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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2011
Selkirk Library 1355
St Andrews University Library 1349
Edinburgh University Library 1046
Glasgow University Library 955
Advocates Library 870
Leighton Library 855
Westerkirk 758
Innerpeffray Library 655
Haddington Library 610
Aberdeen Theological Library 187
Wigtown Subscription Library 112
Craigston Castle Library 94
Orkney Library 66
Hunterian Museum Library 33
Dumfries Presbytery Library 28
Chambers' Circulating Library 21
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 2054
Reverend Mr 625
Dr 173
Lieutenant 101
Captain 97
Sir 94
Mrs 85
Reverend 69
Miss 52
Professor 42
Reverend Dr 20
Midshipman 12
Corporal 10
Colonel 8
Brigadier General 7
Lady 5
Principal 5
Sous Lieutenant 5
Major 4
Prof. 3
Rev. 3
Sous-Lieutenant 3
Adjudant Major 2
Misses 2
Honourable 1
Madame 1
Ms 1
Provost 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 10785
Female 193
Unknown 21
Unclear 7

Borrower occupation

Education 5651
University Student 2924
School Child 1973
Law 1014
Religion and Clergy 885
Advocate 858
University Professor 857
Minister/Priest 817
Church of Scotland 713
Military 403
Prisoner of War 369
Agricultural 267
Arts and Letters 227
Independent Means 216
Sheriff 215
Tenant 215
Author 194
Farmer 175
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 143
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 136
Medicine and Health 127
Politics/Office Holders 118
Surgeon 116
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 103
Writer/Procurator 96
Presbyterian Seceder 86
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 85
MP (Britain) 84
Dean of Faculty 81
Merchants/Traders 77
Gentleman 73
School Master/Dominie 58
Teacher 57
Chaplain 55
Judge 49
Notaries/Clerks 43
Advocate Depute 38
Print and Book Trade 38
Printers 38
Lay Preacher 36
Construction 29
Clerk of Session 28
Service Provision and Hospitality 27
Miscellaneous 25
Lord Advocate 24
Navy 22
Army 21
Lord President 20
Banker 19
Baron of the Exchequer 19
Dyer 19
Engineer 18
Clerks 15
Grocer 15
Retailer/Shopkeeper 15
Provost 14
Writer to the Signet (WS) 14
Wife/Spouse 13
Clerk 12
Curator 12
Librarian 12
Poet 12
Widow 12
Architect 11
Land Manager/Factor 11
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 11
Officer 11
Watchmaker 11
Baillie 10
Barrister 10
Customs Collector 10
Tanner/Currier 9
Lord Provost/Provost 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Physician 8
Solicitor-General 8
Accountant 7
Episcopalian 7
Factor/Agent 7
Mason/Miller 7
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 7
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 4
Brewer 4
Mariner 4
Distiller 3
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 3
Mill Owner 3
Shoemaker 3
Tutor 3
Unknown denomination 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Bishop 2
Food Provision/Preparation 2
Gardener 2
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 2
Painter/Limner 2
Privateer 2
Publishers 2
Ships Captain 2
Surveyor 2

Author

Oliver Goldsmith 927
Plutarch 304
Hugh Blair 251
Robert Henry 243
Henry Fielding 239
Samuel Ward 234
William Robertson 218
John Hawkesworth 207
Edward Gibbon 205
Patrick Brydone 199
Henry Home Lord Kames 197
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 177
Thomas Mortimer 165
Ralph Erskine 153
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 144
Thomas Pennant 138
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 132
Henry Mackenzie 130
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 127
James Beattie 117
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Adam Smith 97
Robert Watson 97
William Cullen 93
Dr Samuel Johnson 87
George Campbell 87
John Campbell 87
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Joseph Addison 82
Sir Richard Steele 81
Jean-François Marmontel 78
Richard Graves 78
Ambrose Serle 73
William Shakespeare 72
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 66
John Toland 66
James Ferguson 64
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 64
Georg Forster 61
Homer 60
Thomas Harmer 60
Joseph Priestley 59
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
John Erskine 52
Thomas Sherlock 52
Voltaire 52
Virgil 48
William Bromfield 46
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 45
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
George Anson Baron Anson 43
Percivall Pott 43
Alexander Gerard 42
Catherine Macaulay 42
Laurence Sterne 41
Pietro Metastasio 39
Anton de Haen 37
Pope Clement XIV 37
Basil Kennett 36
David Hume 36
Sir John Dalrymple 36
Cardinal Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz 34
Edward Ives 34
Jonathan Edwards 34
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 34
Andrew Gray 33
Henry Brooke 32
James Macpherson 32
Richard Chandler 32
William Nimmo 32
George Ridpath 30
Charles Rollin 29
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Paul François Velly 29
James Burrow 28
Thomas Leland 27
James Lind 26
John Newton 26
Richard Hurd 26
Robert Walker 26
Jacob Bryant 25
Geoffrey Chaucer 24
Reverend Charles Edward De Coetlogon 23
Richard Twiss 22
Sir William Blackstone 22
Soame Jenyns 22
Mrs Hester Chapone 21
Robert Fergusson 21
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 20
Luís de Camões 20
Alexander Hamilton 19
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 19
John Gregory 19
Junius 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Thomas Warton 19
William Guthrie 19
Helvetius 18
Henry Venn 18
John Guyse 18

Book Work

Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 500
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature 470
Lives [Plutarch] 303
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 251
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Works of Henry Fielding 238
Modern System of Natural History 234
History of America [William Robertson] 216
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 207
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 205
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 199
Scots Magazine 185
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 177
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 170
British Plutarch 162
Sermons, and Other Practical Works [Ralph Erskine] 153
Sketches of the History of Man 133
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope 130
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 129
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 127
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Bell's British Theatre 110
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Essays [James Beattie] 99
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 97
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen] 93
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 90
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Philosophy of Rhetoric 87
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 81
Spectator 81
Julia de Roubigné 80
Spiritual Quixote: or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose 77
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 76
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
Horae Solitariae 73
Incas: or, The Destruction of the Empire of Peru 68
Plays of William Shakespeare 66
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 62
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution 61
Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture 60
Iliad 58
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill 56
Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 54
Discourses Preached on Several Occasions [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Institute of the Law of Scotland 52
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Tour through some of the Northern Parts of Europe 51
Man of the World 49
Works of Virgil 48
Chirurgical Observations and Cases [William Blomfield] 46
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 45
Works of George Lord Lyttelton 45
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott 43
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 43
Essay on Genius 42
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 42
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics 38
Works of Voltaire 38
Interesting Letters of Pope Clement XIV 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 36
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 36
History of the Work of Redemption 34
Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz 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
Delineation of the Parables of Our Blessed Saviour 33
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple] 32
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 32
General History of Stirlingshire 32
Secret History of Great Britain, from the Restoration, to the Accession of the House of Hannover 32
Border-History of England and Scotland, Deduced from the Earliest Times to the Union of the Two Crowns 30
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain 29
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV 29
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Elements of Criticism 26
Essay on the Most Effectual Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen in the Royal Navy 26
Political Survey of Britain 26
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
Sermons on Practical Subjects [Robert Walker] 26
Twenty Six Letters on Religious Subjects 26
Canterbury Tales 24
New System, or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology 23
Portraiture of the Christian Penitent 23
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 23
Commentaries on the Laws of England 22
View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion 22
Gentleman Farmer. Being an Attempt to Improve Agiculture, by Subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles 21
Poems [Robert Fergusson] 21

Book language

English 10266
French 551
Latin 147
Italian 54
Greek 32
Spanish 12
German 6
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 8334
Edinburgh 1619
Paris 380
Glasgow 165
Dublin 122
Oxford 78
Chester 46
Neuchâtel 45
The Hague 45
Warrington 43
Vienna 41
Berwick 30
Leipzig 26
York 25
Amsterdam 22
Cambridge 22
Newcastle upon Tyne 17
Berlin 15
Newcastle 15
Geneva 14
Liège 12
Madrid 12
Naples 12
Parma 10
Birmingham 9
Göttingen 9
Rotterdam 8
Rome 7
Florence 6
Manchester 5
Stockholm 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Dumfries 4
Leiden 4
St Petersburg 4
Kendal 3
Norwich 3
Perth 3
Twickenham 3
i.e. Paris? 3
Bremen 2
Bristol 2
Charlestown 2
Copenhagen 2
Dijon 2
Eton 2
Fribourg 2
Halle 2
Leeds 2
Philadelphia 2
Bath 1
Dresden 1
Exeter 1
Jena 1
Lausanne 1
Leeuwarden 1
Lyon 1
Nuremberg 1
Prague 1
Shrewsbury 1
Siena 1
Strasbourg 1
Trondheim 1
Venice 1
unknown 1

Book format

8vo 5999
4to 2574
12mo 1980
folio 192
18mo 61

Genre

History 2247
Periodicals 1437
Lives 1181
Travel 1167
Natural Philosophy 1093
Fiction 772
Belles Lettres 738
Sermons 635
Medicine 551
Theology 503
Poetry 502
Politics, Society and Political Economy 383
Philosophy and Morality 341
Education 276
Law 244
Drama 202
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 112
Reference Works 96
Fine Arts 41
Mathematics 22

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