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Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2), page 10

Record ID 15217

Swifts Miscellanies Vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/3/30 (Saturday). Classmark: E.6.12. Original Returned Text: Swifts Miscellanies Vol. 2<sup>d</sup>. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Robert Grant
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1732. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1383332428.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in prose and verse. [Swift]
Classmark: E.6.12, O.6.30.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in prose and verse.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 95 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Miscellanies. The second volume.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 58 borrowing records


Book Work

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Miscellanies [Jonathan Swift]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Miscellanies. The last volume.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 58 borrowing records


Book Work

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Miscellanies [Jonathan Swift]

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/3/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Grant

Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry

Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, Miscellanies [Jonathan Swift]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 15218

Buchanani Op. Tom. 1mus

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/4/5 (Friday). Classmark: A.2.7. Original Returned Text: Buchanani Op. Tom. 1<sup>mus</sup>. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Robert Grant
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1732. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1383332428.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Georgii Buchanani Scoti, poetarum sui seculi facile principis, Opera omnia, ad optimorum codicum fidem summo studio recognita & castigata : nunc primum in unum collecta, ab innumeris pene mendis, quibus pleræque omnes editiones antea scatebant, repurgata ; ac variis insuper notiisaliisque utilissimis accessionibus illustrata & aucta ; Quorum omnium syllabus post praefationem exhibetur / Curante Thoma Ruddimanno.
Classmark: A.2.7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/4/5 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Grant

Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: Poetry

Poetical Works of George Buchanan

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 15219

Rollins Belles Lettres Vol. 4th

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/4/1 (Monday). Classmark: J.5.2. Original Returned Text: Rollins Belles Lettres Vol. 4<sup>th</sup>. Professor: Henry Rymer.


Borrower

John Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1733-1808. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377863316.
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 4

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/4/1 (Monday).

Borrower: John Duncan

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

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 15220

Pamela [rubbed out - 2] Vol. first

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/5/12 (Sunday). Classmark: K. .. Original Returned Text: Pamela Vol. 1st..


Borrower

John Craigie of Dumbarnie
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1374411132.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
Pamela: or, virtue rewarded. In a series of familiar letters from a beautiful young damsel to her parents: and afterwards, in her exalted condition, between her, and persons of figure and quality, upon the most Important and Entertaining Subjects, In Genteel Life. The third and fourth volumes. Publish’d in order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. By the editor of the two first. ...
Classmark: K, J.7.5, J.7.4, D.6.40.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1748/3/24 (Sunday). Returned: 1748/5/12 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Craigie of Dumbarnie

Author: Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Fiction

Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 15221

Presbyterian Eloquence

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/5/24 (Friday). Classmark: E.6.7. Original Returned Text: Presbyterian Eloquence. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Robert Anstruther
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1733-1818. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1364161444.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Gilbert Crokatt (Male), John Monroe (Male)
Genre: Theology
The Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence; or, the Foolishness of their Teaching discovered from their Books, Sermons and Prayers, And some Remarks on Mr. Rule's Late Vindication of the Kirk.
Classmark: E.6.7, O.6.34, R.8.11.

Record ID 15222

Sidneys Arcadia

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/4/20 (Saturday). Classmark: A.3.12. Original Returned Text: Sydney's Arcadia. Professor: Henry Rymers.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1733-1799. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377717276.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female)
Genre: Poetry
[Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, moderniz'd by Mrs Stanley].
Classmark: A.3.12, A.3.22.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female)
Genre: Poetry
[Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, moderniz'd by Mrs Stanley].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 26


Book Work

Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female)
Genre: Poetry
Arcadia [Sir Philip Sidney]

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/4/20 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Author: Sir Philip Sidney (Male, born 1554, died 1586), Mrs D. Stanley (Female), Genre: Poetry

Arcadia [Sir Philip Sidney]

Record ID 15223

Popes Odyssee Vol. 1st.

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/3/28 (Thursday). Classmark: A3 .. Original Returned Text: Popes Odyssee Vol. 1<sup>st</sup>. Professor: Andrew Shaw.


Borrower

Robert Watson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1730-1781. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417642364.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Odyssey of Homer. [Alexander Pope]
Classmark: A.3.9, A.3.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Odyssey of Homer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: folio.
Translators: Alexander Pope
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 56 times in 35 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/3/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Watson

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 15224

ffables for ye fair Sex

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/3/31 (Sunday). Classmark: K.5 .. Original Returned Text: ffables for ye fair Sex..


Borrower

Principal James Murison
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1700-1779. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1401048532.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book Holding

Edward Moore (Male, born 1712, died 1757)
Genre: Fiction
Fables for the female sex.
Classmark: K.5.2, P.6.11.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edward Moore (Male, born 1712, died 1757)
Genre: Fiction
Fables for the female sex.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Edward Moore (Male, born 1712, died 1757)
Genre: Fiction
Fables for the Female Sex

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/3/31 (Sunday).

Borrower: Principal James Murison

Author: Edward Moore (Male, born 1712, died 1757), Genre: Fiction

Fables for the Female Sex

Record ID 15225

Rollins ancient Hist. Vol. 6th

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/4/2 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.5.. Original Returned Text: Rollins ancient Hist. Vol. 6th. Professor: Henry Rymer.


Borrower

William Taylor
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks. By Mr. Rollin ... Translated from the French.
Classmark: J.5.1, B.6.5, B.3.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

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


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1748/3/25 (Monday). Returned: 1748/4/2 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William Taylor

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

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 15226

Rapines Hist. Vol. 3d & 4th.

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/5/11 (Saturday). Classmark: A.6.44. Original Returned Text: Rapines Hist. Voll. 3 & 4<sup>th</sup>. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

John Scott
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1409099916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
The history of England, as well ecclesiastical as civil by Mr De Rapin Thoyras. Done into English from the French, with large and useful notes mark'd with an *, by N. Tindal, A. M. Vicar of Great Waltham in Essex.
Classmark: A.6.44, A.5.2, L.4.30.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
The history of England, as well ecclesiastical as civil by Mr De Rapin Thoyras. Done into English from the French, with large and useful notes mark'd with an *, by N. Tindal, A. M. Vicar of Great Waltham in Essex.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726-1731. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 233 times in 141 borrowing records


Book Work

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/5/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Scott

Author: Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725), Genre: History

History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 15227

Keils Astronomy Eng.

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/5/11 (Saturday). Classmark: F.7.55. Original Returned Text: Keils Astronomy Eng.. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

John Scott
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1409099916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Keill (Male, born 1671, died 1721)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
An introduction to the true astronomy: or, astronomical lectures, read in the astronomical school of the University of Oxford. By John Keill, M. D. Fellow of the Royal-Society, and professor of astronomy in that University.
Classmark: F.7.55, B.7.39.

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/5/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Scott

Author: John Keill (Male, born 1671, died 1721), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Introduction to the True Astronomy

Record ID 15228

Popes Iliad Vol 5th

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/4/12 (Friday). Classmark: A.3. Original Returned Text: Popes Iliad Vol. 5<sup>th</sup>. Professor: James Murison.


Borrower

James Key
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope.
Classmark: A.3.8?, A.3.26.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3 (5)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1715-1720. Format: folio. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 107 times in 80 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Iliad

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/4/12 (Friday).

Borrower: James Key

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Iliad

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3 (5)

Record ID 15229

Abernethies Sermons Vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/4/16 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.4.37. Original Returned Text: Abernethies Sermons Vol. 2<sup>d</sup>. Professor: James Murison.


Borrower

James Key
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Abernethy (Male, born 1680, died 1740)
Genre: Theology
Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God, in which That First Principle of Religion, the Existence of Deity, is prov'd, From the Frame of the Material World, from the Animal and Rational Life, and from Human Intelligence and Morality. And The Divine Attributes of Spirituality, Unity, Eternity, Immensity, Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Infinite Wisdom, are explain'd. By John Abernethy, M.A.
Classmark: J.4.37, K.4.7, K.5.21, K.5.20, B.5.21, B.3.17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/4/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Key

Author: John Abernethy (Male, born 1680, died 1740), Genre: Theology

Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 15230

Gib′s Short writing

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/4/16 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.4.3. Original Returned Text: Gib's Short writing. Professor: James Murison.


Borrower

James Key
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
An essay towards a farther improvement of short-hand, by Philip Gibbs.
Classmark: J.4.3, Q.4.26, S.5.23.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
An essay towards a farther improvement of short-hand, by Philip Gibbs.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736?. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18


Book Work

Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
Essay Towards a Farther Improvement of Short-Hand

Borrowed: 1748/3/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1748/4/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Key

Author: Philip Gibbs (Male), Genre: Education

Essay Towards a Farther Improvement of Short-Hand

Record ID 15231

Locks Works Vol. 1st

Borrowed: 1748/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1748/4/27 (Saturday). Classmark: J.1.8. Original Returned Text: Locks Works Vol. 1<sup>st</sup>. Professor: James Murison.


Borrowers

Alexander Ferrier
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1728-1764. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1379701604.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke, Esq; In Three Volumes. The contents of which follow in the next Leaf. With Alphabetical Tables.
Classmark: J.1.8, Q.2.8, Q.2.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke, Esq; In Three Volumes. The contents of which follow in the next Leaf. With Alphabetical Tables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 108 times in 104 borrowing records


Book Work

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of John Locke

Borrowed: 1748/3/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1748/4/27 (Saturday).

Borrowers: Alexander Ferrier , Murisons

Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of John Locke

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 15232

Popes Odyssee Vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1748/3/29 (Friday). Returned: 1748/3/30 (Saturday). Classmark: A.3.. Original Returned Text: popes Odyssee Vol. 2<sup>d</sup>. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Robert Watson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1730-1781. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417642364.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Odyssey of Homer. [Alexander Pope]
Classmark: A.3.9, A.3.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Odyssey of Homer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: folio.
Translators: Alexander Pope
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 56 times in 35 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Borrowed: 1748/3/29 (Friday). Returned: 1748/3/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Watson

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 15233

Butlers Analogy

Borrowed: 1748/3/29 (Friday). Returned: 1748/4/18 (Thursday). Classmark: J.3.3. Original Returned Text: Buttlers Analogy. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Robert Watson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1730-1781. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417642364.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Butler (Male, born 1692, died 1752)
Genre: Theology
The analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature. To which are added Two brief Dissertations: I. Of Personal Identity. II. Of the Nature of Virtue. By Joseph Butler, LL.D. Rector of Stanhope, in the Bishoprick of Durham.
Classmark: J.3.3, Q.3.13, K.5.8, CC?, C.5.36?.

Borrowed: 1748/3/29 (Friday). Returned: 1748/4/18 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Watson

Author: Joseph Butler (Male, born 1692, died 1752), Genre: Theology

Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature