Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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SL137146, page 149

Record ID 269036

Hawkesworth v. 1

Borrowed: 1824/1/17 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

David Melville
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 269039

Buffon's Natural History v. 3, 4

Borrowed: 1824/2/14 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

David Melville
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Record ID 269042

Cook v. 1

Borrowed: 1824/3/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

David Melville
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
Cook
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
[Voyages]
Language: English .
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 33 borrowing records

Borrowed: 1824/3/13 (Saturday).

Borrower: David Melville

Author: James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1