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Record ID 17581

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 117

Rollins Rom. History V. 7th & 8th

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/12 (Monday). Classmark: K.4.8. Original Returned Text: Rollins Rom. Hist. V. 7 & 8th. Professor: Thomas Simson.


Borrower

Robert Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
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.
Classmark: J.5.2, K.4.8, B.4.11, B.3.26.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Simson

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 7, Volume 8

Record ID 18016

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

Martyn's Virgils Georgicks

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/5/8 (Saturday). Classmark: K.5.30. Original Returned Text: Martyns Virg. Georgicks. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum Libri Quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes. By John Martyn, F. R. S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
Classmark: K.5.30, B.5.12.

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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum Libri Quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes. By John Martyn, F. R. S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
Language: Latin | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Martyn, John, 1699-1768.
Number of borrowings: 28


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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Georgics of Virgil

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/5/8 (Saturday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Georgics of Virgil

Record ID 18014

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

Mair's Book-keeping

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/5 (Monday). Classmark: J.5.26. Original Returned Text: Mair's Book-keeping. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping methodiz’d: or, a methodical treatise of merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form. Wherein, The theory of the Art is fully Explained, and reduced to practice, by Variety of suitable Examples in all the Branches of Trade. To which is added, A Large Appendix, containing, I. Descriptions and Specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by Merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the Nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an Account of her Exports and Imports. VI. A Dictionary, explaining the abstruse Words and Terms that occur in Merchandize. By John Mair, A.M.
Classmark: J.5.26, Q.5.5, G.6.14.

Record ID 18015

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

Watts improvemt of the Mind

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/5 (Monday). Classmark: K.5.25. Original Returned Text: Watts Improvet of ye Mind. Professor: John Young.


Borrower

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Isaac Watts (Male, born 1674, died 1748)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The improvement of the mind: or, a supplement to the art of logick: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of useful Knowledge, in Religion, in the Sciences, and in common Life. By I. Watts, D.D.
Classmark: K.4.8, K.5.25, B.5.17.

Borrowed: 1751/3/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1751/4/5 (Monday).

Borrower: Simon Blair

Author: Isaac Watts (Male, born 1674, died 1748), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Improvement of the Mind: or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick