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Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1), page 195

Record ID 176640

Rol. Belles letters Vol 3d

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/2 (Wednesday). Classmark: B6.6. Original Returned Text: Rol, Belles letters Vol 3d.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
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 3

Borrowed: 1770/11/30 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/2 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

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

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 176643

Essay on Crimes

Borrowed: 1771/1/4 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Classmark: R5 . 31. Original Returned Text: Essay on Crimes.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marchese Cesare Beccaria (Male, born 1738, died 1794), Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay on crimes and punishments, Translated from the Italian; with a commentary, Attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, Translated from the French.
Classmark: R.5.31, R.5.13.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marchese Cesare Beccaria (Male, born 1738, died 1794), Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An essay on crimes and punishments, Translated from the Italian; with a commentary, Attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, Translated from the French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12


Book Work

Marchese Cesare Beccaria (Male, born 1738, died 1794), Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essay on Crimes and Punishments. With the Commentary by Voltaire

Borrowed: 1771/1/4 (Friday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Marchese Cesare Beccaria (Male, born 1738, died 1794), Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essay on Crimes and Punishments. With the Commentary by Voltaire

Record ID 176646

Elements of Crit Vol 3d

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Classmark: R5 .33. Original Returned Text: Element's of Crit. Vol 3d.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes. ...
Classmark: R.5.33, R.6.10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres

Elements of Criticism

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 176649

Rol. Belles letters 31 & 42 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Classmark: B6- 6. Original Returned Text: Rol. Belles letters 12d Ret. &1st V..


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
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, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

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

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 176652

Element's of Crit. 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/4/16 (Tuesday). Classmark: R5 . 33. Original Returned Text: Elements of Crit. 1 & 2 Vol.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes. ...
Classmark: R.5.33, R.6.10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 364 times in 198 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

Borrowed: 1771/1/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1771/4/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres

Elements of Criticism

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 176655

McLaurin's algebra

Borrowed: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/4/16 (Tuesday). Classmark: B6. 10. Original Returned Text: McLaurin's Algebra.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
A treatise of algebra, in three parts. Containing I. The Fundamental Rules and Operations. II. The Composition and Resolution of Equations of all Degrees; and the different Affections of their Roots. III. The Application of Algebra and Geometry to each other. To which is added an Appendix, Concerning the general Properties of Geometrical Lines. By Colin Maclaurin, M.A. Late Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Classmark: J.6.17, B.6.10, B.4.22.

Borrowed: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/4/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics

Treatise of Algebra [Colin MacLaurin]

Record ID 176658

Ferguison's  Essay

Borrowed: 1771/4/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/5/8 (Wednesday). Original Returned Text: Ferguison's , Essay.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An essay on the history of civil society / by Adam Ferguson, LL. D. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.
Classmark: N.4.16, N.5.13.

Borrowed: 1771/4/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/5/8 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Essay on the History of Civil Society

Record ID 176664

Hume's Essays

Borrowed: 1771/12/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/2/20 (Thursday). Classmark: B8 . 3. Original Returned Text: Hume's Essays.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and treatises on several subjects. By David Hume, Esq;
Classmark: B.8.3.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and treatises on several subjects. By David Hume, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 33


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

Borrowed: 1771/12/5 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/2/20 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

Record ID 176667

Shafts  Characts 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1772/1/13 (Monday). Returned: 1772/2/20 (Thursday). Classmark: P6. 24. Original Returned Text: Shaft. Characts- 1 & 2 Vol.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. Vol. I. I. A letter concerning enthusiasm. ... [Shaftesbury]
Classmark: E.5.24, P.6.24, P.8.17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. In three volumes. Vol. I. I. A letter concerning enthusiasm. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1711. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 155 times in 96 borrowing records


Book Work

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

Borrowed: 1772/1/13 (Monday). Returned: 1772/2/20 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 176670

Index to Lucian

Borrowed: 1772/2/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/3/25 (Wednesday). Classmark: N4.40. Original Returned Text: Index to Lucian.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Reference Works
Index verborum ac phrasium Luciani, sive Lexicon Lucianeum, etc.
Classmark: N.4.40, O.5.19.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Reference Works
Index verborum ac phrasium Luciani, sive Lexicon Lucianeum, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Utrecht. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185)
Genre: Reference Works
Index of Lucian of Samosata

Borrowed: 1772/2/20 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/3/25 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Lucian of Samosata (Male, born c.125, died 185), Genre: Reference Works

Index of Lucian of Samosata

Record ID 176673

Hist- Lapland &.C.

Borrowed: 1772/4/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Classmark: P3- 3. Original Returned Text: Hist - Lapland &C.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Johannes Scheffer (Male, born 1621, died 1679)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history of Lapland wherein are shewed the original, manners, habits, marriages, conjurations, &c. of that people. Written by John Scheffer, professor of law and rhetoric at Upsal in Sweden.
Classmark: P.3.3, K.5.5.

Borrowed: 1772/4/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/4/27 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Johannes Scheffer (Male, born 1621, died 1679), Genre: Natural Philosophy

History of Lapland

Record ID 176676

New Test. Greek & Eng- Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1772/4/3 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/27 (Monday). Classmark: D4 - 3. Original Returned Text: New test. G & Eng Vol 2d.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Genre: Theology
The New Testament in Greek and English. Containing the original text corrected from the authority of the most authentic manuscripts: and a new version form'd agreeably to the illustrations of the most learned commentators and critics: with notes and various readings, and a copious alphabetical index. In two volumes.
Classmark: C.6.15, D.4.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1772/4/3 (Friday). Returned: 1772/4/27 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Genre: Theology

Bible - New Testament [Greek & English]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2