Byrom's short-hand, 8.^o

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shill. sterl..

Borrower

Mr Charles Hay of Newton; Lord Newton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1747-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

Book HoldingLibrary record

John Byrom (Male, born 1692, died 1763)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The universal English short-hand or, the way of writing English, in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, ... Invented by John Byrom.
Possible modern shelfmark: Bl.5/1.29.

Olaus Magnus de gentibus septentrienalibus fol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/15 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..

Borrowers

Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

Mr Alexander Kemp
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Magnus Olaus Archbishop of Uppsala (Male, born 1490, died 1557)
Genre: History
Historia ... de gentium septentrionalium variis conditionibus statibusúe [Olaus Magnus]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.9.c.7 .

Shaftesbury's Charact: Vol. 1:^st

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.

Borrower

James Hope
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury (Male, born 1671, died 1713)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections (E. B. .82451).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Keill's Astronomy

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.

Borrower

George Booth
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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John Keill (Male, born 1671, died 1721)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Keill's Astronomy (original title)
Introduction to the true astronomy [Keill] (standardised title)

Watts Philos: Essays

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.

Borrower

Thomas Henderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Isaac Watts (Male, born 1674, died 1748)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical essays on various subjects, viz. Space, substance, body ... with some remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the human understanding [Watts].
Historical Shelfmark: Z.h.21..

Marmontel 1 & 2

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Jan. Original Returned Date: 7 Mar.

Borrower

George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

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Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Poétique françoise.
Press: N. Shelf: 4. Number: 23.24. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi1-h.3-4. Original Author: Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Encyclopedie t 2.5.8.

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Jan. Original Returned Date: 7 Mar.

Borrower

George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres
Press: I. Shelf: 2. Number: 5.6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-a.8-14. Original Author: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 5, Volume 8

British Customs

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Jan. Original Returned Date: 7 Mar.

Borrower

George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

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Samuel Venner (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
British merchants assistant: or a complete view of the British customs
Press: O. Shelf: 5. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm2-a.13  . Original Author: Venner, Samuel..

Lamotte V. 3.

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/7 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 15 Jan. Original Returned Date: 7 Mar.

Borrower

George Muirhead
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Oriental Languages 1753-1754; Chair of Humanity 1754-1773; Dean of Faculty 1764-1766; Clerk of the University 1769.
Original Full Name: Mr Muirhead. Life dates: 1715-1773. Academic dates: 1728; MA 1742 (Edin.).
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.

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Antoine Houdart de Lamotte (Male, born 1672, died 1731)
Genre: Lives
Oeuvres de Monsieur Houdar de la Motte.
Press: AV. Shelf: 11. Number: V^o. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh1-k.1-11. Original Author: Lamotte, Antoine Houdart de..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Marlorati . Novum  Testa .

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/15 (Friday). Classmark: P2 . 30. Original Returned Text: Marlorati N. Test-.

Borrower

William Milligan
Gender: Male.

Book Holding

Augustin Marlorat du Pasquier (Male, born 1506, died 1562-10-31)
Genre: Theology
Noui Testamenti catholica expositio ecclesiastica. : ex probatis theologis, quos Dominus Ecclesiæ suæ diuersis in locis dedit, excerpta & diligenter concinnata: siue, Bibliotheca expositionum Noui Testamenti, id est, Expositio ex probatis theologics collecta & in unum corpus singurali artificio conflata .. [Marlorat]
Classmark: P.2.30.

Antoninus  Meditations

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/29 (Tuesday). Classmark: B8- 20. Original Returned Text: Antoninus. Meditations.

Borrower

Thomas Constable
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1755-1817. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1373575476.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (Male, born 121-4-26, died 180-3-17)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Newly translated from the Greek: with notes, and an account of his life.
Classmark: K.7.7, B.8.20.

Henry's  Comment. Vol 6^th

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/30 (Wednesday). Classmark: M3 . 3. Original Returned Text: Henry Comment . V 6^th.

Borrower

William Braid
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1751-1824. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1368449900.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Matthew Henry (Male, born 1662, died 1714)
Genre: Theology
An exposition of the Old and New Testaments / by Mr. Matthew Henry, late minister of the Gospel at Chester.
Classmark: M.3.3, R.2.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Syke's on Na - religion

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/30 (Wednesday). Classmark: B7. 16. Original Returned Text: Syke's on Na. religion.

Borrower

William Braid
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1751-1824. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1368449900.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Arthur Ashley Sykes (Male, born c.1683, died 1756)
Genre: Theology
The principles and connexion of natural and revealed religion distinctly considered. By Arthur Ashley Sykes, D. D.
Classmark: J.4.21, B.7.16.

Pope's Works  1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/21 (Monday). Classmark: N7. 4. Original Returned Text: Pope's Works 1 & 2 V..

Borrower

James Playfair
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1752-1812. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1404450212.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Classmark: N.7.4, N.8.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Uni.   hist . 3 & 4 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/23 (Wednesday). Classmark: M5 . 1. Original Returned Text: Uni. hist 3 & 4 Vol.

Borrower

James Milne Mylne
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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 3, Volume 4

Addison's Works Vol 3^d

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/8 (Friday). Classmark: -- -. Original Returned Text: Addison's Works V 2^d.

Borrower

Thomas Ranken
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of ... Joseph Addison.
Classmark: A.5.14, A.5.15, S.6.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Watt's Improvment

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/6 (Wednesday). Classmark: B5 .17. Original Returned Text: Watt's Improvment.

Borrower

John Webster
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1755-1807. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417992508.
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.

Rol Belles letters 3 & 4 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/29 (Tuesday). Classmark: B6. 6. Original Returned Text: Rol . Belles letters 3 &4 V..

Borrower

John Webster
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1755-1807. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417992508.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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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 3, Volume 4

Pope's works 9 & 10 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/19 (Saturday). Classmark: -- --. Original Returned Text: Pope's Works 9 & 10 Vol.

Borrower

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

Book Holding

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Classmark: N.7.4, N.8.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10

Belisarius

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Classmark: E7. 18. Original Returned Text: Belsarius.

Borrower

Thomas Fleming
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1754-1824. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1380146172.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Fiction
Belisarius / by M. Marmontel, Member of the French Academy.
Classmark: E.7.18.

Andrew's Virgil

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/6 (Wednesday). Classmark: P4 .20. Original Returned Text: Andrew's Virgil.

Borrower

Wemyss Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews.
Classmark: P.4.20, P.3.24.

Virgilius Burmanii Tom 2^d

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/6 (Wednesday). Classmark: M6.23. Original Returned Text: Virgilius Burmanii Tom2^d.

Borrower

Wemyss Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Male)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, cum integris & emendatioribus commentariis servii, philargyrii, pierii. Accedunt Fulvii Ursini, Georgii Fabricii, Francisci Nansii, Joh. Musonii, Tanaquilli fabri, et aliorum, ac praecipue Nicolai Heinsii notae nunc primum editae: quibus & suas in omne opus animadversiones, & variantes in servium lectiones addidit Petrus Burmannus. Post cujus obitum interruptam editionis curam suscepit & adornavit Petrus Burmannus Junior. Cum indicibus absolutissimis & figuris elegantissimis.
Classmark: M.6.23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Fitzosburn's letters 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/5 (Tuesday). Classmark: B5, 29. Original Returned Text: Fitzosburns letters 1&2 V..

Borrower

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

Book HoldingLibrary record

William Melmoth (Male, born c.1710, died 1799)
Genre: Lives
Letters on several subjects. By the late Sir Thomas Fitzosborne [Pseud. i. e. W. Melmoth]...To which is added, (translated by the same hand) a dialogue upon oratory: attributed to Quinctilian [sic].
Classmark: L.6.3, B.5.29, B.6.12?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Rol- Ro. hist 3 & 4 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/22 (Tuesday). Classmark: B4. 11. Original Returned Text: Rol. Ro. hist. 3 & 4 V..

Borrower

Thomas Craigdally Craigdallie
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1374399860.
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 3, Volume 4

Amelia by Feilding 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/1 (Friday). Classmark: - -. Original Returned Text: Amelia 1 & 2 Vol.

Borrower

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

Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Amelia. By Henry Fielding, Esq; In four volumes. ...
Classmark: M.7.8, R.7.2, B.6.9?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Amelia  3 & 4 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/16 (Wednesday). Classmark: M7. 8. Original Returned Text: Amelia 3 & 4 Vol.

Borrower

George Gordon Lord Haddo
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1764-1791. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1382497796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Amelia. By Henry Fielding, Esq; In four volumes. ...
Classmark: M.7.8, R.7.2, B.6.9?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

David  Simple 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/25 (Friday). Classmark: Q6 . 17. Original Returned Text: David Simple 1 & 2 Vol.

Borrower

Walter Ogilvie
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1755-1808. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1402543108.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book Holding

Sarah Fielding (Female, born 1710, died 1768)
Genre: Fiction
The adventures of David Simple: containing an account of his travels through the cities of London and Westminster, in the search of a real friend. By a Lady. In two volumes.
Classmark: J.7.4, Q.6.17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Rol. Belles letters 31 & 42 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Classmark: B6- 6. Original Returned Text: Rol. Belles letters 12d Ret. &1^st V..

Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Book HoldingLibrary record

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, Volume 2