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Library

Glasgow University Library 893
St Andrews University Library 767
Selkirk Library 257
Edinburgh University Library 222
Advocates Library 192
Dumfries Presbytery Library 184
Innerpeffray Library 168
Aberdeen Theological Library 81
Haddington Library 46
Leighton Library 42
Hunterian Museum Library 21
Westerkirk 13
Royal High School of Edinburgh 9
Craigston Castle Library 5
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 437
Dr 108
Reverend Mr 72
Reverend 40
Professor 17
Sir 12
Principal 7
Lieutenant 2
Miss 2
Mrs 2
Captain 1
Lady 1
Reverend Dr 1

Borrower gender

Male 2888
Female 11
Unknown 3
Unclear 1

Borrower occupation

Education 2006
University Student 1514
University Professor 595
Religion and Clergy 532
Minister/Priest 522
Church of Scotland 461
Law 256
Advocate 213
Arts and Letters 144
Author 95
Agricultural 68
Presbyterian Seceder 57
Tenant 57
Sheriff 56
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 54
Farmer 51
Chaplain 46
Independent Means 45
Writer/Procurator 42
Librarian 38
Politics/Office Holders 30
Print and Book Trade 30
Printers 30
Medicine and Health 29
Surgeon 24
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 23
MP (Britain) 23
Gentleman 22
School Master/Dominie 17
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 16
Barrister 15
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 12
Advocate Depute 11
Merchants/Traders 11
Curator 9
Dean of Faculty 8
Teacher 8
School Child 7
Solicitor-General 7
Clerk of Session 6
Dyer 6
Customs Collector 5
Military 5
Physician 5
Domestic Service 4
Indoor Servants 4
Judge 4
Prisoner of War 4
Tanner/Currier 4
Lord Advocate 3
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Brewer 2
Episcopalian 2
Lay Preacher 2
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 2
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 2
Notaries/Clerks 2
Poet 2
Provost 2
Retailer/Shopkeeper 2
Service Provision and Hospitality 2
Tax Collector 2
Banker 1
Baron of the Exchequer 1
Clerk 1
Cooper 1
Factor/Agent 1
Lord President 1
Mariner 1
Miscellaneous 1
Officer 1
Privateer 1
Shoemaker 1
Wife/Spouse 1
Writer to the Signet (WS) 1

Author

Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury 149
John Locke 132
Sir Richard Steele 130
Joseph Addison 127
Royal Society (Great Britain) 105
Patrick Abercromby 101
John Tillotson 87
Edward Stillingfleet 83
William Shakespeare 72
George Mackenzie 66
Sir Isaac Newton 63
Homer 54
David Jones 42
Xenophon of Athens 40
Benjamin Hoadly 39
William Derham 37
Francis Bragge 33
Samuel Clarke 32
Thomas Rymer 32
Matthew Henry 31
Virgil 30
Marcus Tullius Cicero 27
Jacques Basnage Sieur de Beauval 26
Michel de Montaigne 26
Samuel Butler 25
Apollonius of Perga 24
Bishop George Berkeley 24
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 22
Jean Le Clerc 20
Peter King 1st Baron King 20
Daniel Whitby 19
Johann Ernst Grabe 19
Richard Baxter 18
Robert Jenkin 18
Basil Kennett 17
Claude Fleury 17
Jacques Saurin 17
William Drummond of Hawthorndon 17
Bénédict Pictet 15
Samuel Pitiscus 15
Bernard Mandeville 14
Gilbert Burnet 14
Johann Albert Fabricius 14
Molière 14
Herman Moll 13
George Crawfurd 12
John Edwards 12
Matthew Tindal 12
Bernard de Montfaucon 11
Freiherr von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 11
Humphry Ditton 11
Thomas Bennet 11
Daniel Defoe 10
Humphrey Prideaux 10
Joseph Bingham 10
Louis-Ellies Du Pin 10
Robert Nelson 10
William Whiston 10
Augustin Calmet 9
Edward Ward 9
François Rabelais 9
Nicolas Malebranche 9
Sir Hans Sloane 9
Adriaan Reelant 8
Gaius Petronius Arbiter 8
Guy Miege 8
James Keill 8
John Dunton 8
Sir Robert Sibbald 8
Sir William Temple 8
Thomas Otway 8
Titus Lucretius Carus 8
William Tilly 8
Aristophanes 7
Flavius Josephus 7
George Bull 7
Hubert Goltzius 7
Jeremy Collier 7
John Williams 7
Philpp Clüver 7
Sallust 7
Simon Ockley 7
Thomas Madox 7
Bulstrode Whitlocke 6
Edmund Gibson 6
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 6
Jean François Baltus 6
Jean Hardouin 6
Philippe de Commynes 6
Theophrastus 6
Thomas Blackwell 6
William Cheselden 6
Edward Wells 5
François Bernier 5
Héloïse 5
Isaac Watts 5
Joseph Trapp 5
Lady Mary Wray 5
Nathaniel Marshall 5
Peter Abelard 5

ESTC

N24116 108
P2656 103
T86819 101
T228834 96
T128627 85
T68137 84
T26042 72
T58028 66
T93210 63
T136657 57
T30440 51
T145657 35
T148099 32
T90248 32
T75209 30
T135377 28
T101207 27
T101207 27
T111809 26
T90837 26
T115186 25
T115758 25
T133191 24
T81951 22
T18268 21
T132286 20
T119060 18
T138432 18
T18291 18
T69879 18
T109597 17
T111290 17
T77986 17
T82382 17
T88692 17
T101213 16
T118935 15
N25815 14
T101210 13
T124327 13
T91437 13
T148792 12
T114608 11
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T125748 11
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T83484 11
T117165 10
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T72261 10
T97923 10
T100752 9
T123917 9
N49575 8
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T119936 8
T139442 8
T145723 8
T56245 8
N16404 7
T113001 7
T116159 7
T123193 7
T134334 7
T145308 7
T152170 7
T189785 7
T77573 7
T92361 7
T97071 7
N492808 6
N7483 6
T118091 6
T125750 6
T144122 6
T144781 6
T145339 6
T149635 6
T77397 6
N19418 5
N25935 5
N2925 5
N46054 5
N7416 5
N7447 5
T114347 5
T115684 5
T115724 5
T117287 5
T117359 5
T126356 5
T136948 5
T145158 5
T146548 5
T172071 5
T36326 5
T41103 5

Book language

English 2065
Latin 540
French 308
Greek 115
Italian 15
Scots 8
Arabic 1

Book place of publication

London 1848
Edinburgh 256
Paris 234
Cambridge 130
Amsterdam 100
Oxford 80
Frankfurt am Main 36
Leipzig 26
Dublin 23
Leiden 23
The Hague 23
Utrecht 21
Geneva 17
Brussels 16
Leeuwarden 15
Hamburg 14
Rotterdam 9
Antwerp 7
Berlin 5
Glasgow 4
Parma 4
Basel 3
Maastricht 3
Venice 3
Copenhagen 2
Halle 2
Lemgo 2
Lübeck 2
Rome 2
Belfast 1
Florence 1
Hanau 1
Hanover 1
Lyon 1
Naples 1
Nuremberg 1
Tübingen 1

Book format

8vo 1067
folio 797
4to 514
12mo 502
18mo 11
manuscript 1

Genre

Theology 692
Periodicals 366
History 349
Philosophy and Morality 344
Lives 296
Natural Philosophy 255
Poetry 254
Sermons 171
Belles Lettres 107
Drama 104
Fiction 94
Politics, Society and Political Economy 65
Education 63
Travel 56
Reference Works 55
Law 52
Medicine 49
Mathematics 33
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 14
Fine Arts 12

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