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Library

St Andrews University Library 8212
Edinburgh University Library 7992
Royal High School of Edinburgh 4992
Glasgow University Library 4395
Selkirk Library 2430
Advocates Library 1850
Innerpeffray Library 1630
Leighton Library 1466
Westerkirk 1394
Aberdeen Theological Library 961
Haddington Library 894
Dumfries Presbytery Library 689
Craigston Castle Library 298
Wigtown Subscription Library 246
Orkney Library 158
Hunterian Museum Library 86
Chambers' Circulating Library 18
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 4

Borrower title

Mr 4212
Reverend Mr 1076
Dr 398
Reverend 252
Lieutenant 242
Captain 188
Sir 181
Mrs 176
Professor 149
Miss 109
Principal 65
Reverend Dr 37
Sous Lieutenant 21
Colonel 18
Lady 18
Major 18
Midshipman 13
Sous-Lieutenant 11
Corporal 10
Bishop 7
Brigadier General 7
Rev. 7
Prof. 5
Rev Mr 4
Ms 3
Rev. Mr 3
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Adjudant Major 1
Baron 1
Ensign 1
Lord 1
Provost 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 37277
Female 383
Unknown 41
Unclear 9

Borrower occupation

Education 26584
University Student 19461
School Child 4868
Religion and Clergy 3057
Minister/Priest 2939
University Professor 2699
Church of Scotland 2673
Law 2142
Advocate 1874
Military 802
Prisoner of War 702
Arts and Letters 601
Medicine and Health 483
Independent Means 453
Author 434
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 430
Sheriff 418
Agricultural 415
Surgeon 368
Tenant 340
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 298
Farmer 274
Politics/Office Holders 249
Chaplain 246
Presbyterian Seceder 189
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 183
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 177
School Master/Dominie 168
MP (Britain) 164
Writer/Procurator 157
Gentleman 155
Dean of Faculty 137
Merchants/Traders 134
Physician 120
Teacher 106
Librarian 101
Print and Book Trade 96
Printers 92
Notaries/Clerks 72
Lay Preacher 67
Domestic Service 64
Indoor Servants 64
Clerk of Session 58
Judge 58
Miscellaneous 57
Lord Advocate 56
Curator 55
Army 54
Lord President 54
Writer to the Signet (WS) 51
Service Provision and Hospitality 48
Advocate Depute 44
Episcopalian 39
Customs Collector 36
Navy 36
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 35
Dyer 33
Tanner/Currier 33
Baron of the Exchequer 32
Wife/Spouse 29
Officer 28
Retailer/Shopkeeper 28
Widow 28
Clerks 27
Construction 27
Factor/Agent 27
Advocate’s Clerk 26
Mason/Miller 26
Provost 24
Banker 23
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 23
Barrister 22
Brewer 22
Engineer 18
Grocer 18
Solicitor-General 18
Accountant 15
Clerk 15
Poet 15
Lord Provost/Provost 14
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 12
Watchmaker 12
Baillie 11
Architect 9
Gardener 8
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 8
Mariner 8
Tax Collector 8
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 7
Booksellers 6
Land Manager/Factor 6
Privateer 6
Publishers 6
Tutor 6
Painter/Limner 5
Unknown denomination 5
Lord Justice Clerk 4
Active Service/Soldiers 3
Bishop 3
Glover 3

Author

David Hume 1797
William Robertson 1175
Henry Fielding 441
Tobias George Smollett 439
Nathaniel Hooke 432
Samuel Richardson 431
William Shakespeare 418
Francis Hutcheson 402
William Guthrie 396
Plutarch 388
Joseph Addison 384
Jonathan Swift 349
Sir Richard Steele 325
Charles Rollin 323
John Leland 322
Henry Home Lord Kames 286
James Macpherson 271
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 261
Dr Samuel Johnson 258
Voltaire 256
James Lind 248
Robert Henry 243
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 241
Alexander Pope 221
Oliver Goldsmith 221
Thomas Reid 218
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 214
Patrick Abercromby 201
Eliza Fowler Haywood 197
Robert Whytt 196
Donald Monro 178
Charles de Brosses 177
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 176
Henry Brooke 176
Jean-François Marmontel 169
John Brown 169
Adam Ferguson 165
Thomas Secker 165
Adam Smith 163
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 155
Percivall Pott 153
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 152
Robert Dodsley 151
John Huxham 149
Thomas Sherlock 149
Robert Traill 148
Sir John Pringle 148
Homer 147
Robert Walker 144
Thomas Stackhouse 144
Baron Albrecht von Haller 142
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 141
William Gurnall 139
James Ferguson 134
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 130
Daniel Defoe 122
Joseph Warton 121
Samuel Sharp 121
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 120
John Gregory 118
Arthur Young 117
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
George Cleghorn 116
Linnaeus 116
Samuel Clarke 113
John Jortin 112
John Hawkesworth 108
Richard Bathurst 108
Thomas Nettleton 108
William Smellie 108
Pierre Joseph Macquer 107
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Alexander Monro 101
James Harris 101
Virgil 101
Denis Diderot 99
George Campbell 98
Joseph Priestley 98
Francis Home 97
John Campbell 93
William Lewis 92
Euclid 91
Frances Brooke 91
Philip Doddridge 91
Thomas Sydenham 91
Benjamin Martin 89
Giuseppe Baretti 88
James Hervey 88
Richard Brookes 88
William Warburton 88
Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran 86
Jeremiah Seed 84
William Melmoth 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Benjamin Gooch 83
James Boswell 83
John Bell 83
John Ward 82
James Macknight 81
John Toland 81

Book Work

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations 1812
History of England [David Hume] 1473
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 848
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 691
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 547
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 484
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 427
Lives [Plutarch] 388
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels 369
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson] 364
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time 358
Works of William Shakespeare 348
Works of Jonathan Swift 347
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie] 304
History of Sir Charles Grandison 295
Spectator 260
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects 259
Elements of Criticism 243
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 226
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 222
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta 220
Works of Alexander Pope 220
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense 218
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 214
Works of Henry Fielding 207
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation 201
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
View of the Principal Deistical Writers 199
Scots Magazine 185
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes 177
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 176
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem 173
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 170
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 167
Essay on the History of Civil Society 165
Theory of Moral Sentiments 163
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 149
Observations on the Diseases of the Army 148
Works of the Late Reverend Robert Traill 148
New History of the Holy Bible 144
Sermons on Practical Subjects [Robert Walker] 144
Christian in Compleat Armour 139
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker] 134
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 130
Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem 130
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland 126
Amelia 124
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat 121
Treatise on the Scurvy 121
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain 117
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
Observations on the Epidemical Diseases in Minorca 116
Rambler 111
Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation 110
Adventurer ... . On Vent'rous Wing in Quest of Praise I Go, And Leave the Gazing Multitude Below 108
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery 108
Dictionnaire de Chymie, Contenant la Théorie & la Pratique de Cette Science 105
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 101
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar 99
Moral Tales 99
Works of Virgil 99
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume 98
History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II 97
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Essay on Diseases Incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates 93
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 92
Iliad 92
Elements of Geometry [Euclid] 91
Family Expositor 91
Works of Thomas Sydenham 91
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 90
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 90
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli 83
Invisible Spy 83
System of Oratory 82
Cases and Practical Remarks in Surgery 81
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
Account of the Diseases which were Most Frequent in the British Military Hospitals in Germany 80
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 80
Modern Part of the Universal History 80
Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body 79
Works of Sir William Temple 79
De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis 78
Essay on the Dropsy and its Different Species 78
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery 77
Experimental Essays [David Macbride] 77
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 76
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments 75
History of Ancient Greece; from the Earliest Times, till it Became a Roman Province [Pons Augustin Alletz] 75
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [Samuel Clarke] 75
Anatomy of the Human Body [William Cheselden] 74
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh] 74
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 74
Discourses on Several Important Subjects [Jeremiah Seed] 73

Book language

English 33810
French 2193
Latin 1634
Italian 203
Greek 178
Hebrew 32
Arabic 21
German 8
Gaelic 4
Swedish 3
Spanish 2
Irish 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 26362
Edinburgh 6334
Paris 1362
Glasgow 1107
Amsterdam 353
Dublin 306
Oxford 218
Leiden 181
The Hague 177
Geneva 133
Leipzig 133
Neuchâtel 129
Stockholm 94
Berlin 88
Lausanne 88
Vienna 77
Lyon 66
Aberdeen 64
Birmingham 64
Göttingen 61
Manchester 57
Cambridge 56
Venice 44
Frankfurt am Main 39
Helmstedt 33
Chester 31
Aldershot 26
Passau 23
Dresden 17
Rome 14
Copenhagen 13
Halle 13
Twickenham 12
Florence 9
Naples 9
Bologna 8
Hamburg 8
Philadelphia 8
Dundee 7
Montpellier 7
Rotterdam 7
Strawberry Hill 7
Utrecht 7
Whitehaven 7
Berwick 6
Gloucester 6
Jena 6
Milan 6
Pézenas 6
St Petersburg 6
i.e. Edinburgh? 6
unknown 6
Bristol 5
Brussels 5
Dijon 5
Louvain 5
New Haven, CT 5
Norwich 5
i.e. Aberdeen? 5
Eton 4
Lille 4
Nuremberg 4
Padua 4
Warrington 4
Boston, MA 3
Breslau 3
Livorno 3
Madrid 3
Uppsala 3
Wroclaw 3
Yverdon 3
Zurich 3
Besançon 2
Bouillon 2
Bremen 2
Brescia 2
Cologne 2
Frankfurt an der Oder 2
Harlem 2
Helmstadt 2
Lucca 2
Parma 2
Pesaro 2
Pisa 2
Rouen 2
Turin 2
Verona 2
Amiens 1
Amsterdam? 1
Anvers 1
Avignon 1
Basel 1
Bern 1
Carmarthen 1
Colmar 1
Erlangen 1
La Rochelle 1
Leeds 1
Lindau 1
London? 1

Book format

8vo 19212
12mo 9446
4to 7313
folio 1468
18mo 8
24mo 1

Genre

History 8721
Medicine 4447
Travel 3622
Theology 2881
Fiction 2685
Philosophy and Morality 2639
Lives 2344
Natural Philosophy 2102
Periodicals 2075
Poetry 2020
Belles Lettres 1858
Sermons 1706
Education 941
Politics, Society and Political Economy 846
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 761
Law 713
Drama 699
Reference Works 468
Mathematics 376
Fine Arts 269
Miscellaneous/Other 4

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