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Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2), page 140-141

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Record ID 112496

Simson's Geometry

Borrowed: 1772/12/4 (Friday). Returned: 1772/12/4 (Friday). Classmark: Q5 . 22. Original Returned Text: Simson's Geometry.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Education
Elements of Plane Geometry. To which are added, An Essay on the Maxima and Minima of Geometrical Quantities, and a brief Treatise of regular Solids; also the Mensuration of both Superficies and Solids, together with the Construction of a large Variety of Geometrical Problems. By Thomas Simpson, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Professor of Geometry at the Royal Academy at Woolwich. Designed for the Use of Schools.
Classmark: J.6.8, Q.5.22, P.6.26.
Volumes borrowed: Volume Simpson

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10)
Genre: Mathematics
A treatise of practical geometry.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 44 times in 30 borrowing records


Book Work

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10)
Genre: Mathematics
Treatise of Practical Geometry

Borrowed: 1772/12/4 (Friday). Returned: 1772/12/4 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Education

Treatise of Practical Geometry, Elements of Plane Geometry [Thomas Simpson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume Simpson

Record ID 112499

Addison's Works Vol 4th

Borrowed: 1773/2/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/3/30 (Tuesday). Classmark: A5. .. Original Returned Text: Addison's Works Vol 4th.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of ... Joseph Addison.
Classmark: A.5.14, A.5.15, S.6.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of...Joseph Addison.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 196 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Joseph Addison

Borrowed: 1773/2/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/3/30 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Joseph Addison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 112502

Borrowed: 1773/3/19 (Friday). Returned: 1773/4/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Thucydides (Male, born c.BCE450, died BCE390), Genre: History

History of the Peloponnesian War

Record ID 112505

Addison's Works Vol 3d

Borrowed: 1773/3/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/4/24 (Saturday). Classmark: A5 .. Original Returned Text: Addison's Works Vol 3d.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of ... Joseph Addison.
Classmark: A.5.14, A.5.15, S.6.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of...Joseph Addison.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 196 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Joseph Addison

Borrowed: 1773/3/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1773/4/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Joseph Addison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 112508

Pope's Works 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1773/10/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/11/10 (Wednesday). Classmark: N7. 4. Original Returned Text: Pope's Works 1 . 2 V..


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Classmark: N.7.4, N.8.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 157 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope

Borrowed: 1773/10/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/11/10 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Poetry

Works of Alexander Pope

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 112511

Harriss's Hermes

Borrowed: 1773/10/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/11/13 (Saturday). Classmark: G3. 12. Original Returned Text: Harriss's Hermies.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes or a philosophical inqviry concerning vniversal grammar by Iames Harris Esq.
Classmark: G.3.12, R.7.14.

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Confidence level: Certain

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes or a philosophical inqviry concerning vniversal grammar by Iames Harris Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 35


Book Work

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar

Borrowed: 1773/10/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1773/11/13 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780), Genre: Education

Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar

Record ID 112517

Wharton Essay on pope

Borrowed: 1773/11/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/12/10 (Friday). Classmark: O6. 1. Original Returned Text: Whartons Essay.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on the genius and writings of Pope / [by Joseph Warton].
Classmark: O.6.1, E.7.35.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1 (1762)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on the genius and writings of Pope / [by Joseph Warton].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the writings and genius of Pope. Vol. 2
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope

Borrowed: 1773/11/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/12/10 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Joseph Warton (Male, born 1722, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1 (1762)

Record ID 112520

Bourk on ye Sublime

Borrowed: 1773/12/10 (Friday). Returned: 1773/12/11 (Saturday). Classmark: G4. 4. Original Returned Text: Bourk on ye Sublime.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edmund Burke (Male, born 1729, died 1797)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful... With an introductory discourse concerning taste, and several other additions / [by Edmund Burke].
Classmark: G.4.4, R.7.19.

Record ID 112523

Rol. Belles letters Vol 1st

Borrowed: 1773/12/11 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/12/20 (Monday). Classmark: B6. .. Original Returned Text: Rol. Belles letters V 1st.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
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. By Mr. Rollin, late principal of the university of Paris, now professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and member of the Royal Academy of inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
Classmark: J.5.3, J.5.2, B.6.6, B.3.27.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1773/12/11 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/12/20 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 112526

Rol Belles letters Vol 2d.

Borrowed: 1773/12/20 (Monday). Returned: 1773/12/23 (Thursday). Classmark: B6. .. Original Returned Text: Rol Belles letters V2d.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
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. By Mr. Rollin, late principal of the university of Paris, now professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and member of the Royal Academy of inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
Classmark: J.5.3, J.5.2, B.6.6, B.3.27.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1773/12/20 (Monday). Returned: 1773/12/23 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Gordon

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 112529

Guthrie's Quintilian 1 . 2d Vol

Borrowed: 1773/12/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1773/12/23 (Thursday). Classmark: G4 .22. Original Returned Text: Guthrie's Quintilian 1 .2d V..


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus. His Institutes of Eloquence: or, the art of speaking in public, in every character and capacity. Translated into English, after the Best Latin Editions, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by William Guthrie, Esq; In two volumes.
Classmark: G.4.22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus. His Institutes of Eloquence: or, the art of speaking in public, in every character and capacity. Translated into English, after the Best Latin Editions, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by William Guthrie, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: William Guthrie
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]

Borrowed: 1773/12/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1773/12/23 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education

De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 112532

Harriss's Hermes

Borrowed: 1774/1/17 (Monday). Returned: 1774/1/17 (Monday). Classmark: G3.12. Original Returned Text: Harriss's Hermes.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes or a philosophical inqviry concerning vniversal grammar by Iames Harris Esq.
Classmark: G.3.12, R.7.14.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes or a philosophical inqviry concerning vniversal grammar by Iames Harris Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 35


Book Work

James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780)
Genre: Education
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar

Borrowed: 1774/1/17 (Monday). Returned: 1774/1/17 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: James Harris (Male, born 1709, died 1780), Genre: Education

Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar

Record ID 112535

Bolingboock's letters 1. 2d V.

Borrowed: 1774/1/17 (Monday). Returned: 1774/1/21 (Friday). Classmark: P5 .24. Original Returned Text: Bollingbrocks letters 1. 2d V..


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: History
Letters on the Study and Use of History. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.
Classmark: P.5.24, S.5.19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: History
Letters on the Study and Use of History. By the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 97 times in 59 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: History
Letters on the Study and Use of History

Borrowed: 1774/1/17 (Monday). Returned: 1774/1/21 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751), Genre: History

Letters on the Study and Use of History

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 112538

Bollingbrock's Tracts

Borrowed: 1774/1/21 (Friday). Returned: 1774/1/21 (Friday). Classmark: G. .. Original Returned Text: Boll- Tracts.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A Collection of Political Tracts. By the Author of the Dissertation upon Parties. [Bolingbroke]
Classmark: G.4.6.

Record ID 112541

Lock on  Education

Borrowed: 1774/1/21 (Friday). Returned: 1774/1/24 (Monday). Classmark: C6. 46. Original Returned Text: Lock on Education.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Education
Some thoughts concerning education. By Mr. John Locke.
Classmark: E.7.65, C.6.46, B.7.19.

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Confidence level: Certain

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Education
Some thoughts concerning education. By Mr. John Locke.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1712. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 18


Book Work

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Education
Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Borrowed: 1774/1/21 (Friday). Returned: 1774/1/24 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Education

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Record ID 112544

Essay on Shakespear

Borrowed: 1774/1/24 (Monday). Returned: 1774/1/31 (Monday). Classmark: G. .. Original Returned Text: Essay on Shakes..


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire / [by Mrs. Montagu].
Classmark: G.4.5, L.5.14?.

Borrowed: 1774/1/24 (Monday). Returned: 1774/1/31 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear

Record ID 112547

Addison's Works V 3d

Borrowed: 1774/1/31 (Monday). Returned: 1774/2/3 (Thursday). Classmark: A5 ... Original Returned Text: Addison's Works Vol 3d.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of ... Joseph Addison.
Classmark: A.5.14, A.5.15, S.6.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of...Joseph Addison.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 210 times in 196 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Joseph Addison

Borrowed: 1774/1/31 (Monday). Returned: 1774/2/3 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Joseph Addison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 112550

Fitsosburn's letters

Borrowed: 1774/2/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/2/7 (Monday). Classmark: B. .. Original Returned Text: Fitsosburn's letters.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Letters on several subjects. By the late Sir Thomas Fitzosborne [Pseud. i. e. W. Melmoth]...To which is added, (translated by the same hand) a dialogue upon oratory: attributed to Quinctilian [sic].
Classmark: L.6.3, B.5.29, B.6.12?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

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


Book Work

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

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
The letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on several subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 82 times in 46 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1774/2/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/2/7 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

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

Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 112553

preceptor  1 . 2d Vol

Borrowed: 1774/2/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday). Classmark: D. .. Original Returned Text: Preceptor 1 - 2d Vol.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

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. Illustrated with maps and useful cuts.
Classmark: J.6.5, D.3.7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1774/2/3 (Thursday). Returned: 1774/2/9 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education

Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 112556

Cicero D oratore

Borrowed: 1774/2/7 (Monday). Returned: 1774/2/21 (Monday). Classmark: R6 .26. Original Returned Text: Cicero D oratoree.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. T. Ciceronis de Oratore ad Q. Fratrem Dialogi, seu Libri Tres, cum Interpretatione ac Notis Quas in Usum Serenissimi Delphini Edidit Jacobus Provst, è Societate Jesu.
Classmark: E.6.53, R.6.26, R.8.25.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. T. Ciceronis de Oratore ad Q. Fratrem Dialogi, seu Libri Tres, cum Interpretatione ac Notis Quas in Usum Serenissimi Delphini Edidit Jacobus Provst, è Societate Jesu.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1714. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Cicero

Borrowed: 1774/2/7 (Monday). Returned: 1774/2/21 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres

Orations of Cicero

Record ID 112559

Quintilian 1 . 2d Vol

Borrowed: 1774/2/7 (Monday). Returned: 1774/2/21 (Monday). Classmark: G. .. Original Returned Text: Quintilian 1 . 2d V..


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus. His Institutes of Eloquence: or, the art of speaking in public, in every character and capacity. Translated into English, after the Best Latin Editions, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by William Guthrie, Esq; In two volumes.
Classmark: G.4.22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
M. Fabius Quinctilianus. His Institutes of Eloquence: or, the art of speaking in public, in every character and capacity. Translated into English, after the Best Latin Editions, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by William Guthrie, Esq; In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: William Guthrie
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]

Borrowed: 1774/2/7 (Monday). Returned: 1774/2/21 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Male, born c.35, died 100), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education

De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 112562

Temple's Works V. 1st

Borrowed: 1774/2/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/2/24 (Thursday). Classmark: N1 . 24. Original Returned Text: Temple's Works V. 1st.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of Sir William Temple. Bart. in two volumes ... To which is prefixed, the life and character of Sir William Temple. Written by a particular friend [i.e. Jonathan Swift].
Classmark: K.2.9, N.1.24.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1774/2/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/2/24 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Sir William Temple (Male, born 1628, died 1699), Genre: Lives, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Sir William Temple

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 112565

Herodotus Gr. L

Borrowed: 1774/2/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1774/3/18 (Friday). Classmark: M3 . 11. Original Returned Text: Herodotus Gr .& L--.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Ἡροδοτου Ἁλικαρνασσηος Ἱστοριων λογοι θʹ. ... Του αὐτου ἐξηγησις περι της Ὁμηρου βιοτης. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX. ... Ejusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Cum Vallæ interpret. Latina historiarum Herodoti ad H. Stephano recognita. Item cum iconibus structurarum ab Herodoto descriptarum. Ctesiæ quædam de reb. Pers. & Ind. Editio secunda.
Classmark: M.3.11, L.2.16.

Borrowed: 1774/2/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1774/3/18 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gordon

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 112568

Xenophon's Expedition

Borrowed: 1774/3/18 (Friday). Returned: 1774/3/18 (Friday). Classmark: Q3 . 22. Original Returned Text: Xenophons Expedition.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History
Ξενοϕωντος κυρου Αναβασεω Βιβλια Επτα. Xenophontis de Cyri Expeditione Libri Septem. Graeca recognovit, cum Codicibus MStis & omnibus ferè libris editis contulit, plurimis in locis emendavit, Versionem Latinam reformavit, Observationibus suis, Tabula Geographica & Dissertatione auxit & illustravit; Notas H. Stephani, Leunclavii, AE. Porti & Mureti recensitas & castigatas, Variantium Lectionum delectum, Indicesque necessarios adjunxit Thomas Hutchinson.
Classmark: J.3.18, J.6.18, Q.3.2, Q.3.23.

Borrowed: 1774/3/18 (Friday). Returned: 1774/3/18 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354), Genre: History

Expedition of Cyrus

Record ID 112571

Plutarch's  lives  3 . 4th Vol

Borrowed: 1774/3/18 (Friday). Returned: 1774/3/26 (Saturday). Classmark: P7. 2. Original Returned Text: Plut. lives 2. 4th V..


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's lives. In six volumes.
Classmark: P.7.2, P.9.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's lives. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 203 times in 107 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1774/3/18 (Friday). Returned: 1774/3/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 112577

Popes Works V. 1st

Borrowed: 1774/3/21 (Monday). Returned: 1774/3/26 (Saturday). Classmark: N. .. Original Returned Text: popes Works V. 1st.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Classmark: N.7.4, N.8.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 157 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope

Borrowed: 1774/3/21 (Monday). Returned: 1774/3/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Poetry

Works of Alexander Pope

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 112586

Hutchison Mor. phi Lat.

Borrowed: 1774/10/28 (Friday). Returned: 1774/10/28 (Friday). Classmark: P7. 10. Original Returned Text: Hutch. Mor. phi. Lat..


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophiae moralis institutio compendiaria, ethices & jurisprudentiae naturalis elementa continens : lib. III. / auctore Francisco Hutcheson in Academia Glasguensi P. P.
Classmark: K.7.16, P.7.10.

Borrowed: 1774/10/28 (Friday). Returned: 1774/10/28 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Record ID 112592

Borrowed: 1774/10/31 (Monday). Returned: 1774/11/16 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Richard Cumberland (Male, born 1631, died 1718), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

De Legibus Naturae Disquisitio Philosophica

Record ID 112598

Herodotus

Borrowed: 1775/1/6 (Friday). Returned: 1775/1/6 (Friday). Classmark: M3. 11. Original Returned Text: Herodotus.


Borrowers

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Alexander Walker
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1416603084.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
Ἡροδοτου Ἁλικαρνασσηος Ἱστοριων λογοι θʹ. ... Του αὐτου ἐξηγησις περι της Ὁμηρου βιοτης. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX. ... Ejusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Cum Vallæ interpret. Latina historiarum Herodoti ad H. Stephano recognita. Item cum iconibus structurarum ab Herodoto descriptarum. Ctesiæ quædam de reb. Pers. & Ind. Editio secunda.
Classmark: M.3.11, L.2.16.

Borrowed: 1775/1/6 (Friday). Returned: 1775/1/6 (Friday).

Borrowers: John Gordon , Alexander Walker

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 112604

Newtons Comment. Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1775/2/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/2/11 (Saturday). Classmark: P3. 28. Original Returned Text: Newton's Comment. V. 2d.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Auctore Isaaco Newtono, Eq. Aurato. Perpetuis Commentariis illustrata, communi studio PP. Thomae le Seur & Francisci Jacquier Ex Gallicanâ Minimorum Familiâ, Matheseos Professorum.
Classmark: K.3.15, P.3.28.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Auctore Isaaco Newtono, Eq. Aurato. Perpetuis Commentariis illustrata, communi studio PP. Thomae le Seur & Francisci Jacquier Ex Gallicanâ Minimorum Familiâ, Matheseos Professorum.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1739-1742. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 16 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Borrowed: 1775/2/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/2/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Sir Isaac Newton (Male, born 1642-12-25, died 1727-3-20), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 112607

Popes Essay on Man

Borrowed: 1775/3/10 (Friday). Returned: 1775/3/29 (Wednesday). Classmark: P3. 40. Original Returned Text: Pope's Essay on Man.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
The essay on man, Eloisa to Abelard, Verses to the memory of an unfortunate lady, Messiah a sacred eclogue, and a few other copies of Mr. Pope’s, on the most generally interesting subjects, being translated into Latin verse, with a second edition of the Essay on criticism corrected, amounting, in the whole, to near 3000 lines, the following proposals and specimen are submitted, with the greatest deference, to his literary admirers.
Classmark: P.3.40.

Record ID 112613

Gerard on Geneus

Borrowed: 1775/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/4/3 (Monday). Classmark: J4. 5. Original Returned Text: Gerard on Geneus.


Borrower

John Gordon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Gerard (Male, born 1728, died 1795)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An Essay on Genius. By Alexander Gerard, D.D. Professor of Divinity in King's College, Aberdeen.
Classmark: J.4.5, J.4.6, A.7.8, A.7.9.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Gerard (Male, born 1728, died 1795)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An Essay on Genius. By Alexander Gerard, D.D. Professor of Divinity in King's College, Aberdeen.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 44


Book Work

Alexander Gerard (Male, born 1728, died 1795)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on Genius

Borrowed: 1775/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/4/3 (Monday).

Borrower: John Gordon

Author: Alexander Gerard (Male, born 1728, died 1795), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essay on Genius