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Record ID 161
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 2: Students Receipt Book (1757-1760, Type: Student). Page: 9v
Rollins History 2 vols
Borrowed: 1757/12/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/12/20 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Dec 1757. Original Returned Date: 20 Dec 1757. Professor 1: Adam Smith.
John Best
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Best.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman history from the foundation of Rome to the battle of Actium ... Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 4. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi1-g.24-25. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, To the end of the Commonwealth. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739-1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1241 times in 806 borrowing records
ESTC: N48133
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
Borrowed: 1757/12/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1757/12/20 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Best
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 415
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 2: Students Receipt Book (1757-1760, Type: Student). Page: 19r
Popes Miscelanys vol 1st Vol. 2d
Borrowed: 1758/3/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1758/4/14 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 14 Apr 1758. Professor 1: James Clow.
John Best
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Best.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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.
Press: AS. Shelf: 6. Number: 4: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-h.11-13. Original Author: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
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
ESTC: T39458
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
Borrowed: 1758/3/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1758/4/14 (Friday).
Borrower: John Best
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 1889
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 20v
1.st Vol: of Middl: Life of Cicero
Borrowed: 1761/12/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1762/1/12 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Dec 1761. Original Returned Date: 12 Jan 1762. Professor 1: George Muirhead.
John Best
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Best.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero: in two volumes
Press: L. Shelf: 6. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-d.7-8. Original Author: Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In two volumes. By Conyers Middleton, D. D. Principal Library-Keeper of the University of Cambridge
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 104 times in 73 borrowing records
ESTC: T125960
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Borrowed: 1761/12/29 (Tuesday). Returned: 1762/1/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Best
Author: Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750), Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 1907
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 21r
Midletons Life of Cicero 1 vol
Borrowed: 1762/1/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1762/1/26 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Jan 1762. Original Returned Date: 26 Jan 1762. Professor 1: George Muirhead.
John Best
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Best.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero: in two volumes
Press: L. Shelf: 6. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-d.7-8. Original Author: Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In two volumes. By Conyers Middleton, D. D. Principal Library-Keeper of the University of Cambridge
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 104 times in 73 borrowing records
ESTC: T125960
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Borrowed: 1762/1/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1762/1/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Best
Author: Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750), Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 2387
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 35r
McLaurin's Acoutt of N Phi
Borrowed: 1763/11/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1763/12/5 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Nov 1763. Original Returned Date: 5 Dec 1763. Professor 1: John Anderson.
John Best
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Best.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, in four books
Press: P. Shelf: 8. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-e.6 . Original Author: MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746..
Confidence level: Certain
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 67
ESTC: T81914
Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries
Borrowed: 1763/11/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1763/12/5 (Monday).
Borrower: John Best
Author: Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 2404
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 35v
McLaurin's Acc.n of N P
Borrowed: 1763/12/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1763/12/19 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Dec 1763. Original Returned Date: 19 Dec 1763. Professor 1: John Anderson.
John Best
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Best.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries, in four books
Press: P. Shelf: 8. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-e.6 . Original Author: MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746..
Confidence level: Certain
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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 67
ESTC: T81914
Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries
Borrowed: 1763/12/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1763/12/19 (Monday).
Borrower: John Best
Author: Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 2544
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 39r
Clark on the Attributes
Borrowed: 1764/3/30 (Friday). Returned: 1764/4/18 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Mar 1764. Original Returned Date: 18 Apr 1764. Professor 1: Patrick Cumin.
John Best
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Best.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
Discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian revelation. In answer to Mr. Hobbs, Spinoza, the author of The Oracles of Reason, and other deniers of natural and revealed religion. : Being sixteen sermons, preach'd in the cathedral-church of St. Paul, in the years 1704, and 1705, at the lecture founded by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq.
Press: CF. Shelf: 4. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RB 3330. Original Author: Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729..
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
Discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian revelation. In answer to Mr. Hobbs, Spinoza, the author of The Oracles of Reason, and other deniers of natural and revealed religion. : Being sixteen sermons, preach'd in the cathedral-church of St. Paul, in the years 1704, and 1705, at the lecture founded by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 45
ESTC: N567
Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God
Borrowed: 1764/3/30 (Friday). Returned: 1764/4/18 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Best
Author: Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17), Genre: Theology