An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1748/11/18
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Record ID 15522
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Medical Essays Vol. 1st
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/1 (Sunday). Classmark: J.5.4. Original Returned Text: Medical Essays Vol. 1<sup>st</sup>. Professor: David Young.
David MacGibbon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations / revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Classmark: J.5.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations / revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1737-1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 224 times in 87 borrowing records
ESTC: T68053
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: David MacGibbon
Author: Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731), Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 15523
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Westons Art of Short-writing
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1749/1/2 (Thursday). Classmark: A.6.23. Original Returned Text: Westons Short hand. Professor: David Young.
David MacGibbon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Weston (Male, born c.1688, died c.1748)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography compleated, or the art of short-hand brought to perfection; being the most easy, exact, lineal, speedy, and legible method extant: whereby can be joined in every sentence, at least two, three, four, five, six, seven, or more words together in one, without taking off ye pen, in ye twinkling of an eye; and that by the signs of the English moods, tenses, persons, particles, &c never before invented. By this new method any, who can but tolerably write their names in round-hand, may with ease (by this book alone without any teacher) take down from ye speaker's mouth, any sermon speech, trial, play, &c. word by word, though they know nothing of Latin. And may likewise read one another's writing distinctly. be it ever so long after it is written: to perform these by any other short-hand method extant, is utterly impossible; as is evident from ye books themselves. The nature, use, and excellency hereof, are more fully contained in the preface. Compos'd by James Weston, the only author and professor of this new method.
Classmark: A.6.23, A.6.28, S.5.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume , Volume , Volume , Volume
Confidence level: Certain
James Weston (Male, born c.1688, died c.1748)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography compleated, or the art of short-hand brought to perfection; being the most easy, exact, lineal, speedy, and legible method extant: whereby can be joined in every sentence, at least two, three, four, five, six, seven, or more words together in one, without taking off ye pen, in ye twinkling of an eye; and that by the signs of the English moods, tenses, persons, particles, &c never before invented. By this new method any, who can but tolerably write their names in round-hand, may with ease (by this book alone without any teacher) take down from ye speaker's mouth, any sermon speech, trial, play, &c. word by word, though they know nothing of Latin. And may likewise read one another's writing distinctly. be it ever so long after it is written: to perform these by any other short-hand method extant, is utterly impossible; as is evident from ye books themselves. The nature, use, and excellency hereof, are more fully contained in the preface. Compos'd by James Weston, the only author and professor of this new method.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 96 times in 90 borrowing records
ESTC: N41627
James Weston (Male, born c.1688, died c.1748)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography Compleated
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1749/1/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: David MacGibbon
Author: James Weston (Male, born c.1688, died c.1748), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume , Volume , Volume , Volume
Record ID 15526
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Gay′s ffables Vol 1st
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/11/28 (Thursday). Classmark: J 3.13. Original Returned Text: Gays ffables Vol. 1<sup>st</sup>. Professor: David Gregory.
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.
John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables. By the late Mr. Gay.
Classmark: J.3.13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables. By the late Mr. Gay.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T13828
John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732)
Genre: Fiction
Fables [John Gay]
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/11/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Duncan
Author: John Gay (Male, born 1685, died 1732), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 15525
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Nature display′d Vol 2d
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/11/28 (Thursday). Classmark: J 4.20. Original Returned Text: Nature display'd Vol. 2<sup>d</sup>. Professor: David Gregory.
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.
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
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
ESTC: N24038
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/11/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Duncan
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 15524
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Rollins Belles Lettres Vol 1st
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/12 (Thursday). Classmark: J.5 2. Original Returned Text: Rollins Belles Lettres V. 1<sup>st</sup>. Professor: David Gregory.
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.
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 1
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The 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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 244 times in 171 borrowing records
ESTC: T64235
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/12 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Duncan
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 15521
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Malebranche′s Search after Truth.
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/16 (Monday). Classmark: E.7.54. Original Returned Text: Malebranche's Search after truth. Professor: David Young.
Thomas Webster
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Nicolas Malebranche (Male, born 1638, died 1715)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Malebranch’s Search after truth. Or A treatise of the nature of the humane mind, and of its management for avoiding error in the sciences. Vol. I. Done out of French from the last edition.
Classmark: E.7.54, Q.8.27.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Nicolas Malebranche (Male, born 1638, died 1715)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Malebranch’s Search after truth. Or A treatise of the nature of the humane mind, and of its management for avoiding error in the sciences. Vol. I. Done out of French from the last edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1694-1695. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: R4432
Nicolas Malebranche (Male, born 1638, died 1715)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Malebranch’s Search after Truth. Or A Treatise of the Nature of the Humane Mind
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/16 (Monday).
Borrower: Thomas Webster
Author: Nicolas Malebranche (Male, born 1638, died 1715), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Malebranch’s Search after Truth. Or A Treatise of the Nature of the Humane Mind
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 15519
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Hook′s Rom. Hist. Vol. 2d
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/24 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.3.7. Original Returned Text: Hook's Rom. Hist. Vol. 2<sup>d</sup>. Professor: David Young.
Thomas Webster
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The Roman History, from the building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with Maps and other Plates. By N. Hooke, Esq.
Classmark: J.3.7, M.4.21, M.4.22, E.2.14, P.4.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 241 times in 184 borrowing records
ESTC: T71736
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Confidence level: Very likely
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates. Vol.II. By N. Hooke, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1745. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 144 times in 122 borrowing records
ESTC: T71733
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Confidence level: Very likely
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates. Vol. III. By N. Hooke, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 144 times in 122 borrowing records
ESTC: T71734
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Confidence level: Very likely
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The Roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates. Vol. IV. By N. Hooke, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 316 times in 291 borrowing records
ESTC: T71735
Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/24 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Webster
Author: Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763), Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 15520
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 26
Xenoph. Cyropaideia, p Hutchinson
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/8 (Sunday). Classmark: A.5.28. Original Returned Text: Xenoph. Cyropaideia p Hutch.. Professor: David Young.
Thomas Webster
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History
Ξενοφωντος κϒροϒ παιδειας βιβλια οκτω. Xenophontis de Cyri institutione libri octo. Graeca recognovit, cum Codice MSto Oxoniensi & omnibus serè libris editis contulit, plurimis in locis emendavit, Versionem Latinam reformavit, Observationibus suis, Tabula Geographica, binisque differentationibus praemissis auxit & illustravit; Notas H. Stephani, Leunclavii, AE. Porti & Mureti recensitas & castigatas, Variantium Lectionum delectum, Indicesque necessarios adjunxit Thomas Hutchinson A. M.
Classmark: A.5.28, A.6.12, Q.3.22.
Confidence level: Certain
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History
Ξενοφωντος κϒροϒ παιδειας βιβλια οκτω. Xenophontis de Cyri institutione libri octo. Graeca recognovit, cum Codice MSto Oxoniensi & omnibus serè libris editis contulit, plurimis in locis emendavit, Versionem Latinam reformavit, Observationibus suis, Tabula Geographica, binisque differentationibus praemissis auxit & illustravit; Notas H. Stephani, Leunclavii, AE. Porti & Mureti recensitas & castigatas, Variantium Lectionum delectum, Indicesque necessarios adjunxit Thomas Hutchinson A. M.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: T188065
Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History
Expedition of Cyrus
Borrowed: 1748/11/18 (Monday). Returned: 1748/12/8 (Sunday).
Borrower: Thomas Webster
Author: Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354), Genre: History