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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 3261
Selkirk Library 2098
Westerkirk 1857
Leighton Library 1528
Advocates Library 1290
Glasgow University Library 872
Edinburgh University Library 843
St Andrews University Library 799
Aberdeen Theological Library 699
Innerpeffray Library 433
Wigtown Subscription Library 296
Orkney Library 188
Haddington Library 154
Craigston Castle Library 79
Chambers' Circulating Library 27
Hunterian Museum Library 21
Dumfries Presbytery Library 19
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 3280
Reverend Mr 959
Dr 200
Mrs 181
Lieutenant 165
Captain 158
Sir 141
Reverend 93
Miss 84
Reverend Dr 45
Professor 35
Sous Lieutenant 18
Colonel 15
Midshipman 14
Rev. 12
Major 9
Prof. 9
Right Honourable 9
Corporal 7
Lady 6
Rev. Mr 6
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Adjudant Major 4
Brigadier General 4
Principal 4
Bishop 2
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Provost 2
Rev Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 14151
Female 299
Unknown 12
Unclear 5

Borrower occupation

Education 6423
School Child 3224
University Student 2455
Law 1514
Advocate 1209
Religion and Clergy 1126
Minister/Priest 1074
Church of Scotland 936
University Professor 792
Military 567
Prisoner of War 489
Independent Means 402
Arts and Letters 353
Agricultural 349
Author 315
Sheriff 283
Tenant 277
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 226
Farmer 219
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 201
Medicine and Health 197
Surgeon 188
Politics/Office Holders 184
Writer/Procurator 183
Gentleman 176
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 127
MP (Britain) 127
Presbyterian Seceder 121
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 113
Notaries/Clerks 111
Dean of Faculty 98
Merchants/Traders 77
School Master/Dominie 65
Chaplain 60
Construction 60
Advocate Depute 56
Navy 55
Clerk of Session 51
Judge 50
Tanner/Currier 46
Lay Preacher 40
Architect 36
Army 35
Teacher 32
Banker 31
Baron of the Exchequer 31
Lord Advocate 26
Mason/Miller 26
Engineer 24
Writer to the Signet (WS) 24
Clerks 22
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 21
Baillie 20
Print and Book Trade 20
Printers 20
Customs Collector 19
Factor/Agent 19
Land Manager/Factor 19
Poet 19
Barrister 18
Lord President 18
Retailer/Shopkeeper 18
Librarian 17
Solicitor-General 15
Lord Provost/Provost 12
Miscellaneous 12
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 11
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 11
Curator 10
Dyer 10
Wife/Spouse 8
Officer 7
Physician 7
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 7
Mariner 6
Watchmaker 6
Accountant 5
Episcopalian 5
Service Provision and Hospitality 5
Surveyor 5
Lord Justice Clerk 4
Provost 4
Tutor 4
Widow 4
Mill Owner 3
Ships Captain 3
Unknown denomination 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Brewer 2
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 2
Grocer 2
Messenger-at-arms 2
Painter/Limner 2
Privateer 2
Publishers 2
Tax Collector 2
Bishop 1
Clerk 1
Elder 1

Author

Charles Rollin 851
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 700
Hugh Blair 381
Dr John Moore 360
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
James Cook 294
Dr Samuel Johnson 274
William Russell 264
William Robertson 259
Frances Burney 249
Robert Henry 243
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney 205
Hugo Arnot 179
Edward Gibbon 167
Henry Swinburne 160
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 160
William Coxe 149
Vicesimus Knox 136
Adam Ferguson 127
Henry Mackenzie 126
John Gillies 118
Baron François Tott 117
Gilbert Stuart 113
Thomas Reid 111
Ambrose Serle 110
Oliver Goldsmith 110
Claude Étienne Savary 108
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 101
John Campbell 101
Tobias George Smollett 100
James Boswell 98
Anders Sparrman 97
Benjamin Bell 92
Reverend David Lamont 92
Voltaire 92
Richard Cumberland 91
Samuel Richardson 84
Isabelle de Montolieu 83
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
John Newton 74
Samuel Ancell 72
James Beattie 69
Elizabeth Keir 68
John Macgowan 68
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 68
Mrs Anna Maria Bennett 67
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 63
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 58
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 57
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 55
Charles Johnstone 53
Eyles Irwin 53
William Cowper 53
William Cullen 52
Robert Lowth 51
Henry Fielding 50
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 50
Alexander Shanks 47
Catherine Macaulay 45
Humphrey Prideaux 45
Robert Watson 45
Sophia Lee 45
John Hunter 43
Robert Burns 43
John Millar 42
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 41
William Alexander 40
Pietro Metastasio 39
Johann Georg Zimmermann 38
Reverend Augustus Toplady 38
William Hayley 38
Richard Graves 37
John Smith 33
Henry Home Lord Kames 32
James Riddoch 31
Joseph White 30
Richard Hurd 30
Samuel Jackson Pratt 30
Adam Smith 28
Alexander Cunningham 28
James Burrow 28
William Paley 28
Andrew Fyfe 27
Hester Lynch Piozzi 27
Johann David Michaelis 27
Elizabeth Blower 26
Andrew M'Donald 25
Anna Maria Mackenzie 25
David Hume 25
Torquato Tasso 25
William Thomson 25
Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire 24
John Hawkesworth 24
John Pinkerton 24
Bielby Porteus 23
John Rickman 23
William Shakespeare 23
Helenus Scott 22
Thomas Percival 21
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot 19

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 851
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 694
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 548
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World 506
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 288
History of Modern Europe 264
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 249
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 211
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785 205
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
History of America [William Robertson] 188
Scots Magazine 185
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress 179
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 167
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
History of Edinburgh 143
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 140
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 132
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 128
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic 126
New Annual Register 126
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 122
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 118
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Works of Samuel Johnson 115
Essays Moral and Literary 110
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary] 108
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man 103
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia 103
Ecclesiastical History [Johann Lorenz Mosheim] 98
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 98
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 97
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 93
Sermons on the Most Prevalent Vices [David Lamont] 92
Vicar of Wakefield 91
Lives of the English Poets 90
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 89
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
History of Sir Charles Grandison 84
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel 83
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell] 82
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 74
Horae Solitariae 73
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World 70
Lounger 70
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
Anna: or Memoirs of a Welch Heiress: Interspersed with Anecdotes of a Nabob 67
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple] 60
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 58
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 56
Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill 56
Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea 53
First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh 52
Journal of the Late and Important Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar 49
Mirror 49
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 48
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 47
Salvation Through the Grace of our Saviour Displayed 47
Masquerades; or, What You Will 46
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea 45
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 45
Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times 45
Evidences of the Christian Religion; Briefly and Plainly Stated 44
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [Robert Burns] 43
Cardiphonia: or, The Utterance of the Heart; in the Course of a Real Correspondence 42
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 42
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time 40
Lives of the British Admirals: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History 40
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Works of Henry Fielding 39
Posthumous Works [Augustus Toplady] 38
Christian Remembrancer 37
Columella; or, The Distressed Anchoret 37
Solitude; or The Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the Heart, General Society, in Exile, in Old Age, and on the Bed of Death 37
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland 36
History of Miss Greville 36
Cabinet des Fées 34
Isaiah. A New Translation; with a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes Critical, Philological, and Explanatory 34
Works of Voltaire 33
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson] 32
Interesting Memoirs 32
Mirror [Edinburgh] 32
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [James Riddoch] 31
Emma Corbett; or, The Miseries of Civil War 30
Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids 30
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1784 30
Theatre of Education. Translated from the French of the Countess de Genlis 30
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province 29
Olney Hymns 29
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques 29
Arabian Nights Entertainments 28
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham] 28

Book language

English 13574
French 640
Latin 148
Italian 64
Greek 32
Spanish 21
German 14
Hebrew 12
Icelandic 5
Gaelic 1
Russian 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 11198
Edinburgh 2117
Paris 445
Cambridge 146
Perth 105
Dublin 71
Geneva 55
Aberdeen 48
Oxford 48
The Hague 36
Amsterdam 35
Bath 34
Kehl 34
Glasgow 28
Leipzig 28
Neuchâtel 26
Warrington 26
Liverpool 23
York 21
Madrid 20
Dumfries 17
Stirling 17
Birmingham 15
Berlin 14
Göttingen 13
Shrewsbury 12
Copenhagen 10
St Petersburg 10
Stockholm 10
Philadelphia 9
Strasbourg 9
Florence 8
Venice 8
Newcastle upon Tyne 6
Exeter 5
Leiden 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Mannheim 4
Naples 4
Winchester 4
Maastricht 3
Twickenham 3
Vienna 3
Altona 2
Canterbury 2
Dessau 2
Dresden 2
Eton 2
Lille 2
Liège 2
Paisley 2
Rome 2
Salisbury 2
Siena 2
Strabane 2
Turin 2
Valencia 2
Bern 1
Bouillon 1
Caen 1
Chambéry 1
Copenhagen? 1
Halle 1
Heidelberg 1
Holland 1
Jena 1
Kilmarnock 1
Lichfield 1
Marseille 1
Pisa 1
Prague 1
Rouen 1
Trondheim 1
Verona 1
Warsaw 1
Warwick 1
Yverdon 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 9312
4to 2402
12mo 1885
folio 707
18mo 75
16mo 21
24mo 3
unknown 2
score 1

Genre

History 3384
Travel 2336
Periodicals 1641
Fiction 1413
Theology 1289
Belles Lettres 1024
Natural Philosophy 1000
Sermons 984
Lives 642
Philosophy and Morality 454
Medicine 446
Poetry 445
Politics, Society and Political Economy 284
Law 248
Education 223
Drama 173
Reference Works 70
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 65
Fine Arts 43
Mathematics 36

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