Grant, Alexander

Cursus philosophicus. Notes of Lectures on Aristotle at St. Andrews University, taken down at St. Leonard's Hall by James Anderson. Illustrated by three pen-drawn diagrams of the schematic syllogism, and by calligraphic ornaments and initials at the beginning and end of sections. P. 5. Praeludium in Philosophiae inventionem a magistro Alexandro Grantio dictatum, et a me Jacobo Andersono ... diligenter conscriptum, Inchoatumque 10 Decembris Anno Domini 1669'. 7. Logicae compendiolum. 26. Finem huic compendiolo logico imposuimus ... 31° Decembris 1669. 27. In Logicae Prooemialia a Mgr.° Alexandro Grantio ... dictat ... in templo Leonardino scripta 4° die Januarii ... 1670. 39. Finem hisce Prolegomenis feliciter imposuimus. 15° Januarii. 1670. 40-63. De quinque praedicabilibus. 63-96. De categoriis. 97-120. De interpretatione. 121-136. Libri Priorum analyticorum. 137-160. Libri Posteriorum analyticorum. 161-167. Libri Topicorum. 168. Libri de sophisticis elenchis. 173. Finem huic toti cursui logico imposuimus 22 die Junii ... 1670. 174. Prooemialia ad philosophiam ethicam. 219. Finem hisce annotationibus ethicis imposuimus 10° die Februarii. 1671. 220-263. Metaphysice. 264. Introductio ad Physicam. 392. Finem toti cursui philosophico imposuimus 6° Martii ... 1672. Signature of Eliza Caslon [ d. 1795] on first leaf-perhaps that of the wife of William Caslon the Younger [1720-1778]. Produced in St. Andrews.

1669-1672

1 volume 5 ll. + 93 pp. + 47 bl. ll. 8vo. 19 × 131/2 cm. 18th cent. diced calf binding, damaged. Pp. 1-4 are wanting.

Purchased 1928.

Alexander Grant is very probably the person of that name, described as 'Regens in Universitate Andreana', who became 'Licentiatus Medicinae' in 1673 at University & King's College, Aberdeen. [Cf. 'Officers and Graduates of University and King's College'. New Spalding Club. 1893, p. 120.] An Alexander Grant of Moray ('Moraviensis) received his M.A. Degree at the same College in 17/7/1662 [ibid., p. 196].

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).