preparation, and composition, of all the various substances employed in painting; as well vehicles, dryers, &c. as colours: including those peculiar to enamel and painting on glass. II. The several devices employed for the more easily and accurately making designs from nature, or depicted representations; either by off-tracing, calking, reduction, or other means: with the methods of taking casts, or impressions, from figures, busts, medals, leaves, &c. III. The various manners of gilding, silvering, and bronzing, with the preparation of the genuine gold and silver powders, and imitations of them, as also of the fat oil, gold sizes, and other necessary compositions:-the art of japanning as applicable not only to the former purposes, but to coaches, snuffboxes, &c. in the manner lately introduced:-and the method of staining different kinds of substances with all the several colours. The whole being calculated, as well for conveying a more accurate and extensive knowledge of the matters treated of to artists; as to initiate those, who are desirous to attempt these arts, into the method of preparing and using all the colours, and other substances employed in painting in oil, miniature, enamel, varnish, and fresco; as also in gilding, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T116409
Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777)
Genre: Fine Arts
Handmaid to the Arts
Borrowed: 1769/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1769/12/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: James Sibbald
Author: Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777), Genre: Fine Arts