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Record ID 283742

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 63

Vol- 2.  CollectiTravels

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

Major Chalmers Ferguson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Military > Army.

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


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: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: Major Chalmers Ferguson , James Aitken

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 283736

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 63

Voltair's Age of Lewis 14 Vols.

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The age of Lewis XIV. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. ...
Classmark: 11.9.18-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The age of Lewis XIV. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 22 borrowing records


Book Work

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Age of Louis XIV

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Thomas Lawson

Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History

Age of Louis XIV

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 283733

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 63

Rollin'sVols 2d & 3d

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

Thomas Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Life dates: d. 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.

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


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. ...
Classmark: 11.9.1-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738-1740. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 405 times in 212 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: Thomas Hamilton , John Scott

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 283745

Library: Dumfries Presbytery Library. Register: Issue Book (Type: Professorial). Page: 63

Stebbing

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).


Borrower

John Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

Henry Stebbing (Male, born 1687, died 1763)
Genre: Theology
Christianity justified upon the Scripture foundation. Being a summary view of the controversy between Christians and deists. In two parts. In which the subject matter of the gospel revelation is vindicated against objections; and the evidence for the truth of the Christian religion briefly stated. Preached in several sermons (but now digested into one continued discourse) for the lecture founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle, Esq. in the parish church of St. Mary le Bow, in the years 1747, 1748, 1749. By Henry Stebbing, D. D. Chancellor of the Diocese of Sarum, and Chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty.
Classmark: 12.5.14.

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Robertson

Author: Henry Stebbing (Male, born 1687, died 1763), Genre: Theology

Christianity Justified upon the Scripture Foundation

Record ID 2435

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names (1760-1765, Type: Student). Page: 36r

Burnet on the 39 Art.

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/19 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan 1764. Original Returned Date: 19 Jan 1764. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

John McMellon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Preacher. Original Full Name: John McMellon.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Lay Preacher.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Thirty-nine articles of the Church of England
Press: CC. Shelf: 3. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-d.1. Original Author: Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: Theology
An exposition of the thirty-nine articles of the Church of England. Written by Gilbert Bishop of Sarum.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1700. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 75


Book Work

Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1764/1/19 (Thursday).

Borrower: John McMellon

Author: Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715), Genre: Theology

Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England

Record ID 48749

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 1: Professors Receipt Book (1751-1765, Type: Professorial). Page: 20v

Quintus Curtius 2 vols. 4to

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: /5/18. Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan [1764]. Original Returned Date: 18 May.


Borrower

Dr William Wright
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Theology, Divinity, Greek, Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: Mr Wright. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male)
Genre: Lives
De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni.
Press: A. Shelf: 5. Number: 4.5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-g.12-13. Original Author: Curtius Rufus, Quintus..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male)
Genre: Lives
De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni ... libri superstites. Cum omnibus supplementis, variantibus lectionibus, commentariius ac notis perpetuis [variorum] ... Curavit et digessit Henricus Snakenburg / [Curtius].
Language: Latin . Published: Delft | Leiden. Date of publication: 1724. Format: 4to.
Editors: Snakenburg, Henry.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male)
Genre: Lives
De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: /5/18.

Borrower: Dr William Wright

Author: Quintus Curtius Rufus (Male), Genre: Lives

De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 48748

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 1: Professors Receipt Book (1751-1765, Type: Professorial). Page: 20v

Plutarch's Lives 5 vols 4to

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: /4/16. Original Borrowed Date: 4 Jan [1764]. Original Returned Date: 16 Apr.


Borrower

Dr William Wright
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Theology, Divinity, Greek, Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: Mr Wright. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Plutarch's Lives, 5 vols
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Borrowed: 1764/1/4 (Wednesday). Returned: /4/16.

Borrower: Dr William Wright

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)

Plutarch's Lives, 5 vols

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5