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Record ID 211823

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 44

Travels Vol: 2d

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/8/28 (Saturday).


Borrower

William McMillan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1764.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts. Others translated out of foreign languages, and now first publish’d in English. To which are added some few that have formerly appear’d in English, but do now for their excellency and scarceness deserve to be reprinted. In four volumes. With a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation, from its first beginning to the perfection it is now in, &c. The whole illustrated with a great number of useful maps, and cuts, all engraven on copper. The authors contain’d in this volume, see over leaf.
Classmark: 1.2.1-2-3-4 and 13.3or4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1704. Format: folio.
Editors: Compiled by Awnsham Churchill and John Churchill.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 163 times in 144 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/8/28 (Saturday).

Borrower: William McMillan

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 18248

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 145

Tom Jones Vol 2d, 3d & 4th

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/3 (Friday). Classmark: K.8.13. Original Returned Text: Tom Jones V. 2d 3d & 4th. Professor: Henry Rymer.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq;
Classmark: K.8.13, B.8.17, B.7.12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In six volumes. By Henry Fielding, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 235 times in 106 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/3 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert McLachlan

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 18623

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 160

Nature display'd Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/20 (Monday). Classmark: J.4.20. Original Returned Text: Nature display'd V . 2d. Professor: Thomas Simson.


Borrower

Thomas Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1736. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377913372.
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: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/20 (Monday).

Borrower: Thomas 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 18622

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 160

Rapin's Hist of Engld V. 2d

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/20 (Monday). Classmark: A.6.44. Original Returned Text: Rapin's Hist. of Engld V. 2d. Professor: Thomas Simson.


Borrower

Thomas Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1736. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377913372.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
The history of England, as well ecclesiastical as civil by Mr De Rapin Thoyras. Done into English from the French, with large and useful notes mark'd with an *, by N. Tindal, A. M. Vicar of Great Waltham in Essex.
Classmark: A.6.44, A.5.2, L.4.30.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
The history of England, as well ecclesiastical as civil by Mr De Rapin Thoyras. Done into English from the French, with large and useful notes mark'd with an *, by N. Tindal, A. M. Vicar of Great Waltham in Essex.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726-1731. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 233 times in 141 borrowing records


Book Work

Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725)
Genre: History
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/20 (Monday).

Borrower: Thomas Duncan

Author: Paul Rapin de Thoyras (Male, born 1661, died 1725), Genre: History

History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 18648

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 161

Acta Lipsiæ 1739 & Supt 1740, 41 & 42

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/3 (Friday). Classmark: J.3.29. Original Returned Text: Acta Lipsiæ 1739 & Supt 1740, 41, & 42.


Borrower

Professor Walter Wilson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1706-1769. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1419659036.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Periodicals
Nova acta eruditorum, anno [...] publicata.
Classmark: K.3.24, J.3.23-31, Q.3.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1739, Volume 1739 Supplementum, Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
Nova acta eruditorum, anno [...] publicata.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1732-1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 13 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Nova Acta Eruditorum

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/3 (Friday).

Borrower: Professor Walter Wilson

Genre: Periodicals

Nova Acta Eruditorum

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1739, Volume 1739 Supplementum, Volume 1740, Volume 1741, Volume 1742

Record ID 18870

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 169

Tindals Rights of ye Chr. Church

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/25 (Saturday). Classmark: L.6.12. Original Returned Text: Tindals Rights of ye Chr. Church. Professor: Andrew Shaw.


Borrower

Robert Watson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1730-1781. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417642364.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Matthew Tindal (Male, born c.1653, died 1733)
Genre: Theology
The Rights of the Christian Church asserted, Against the Romish, and all other Priests, who claim an Independent Power over it. With a Preface concerning the Government of the Church of England, as by Law establish'd. Part I.
Classmark: L.6.12.

Record ID 18871

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 169

Knowledge of div. things from Revelation

Borrowed: 1751/8/28 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/9/25 (Saturday). Classmark: K.5.8. Original Returned Text: Knowledge of div. Things from R.. Professor: Andrew Shaw.


Borrower

Robert Watson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1730-1781. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417642364.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.