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Library

Glasgow University Library 740
St Andrews University Library 432
Royal High School of Edinburgh 168
Advocates Library 167
Edinburgh University Library 159
Aberdeen Theological Library 142
Dumfries Presbytery Library 83
Selkirk Library 52
Haddington Library 39
Leighton Library 39
Innerpeffray Library 34
Westerkirk 19
Craigston Castle Library 16
Hunterian Museum Library 7
Orkney Library 4
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 242
Dr 90
Reverend Mr 37
Sir 13
Professor 12
Reverend 8
Miss 6
Principal 4
Mrs 3
Reverend Dr 3
Major 2
Bishop 1
Captain 1
Colonel 1

Borrower gender

Male 2087
Female 13
Unknown 3

Borrower occupation

Education 1615
University Student 1063
University Professor 503
Religion and Clergy 325
Minister/Priest 319
Church of Scotland 297
Law 201
Advocate 194
School Child 167
Arts and Letters 98
Author 51
Chaplain 47
Librarian 41
Sheriff 41
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 34
Print and Book Trade 32
Printers 32
Independent Means 19
Agricultural 18
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 17
Politics/Office Holders 17
MP (Britain) 16
Tenant 16
Clerk of Session 15
Presbyterian Seceder 14
Farmer 11
Barrister 10
Medicine and Health 10
Surgeon 10
Advocate Depute 9
School Master/Dominie 9
Dean of Faculty 8
Domestic Service 7
Indoor Servants 7
Military 7
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 6
Baron of the Exchequer 5
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 5
Episcopalian 5
Judge 5
Lord Advocate 5
Merchants/Traders 5
Teacher 5
Army 4
Curator 4
Lord President 4
Solicitor-General 4
Writer/Procurator 4
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 3
Officer 3
Poet 3
Provost 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Gentleman 2
Lay Preacher 2
Notaries/Clerks 2
Writer to the Signet (WS) 2
Customs Collector 1
Dyer 1
Factor/Agent 1
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 1
Retailer/Shopkeeper 1
Tanner/Currier 1
Wright 1

Author

Thomas Salmon 149
Herman Moll 148
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Jacques Saurin 70
George Mackenzie 66
Louis-Ellies Du Pin 63
Robert Wodrow Minister of the Gospel at Eastwood 60
Gilbert Burnet 52
Francis Atterbury 48
Claude Fleury 43
Nathaniel Crouch 41
Bernard Mandeville 39
William Wollaston 38
Isaac Barrow 33
Thomas Rymer 32
George Buchanan 31
Bernard Nieuwentyt 29
Johann Juncker 26
Robert Millar 26
Thomas Lewis 23
François Eudes de Mézeray 20
Joseph Addison 20
Joseph-François Lafitau 20
Humphrey Prideaux 19
John Norris 19
Terence 19
William Wake Archibishop of Canterbury 19
Alexander Nisbet 18
Charles Johnson 18
Saint John Chrysostom 17
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh 17
Frederik Ruysch 16
Edward Wells 15
William Reading 15
Alexander Pope 14
Jeremy Collier 14
Johann Albert Fabricius 14
John Hartcliffe 14
Quintus Curtius Rufus 14
Aubry de La Mottraye 13
Matthew Henry 13
Samuel Scattergood 13
Gabriel Daniel 12
Lucan 12
Madame Marie-Catherine d' Aulnoy 12
Thomas Parnell 12
William Stukeley 12
Anthony Collins 11
Bernard de Montfaucon 11
Daniel Defoe 11
John Woodward 11
Court of King's Bench Great Britain 10
Jean Domat 10
John Sheffield Duke of Buckingham 10
Cardinal Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz 9
Geoffrey Keating 9
John Locke 9
Plutarch 9
Richard Fiddes 9
Sir Hans Sloane 9
Aulus Persius Flaccus 8
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 8
Campegius Vitringa 8
Decimus Junius Juvenalis Juvenal 8
Ovid 8
Antonio de Solis 7
Jean Le Clerc 7
Sophocles 7
William Cowper 7
William Forbes 7
William Sewel 7
Christiaan Huygens 6
Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf 6
James Hodgson 6
Longinus 6
Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland 6
Torquato Tasso 6
Benedict Carpzov 5
Captain Charles Walker 5
Gottlieb Gerhard Titius 5
Guillaume Mauquest de La Motte 5
Jean-Pierre de Crousaz 5
Johann Jakob Wepfer 5
John Pearson 5
Saint Bede the Venerable 5
Seigneur de Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme 5
Sir Richard Steele 5
Thomas Skinner 5
Abbé César Vichard Saint-Réal 4
Aesop 4
Edmund Ludlow 4
Georg Ernst Stahl 4
Paolo Pedrusi 4
Pierre Corneille 4
Thomas Cox 4
Virgil 4
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 3
Colen Campbell 3
Flavius Eutropius 3

ESTC

T139584 142
P2656 103
T58028 66
T154479 60
T76461 48
T71204 41
T144689 36
T71037 35
T97903 33
T148099 32
T106855 31
T95821 31
T131539 29
N8200 26
T77577 25
T80517 25
T112852 23
T138493 19
T177792 19
T178734 19
T60913 19
T135745 18
T71967 18
T89170 18
T144688 16
T58793 15
T94822 15
T94824 15
T107031 14
T109262 14
T77713 14
T100176 13
T146753 13
T90366 13
N17235 12
T113675 12
T142580 12
T99861 12
T131460 11
T140491 11
N17766 10
T70314 10
T86939 10
T96069 10
T97359 10
T100752 9
T106982 9
T118407 9
T128551 9
T88963 9
T122586 8
T123238 8
T5389 8
T90449 8
T99243 8
T135491 7
T140984 7
T146502 7
T147738 7
T42652 7
T90743 7
N64830 6
T111825 6
T136801 6
T141133 6
T5388 6
T87474 6
T112333 5
T141100 5
T95903 5
T99311 5
T107759 4
T113801 4
T125099 4
T138993 4
T84707 4
N9321 3
T107685 3
T115865 3
T124049 3
T125503 3
T132860 3
T132917  3
T134001 3
T161062 3
T34944 3
T50377 3
T95470 3
T96011 3
N25786 2
N7990 2
T100930 2
T111294 2
T112687 2
T115188 2
T119841 2
T122021 2
T131594 2
T132917 2
T132917 2

Book language

English 1365
French 419
Latin 304
Greek 51
Italian 19
German 3

Book place of publication

London 1214
Paris 321
Edinburgh 219
The Hague 91
Amsterdam 52
Leipzig 36
Dublin 27
Leiden 27
Halle 26
Brussels 17
Hamburg 17
Delft 14
Oxford 14
Cambridge 8
Leeuwarden 8
Berlin 5
Nuremberg 5
Florence 4
Parma 4
Glasgow 3
London? 3
Naples 3
Rome 3
Uppsala 3
York 3
Edinburgh? 2
Franecker 2
Frankfurt am Main 2
Rotterdam 2
Milan 1
Venice 1

Book format

4to 622
8vo 606
folio 564
12mo 155

Genre

History 515
Theology 461
Periodicals 343
Travel 227
Lives 210
Politics, Society and Political Economy 175
Belles Lettres 164
Sermons 148
Natural Philosophy 145
Philosophy and Morality 97
Medicine 74
Law 64
Poetry 52
Drama 35
Reference Works 35
Fiction 26
Fine Arts 17
Mathematics 15
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 15
Education 8

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