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Record ID 208904

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 14

Velly tom. 1, 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6 in 12o

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound ten shill..


Borrower

Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1745-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sheriff Depute of Stirling 1775; Advocate-Depute 1780; Lord Abercrombie 7 June 1792


Book HoldingLibrary record

Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France [Velly]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.24.d..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XIV.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1761-1786. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 5 borrowing records


Book Work

Paul François Velly (Male)
Genre: History
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie

Author: Paul François Velly (Male), Genre: History

Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 208907

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 15

Walpole's Catalogue of Engravers in 4o

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: ten shill. sterl..


Borrower

Mr William Gordon of Newhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: d. 1778.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: Al.5.24.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
A catalogue of engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England; digested by Mr. Horace Walpole From the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue; To which is added An Account of the life and works of the latter.
Language: English . Published: Twickenham. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works
Catalogue of Engravers

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr William Gordon of Newhall

Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: Lives, Genre: Reference Works

Catalogue of Engravers

Record ID 219392

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 43

Rollin's Ancient History v. 5

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

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. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 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

Record ID 219425

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 44

Rollin's Ancient History v. 3

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Charles Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

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. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 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

Record ID 166467

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 63

Hist.  of Grandison Vol 1st

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/12 (Saturday). Classmark: O5 . 1. Original Returned Text: Hist- of Grand . Vol 1st.


Borrower

Allan Robertson
Gender: Male.
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 1

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/12 (Saturday).

Borrower: Allan Robertson

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

History of Sir Charles Grandison

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 170799

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 118

Moss's  Ser . Vol 4th

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/11 (Friday). Classmark: B8. 10. Original Returned Text: Moss's Ser. Vol 4th.


Borrower

James Nairne
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1750-1819. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1401500028.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and discourses on practical subjects: by Robert Moss, D.D. Late Dean of Ely, and preacher to the Honourable Society of Grays-Inn. Publish'd from the originals at the request of the said society. With a preface, giving some account of the author, by a learned hand.
Classmark: J.5.20, J.5.19, B.8.10, B.4.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and discourses on practical subjects: by Robert Moss, D.D. Late Dean of Ely, and preacher to the Honourable Society of Grays-Inn. Publish'd from the originals at the request of the said society. With a preface, giving some account of the author, by a learned hand.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 128 times in 104 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and discourses on practical subjects; never before printed. By Robert Moss, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 73 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss]

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/11 (Friday).

Borrower: James Nairne

Author: Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729), Genre: Sermons

Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 173118

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 145

Pope's Works 5 & 8 Vol

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday). Classmark: ---- --. Original Returned Text: Pope's Works 5 & 8 Vol.


Borrower

John Sandeman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Classmark: N.7.4, N.8.3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 8

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In ten volumes complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death: printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 157 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/15 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Sandeman

Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Poetry

Works of Alexander Pope

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 8

Record ID 173337

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 148

Preceptor  Vol 2d

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/24 (Thursday). Classmark: D3. 7. Original Returned Text: Precptor Vol 2d.


Borrower

Alexander Salmon/Salmond
Gender: Male.
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 2

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/24 (Thursday).

Borrower: Alexander Salmon/Salmond

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

Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 176646

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 195

Elements of Crit Vol 3d

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday). Classmark: R5 .33. Original Returned Text: Element's of Crit. Vol 3d.


Borrower

Robert Robertson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1407397924.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes. ...
Classmark: R.5.33, R.6.10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 360 times in 195 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/26 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Robertson

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres

Elements of Criticism

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 177210

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 203

Anson's Voyage

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday). Classmark: P3 . 35. Original Returned Text: Anson's Voyage.


Borrower

George Douglas
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1376957612.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of his Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates.
Classmark: K.3.20, K.3.21, P.3.35.

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/1/14 (Monday).

Borrower: George Douglas

Author: George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762), Genre: Travel

Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

Record ID 177750

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 211

Shakespear's Works 3 & 4 V.

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday). Classmark: Q6- 15. Original Returned Text: Shakes-- Works 3 & 4 Vol.


Borrower

Robert Stevenson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes.
Classmark: Q.6.15, S.8.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
The works of Shakespear. In which the beauties observed by Pope, Warburton, and Dodd, are pointed out. Together with the author’s life; a glossary; copious indexes; and, a list of the various readings. In eight volumes.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Hugh Blair
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 320 times in 162 borrowing records


Book Work

William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Works of William Shakespeare

Borrowed: 1771/1/9 (Wednesday). Returned: 1771/2/9 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Stevenson

Author: William Shakespeare (Male, born 1564, died 1616), Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry

Works of William Shakespeare

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4