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Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2), page 135

Record ID 17997

Voyage to ye World of Cartes

Borrowed: 1750/11/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1750/11/20 (Friday). Classmark: E.7.58. Original Returned Text: Voyage to ye Word of Cartes. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A voyage to the world of Cartesius. Written originally in French. Translated into English by T. Taylor, M.A. of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.
Classmark: E.7.58, C.7.16.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A voyage to the world of Cartesius. Written originally in French. Translated into English by T. Taylor, M.A. of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1694. Format: 8vo.
Translators: T. Taylor
Number of borrowings: 5


Book Work

Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voyage to the World of Cartesius

Borrowed: 1750/11/17 (Tuesday). Returned: 1750/11/20 (Friday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Voyage to the World of Cartesius

Record ID 17998

Cudworths Intellectual System

Borrowed: 1750/11/20 (Friday). Returned: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Classmark: C.2.24. Original Returned Text: Cudworth Intellect. System. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Ralph Cudworth (Male, born 1617, died 1688)
Genre: Theology
The true intellectual system of the universe: the first part; wherein, all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted; and its impossibility demonstrated. By R. Cudworth, D.D.
Classmark: C.2.24, C.1.17.

Borrowed: 1750/11/20 (Friday). Returned: 1750/11/27 (Friday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Ralph Cudworth (Male, born 1617, died 1688), Genre: Theology

True Intellectual System of the Universe

Record ID 17999

Jewish Ceremonies

Borrowed: 1750/11/20 (Friday). Returned: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Classmark: J.4.12. Original Returned Text: Jewish Ceremonies. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Abraham Mears (Male)
Genre: Theology
The book of religion, ceremonies, and prayers; of the Jews, as practised in their synagogues and families On all Occasions: On their Sabbath and other Holy-Days Throughout the Year. To which is added, A Preface shewing the Intent of the Whole. The Contents, and an Index, with the Hebrew Title of each Prayer made English; with many Remarkable Observations and Relations of the Rabbies: All which are what the Modern Jews Religiously observe. Translated immediately from the Hebrew, by Gamaliel ben Pedahzur, Gent.
Classmark: J.4.12, D.4.27.

Borrowed: 1750/11/20 (Friday). Returned: 1750/11/27 (Friday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Abraham Mears (Male), Genre: Theology

Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers; of the Jews

Record ID 18000

Hutchison on Beauty & Virtue

Borrowed: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Classmark: E.6.38. Original Returned Text: Hutchison on Beauty & Virtue. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue; in two treatises. In which the principles of the late Earl of Shaftesbury are explain'd and defended, against the author of the Fable of the bees [i.e. Bernard Mandeville]: and the ideas of moral good and evil are establish'd ... [By Francis Hutcheson].
Classmark: E.6.38, C.6.3, B.4.20.

Borrowed: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1750/12/7 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Blair

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

Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue

Record ID 18001

Voyage to the World of Cartes

Borrowed: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Classmark: E.7.58. Original Returned Text: Voyage to ye World of Cartes. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A voyage to the world of Cartesius. Written originally in French. Translated into English by T. Taylor, M.A. of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.
Classmark: E.7.58, C.7.16.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A voyage to the world of Cartesius. Written originally in French. Translated into English by T. Taylor, M.A. of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1694. Format: 8vo.
Translators: T. Taylor
Number of borrowings: 5


Book Work

Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Voyage to the World of Cartesius

Borrowed: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1750/12/7 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Blair

Author: Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Voyage to the World of Cartesius

Record ID 18002

Home's Hist. of the Jews 2 Voll

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/10 (Sunday). Classmark: J.5.9. Original Returned Text: Homes Hist. of the Jews 2 Vs. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

James Home (Male, died 1737)
Genre: Theology
The scripture history of the Jews, and their Republick. Being a collection of what is most remarkable in the sacred writings, Relating to the Rise, Establishment and Declension of the Jewish Nation; Their Laws, and Courts of Justice, their Government Civil and Ecclesiastical, their Customs, Manners, &c. Interspers’d with Remarks Divine and Moral. Design’d as a proper Introduction to the Reading and right Understanding of the Holy Scriptures. By James Home, Esq; Advocate. In two volumes. ...
Classmark: J.5.9, D.5.6, L.5.16?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/10 (Sunday).

Borrower: Robert Blair

Author: James Home (Male, died 1737), Genre: Theology

Scripture History of the Jews

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 18003

Maclaurin's Newton Philosophy

Borrowed: 1750/12/25 (Friday). Returned: 1751/1/15 (Friday). Classmark: K.3.20. Original Returned Text: Maclaurin's Newt. Philos.. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books. By Colin MacLaurin, A.M. Late Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and Secretary to the Philosophical Society there. Published from the Author's Manuscript Papers, by Patrick Murdoch, M.A. and F.R.S.
Classmark: K.3.19, K.3.20, K.3.29, L.3.9, E.5.16, S.3.16.

Borrowed: 1750/12/25 (Friday). Returned: 1751/1/15 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Blair

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

Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries

Record ID 18004

Herodoti Hist. Gr Lat.

Borrowed: 1750/12/25 (Friday). Returned: 1751/2/7 (Sunday). Classmark: E.3.6. Original Returned Text: Herodoti Hist Gr Lat. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
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: E.3.6, N.3.26, L.2.5.

Borrowed: 1750/12/25 (Friday). Returned: 1751/2/7 (Sunday).

Borrower: Robert Blair

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

Histories [Herodotus]

Record ID 18005

Ellis' Voyage to Hudsons Bay

Borrowed: 1751/1/10 (Sunday). Returned: 1751/1/15 (Friday). Classmark: J.6.19. Original Returned Text: Ellis' Voyage. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Ellis (Male, born 1721, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to Hudson's-Bay, : by the Dobbs galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country : together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable / by Henry Ellis, Gent., agent for the proprietors in the said expedition ; to which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies ; illustrated with proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson's-Bay, with the countries adjacent.
Classmark: J.6.19, D.4.7, P.8.3.

Borrowed: 1751/1/10 (Sunday). Returned: 1751/1/15 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Blair

Author: Henry Ellis (Male, born 1721, died 1806), Genre: Travel

Voyage to Hudson’s-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747

Record ID 18006

Duhaldes Hist. of China V. 1st & 2d

Borrowed: 1751/1/15 (Friday). Returned: 1751/1/28 (Thursday). Classmark: J.4.. Original Returned Text: Du haldes Hist. of China V. 1. & 2d. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
The general history of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet. Including an exact and particular account of their customs, manners, ceremonies, religion, arts, and sciences. The whole adorn'd with curious maps, and variety of copper-plates. Done from the French of P. Du Halde.
Classmark: J.4.45, B.5.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1751/1/15 (Friday). Returned: 1751/1/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Blair

Author: Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743), Genre: History, Genre: Travel

General History of China

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 18007

Mairs Book-keeping

Borrowed: 1751/1/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1751/3/9 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.5.. Original Returned Text: Mair's Book-keeping. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping methodiz’d: or, a methodical treatise of merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form. Wherein, The theory of the Art is fully Explained, and reduced to practice, by Variety of suitable Examples in all the Branches of Trade. To which is added, A Large Appendix, containing, I. Descriptions and Specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by Merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the Nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an Account of her Exports and Imports. VI. A Dictionary, explaining the abstruse Words and Terms that occur in Merchandize. By John Mair, A.M.
Classmark: J.5.26, Q.5.5, G.6.14.

Record ID 18008

Anson's Voyage

Borrowed: 1751/1/29 (Friday). Returned: 1751/2/11 (Thursday). Classmark: K.3. Original Returned Text: Anson's Voyage. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of his Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Classmark: K.3.20, K.3.21, P.3.35.

Borrowed: 1751/1/29 (Friday). Returned: 1751/2/11 (Thursday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762), Genre: Travel

Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

Record ID 18009

Tom Jones Vol 1st & 2d

Borrowed: 1751/2/7 (Sunday). Returned: 1751/2/13 (Saturday). Classmark: K.. Original Returned Text: Tom Jones Vol 1st & 2d. Professor: Henry Rymer.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq;
Classmark: K.8.13, B.8.17, B.7.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 235 times in 106 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Borrowed: 1751/2/7 (Sunday). Returned: 1751/2/13 (Saturday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 18010

Tom Jones Vol 4th & 5th

Borrowed: 1751/2/12 (Friday). Returned: 1751/2/23 (Tuesday). Classmark: K.. Original Returned Text: Tom Jones Vol 4th & 5th .. Professor: Walter Wilson.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq;
Classmark: K.8.13, B.8.17, B.7.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 235 times in 106 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Borrowed: 1751/2/12 (Friday). Returned: 1751/2/23 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5

Record ID 18011

Philos. transact. abridg'd V. 1st

Borrowed: 1751/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/2/27 (Saturday). Classmark: F.5.19. Original Returned Text: Phil. Transact. abridg'd V. 1st. Professor: Walter Wilson.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
The philosophical transactions and collections to the End of the Year 1700. Abridg'd and Dispos'd under general heads. In three volumes. By John Lowthorp, M.A. and F.R.S.
Classmark: F.5.19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 18012

Adventures of Jos . Andrews 2 Vs

Borrowed: 1751/2/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.7.6. Original Returned Text: Adventures of Jos. Andrews 2vs. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in Imitation of The Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote. The second edition: Revised and corrected with alterations and additions by the author. In two volumes. ...
Classmark: J.7.6, D.7.18, C.9.25?, C.10.2?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in Imitation of The Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote. The second edition: Revised and corrected with alterations and additions by the author. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 81 times in 52 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr Abraham Adams

Borrowed: 1751/2/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr Abraham Adams

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 18013

Popes Letters v,1.1st

Borrowed: 1751/2/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.4.37. Original Returned Text: Popes Letters V. 1st. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Mr. Pope, and several eminent persons, from the year 1705, to 1711. Vol 1 [only].
Classmark: J.4.37, B.7.6.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Lives
Letters of Mr. Pope, and several eminent persons, from the year 1705, to 1711. Vol 1 [only].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1751/2/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

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

Letters of Alexander Pope

Record ID 18014

Mair's Book-keeping

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/5 (Monday). Classmark: J.5.26. Original Returned Text: Mair's Book-keeping. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping methodiz’d: or, a methodical treatise of merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form. Wherein, The theory of the Art is fully Explained, and reduced to practice, by Variety of suitable Examples in all the Branches of Trade. To which is added, A Large Appendix, containing, I. Descriptions and Specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by Merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the Nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an Account of her Exports and Imports. VI. A Dictionary, explaining the abstruse Words and Terms that occur in Merchandize. By John Mair, A.M.
Classmark: J.5.26, Q.5.5, G.6.14.

Record ID 18015

Watts improvemt of the Mind

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/5 (Monday). Classmark: K.5.25. Original Returned Text: Watts Improvet of ye Mind. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Isaac Watts (Male, born 1674, died 1748)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The improvement of the mind: or, a supplement to the art of logick: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of useful Knowledge, in Religion, in the Sciences, and in common Life. By I. Watts, D.D.
Classmark: K.4.8, K.5.25, B.5.17.

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/5 (Monday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Isaac Watts (Male, born 1674, died 1748), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Improvement of the Mind: or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick

Record ID 18016

Martyn's Virgils Georgicks

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/5/8 (Saturday). Classmark: K.5.30. Original Returned Text: Martyns Virg. Georgicks. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum Libri Quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes. By John Martyn, F. R. S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
Classmark: K.5.30, B.5.12.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum Libri Quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes. By John Martyn, F. R. S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
Language: Latin | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Martyn, John, 1699-1768.
Number of borrowings: 28


Book Work

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Georgics of Virgil

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/5/8 (Saturday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Georgics of Virgil

Record ID 18017

Nature display'd Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1751/4/5 (Monday). Returned: 1751/4/9 (Friday). Classmark: J.4.20. Original Returned Text: Nature display'd Vol 2d. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Vol. III. Translated from the original French.
Classmark: J.4.20, B.5.26, B.4.31.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Vol. III. Translated from the original French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 132 times in 96 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1751/4/5 (Monday). Returned: 1751/4/9 (Friday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 18018

Philos Transactions Vol. 8th

Borrowed: 1751/4/5 (Monday). Returned: 1751/4/9 (Friday). Classmark: F.5.18. Original Returned Text: Philos Transactions V. 8th. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical transactions : giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world.
Classmark: F.5.18, F.7?, L.5.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Record ID 18019

Varenius' Geography 2 Voll

Borrowed: 1751/4/9 (Friday). Returned: 1751/6/4 (Friday). Classmark: K.6.6. Original Returned Text: Varenius' Geography 2 Vs. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Bernhardus Varenius (Male, born 1622, died 1650)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compleat system of general geography : explaining the nature and properties of the earth; viz. it's figure, magnitude, motions, situation, contents, and division into land and water, mountains, woods, desarts, lakes, rivers, &c. : with particular accounts of the different appearances of the heavens in different countries; the seasons of the year over all the globe; the tides of the sea; bays, capes, islands, rocks, sand-banks, and shelves : the state of the atmosphere; the nature of exhalations; winds ,storms, tornados &c. : the origin of springs, mineral-waters, burning mountains, mines, &c. : the uses and making of maps, globes, and sea-charts. The foundations of dialling; the art of measuring heights and distances; the art of ship-building, navigation, and the ways of finding the longitude at sea / originally written in Latin by Bernhard Varenius, M. D. ; since improved and illustrated by Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. Jurin ; and now translated into English; with additional notes, copper-plates, an alphabetical index, and other improvements ; particularly useful to students in the universities; travellers, sailors, and all those who desire to be acquainted with the mixed mathematics, geography, astronomy, and navigation by Mr. Dugdale ; the whole revised and corrected by Peter Shaw, M. D.
Classmark: K.3., K.6.6, K.5.38, K.6.18, B.6.7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Bernhardus Varenius (Male, born 1622, died 1650)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compleat system of general geography : explaining the nature and properties of the earth; viz. it's figure, magnitude, motions, situation, contents, and division into land and water, mountains, woods, desarts, lakes, rivers, &c. : with particular accounts of the different appearances of the heavens in different countries; the seasons of the year over all the globe; the tides of the sea; bays, capes, islands, rocks, sand-banks, and shelves : the state of the atmosphere; the nature of exhalations; winds ,storms, tornados &c. : the origin of springs, mineral-waters, burning mountains, mines, &c. : the uses and making of maps, globes, and sea-charts. The foundations of dialling; the art of measuring heights and distances; the art of ship-building, navigation, and the ways of finding the longitude at sea / originally written in Latin by Bernhard Varenius, M. D. ; since improved and illustrated by Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. Jurin ; and now translated into English; with additional notes, copper-plates, an alphabetical index, and other improvements ; particularly useful to students in the universities; travellers, sailors, and all those who desire to be acquainted with the mixed mathematics, geography, astronomy, and navigation by Mr. Dugdale ; the whole revised and corrected by Peter Shaw, M. D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 39 borrowing records


Book Work

Bernhardus Varenius (Male, born 1622, died 1650)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Compleat System of General Geography

Borrowed: 1751/4/9 (Friday). Returned: 1751/6/4 (Friday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Bernhardus Varenius (Male, born 1622, died 1650), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Compleat System of General Geography

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 18020

Phil. Transactions abridg'd V. 3d

Borrowed: 1751/4/9 (Friday). Returned: 1751/5/8 (Saturday). Classmark: F.5.19. Original Returned Text: Philos. Transact. abridg. V. 3d. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
The philosophical transactions and collections to the End of the Year 1700. Abridg'd and Dispos'd under general heads. In three volumes. By John Lowthorp, M.A. and F.R.S.
Classmark: F.5.19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3