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Library

Edinburgh University Library 2943
Royal High School of Edinburgh 2709
St Andrews University Library 2444
Selkirk Library 1255
Glasgow University Library 1198
Advocates Library 939
Leighton Library 738
Innerpeffray Library 590
Haddington Library 460
Westerkirk 405
Aberdeen Theological Library 213
Craigston Castle Library 130
Wigtown Subscription Library 84
Dumfries Presbytery Library 79
Orkney Library 77
Hunterian Museum Library 41
Chambers' Circulating Library 27
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 2105
Reverend Mr 566
Dr 191
Lieutenant 96
Sir 89
Captain 85
Mrs 67
Reverend 66
Miss 62
Professor 59
Reverend Dr 17
Midshipman 10
Principal 10
Brigadier General 8
Corporal 8
Colonel 7
Lady 7
Sous Lieutenant 7
Major 5
Adjudant Major 3
Rev. 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Bishop 1
Madame 1
Provost 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 14122
Female 176
Unknown 14
Unclear 11

Borrower occupation

Education 9561
University Student 6019
School Child 2643
Law 1072
University Professor 1054
Religion and Clergy 993
Advocate 944
Minister/Priest 941
Church of Scotland 870
Military 353
Prisoner of War 322
Agricultural 242
Sheriff 224
Arts and Letters 209
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 196
Medicine and Health 196
Independent Means 192
Tenant 187
Surgeon 170
Farmer 166
Author 162
Politics/Office Holders 123
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 113
MP (Britain) 91
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 90
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 88
Dean of Faculty 83
Chaplain 79
Gentleman 79
Writer/Procurator 73
Teacher 71
Merchants/Traders 63
School Master/Dominie 61
Presbyterian Seceder 57
Print and Book Trade 54
Printers 53
Notaries/Clerks 36
Clerk of Session 32
Judge 32
Physician 30
Advocate Depute 29
Lord President 29
Lay Preacher 28
Service Provision and Hospitality 27
Lord Advocate 26
Retailer/Shopkeeper 23
Curator 22
Army 19
Librarian 18
Baron of the Exchequer 17
Clerks 17
Miscellaneous 17
Writer to the Signet (WS) 17
Officer 16
Banker 15
Tanner/Currier 15
Construction 14
Factor/Agent 14
Grocer 14
Navy 13
Wife/Spouse 13
Baillie 12
Provost 12
Barrister 10
Mason/Miller 10
Customs Collector 9
Dyer 9
Land Manager/Factor 9
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 9
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 9
Watchmaker 9
Architect 8
Clerk 8
Poet 8
Solicitor-General 8
Engineer 6
Episcopalian 6
Brewer 5
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 5
Accountant 4
Advocate’s Clerk 4
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 4
Widow 4
Booksellers 3
Distiller 3
Gardener 3
Lord Provost/Provost 3
Mill Owner 3
Painter/Limner 3
Publishers 3
Tutor 3
Unknown denomination 3
Active Service/Soldiers 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Bishop 2
Mariner 2
Privateer 2
Shoemaker 2
Surveyor 2
Tax Collector 2

Author

Oliver Goldsmith 1266
William Robertson 681
Plutarch 467
Nathaniel Hooke 365
Robert Henry 243
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 213
John Hawkesworth 210
Patrick Brydone 196
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 183
Henry Brooke 176
Thomas Secker 165
Henry Home Lord Kames 162
Samuel Richardson 133
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 130
William Cullen 119
Daniel Defoe 117
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
James Ferguson 116
Henry Mackenzie 112
Baron Albrecht von Haller 111
Arthur Young 104
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
James Beattie 102
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 101
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 101
Robert Dodsley 101
Sir John Dalrymple 100
Tobias George Smollett 98
Denis Diderot 96
David Hume 93
Thomas Pennant 93
Charles Rollin 92
Alexander Monro 91
Alexander Pope 88
John Campbell 86
William Guthrie 86
Giuseppe Baretti 84
Virgil 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Andrew Duncan 77
Richard Graves 77
John Jortin 75
Laurence Sterne 74
William Hewson 74
Catherine Macaulay 72
David Macbride 72
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 71
John Brown 71
William Shakespeare 71
John Huxham 68
Cornelius Tacitus 66
Henry Fielding 66
John Gregory 66
John Toland 66
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 65
Benjamin Martin 65
Voltaire 64
Frances Brooke 62
Joseph Addison 59
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
Joseph Priestley 57
Percivall Pott 57
John Erskine 52
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 52
Adam Fitz-Adam 51
John Stedman 48
Junius 47
Charles White 46
William Bromfield 46
Giovanni Paolo Marana 45
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 45
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
Samuel Sharp 44
William Buchan 43
Alexander Gerard 42
Johann Georg Zimmermann 42
John Aikin 42
Homer 41
James Harris 41
Pierre Henri Treyssac de Vergy 41
Sir William Blackstone 41
Helen Williams 39
James Maclurg 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Samuel Chandler 39
Thomas Reid 39
Anton de Haen 37
Basil Kennett 37
Charles Alston 37
Elizabeth Griffith 37
John Millar 37
Henry Manning M. D. 36
Cardinal Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz 34
Edward Ives 34
Jonathan Edwards 34
Benjamin Franklin 33
Pehr Osbeck 33
Samuel Stennett 33
Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld 32
John Whitaker 32

Book Work

History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 675
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 503
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature 470
Lives [Plutarch] 466
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 365
Dr Goldsmith's Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools 246
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 207
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta 207
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II 201
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford 196
Scots Magazine 185
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 183
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 176
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 170
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker] 134
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope 130
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain 117
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Sketches of the History of Man 108
Haller's Physiology 106
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II 101
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 101
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 100
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 94
Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism 93
History of England [David Hume] 93
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen] 93
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 92
Works of Alexander Pope 88
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar 86
Works of Virgil 84
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 78
De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis 78
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 77
Spiritual Quixote: or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 72
Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic 72
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 70
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat 68
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 66
Plays of William Shakespeare 66
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 66
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Works of Tacitus 66
Philosophia Britannica 64
Man of Feeling 63
History of Emily Montague 62
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Sermons on Different Subjects [John Jortin] 61
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles 60
Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease 60
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Dictionary of the Holy Bible 56
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 52
Institute of the Law of Scotland 52
World 51
Elements of Criticism 49
Man of the World 49
Experimental Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood 48
Physiological Essays and Observations [John Stedman] 48
Letters of Junius 47
Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician 47
Chirurgical Observations and Cases [William Blomfield] 46
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 46
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 45
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy 45
Chinese Traveller 44
Treatise on the Operations of Surgery 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Works of Voltaire 44
Domestic Medicine [William Buchan] 43
Essay on Genius 42
Commentaries on the Laws of England 41
Iliad 41
Anecdotes of a Convent 39
Experiments upon the Human Bile 39
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Sermons on the Following Subjects [Samuel Chandler] 39
History of Lady Barton, a Novel 37
Lectures on the Materia Medica 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 37
Treatise on Female Diseases 36
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott 35
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar 35
History of the Work of Redemption 34
Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz 34
Six Months Tour through the North of England 34
Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And An Historical Narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756 and 1757 34
Discourses on Personal Religion 33

Book language

English 13140
French 772
Latin 363
Italian 61
Greek 28
Hebrew 19
Arabic 17
German 6
Spanish 4
Swedish 3
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 10878
Edinburgh 2093
Paris 439
Glasgow 164
Neuchâtel 122
Chester 77
Dublin 77
Berlin 74
Amsterdam 69
Oxford 66
Geneva 60
The Hague 45
Warrington 45
Vienna 44
Leipzig 37
Leiden 24
Aberdeen 11
Cambridge 9
Cleves 8
Philadelphia 8
Rome 8
Florence 7
St Petersburg 7
Venice 7
Birmingham 6
Göttingen 6
Rotterdam 6
Dijon 5
Madrid 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
Stockholm 5
Utrecht 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Bristol 4
Lyon 4
Manchester 4
i.e. Edinburgh? 4
Naples 3
Perth 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
Uppsala 3
unknown 3
Bath 2
Berwick 2
Bouillon 2
Bremen 2
Charlestown 2
Copenhagen 2
Halle 2
Leeds 2
Livorno 2
Padua 2
Pisa 2
Turin 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Avignon 1
Carmarthen 1
Exeter 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Jena 1
Leeuwarden 1
Liège 1
London? 1
Nuremberg 1
Shrewsbury 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Wurzburg 1

Book format

8vo 7782
4to 3190
12mo 2744
folio 302
18mo 9

Genre

History 3612
Medicine 1765
Periodicals 1521
Lives 1268
Travel 1169
Natural Philosophy 1119
Fiction 1000
Education 704
Belles Lettres 643
Poetry 512
Philosophy and Morality 493
Sermons 446
Theology 439
Politics, Society and Political Economy 418
Law 291
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 242
Reference Works 234
Drama 94
Mathematics 74
Fine Arts 44
Miscellaneous/Other 4

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