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Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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Record ID 285095

Boccacio eil Decemeron 4to

Borrowed: 1799/11/29 (Friday). Returned: 1800/1/1 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr George Cranstoun of Corehouse; Lord Corehouse
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: 1771-1850.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Dean of Faculty. Law > Sheriff. Law > Advocate Depute.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Giovanni Boccaccio (Male, born 1313, died 1375)
Genre: Fiction
Il Decameron [Boccaccio]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Af].2/1.5.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Giovanni Boccaccio (Male, born 1313, died 1375)
Genre: Fiction
Il Decameron di messer Giouanni Boccacci cittadino fiorentino.
Language: Italian . Published: Florence. Date of publication: 1573. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Giovanni Boccaccio (Male, born 1313, died 1375)
Genre: Fiction
Decameron

Record ID 285098

Evelyn on Forest Trees 4.to

Borrowed: 1799/11/29 (Friday). Returned: 1800/1/1 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr David Hume Baron Hume
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1779. Life dates: 1757-1838.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Evelyn (Male, born 1620, died 1706)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Silva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions [Evelyn]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ao.6.9.