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Record ID 87212

Library: Craigston Castle Library. Register: Register (1768-1830, Type: Other). Page: 02

Youngs Six Weeks Tour 1 Vol. 8vo.

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr John Saunders
Gender: Male.
Borrower entry: Mr. John Saunders.


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Arthur Young (Male, born 1741, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A six weeks tour, through the southern counties of England and Wales. Describing, particularly, I. The present state of agriculture and manufactures. II. The different methods of cultivating the soil. III. The success attending some late experiments on va

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Arthur Young (Male, born 1741, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A six weeks tour, through the southern counties of England and Wales.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11


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Arthur Young (Male, born 1741, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales

Record ID 8008

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 87v

Stanleys Lives

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/13 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 May 1770. Original Returned Date: 13 Jun 1770. Professor 1: Thomas Reid. Professor 2: James Williamson. Professor 3: George Muirhead.


Borrower

William Paul
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: William Paul.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
History of philosophy: containing the lives, opinions, actions, and discourses of the philosophers of every sect. Illustrated with the effigies of divers of them.
Press: L. Shelf: 6. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.9  . Original Author: Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678..

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Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The history of philosophy: containing the lives, opinions, actions and discourses of the philosophers of every sect.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1701. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 55


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Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
History of Philosophy [Thomas Stanley]

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/13 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Paul

Author: Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678), Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

History of Philosophy [Thomas Stanley]

Record ID 159471

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 9

Clark on ye. attributes

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Classmark: B5. 3. Original Returned Text: Clark on ye attributs.


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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Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian revelation. In Answer to Mr Hobbs, Spinoza, the Author of the Oracles of Reason, and other Deniers of Natural and Revealed Religion. Being sixteen Sermons, Preach’d in the Cathedral-Church of St Paul, in the Years 1704, and 1705, at the Lecture Founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; In which is inserted A discourse concerning the connexion of the prophecies in the Old Testament, and the Application of them to Christ. There is also, An answer to a seventh letter, concerning, the Argument a priori, in Proof of the Being of God. By Samuel Clarke, D. D. late Rector of St James’s Westminster.
Classmark: J.4.18, B.5.30, B.4.23.

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Braid

Author: Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17), Genre: Theology

Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God

Record ID 171633

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 126

Voltair's Henriad

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/13 (Wednesday). Classmark: N3. 23. Original Returned Text: Voltair's Henriad.


Borrower

Patrick Bower
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1754-c. 1790. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1368138916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Poetry
La Henriade de Mr. de Voltaire.
Classmark: A.6.22, N.3.23.

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Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Poetry
La Henriade de Mr. de Voltaire.
Language: French . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9


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Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: Poetry
Henriade

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/13 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Patrick Bower

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

Henriade

Record ID 172401

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 136

Vertot's revolutions 1. 2 &3 Vol

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Classmark: M6- 17. Original Returned Text: Vertot's revolutions 1 .32 &3 V.


Borrower

Glen Drayton
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1752-1796. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377257828.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire des Révolutions Arrive'es dans le Gouvernement de la République Romaine. Par Mr. l'Abbé de Vertot, de l'Academie Royale des Inscriptions & belles Lettres.
Classmark: M.6.17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

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Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire des Révolutions Arrive'es dans le Gouvernement de la République Romaine. Par Mr. l'Abbé de Vertot, de l'Academie Royale des Inscriptions & belles Lettres.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1720.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 6 borrowing records


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Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Revolutions that happened in the Government of the Roman Republic

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Glen Drayton

Author: Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735), Genre: History

History of the Revolutions that happened in the Government of the Roman Republic

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 172398

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 136

Grand.  hist  6 Vol.

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Classmark: -- ---. Original Returned Text: Grand. hist. Vol 6th.


Borrower

Glen Drayton
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1752-1796. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377257828.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In six volumes. To the Last of which is added, An Historical and Characteristical Index. As also, A Brief History, authenticated by Original Letters, of the Treatment which the Editor has met with from certain Booksellers and Printers in Dublin. Including Observations on Mr. Faulkner’s Defence of Himself, published in his Irish News-Paper of Nov. 3. 1753.
Classmark: O.5.1, B.5.27.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Glen Drayton

Author: Samuel Richardson (Male, born 1689, died 1761), Genre: Fiction

History of Sir Charles Grandison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 172404

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 136

Vertot's  Disertation

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Classmark: Q8- 4. Original Returned Text: Vertot' Disertation.


Borrower

Glen Drayton
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1752-1796. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377257828.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Pierre Rival (Male, died 1730)
Genre: Law
Part of the Abbot de Vertot's dissertation upon the origine of the Salick laws, and the question, whether it be precisely in pursuance of Article LXII. Paragraph VI. That the daughters of the Kings of France are excluded from the succession to the crown, examined in four parts. The last containing a full demonstration of King Edward's right to the crown of France, both by the very Salick law, and by precedents. By Peter Rival, one of his majesty's chaplains of the French chapel at St. James's. Done into English from the French, by a Gentleman. Do not believe too easily. [Law of the Academy degl'Intronati, at Sienna.].
Classmark: Q.8.4.

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Glen Drayton

Author: Pierre Rival (Male, died 1730), Genre: Law

Part of the Abbot de Vertot's Dissertation upon the Origine of the Salick Laws

Record ID 173022

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 144

Colection of Voyages Vol 6th

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Classmark: --- --. Original Returned Text: Col - of Voyages Vol 6th.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Travel
A collection of voyages and travels : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English : in six volumes : with a general preface, giving an account of the progress of navigation, from its first beginning : illustrated with a great number of useful maps and cuts, curiously engraven.
Classmark: O.2.13, O.2.10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

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Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: David Methven

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 173025

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 144

Man of Pleasure

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/20 (Wednesday). Classmark: Q7, 32. Original Returned Text: Man of pleasure.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Henri-François de La Solle (Male, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
Memoirs of a man of pleasure, or the adventures of Versorand. ...
Classmark: K.8.26, Q.7.32.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Henri-François de La Solle (Male, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
Memoirs of a man of pleasure, or the adventures of Versorand. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Henri-François de La Solle (Male, died 1761)
Genre: Fiction
Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure, or The Adventures of Versorand

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/20 (Wednesday).

Borrower: David Methven

Author: Henri-François de La Solle (Male, died 1761), Genre: Fiction

Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure, or The Adventures of Versorand

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 174834

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 167

Barclay's Greek. Rudiments

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Classmark: Q6. 8. Original Returned Text: Barcklay's G. GRudiments.


Borrower

James Husband
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1752-1821. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1387556364.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Barclay (Male, died 1765)
Genre: Education
The Greek rudiments : in which all the grammatical difficulties of that language, are adapted to the capacities of children: after the plan of Mr. Ruddiman's Latin rudiments.
Classmark: R.6.8.

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Husband

Author: James Barclay (Male, died 1765), Genre: Education

Greek Rudiments

Record ID 174831

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 167

Fingal

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday). Classmark: N3- 17. Original Returned Text: Fingal.


Borrower

James Husband
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1752-1821. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1387556364.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson. + Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson.
Classmark: N.3.17, S.7.14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1 (Fingal)

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Confidence level: Speculative

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 190 times in 168 borrowing records


Book Work

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 137 times in 130 borrowing records


Book Work

James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem

Borrowed: 1770/5/30 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/6/27 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Husband

Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry

Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1 (Fingal)