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Record ID 211847

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

Universal History Vol's& 4th

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/2 (Saturday).


Borrowers

John Scott
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1697-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.

Thomas Nivison
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Domestic Service > Indoor Servants.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.
Classmark: 12.6.1-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

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: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/2 (Saturday).

Borrowers: John Scott , Thomas Nivison

Genre: History

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 211856

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

State Tracts Vol: 2d

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/2 (Saturday).


Borrower

James Hogg
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1778.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History, Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A collection of state tracts, publish’d on occasion of the late revolution in 1688. And during the reign of King William III. ... To which is prefix’d, the history of the Dutch war in 1672. Translated from the French copy printed at Paris in 1682. which was supprest at the Instance of the English Embassador, because of the Discoveries it made of the League betwixt the Kings of France and England for enslaving Europe, and introducing the Popish Religion into These Kingdoms, and the United Provinces. With a table of the several Tracts in this Volume, and a alphabetical index of Matters.
Classmark: 1.4.8-9-10 or 3?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 211853

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

Conquest of Mexico Vols 2

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/2 (Saturday).


Borrower

John Scott
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1697-1770.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

Antonio de Solis (Male, born 1610, died 1686)
Genre: History
The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Translated into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, Secretary and Historiographer To His Catholick Majesty, by Thomas Townsend, Esq; Late Lieutenant Colonel in Brig. Gen. Newton’s Regiment. The whole translation revised and corrected by Nathanael Hooke, Esq; Translator of The Travels of Cyrus, and The Life of the Archbishop of Cambray. ...
Classmark: 11.7.21-22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/2 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Scott

Author: Antonio de Solis (Male, born 1610, died 1686), Genre: History

History of the Conquest of Mexico

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 211850

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

Univers: Hist: Vol: 16th

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/2 (Saturday).


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.
Classmark: 12.6.1-21.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16

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: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/2 (Saturday).

Borrower: William McMillan

Genre: History

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 16

Record ID 17752

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 124

Preceptor Vol 1st .

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/11/18 (Thursday). Classmark: J.6.5. Original Returned Text: Preceptor Vol 1st. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Robert Dunbar
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377700052.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
The preceptor: containing a general course of education. Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth. In twelve parts. Viz. I. On reading, speaking, and writing letters. II. On geometry. III. On geography and astronomy. IV. On chronology and history. V. On rhetoric and poetry. VI. On drawing. VII. On logic. VIII. On natural history. IX. On ethics, or morality. X. On trade and commerce. XI. On laws and government. XII. On human life and manners. Illustrated with maps and useful cuts.
Classmark: J.6.5, D.3.7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/11/18 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Dunbar

Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education

Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 17751

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1748-1753. (UYLY205-2) (1748-1753, Type: Other). Page: 124

Watts Improvemt of the Mind

Borrowed: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/14 (Thursday). Classmark: K.5.25. Original Returned Text: Watts Improvet of ye Mind. Professor: David Gregory.


Borrower

Robert Dunbar
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377700052.
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: 1751/10/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1751/10/14 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Dunbar

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

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