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Record ID 51993

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 38r

Glanvill's Essays

Borrowed: 1785/3/26 (Saturday). Returned: 1785/5/7 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 26 Apr. Original Returned Date: 7 May.


Borrower

Thomas Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Reid. Life dates: 1710-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


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Joseph Glanvill (Male, born 1636, died 1680)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Essays on several important subjects in philosophy and religion.
Press: AF. Shelf: 1. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 1060. Original Author: Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680..

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Joseph Glanvill (Male, born 1636, died 1680)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Essays on several important subjects in philosophy and religion
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1676. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8


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Joseph Glanvill (Male, born 1636, died 1680)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Theology
Essays on Several Important Subjects in Philosophy and Religion [Joseph Glanvill]

Record ID 39568

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 125r

Reynal's Histy. Vol 3d. 4

Borrowed: 1785/3/26 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: March 26th. 1785. Original Borrower: Jo: Douglass.


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John Douglass
Gender: Male.


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Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Translated from the French by J. Justamond, M.A. To which is added, a set of proper maps.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 344441

Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 5

Harris's Travells 2 Vols

Borrowed: 1785/3/26 (Saturday).


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Mr John Wright
Gender: Male. Address: Torbrex [formerly Stirling].
Subs Date: 13 October 1785. Subs: 5.6.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders.


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John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca : or, A compleat collection of voyages and travels. consisting of above four hundred of the most authentick writers; beginning with Hackluit, Purchas, &c. in English; Ramusio in Italian; Threvenot, &c. in French; De Bry, and Grynaei Novus Orbis in Latin. the Dutch East-India company in Dutch. [Harris]
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1705. Format: folio.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a complete collection of voyages and travels. Consisting of above six hundred of the most authentic writers, beginning with Hackluit, Purchass, &c. in English; Ramusio, Alamandini, Carreri, &c. in Italian; Thevenot, Renaudot, Labat, &c. in French; De Brye, Grynaeus, Maffeus, &c. in Latin; Herrera, Oviedo, Coreal, &c. in Spanish; and the voyages under the direction of the East-India Company in Holland, in Dutch. Together with such other histories, voyages, travels, or discoveries, as are in general esteem; whether published in English, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, High and Low Dutch, or in any other European language. Containing whatever has been observed worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; in respect to the extent and situation of empires, kingdoms, provinces, &c. The climate, soil, and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, of each country: likewise the religion, manners, and customs of the several inhabitants, their government, arts and sciences, publick buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, &c. Illustrated by proper charts, maps, and cuts. To which is prefixed a copious introduction, comprehending the rise and progress of the art of navigation, and its successive improvements; together with the invention and use of the loadstone, and its variation. Originally published in two volumes in folio, by John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. Now carefully revised, with large additions, and continued down to the present time; including particular accounts of the manufactures and commerce of each country.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1744-1748. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 111 borrowing records


Book Work

John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1785/3/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr John Wright

Author: John Harris (Male, born c.1677, died 1719), Genre: Travel

Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2