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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2901
Selkirk Library 1516
Westerkirk 1385
Leighton Library 1252
Advocates Library 1056
Glasgow University Library 763
Edinburgh University Library 760
St Andrews University Library 691
Aberdeen Theological Library 543
Innerpeffray Library 350
Wigtown Subscription Library 173
Orkney Library 96
Craigston Castle Library 58
Chambers' Circulating Library 23
Hunterian Museum Library 20
Dumfries Presbytery Library 19
Haddington Library 5
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 2511
Reverend Mr 768
Dr 159
Captain 124
Mrs 122
Lieutenant 117
Sir 105
Reverend 67
Miss 63
Reverend Dr 34
Professor 28
Sous Lieutenant 14
Midshipman 10
Prof. 9
Major 8
Right Honourable 8
Colonel 7
Rev. 7
Corporal 5
Lady 5
Adjudant Major 4
Brigadier General 4
Principal 4
Rev. Mr 4
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Provost 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Rev Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 11390
Female 211
Unknown 4
Unclear 3

Borrower occupation

Education 5612
School Child 2867
University Student 2112
Law 1211
Advocate 985
Religion and Clergy 913
Minister/Priest 872
Church of Scotland 756
University Professor 693
Military 431
Prisoner of War 377
Arts and Letters 284
Independent Means 281
Author 253
Agricultural 248
Sheriff 221
Tenant 196
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 168
Farmer 163
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 155
Politics/Office Holders 145
Medicine and Health 143
Writer/Procurator 143
Surgeon 135
Gentleman 126
MP (Britain) 110
Presbyterian Seceder 103
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 89
Notaries/Clerks 87
Dean of Faculty 81
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 69
Construction 55
Chaplain 53
Merchants/Traders 46
Advocate Depute 42
School Master/Dominie 41
Judge 40
Clerk of Session 39
Navy 39
Lay Preacher 37
Architect 32
Tanner/Currier 31
Baron of the Exchequer 26
Lord Advocate 24
Army 23
Engineer 23
Banker 22
Mason/Miller 21
Print and Book Trade 19
Printers 19
Writer to the Signet (WS) 19
Lord President 17
Teacher 17
Baillie 16
Clerks 16
Barrister 15
Factor/Agent 15
Librarian 15
Poet 13
Customs Collector 12
Solicitor-General 11
Land Manager/Factor 10
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 10
Retailer/Shopkeeper 10
Miscellaneous 9
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 9
Curator 8
Dyer 8
Officer 7
Wife/Spouse 7
Physician 6
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 5
Lord Provost/Provost 5
Mariner 5
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 4
Tutor 4
Episcopalian 3
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Mill Owner 3
Ships Captain 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 2
Privateer 2
Publishers 2
Surveyor 2
Watchmaker 2
Widow 2
Accountant 1
Bishop 1
Brewer 1
Gardener 1
Musician 1
Secretary of State 1
Service Provision and Hospitality 1
Unknown denomination 1

Author

Charles Rollin 851
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 700
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Hugh Blair 341
Dr John Moore 291
William Robertson 259
Robert Henry 243
William Russell 214
James Cook 193
Frances Burney 179
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 134
Adam Ferguson 127
Edward Gibbon 118
Baron François Tott 117
Thomas Reid 111
Claude Étienne Savary 108
Dr Samuel Johnson 108
Gilbert Stuart 105
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 101
James Boswell 98
Anders Sparrman 97
Reverend David Lamont 92
Samuel Richardson 84
Isabelle de Montolieu 83
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Benjamin Bell 82
Tobias George Smollett 74
Ambrose Serle 73
Samuel Ancell 72
John Macgowan 68
Mrs Anna Maria Bennett 67
James Beattie 66
Voltaire 65
William Coxe 65
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 60
Richard Cumberland 58
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 57
Henry Mackenzie 57
Vicesimus Knox 55
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 55
John Gillies 55
Charles Johnstone 53
William Cullen 52
Eyles Irwin 51
Henry Fielding 50
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 50
Catherine Macaulay 45
John Newton 45
Sophia Lee 45
John Hunter 43
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 41
Pietro Metastasio 39
Reverend Augustus Toplady 38
William Hayley 38
Hugo Arnot 36
John Smith 33
Elizabeth Keir 32
James Riddoch 31
Joseph White 30
Richard Hurd 30
Samuel Jackson Pratt 30
Henry Home Lord Kames 29
Robert Watson 29
Adam Smith 28
James Burrow 28
William Paley 28
Hester Lynch Piozzi 27
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 27
Elizabeth Blower 26
Andrew M'Donald 25
Anna Maria Mackenzie 25
William Thomson 25
John Hawkesworth 24
John Pinkerton 24
William Cowper 24
John Rickman 23
William Shakespeare 23
Helenus Scott 22
Oliver Goldsmith 21
Thomas Percival 21
Henry Swinburne 20
Alexander Gerard 19
David Hume 19
Jean Louis De Lolme 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Thomas Warton 19
William Lothian 18
Joseph Addison 17
Joseph Warton 17
Sir John Sinclair 17
Sir Richard Steele 17
Thomas Sheridan 17
Bielby Porteus 16
Jean Frédéric Ostervald 16
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 16
John Millar 16
William Richardson 16
Wolfgang Seber 16
Alexander Pope 15
Court of King's Bench Great Britain 15

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
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 249
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
History of Modern Europe 214
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
History of America [William Robertson] 188
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 187
Scots Magazine 185
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress 179
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 142
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
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 118
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
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
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 92
Sermons on the Most Prevalent Vices [David Lamont] 92
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
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
Anna: or Memoirs of a Welch Heiress: Interspersed with Anecdotes of a Nabob 67
Lives of the English Poets 64
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 57
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 56
Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill 56
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 55
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 54
First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh 52
Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea 51
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
Masquerades; or, What You Will 46
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea 45
Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times 45
Evidences of the Christian Religion; Briefly and Plainly Stated 44
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
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Works of Henry Fielding 39
Posthumous Works [Augustus Toplady] 38
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland 36
Cabinet des Fées 34
Works of Voltaire 33
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
Essays Moral and Literary 29
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province 29
Arabian Nights Entertainments 28
Nightcap 28
Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 28
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life 27
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 27
Liberal Education: or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning 26
Maria: A Novel 26
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
Gamesters: A Novel 25
History of the Reign of Philip the Third, King of Spain 25
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 25
Independent: A Novel 25
Sermons Preached at Lincoln's-Inn, Between the Years 1765 and 1776 25
Treatise on the Venereal Disease [John Hunter] 25
Almoran and Hamet, An Oriental Tale 24
Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery 23
Journal of the Siege of Gibraltar 23
Adventures of a Rupee 22
Dissertations Moral and Critical 22
Loose Hints upon Education, Chiefly Concerning the Culture of the Heart 22
Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire 22
Poems [William Cowper] 22
Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia 21
Moral and Literary Dissertations 21

Book language

English 10805
French 583
Latin 136
Italian 59
Greek 30
German 12
Hebrew 12
Spanish 12
Icelandic 4
Russian 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 9089
Edinburgh 1595
Paris 397
Cambridge 144
Geneva 55
Aberdeen 48
Oxford 48
Amsterdam 35
Bath 34
Kehl 34
The Hague 30
Leipzig 26
Neuchâtel 26
Warrington 26
Glasgow 25
Dublin 23
Liverpool 23
Dumfries 17
Stirling 17
Berlin 14
Göttingen 12
Madrid 11
St Petersburg 10
Stockholm 10
Copenhagen 9
Philadelphia 9
Strasbourg 9
Florence 8
Birmingham 7
Venice 7
York 6
Exeter 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Leiden 4
Mannheim 4
Winchester 4
Maastricht 3
Naples 3
Twickenham 3
Vienna 3
Altona 2
Canterbury 2
Dessau 2
Eton 2
Lille 2
Liège 2
Paisley 2
Rome 2
Salisbury 2
Strabane 2
Valencia 2
Bern 1
Bouillon 1
Caen 1
Chambéry 1
Copenhagen? 1
Dresden 1
Halle 1
Heidelberg 1
Holland 1
Jena 1
Kilmarnock 1
Marseille 1
Pisa 1
Prague 1
Rouen 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
Warsaw 1
Warwick 1
Yverdon 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 7399
4to 1996
12mo 1362
folio 700
18mo 75
16mo 18
24mo 3
unknown 2
score 1

Genre

History 2639
Travel 1674
Periodicals 1576
Fiction 1027
Theology 1000
Sermons 960
Natural Philosophy 952
Belles Lettres 653
Lives 420
Medicine 393
Philosophy and Morality 387
Poetry 311
Politics, Society and Political Economy 241
Education 220
Law 209
Drama 140
Reference Works 66
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 46
Fine Arts 40
Mathematics 33

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