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SL137146, page 322

Record ID 273578

Buffon's Birds v. 3, 4

Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
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 Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Gowans

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

Natural History of Birds

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 273581

Encyclopedia Britannica v. 1

Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 261 times in 222 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).

Borrower: John Gowans

Genre: Reference Works

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 273584

Bewick's Birds

Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's Birds

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A history of british birds
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1826. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds [Thomas Bewick]

Record ID 273587

Warden's North America v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/11/24 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Warden's North America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America : from the period of their first colonization to the present day.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America

Record ID 273590

Warden's America v. 3, 4

Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Warden's North America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America : from the period of their first colonization to the present day.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

David Baillie Warden (Male, born 1772, died 1845)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America

Record ID 273593

Holland's Travels

Borrowed: 1825/12.


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Sir Henry Holland (Male, born 1788, died 1873)
Genre: Travel
Holland's Travels

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Henry Holland (Male, born 1788, died 1873)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Jonian isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., during the years 1812 and 1813, by Henry Holland ..
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 26 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Henry Holland (Male, born 1788, died 1873)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Jonian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., During the years 1812 and 1813

Record ID 273596

Southey v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Southey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Letters written during a short residence in Spain and Portugal, by Robert Southey.
Language: English . Published: Bristol. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Travel
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal

Borrowed: 1825/12.

Borrower: John Gowans

Author: Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843), Genre: Travel

Letters Written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 273602

Buffon's Natural History v. 7

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
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 7

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 273605

Hearne's Journey

Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Hearne's Journey

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A journey from Prince of Wales’s fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson’s Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean

Record ID 273608

Shaw's Travels in Barbery v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/2. Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Shaw's Travels in Barbery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels : or observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1808. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 36 times in 33 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751)
Genre: Travel
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant

Borrowed: 1826/2.

Borrower: John Gowans

Author: Thomas Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1751), Genre: Travel

Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 273611

Buffon's Birds v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/2/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
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 Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1826/2/17 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gowans

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

Natural History of Birds

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 273614

Bewick's Birds

Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday).


Borrower

John Gowans
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Bewick's Birds

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A history of british birds
Language: English . Published: Newcastle. Date of publication: 1826. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Thomas Bewick (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of British Birds [Thomas Bewick]

Record ID 273617

Buffon's Birds v. 3, 4

Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Gowans
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 Birds
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The natural history of birds. From the French of the Count de Buffon. Illustrated with engravings; and a preface, notes, and additions, by the translator. In nine volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1826/3/17 (Friday).

Borrower: John Gowans

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

Natural History of Birds

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4