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Record ID 297253

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 146

State Tryals vol. 6th fol

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/26 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl.


Borrower

Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.


Book Holding

Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Compleat collection of state-tryals. (original title)
Collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection 3 D/H.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 146076

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 63

Burnet's Theory 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

William Elder
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Thomas Burnet (Male, born c.1635, died 1715)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Sacred theory of the earth [Burnet]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Burnet (Male, born c.1635, died 1715)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The sacred theory of the earth: containing an account of its original creation, and of all the general changes which it hath undergone, or is to undergo, until the consummation of all things.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 35 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Burnet (Male, born c.1635, died 1715)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Sacred Theory of the Earth [Thomas Burnet]

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday).

Borrower: William Elder

Author: Thomas Burnet (Male, born c.1635, died 1715), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Sacred Theory of the Earth [Thomas Burnet]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 146154

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 63

& De Officiis Grævij

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Thomas Fowler
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91755. Dissertation: De Variola.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777; MD (Edin), 1778. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
M. Tullii Ciceronis De officiis libri tres [Graevius]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections W*.25.19..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
M. Tullii Ciceronis de officiis libri tres. Cato maior, Laelius, paradoxa, somnium Scipions.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1710. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Graevius, Joannes Georgius, 1632-1703
Number of borrowings: 8


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
De Officiis [Cicero]

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Fowler

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

De Officiis [Cicero]

Record ID 146079

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 63

Corradus in Epist: Ciceronis ad Atticum

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: G. 2. 1759..


Borrower

Thomas Fowler
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91755. Dissertation: De Variola.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777; MD (Edin), 1778. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Sebastiani Corradi in M.T. Ciceronis epistolas ad Atticum. [Scholia], nuper correcta, & aucta.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections De.5.32.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Sebastiani Corradi in M. T. Ciceronis Epistolas ad Atticum @ , nuper correcta et aucta.
Language: Latin . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1549. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Letters to Atticus

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday).

Borrower: Thomas Fowler

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Letters to Atticus

Record ID 110894

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 126-127

Cambray on Religion

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/10/30 (Monday). Classmark: M7. 14. Original Returned Text: Cambray on Religion.


Borrower

Andrew Bell (2nd)
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7)
Genre: Theology
Private thoughts upon religion, in several letters. Written to His Royal Highness the Duke Regent of France. By the Archbishop of Cambray. Made English from the Paris edition.
Classmark: K.7.12, M.7.14.

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/10/30 (Monday).

Borrower: Andrew Bell (2nd)

Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7), Genre: Theology

Private Thoughts upon Religion

Record ID 123965

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 230-231

Temora

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/2 (Thursday). Classmark: N3.17. Original Returned Text: Temora.


Borrower

Robert Mcara
Gender: Male.
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 2 (Temora)

Book Edition

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: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/2 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Mcara

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

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

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2 (Temora)

Record ID 128243

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 260-261

Petter Wilkin's 1 . 2d Vol

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/10/31 (Tuesday). Classmark: D6. 4. Original Returned Text: Petter Wilkins 1. 2d Vol.


Borrower

Robert Hunter
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1750. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1387493412.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man: relating particularly, his shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful Passage thro’ a subterraneous Cavern into a kind of new World; his there meeting with a Gawry or flying Woman, whose Life he preserv’d, and afterwards married her; his extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women that fly. Likewise a Description of this strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of its Inhabitants, and the Author’s remarkable Transactions among them. Taken from his own Mouth, in his Passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, giving an Account of the surprizing Manner of his coming on board that surprizing Manner of his coming on board that Vessel, and his Death on his landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739. Illustrated with several Cuts, clearly and distinctly representing the Structure and Mechanism of the Wings of the Glums and Gawrys, and the Manner in which they use them either to swim or fly. By R.S. a passenger in the Hector. In two volumes. ...
Classmark: K.8.24, D.6.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man: relating particularly, his shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful Passage thro’ a subterraneous Cavern into a kind of new World; his there meeting with a Gawry or flying Woman, whose Life he preserv’d, and afterwards married her; his extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women that fly. Likewise a Description of this strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of its Inhabitants, and the Author’s remarkable Transactions among them. Taken from his own Mouth, in his Passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, giving an Account of the surprizing Manner of his coming on board that surprizing Manner of his coming on board that Vessel, and his Death on his landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739. Illustrated with several Cuts, clearly and distinctly representing the Structure and Mechanism of the Wings of the Glums and Gawrys, and the Manner in which they use them either to swim or fly. By R.S. a passenger in the Hector. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 82 times in 46 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/10/31 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Hunter

Author: Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767), Genre: Fiction

Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 130193

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 276-277

Hume's hist.  2 . 3d V.

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/15 (Wednesday). Classmark: O6. 6. Original Returned Text: Hume's hist- 2 - 3d V.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq.
Classmark: O.6.6, P.7.41?, P.7.5? P.8?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/15 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Wood

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3