An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1768/2/13
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Record ID 56008
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 9
World Displayed Vol. 2 & third
Borrowed: 1768/2/13 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 'having deposited the notes in Mr Gordon's hands'.
William Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/82293. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1775. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1768.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Travel
World displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; P*.33.34.53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Borrowed: 1768/2/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Sinclair
Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 49926
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 4: Professors Receipt Book (1765-1770, Type: Professorial). Page: 33v
Le Comte on China
Borrowed: 1768/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1768/2/22 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Feb 1768. Original Returned Date: 22 Feb 1768.
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.
Louis Le Comte (Male, born 1655, died 1728)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs and observations ... made in a late journey through the empire of China.
Press: AR. Shelf: 5. Number: 18. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.20 . Original Author: Le Comte, Louis..
Confidence level: Certain
Louis Le Comte (Male, born 1655, died 1728)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs and observations ... made in a late journey through the empire of China.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1698. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: R217600
Louis Le Comte (Male, born 1655, died 1728)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs and Observations ... Made in a Late Journey through the Empire of China
Borrowed: 1768/2/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1768/2/22 (Monday).
Borrower: George Muirhead
Author: Louis Le Comte (Male, born 1655, died 1728), Genre: Travel
Memoirs and Observations ... Made in a Late Journey through the Empire of China