An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1778/1/14
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Record ID 51731
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 33r
Suppl. To Hume's life &c.
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/19 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Jan 1778. Original Returned Date: 19 Jan 1778.
Thomas Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Reid. Life dates: 1710-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814)
Genre: Lives
Supplement to the life of David Hume, Esq., containing genuine anecdotes and a circumstantial account of his funeral.
Press: CO. Shelf: 7. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-k.23. Original Author: Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814..
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814)
Genre: Lives
Supplement to the life of David Hume, Esq. Containing genuine anecdotes, and a circumstantial account of his death and funeral. To which is added, a certified copy of his last will and testament.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T5350
Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814)
Genre: Lives
Supplement to the Life of David Hume
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/19 (Monday).
Borrower: Thomas Reid
Author: Samuel Jackson Pratt (Male, born 1749, died 1814), Genre: Lives
Record ID 51732
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 33r
Breslaw's legacy &c V. 4
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/19 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Jan 1778. Original Returned Date: 19 Jan 1778.
Thomas Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Reid. Life dates: 1710-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
Philip Breslaw (Male, born 1726, died 1803)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Breslaw's last legacy; or, The magical companion: containing all that is curious, pleasing, entertaining, and comical ...
Press: CP. Shelf: 7. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi10-i.23 . Original Author: Breslaw, Philip, 1726-1803..
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Breslaw (Male, born 1726, died 1803)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Breslaw’s last legacy; or, the magical companion: containing all that is curious, pleasing, entertaining, and Comical; Selected From the most celebrated Masters of Deception; As well with Slight of Hand, As with Mathematical Inventions. Wherein is displayed, The Mode and Manner of deceiving the Eye, as practised by those celebrated Masters of Mirthful Deceptions. Including the various Exhibitions of those wonderful Artists, Breslaw, Sieur Comus, Jonas, &c. Also the Interpretation of Dreams, Signification of Moles, Palmistry, &c. with a Selection of Jests, Riddles, Epigrams, and Bon Molts. The Whole to form A real Book of Knowledge in the Art of Conjuration. In which is displayed, the Way to make the Air Balloon and Inflammable Air.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T96294
Philip Breslaw (Male, born 1726, died 1803)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Breslaw’s Last Legacy; or, The Magical Companion
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/19 (Monday).
Borrower: Thomas Reid
Author: Philip Breslaw (Male, born 1726, died 1803), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 51730
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 33r
Lexiphanes
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/19 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Jan 1778. Original Returned Date: 19 Jan 1778.
Thomas Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Reid. Life dates: 1710-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a dialogue. Imitated from Lucian and suited to the present times.
Press: AK. Shelf: 5. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm1-i.24 . Original Author: Campbell, Archibald, 1691-1756..
Confidence level: Certain
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10
ESTC: T94504
Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lexiphanes, a Dialogye
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/19 (Monday).
Borrower: Thomas Reid
Author: Archibald Campbell (Male, born 1691, died 1756), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 139419
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 33
Bollingbrocks Works 1 . 2d Vol
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Classmark: E6. 15. Original Returned Text: Bollingbrocks Works 1 . 2d.
Malcolm Campbell
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1758-1821. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1371371628.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The Philosophical Works Of the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, in Five Volumes.
Classmark: E.6.15, L.5.7?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The Philosophical Works Of the late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, in Five Volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 100 times in 52 borrowing records
ESTC: N20935
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Malcolm Campbell
Author: Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 142992
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 81
Simson's Conic Sections
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/27 (Tuesday). Classmark: B4. 1. Original Returned Text: Simson's Conic Sections.
John Mitchell
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1399651532.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri V / auctore Roberto Simson, in Academia Glasguensi Matheseos Professore.
Classmark: J.3.29, K.3.26, B.4.1, J.9.11.
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri V / auctore Roberto Simson, in Academia Glasguensi Matheseos Professore.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 28
ESTC: T70287
Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: John Mitchell
Author: Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics
Record ID 142989
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 81
Maskelyne's Navigation
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/24 (Saturday). Classmark: N3.22. Original Returned Text: Maskelynes Navigtion.
John Mitchell
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1399651532.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The British Mariner's Guide. Containing Complete and Easy Instructions for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea and Land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley's Quadrant. To which are added, An appendix, containing a Variety of interesting Rules and Directions, tending to the Improvement of Practical Navigation in general. And a Sett of correct astronomical tables. By Nevil Maskelyne, A.M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society.
Classmark: N.3.22.
Confidence level: Certain
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The British mariner’s guide. Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley’s Quadrant.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T58799
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
British Mariner’s Guide
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Mitchell
Author: Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 154266
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 238
Rol. An- hist 1 . 2d Vol
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Classmark: B6, 5. Original Returned Text: Rol - An - hist - 1 - 2d V.
Mr Andrew Bell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks. By Mr. Rollin ... Translated from the French.
Classmark: J.5.1, B.6.5, B.3.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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 Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records
ESTC: N16395
Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Bell
Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 154548
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 244
Chandler's Defence of Xty
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Classmark: D5 20. Original Returned Text: Chandler's Defence.
Alexander MacKenzie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Chandler (Male, born 1693, died 1766)
Genre: Theology
A Vindication of the Christian Religion. In two parts. I. A Discourse of the Nature and Use of Miracles. II. An Answer to a late Book entitled, A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion. By Samuel Chandler.
Classmark: C.7.31, D.5.20, M.7.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Samuel Chandler (Male, born 1693, died 1766)
Genre: Theology
A Vindication of the Christian Religion. In two parts. I. A Discourse of the Nature and Use of Miracles. II. An Answer to a late Book entitled, A Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion. By Samuel Chandler.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 15 borrowing records
ESTC: T28401
Samuel Chandler (Male, born 1693, died 1766)
Genre: Theology
Vindication of the Christian Religion [Samuel Chandler]
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander MacKenzie
Author: Samuel Chandler (Male, born 1693, died 1766), Genre: Theology
Vindication of the Christian Religion [Samuel Chandler]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 155334
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 255
Henry's Comment . Vol 4th
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/26 (Monday). Classmark: M3 . 3. Original Returned Text: Henry Comment V 4 t.
Duncan Ferguson
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1379387804.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Matthew Henry (Male, born 1662, died 1714)
Genre: Theology
An exposition of the Old and New Testaments / by Mr. Matthew Henry, late minister of the Gospel at Chester.
Classmark: M.3.3, R.2.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Henry (Male, born 1662, died 1714)
Genre: Theology
An exposition of the Old and New Testaments / by Mr. Matthew Henry, late minister of the Gospel at Chester.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1757-1760. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 78 times in 63 borrowing records
ESTC: N50294
Matthew Henry (Male, born 1662, died 1714)
Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Old and New Testaments
Borrowed: 1778/1/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1778/1/26 (Monday).
Borrower: Duncan Ferguson
Author: Matthew Henry (Male, born 1662, died 1714), Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Old and New Testaments
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4