An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1778/4/28
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Record ID 53170
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 68r
Smith's Opticks 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/4/29 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 Apr 1778. Original Returned Date: 29 Apr 1778.
James Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Mr Williamson. Life dates: d. 1795. Academic dates: 1742.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.
Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat system of opticks, in four books, viz. a popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise.
Press: BB. Shelf: 6. Number: 7 & 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm6-f.7-8. Original Author: Smith, Robert, 1689-1768..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books, viz. A popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise : To which are added Remarks upon the whole. / By Robert Smith LL.D. Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, and Master of Mechanicks to his Majesty.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge | London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 37 borrowing records
ESTC: T100004
Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat System of Opticks
Borrowed: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/4/29 (Wednesday).
Borrower: James Williamson
Author: Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 139572
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 35
Don Quixote 1 - 2d Vol
Borrowed: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/5/13 (Wednesday). Classmark: L7. 38. Original Returned Text: Don Quixote _ 1 -- 2d Vol.
Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. 1759. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1419603348.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis, Esq; The Whole carefully revised and corrected, with a new Translation of the Poetical Parts by another Hand. ...
Classmark: L.7.38, L.9.63.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis, Esq; The Whole carefully revised and corrected, with a new Translation of the Poetical Parts by another Hand. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Charles Jarvis
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 109 times in 53 borrowing records
ESTC: T59497
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
Don Quixote
Borrowed: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/5/13 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Wilson
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 155022
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 253
Buchanan's poems
Borrowed: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday). Classmark: C8. .24. Original Returned Text: Buchanan's peems.
Henry David Hill
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1762-1820. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1386090556.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Georgij Buchanani Scoti poetae eximij Franciscanus & fratres, quibus accessere varia eiusdem & aliorum poëmata ... Eiusdem psalmos seorsim non sine accessione excudit. (Hoc contenta volumine. 1. Georgij Buchanani ... Franciscanus & fratres. 2. Elegiarum liber vnus. 3. Siluarum liber vnus. 4. Odarum lib. vnus. 5. Medea ... 6. ... Alcestis ... 7. Iephthes ... 8. Cui & Simonidis Iambi additi ab eodem latini facti. 9. His accessit & Adr. Torneb. ... variorum poematum silua. 10. ... Mich. Hospitalis variorum poem. silua. 11. Ioh. Aurati ... varia carmina. 12. Car. Vtenhouij ... Astragalus seu ad illustrium aliquot hominum nomina allusionum liber primus).
Classmark: C.8.24.
Confidence level: Speculative
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Georgij Buchanani Scoti poetae eximij Franciscanus & fratres, quibus accessere varia eiusdem & aliorum poëmata ... Eiusdem psalmos seorsim non sine accessione excudit. (Hoc contenta volumine. 1. Georgij Buchanani ... Franciscanus & fratres. 2. Elegiarum liber vnus. 3. Siluarum liber vnus. 4. Odarum lib. vnus. 5. Medea ... 6. ... Alcestis ... 7. Iephthes ... 8. Cui & Simonidis Iambi additi ab eodem latini facti. 9. His accessit & Adr. Torneb. ... variorum poematum silua. 10. ... Mich. Hospitalis variorum poem. silua. 11. Ioh. Aurati ... varia carmina. 12. Car. Vtenhouij ... Astragalus seu ad illustrium aliquot hominum nomina allusionum liber primus).
Language: Latin . Published: Basel. Date of publication: 1568. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of George Buchanan
Borrowed: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/4/28 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Henry David Hill
Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: Poetry