An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1778/10/13
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Record ID 52579
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 54r
Encyclopedie Tom. 1, 2, 3 & 4
Borrowed: 1778/10/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1779/6/8 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Oct 1778. Original Returned Date: 8 Jun 1779.
William Wight
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Wight. Life dates: 1730-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor. Religion and Clergy > Chaplain.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres
Press: I. Shelf: 2. Number: 5.6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-a.8-14. Original Author: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1772. Format: folio.
Editors: Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784; Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 1717-1783.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 82 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1778/10/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1779/6/8 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Wight
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 54715
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 105v
Metastasis Tom 1&2 3&4 5, 6, 7 8.9 Monro
Borrowed: 1778/10/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/11/17 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Oct 1778. Original Returned Date: 17 Nov 1778.
Dr William Irvine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: W Irvine. Life dates: 1743-1787.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
Mr Monro
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 12. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh1-g.1-9. Original Author: Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Borrowed: 1778/10/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/11/17 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Dr William Irvine , Mr Monro
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9
Record ID 217994
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page:
Plutarch's Lives vol 6
Borrowed: 1778/10/13 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
William Cruickshank
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Teacher.
Occupation (normalised): Education > Teacher.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Speculative
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records
ESTC: N20526
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]
Borrowed: 1778/10/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Cruickshank
Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6