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Record ID 281327

Glas's history of the Canary Islands in 4.

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/11/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill. sterl..


Borrowers

Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.

Patrick MacVicar
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Juan de Abreu de Galindo (Male)
Genre: History
The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands [Abreu de Galindo/Glas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.151.a.12.

Record ID 281330

Buffon hist. nat. vol. 9. in 4.

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/11/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one Guinea.


Borrower

Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1740-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 237 times in 126 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

Borrowed: 1772/10/1 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/11/1 (Sunday).

Borrower: Mr James Boswell of Auchinleck

Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Volumes borrowed: Volume 9