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Library

Selkirk Library 2440
Royal High School of Edinburgh 1779
Leighton Library 1694
Westerkirk 1202
Advocates Library 1153
Edinburgh University Library 707
Aberdeen Theological Library 576
St Andrews University Library 406
Glasgow University Library 390
Wigtown Subscription Library 300
Orkney Library 277
Innerpeffray Library 234
Haddington Library 131
Craigston Castle Library 62
Chambers' Circulating Library 26
Dumfries Presbytery Library 17
Hunterian Museum Library 14

Borrower title

Mr 3348
Reverend Mr 1130
Lieutenant 200
Dr 170
Captain 169
Mrs 149
Sir 135
Miss 88
Reverend 67
Reverend Dr 38
Colonel 18
Sous Lieutenant 16
Corporal 13
Professor 13
Midshipman 11
Major 10
Rev. 10
Adjudant Major 8
Brigadier General 8
Right Honourable 8
Lady 6
Prof. 6
Principal 5
Rev. Mr 5
Sous-Lieutenant 4
Provost 2
Bishop 1
Ensign 1
Lieutenant Colonel 1

Borrower gender

Male 11141
Female 261
Unknown 5
Unclear 1

Borrower occupation

Education 3886
School Child 1765
University Student 1726
Law 1412
Religion and Clergy 1119
Minister/Priest 1076
Advocate 1074
Church of Scotland 903
Military 699
Prisoner of War 633
Independent Means 422
Agricultural 391
Arts and Letters 368
University Professor 362
Author 342
Tenant 304
Medicine and Health 255
Farmer 252
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 252
Surgeon 247
Sheriff 243
Writer/Procurator 201
Politics/Office Holders 181
Gentleman 170
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 170
Presbyterian Seceder 150
Notaries/Clerks 118
MP (Britain) 116
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 108
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 101
Dean of Faculty 88
School Master/Dominie 62
Construction 61
Merchants/Traders 60
Advocate Depute 49
Architect 44
Tanner/Currier 44
Navy 43
Army 40
Clerk of Session 39
Banker 36
Lay Preacher 35
Judge 32
Teacher 31
Baron of the Exchequer 23
Land Manager/Factor 23
Clerks 22
Factor/Agent 22
Writer to the Signet (WS) 22
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 21
Baillie 21
Barrister 21
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 19
Lord Advocate 18
Engineer 17
Lord President 16
Lord Provost/Provost 16
Mason/Miller 16
Poet 16
Customs Collector 15
Accountant 12
Chaplain 12
Miscellaneous 12
Tutor 12
Surveyor 11
Unknown denomination 11
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 10
Print and Book Trade 9
Curator 8
Librarian 8
Mariner 8
Printers 8
Solicitor-General 8
Wife/Spouse 8
Physician 7
Retailer/Shopkeeper 7
Service Provision and Hospitality 7
Dyer 6
Tax Collector 6
Episcopalian 4
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 4
Widow 4
Elder 3
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Messenger-at-arms 3
Officer 3
Privateer 3
Provost 3
Ships Captain 3
Watchmaker 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Bishop 2
Booksellers 2
Brewer 2
Distiller 2
Gardener 2
Grocer 2
Mill Owner 2
Painter/Limner 2
Publishers 2

Author

Robert Henry 475
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Hugh Blair 307
Edward Gibbon 266
Dr John Moore 225
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 207
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney 205
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 180
William Russell 180
Charlotte Turner Smith 177
Dr Samuel Johnson 169
Thomas Reid 157
Richard Cumberland 147
Henry Swinburne 134
Claude Étienne Savary 133
William Coxe 130
John Bell 121
John Gillies 121
Baron François Tott 117
James Cook 114
Henry Home Lord Kames 111
Anders Sparrman 101
George Campbell 99
James Boswell 98
James Bruce 98
Isabelle de Montolieu 83
Benjamin Bell 82
Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Mary Pilkington 78
Henry Mackenzie 77
James Beattie 77
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 74
Vicesimus Knox 73
Friedrich Trenck Freiherr von der 73
William Smellie 71
Elizabeth Keir 68
John Macgowan 68
Mrs Anna Maria Bennett 67
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 64
William Paley 59
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
George Keate 52
Nathaniel Lardner 49
Samuel Ancell 49
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 48
Alexander Shanks 47
François Le Vaillant 46
Charles Johnstone 45
Sophia Lee 45
James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood 44
Hugo Arnot 43
John Hunter 43
Robert Burns 43
Anna Maria Mackenzie 41
Voltaire 40
Thomas Pennant 39
Jakob von Staehlin 38
Ambrose Serle 37
Archibald Alison 37
Frederick II King of Prussia 35
Hester Lynch Piozzi 34
Joseph Addison 33
Joseph Towers 33
Colonel William Fullarton 32
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 32
William Marshall 32
Baron Jean-François Bourgoing 31
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 31
Virgil 31
William Robertson 31
Joseph White 30
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 30
James Macpherson 29
Thomas Anburey 29
Alexander Cunningham 28
Richard Hurd 28
Andrew Fyfe 27
Jean-Baptiste Grosier 27
Baron Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy Lesseps 26
Elizabeth Blower 26
Joseph Johnston 26
William Combe 26
Captain D. Williams 25
John Drinkwater 25
William Thomson 25
Johann Caspar Lavater 24
John Millar 24
Torquato Tasso 24
William Beckford 23
James Bell 21
Jacques Necker 20
Samuel Shaw 20
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 20
William Rutherford 20
Elizabeth Helme 19
John Le Couteur 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Charlotte Lennox 18
David Hume 18
Sir Richard Steele 18

Book Work

New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World 506
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 502
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 475
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 266
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 239
Zeluco 225
Encyclopaedia Britannica 222
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 207
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
Scots Magazine 185
History of Modern Europe 180
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 128
New Annual Register 126
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 120
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 118
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Works of Samuel Johnson 115
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 114
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 113
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary] 108
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 106
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
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 101
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle 99
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek 99
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 98
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce] 91
Sketches of the History of Man 90
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 89
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel 83
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell] 82
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Delia, a Pathetic and Interesting Tale 78
Ethelinde, or The Recluse of the Lake 78
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal 77
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 73
Life of Baron Frederic Trenck 73
Philosophy of Natural History 71
Lounger 70
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 68
Anna: or Memoirs of a Welch Heiress: Interspersed with Anecdotes of a Nabob 67
Don Quixote 64
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Arundel 57
Evidences of the Christian Religion; Briefly and Plainly Stated 53
Account of the Pelew Islands 52
Journal of the Late and Important Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar 49
Works of Nathaniel Lardner 49
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 48
Salvation Through the Grace of our Saviour Displayed 47
Essays on the Active Powers of Man 46
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea 45
Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times 45
Denial; or, The Happy Retreat 44
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [Robert Burns] 43
Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, into the Interior Parts of Africa 43
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great 38
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters 38
Christian Remembrancer 37
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste 37
Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 37
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland 36
History of Miss Greville 36
Essays Moral and Literary 35
Posthumous Works of Frederick II King of Prussia 35
Cabinet des Fées 34
Persian Tales; or The Thousand and One Days 34
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson] 33
Companion. Being a Choice cCllection of the Most Admired Pieces from the Best Authors 33
Memoirs of the Life and Reign of Frederick the Third, King of Prussia 33
Works of Voltaire 33
Beauties of Genlis; Being a Select Collection, of the Most Beautiful Tales and Other Striking Extracts 32
Interesting Memoirs 32
View of the English Interests in India 32
Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country 31
Works of Virgil 31
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 31
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
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province 29
Poems of Ossian 29
Travels through the Interior Parts of America. In a Series of Letters 29
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques 29
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham] 28
Nightcap 28
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life 27
General Description of China 27
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography 27
System of Anatomy and Physiology, with the Comparative Anatomy of Animals 27
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 27
Devil upon Two Sticks in England 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
Sermons on Practical Subjects: Preached Mostly at the Dispensing of The Holy Ordinance Of our Lord's Supper 26

Book language

English 10867
French 432
Latin 70
German 18
Italian 16
Spanish 8
Greek 4
Gaelic 1
Icelandic 1

Book place of publication

London 8598
Edinburgh 2089
Paris 311
Perth 163
Cambridge 149
Dublin 57
Geneva 35
Kehl 34
Birmingham 24
Berlin 22
Leipzig 19
York 17
Warrington 12
Stockholm 10
Paisley 9
Amsterdam 8
Madrid 8
Copenhagen 7
Göttingen 7
Venice 7
Glasgow 6
Oxford 6
Strasbourg 6
Bath 5
Exeter 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
The Hague 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Mannheim 4
Naples 4
Philadelphia 4
Winchester 4
Calcutta 3
Neuchâtel 3
Reading 3
Zweibrücken 3
Dresden 2
Gotha 2
Leiden 2
Siena 2
Vienna 2
Aberdeen 1
Bern 1
Berwick 1
Caen 1
Canterbury 1
Chambéry 1
Edinburgh? 1
Greifswald 1
Halle 1
Jena 1
Kilmarnock 1
Lausanne 1
Lichfield 1
London? 1
Prague 1
Rome 1
Sherborne 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
Zurich 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 7088
4to 2130
12mo 1553
folio 624
16mo 3
14mo 1
18mo 1
score 1

Genre

Travel 2312
Fiction 1627
History 1621
Periodicals 1517
Theology 1095
Sermons 818
Belles Lettres 635
Natural Philosophy 473
Lives 452
Philosophy and Morality 338
Politics, Society and Political Economy 297
Medicine 289
Poetry 269
Reference Works 247
Law 163
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 104
Drama 72
Education 57
Fine Arts 30
Mathematics 23

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