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Record ID 52547
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 53v
Gibbons on Tropes and Figures
Borrowed: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Returned: /6/13. Original Borrowed Date: 5 Aug 1776. Original Returned Date: 13 Jun.
William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.
Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Rhetoric: or, a view of its principal tropes and figures, in their origin and powers.
Press: AN. Shelf: 6. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk6-f.1 . Original Author: Gibbons, Thomas, 1720-1785..
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Rhetoric; or, a view of its principal tropes and figures, in their origin and powers: with a Variety of Rules to escape Errors and Blemishes, and Attain Propriety and Elegance in Composition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T94177
Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Rhetoric; or, A View of its Principal Tropes and Figures
Borrowed: 1776/8/5 (Monday). Returned: /6/13.
Borrower: William Wight
Author: Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 52780
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 58r
Gibbon's Rhetoric
Borrowed: 1785/4/16 (Saturday). Returned: 1785/5/5 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Apr 1785. Original Returned Date: 5 May 1785.
Robert Findlay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Class: Minister. Original Full Name: Robert Findlay. Life dates: 1721-1814. Academic dates: MA 1737; DD 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Rhetoric: or, a view of its principal tropes and figures, in their origin and powers.
Press: AN. Shelf: 6. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk6-f.1 . Original Author: Gibbons, Thomas, 1720-1785..
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Rhetoric; or, a view of its principal tropes and figures, in their origin and powers: with a Variety of Rules to escape Errors and Blemishes, and Attain Propriety and Elegance in Composition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T94177
Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Rhetoric; or, A View of its Principal Tropes and Figures
Borrowed: 1785/4/16 (Saturday). Returned: 1785/5/5 (Thursday).
Borrower: Robert Findlay
Author: Thomas Gibbons (Male, born 1720, died 1785), Genre: Belles Lettres