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Library

St Andrews University Library 3676
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Aberdeen Theological Library 1831
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Dumfries Presbytery Library 1248
Orkney Library 1008
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Edinburgh University Library 442
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Wigtown Subscription Library 58
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Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 27
Hunterian Museum Library 26
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Borrower gender

Male 16893
Female 227
Unknown 14
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Borrower occupation

Education 8136
University Student 6998
Religion and Clergy 3391
Minister/Priest 3262
Church of Scotland 2755
University Professor 1116
Law 616
Advocate 539
Arts and Letters 404
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Independent Means 286
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Physician 22
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Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 3
Cooper 3
Accountant 2
Baillie 2
Construction 2
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 2
Flax dresser 2
Glazier 2
Lord President 2
Quarrier 2

Author

Johann Lorenz Mosheim 485
John Leland 379
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Humphrey Prideaux 320
Matthew Poole 292
John Tillotson 289
Thomas Stackhouse 245
Samuel Clarke 226
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 177
Joseph Butler 175
Gilbert Burnet 168
William Derham 158
Jean Calvin 157
William Gurnall 153
Nathaniel Lardner 146
Isaac Milner 144
Joseph Milner 144
John Owen 142
Ralph Cudworth 138
Andrew Baxter 136
George Campbell 134
Daniel Whitby 130
William Warburton 130
Benjamin Hoadly 124
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 123
Philip Doddridge 120
John Witherspoon 119
Joseph Hall 116
Samuel Shuckford 115
Ambrose Serle 110
Edward Stillingfleet 110
Isaac Barrow 109
James Hervey 109
Louis-Ellies Du Pin 108
Matthew Henry 106
John Abernethy 105
John Pearson 103
François Turrettini 100
William Cave 95
Jean Alphonse Turrettini 94
Robert Lowth 92
William Paley 92
James Macknight 85
Conyers Middleton 83
Henry Hammond 81
Claudius Buchanan 79
Henry Grove 77
James Meikle 74
Simon Patrick Bishop of Ely 74
George Cook 73
Richard Price 72
Bryce Johnston 69
George Benson 68
John Macgowan 68
John Knox 67
Robert Wodrow Minister of the Gospel at Eastwood 64
David Calderwood 62
Isaac Watts 61
John Scott 61
Richard Baxter 61
Thomas Harmer 61
Bénédict Pictet 60
Hugo Grotius 60
John Ray 60
Nicholas Sloan 59
William Wollaston 59
James Beattie 58
Claude Fleury 56
Jacques Saurin 54
James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood 54
John Payne 52
Sir Matthew Hale 51
Arthur Ashley Sykes 50
John Evans 49
Jonathan Edwards 49
Alexander Shanks 47
William Perkins 46
Bernard Nieuwentyt 45
Eusebius Bishop of Caesarea 45
James Home 45
James Ussher 45
Richard Simon 45
William King 45
John Bunyan 44
Robert Millar 44
George Sale 43
James Brewster 43
Peter King 1st Baron King 43
Bishop George Berkeley 42
John Brown 42
John Edwards 41
Richard Fiddes 41
Henry Venn 40
Humphry Ditton 40
Jeremy Taylor 39
Johann David Michaelis 39
Robert Leighton 39
James Blair 38
James Foster 38
John Guyse 38

Book Work

Edinburgh Christian Instructor 583
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 322
Bible 294
Works of John Tillotson 288
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 261
View of the Principal Deistical Writers 209
New History of the Holy Bible 193
Synopsis Criticorum aliorumque Sacrae Scripturae Interpretum 183
Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature 173
Christian in Compleat Armour 153
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 150
History of the Church of Christ ... Revised and Corrected by Isaac Milner 144
Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England 133
Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist 123
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God 119
Works of John Witherspoon 119
Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected 114
Ecclesiastical History [Johann Lorenz Mosheim] 112
True Intellectual System of the Universe 111
Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation 110
Annotations upon the Holy Bible [Matthew Poole] 109
Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow 107
Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God 104
Physico-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation 103
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek 99
Institutio Theologiae Elencticae 99
Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testament 96
Exposition of the Creed 95
Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul 91
Family Expositor 91
Bible - New Testament [Greek] 84
Credibility of the Gospel History 79
Christian Researches in Asia; with Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures into the Oriental Languages 78
Exposition of the Old and New Testaments 77
Works of Henry Grove of Taunton 77
Horae Solitariae 73
History of the Reformation in Scotland [George Cook] 71
Commentary on the Revelation of St John 69
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland 67
Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament 67
Dissertations on the Prophecies, Which have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, and at this Time are Fulfilling in the World 65
History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restauration [sic] to the Revolution 64
Cogitationes et Dissertationes Theologicae 60
Harmony of the Four Gospels 60
Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture 60
True History of the Church of Scotland 60
Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation 60
Leading Features of the Gospel Delineated 59
Religion of Nature Delineated 59
Sermons [Henry Grove] 59
Sermons and Tracts: Being the Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Mr Henry Grove 59
Theron and Aspasio: or, A Series of Dialogues and Letters 59
Evidences of the Christian Religion; Briefly and Plainly Stated 58
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 58
Continuation of the Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapters 11-13 57
Institutes of the Christian Religion 57
Antiquitates Apostolicae: or, The History of the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of the Holy Apostles of our Savior 56
Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens 55
True Nature of Imposture Fully Display'd in the Life of Mahomet 55
Discours Historiques, Critiques, Théologiques, et Moraux, sur les Événemens les plus Mémorables du Vieux, et du Nouveau Testament 54
Four Dissertations [Richard Price] 54
Theological Discourses on Important Subjects, Doctrinal and Practical 54
Théologie Chrétienne et la Science du Salut 54
Works of Edward Stillingfleet 54
Complete Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity 52
Paradise Restored: Being a Visitation of Love to the Jews 52
Answer to a Book Intituled, Christianity as Old as the Creation 51
Bible [Hebrew & Latin] 51
Isaiah. A New Translation; with a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes Critical, Philological, and Explanatory 51
Brief Sketch of the Several Denominations into which the Christian World is Divided 49
Works of Nathaniel Lardner 49
Origines Sacrae 48
Salvation Through the Grace of our Saviour Displayed 47
Commentary upon the Historical Books of the Old Testament Part 1 45
Matho: or, the Cosmotheoria Puerilis, A Dialogue 45
Paraphrase, and Annotations upon all the Books of the New Testament 45
Religious Philosopher 45
Scripture History of the Jews 45
Pilgrim's Progress 44
Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed 43
Lectures upon Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount 43
Essay on the Origin of Evil 42
History of the First Planting the Christian Religion 42
Contemplations Moral and Divine 41
Horae Paulinae, or The Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul Evinced 41
Theologia Speculativa: or, The First Part of a Body of Divinity Under that Title 41
Discourse concerning the Resurrection of Jesus Christ 40
Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount 38
Posthumous Works [Augustus Toplady] 38
Presbyterian Review and Religious Journal 38
Christian Remembrancer 37
Discourses on All the Principal Branches of Natural Religion and Social Virtue 37
Solitude Sweetened: or, Miscellaneous Meditations on Several Religious Subjects, Written in Distant Parts of the World 37
Traveller; or, Meditations on Various Subjects, Written on Board a Man-of-War 37
Dignity of Human Nature. Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence 36
History of the Apostles Creed: with Critical Observations on its Several Articles 36
Works of the Reverend and Learned John Scott 36
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses 34

Book language

English 14433
Latin 2137
French 391
Greek 316
Hebrew 129
Various 29
Italian 17
Arabic 13
Aramaic 10
German 9
Irish 9
Gaelic 5
Spanish 5
Syriac 5
Syrian 5
Chaldean 1
Samaritan 1

Book place of publication

London 11351
Edinburgh 2563
Geneva 496
Cambridge 407
Amsterdam 367
Paris 300
Oxford 251
Dublin 200
Glasgow 177
Leiden 110
The Hague 84
Frankfurt am Main 82
Basel 70
Paisley 63
Carlisle 59
Utrecht 55
Rotterdam 51
Cologne 44
Helmstedt 42
Lyon 39
Aberdeen 35
Antwerp 35
Macclesfield 33
York 25
Brussels 23
Jena 21
Leipzig 20
Leeds 19
Zurich 16
Hamburg 15
Bern 14
Mainz 13
Boston 10
Halle 9
Leeuwarden 9
Edinburgh? 8
Hanover 8
Augsburg 7
Groningen 7
Heidelberg 7
Saumur 7
Strasbourg 7
Venice 7
Bath 6
Harderwijk 6
Rouen 6
Altdorf 5
Copenhagen 5
Dundee 5
Herborn 5
Rome 5
Birmingham 4
Delft 4
Douai 4
Dresden 4
Dumfries 4
Gotha 4
London? 4
Madrid 4
Mons 4
Winchester 4
Wittenberg 4
Arbroath 3
Clipstone 3
Franecker 3
Frankfurt an der Oder 3
Middelburgh 3
Norwich 3
unknown 3
Anvers 2
Berlin 2
Eton 2
Göttingen 2
Helmstadt 2
La Rochelle 2
Le Petit-Quevilly 2
Louvain 2
Lübeck 2
Middelburg 2
Morges 2
Morsee 2
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 2
Rinteln 2
St Andrews 2
Verona 2
Weissenfels 2
Westminster 2
Alcalà de Henares 1
Amberg 1
Belfast 1
Breda 1
Bremen 1
Charenton-le-Pont 1
Hague 1
Hanau 1
Holland? 1
Kaliningrad 1
Kassel 1
Kidderminster 1
Lausanne 1

Book format

8vo 8122
folio 3502
4to 3246
12mo 1254
18mo 138
16mo 8
24mo 2

Genre

Theology 17175
History 1285
Sermons 1027
Periodicals 661
Philosophy and Morality 626
Natural Philosophy 402
Politics, Society and Political Economy 272
Belles Lettres 206
Lives 201
Education 193
Reference Works 107
Poetry 80
Law 62
Fiction 47
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 44
Travel 29
Mathematics 9
Drama 5
Medicine 5

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