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Book Holding: Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library: Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes. With a table of the contents, and an alphabetical index
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Record ID 54777
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 107r
Pamphlets 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/19 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 27 Jun 1770. Original Returned Date: 19 Sep 1771.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford's library: Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes. With a table of the contents, and an alphabetical index
Press: AE. Shelf: 9. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RQ 1485-1493. Original Author: Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, found in the late Earl of Oxford’s library. Interspersed with historical, political, and critical notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Editors: Oldys, William, 1696-1761; introduction by Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 40 borrowing records
ESTC: T36012
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Borrowed: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/9/19 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2