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Record ID 16466

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 69

Knowledge of divine things from Revelation

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/30 (Saturday). Classmark: J.5.8. Original Returned Text: Knowledge of div. things &c.


Borrower

Principal James Murison
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1700-1779. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1401048532.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


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Genre: Theology
The Knowledge of Divine Things from Revelation, not from Reason or Nature. Wherein The origin and obligation of religious truths are demonstrated; arguments of deists, moralists, &c. proved to have no foundation in nature or reason. The inlets of Knowledge, The law of nature, The several texts of scripture relating to this subject, The works of creation, The eternal fitness and reason of things, The demonstration of a supreme being, &c. are fully considered and explained. By a gentleman of Brazen-Nose College, Oxford; now of the Diocese of Chester.
Classmark: J.5.8, K.5.8, B.5.33.

Record ID 17459

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 113

Hawthorndens Works

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1750/12/12 (Saturday). Classmark: A.3.. Original Returned Text: Hawthornden's Works. Professor: Andrew Shaw.


Borrower

John Smibert
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

William Drummond of Hawthorndon (Male, born 1585-12-13, died 1649-12-4)
Genre: History, Genre: Poetry
The works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden. Consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which were design’d for the press. Now published from the author’s original copies.
Classmark: A.3.2.

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Confidence level: Certain

William Drummond of Hawthorndon (Male, born 1585-12-13, died 1649-12-4)
Genre: History, Genre: Poetry
The works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden. Consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which were design’d for the press. Now published from the author’s original copies.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1711. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

William Drummond of Hawthorndon (Male, born 1585-12-13, died 1649-12-4)
Genre: History, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1750/12/12 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Smibert

Author: William Drummond of Hawthorndon (Male, born 1585-12-13, died 1649-12-4), Genre: History, Genre: Poetry

Works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden

Record ID 17525

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 115

Nature display'd Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/2 (Saturday). Classmark: J.4.20. Original Returned Text: Nature display'd Vol 2d. Professor: David Young.


Borrower

David Smith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

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: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/2 (Saturday).

Borrower: David Smith

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 17524

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 115

Cicero de Oratore, Delphini

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/2 (Saturday). Classmark: E.6.53. Original Returned Text: Cicero de Oratore. Professor: David Young.


Borrower

David Smith
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. T. Ciceronis de Oratore ad Q. Fratrem Dialogi, seu Libri Tres, cum Interpretatione ac Notis Quas in Usum Serenissimi Delphini Edidit Jacobus Provst, è Societate Jesu.
Classmark: E.6.53, R.6.26, R.8.25.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
M. T. Ciceronis de Oratore ad Q. Fratrem Dialogi, seu Libri Tres, cum Interpretatione ac Notis Quas in Usum Serenissimi Delphini Edidit Jacobus Provst, è Societate Jesu.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1714. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Cicero

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/2 (Saturday).

Borrower: David Smith

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres

Orations of Cicero

Record ID 17603

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 118

Universal Hist. Vol 14th & 15th

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1750/12/28 (Monday). Classmark: K.4.14. Original Returned Text: Universal Hist. V. 14, & 15.


Borrower

Professor David Gregory
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Classmark: K.4.1, K.4.14, M.5.1, M.6.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 15

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1750/12/28 (Monday).

Borrower: Professor David Gregory

Genre: History

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Volumes borrowed: Volume 14, Volume 15

Record ID 18002

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 135

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