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Library

Edinburgh University Library 3951
Royal High School of Edinburgh 3225
St Andrews University Library 2937
Selkirk Library 1459
Glasgow University Library 1328
Advocates Library 1123
Haddington Library 919
Leighton Library 892
Innerpeffray Library 682
Westerkirk 478
Aberdeen Theological Library 246
Craigston Castle Library 163
Orkney Library 110
Wigtown Subscription Library 109
Dumfries Presbytery Library 79
Hunterian Museum Library 49
Chambers' Circulating Library 28
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 2535
Reverend Mr 673
Dr 226
Lieutenant 122
Sir 105
Captain 97
Mrs 84
Miss 80
Reverend 75
Professor 66
Reverend Dr 26
Principal 14
Midshipman 10
Brigadier General 9
Corporal 9
Colonel 8
Lady 7
Sous Lieutenant 7
Major 6
Adjudant Major 3
Rev. 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Bishop 1
Madame 1
Ms 1
Provost 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 17499
Female 233
Unknown 32
Unclear 11

Borrower occupation

Education 11763
University Student 7570
School Child 3155
Law 1291
Religion and Clergy 1197
University Professor 1197
Minister/Priest 1124
Advocate 1121
Church of Scotland 1023
Military 413
Prisoner of War 373
Arts and Letters 284
Agricultural 282
Sheriff 267
Medicine and Health 257
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 238
Independent Means 234
Author 223
Tenant 218
Surgeon 212
Farmer 191
Politics/Office Holders 155
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 136
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 124
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 114
MP (Britain) 111
Writer/Procurator 100
Gentleman 98
Dean of Faculty 94
Merchants/Traders 91
Teacher 87
Chaplain 85
Presbyterian Seceder 82
School Master/Dominie 72
Print and Book Trade 60
Printers 58
Physician 46
Notaries/Clerks 42
Judge 41
Clerk of Session 39
Lord President 35
Service Provision and Hospitality 34
Advocate Depute 32
Lay Preacher 32
Curator 29
Lord Advocate 29
Retailer/Shopkeeper 26
Clerks 25
Army 22
Librarian 21
Writer to the Signet (WS) 21
Banker 20
Clerk 19
Factor/Agent 19
Miscellaneous 19
Construction 18
Grocer 18
Navy 18
Tanner/Currier 18
Baron of the Exchequer 17
Officer 17
Provost 16
Mason/Miller 14
Wife/Spouse 14
Dyer 13
Watchmaker 13
Baillie 12
Barrister 12
Customs Collector 12
Land Manager/Factor 11
Poet 11
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 11
Episcopalian 10
Solicitor-General 10
Architect 9
Engineer 9
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 9
Accountant 7
Brewer 6
Bishop 5
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 5
Shoemaker 5
Widow 5
Advocate’s Clerk 4
Booksellers 4
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 4
Painter/Limner 4
Publishers 4
Unknown denomination 4
Distiller 3
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 3
Gardener 3
Lord Provost/Provost 3
Mill Owner 3
Tax Collector 3
Tutor 3
Active Service/Soldiers 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Food Provision/Preparation 2
Mariner 2

Author

Oliver Goldsmith 1343
William Robertson 681
Plutarch 467
William Guthrie 390
Nathaniel Hooke 365
Henry Fielding 304
Robert Henry 243
Samuel Ward 234
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 213
John Hawkesworth 210
Patrick Brydone 196
Henry Home Lord Kames 187
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 183
Henry Brooke 176
Charles de Brosses 172
Thomas Secker 165
Samuel Richardson 133
Charles Rollin 131
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 130
James Ferguson 123
Arthur Young 119
James Lind 119
William Cullen 119
Daniel Defoe 117
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Baron Albrecht von Haller 115
George Cleghorn 115
Percivall Pott 113
Henry Mackenzie 112
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 111
Robert Dodsley 111
David Hume 105
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
James Beattie 102
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 101
William Shakespeare 101
Adam Ferguson 100
Sir John Dalrymple 100
John Jortin 98
Tobias George Smollett 98
Denis Diderot 96
Thomas Pennant 93
Alexander Monro 91
Alexander Pope 91
Dr Samuel Johnson 89
Giuseppe Baretti 89
John Campbell 87
Joseph Priestley 87
Laurence Sterne 87
William Smellie 86
Virgil 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
James Boswell 83
Andrew Duncan 77
Pons Augustin Alletz 77
Richard Graves 77
William Hewson 74
Catherine Macaulay 72
David Macbride 72
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 72
John Brown 71
Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran 69
Voltaire 69
John Huxham 68
Cornelius Tacitus 66
John Gregory 66
John Toland 66
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 65
Benjamin Martin 65
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 64
Sir William Blackstone 63
Frances Brooke 62
Joseph Addison 59
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
James Harris 52
John Erskine 52
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 52
Thomas Sherlock 52
Adam Fitz-Adam 51
Robert Whytt 51
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 51
William Lewis 51
John Stedman 48
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 47
Junius 47
Charles White 46
William Bromfield 46
Giovanni Paolo Marana 45
Jonathan Swift 45
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
Samuel Sharp 44
François Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages 43
John Leland 43
William Buchan 43
Alexander Gerard 42
Johann Georg Zimmermann 42
John Aikin 42
Homer 41
Pierre Henri Treyssac de Vergy 41
Thomas Sheridan 41

Book Work

History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 675
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 503
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature 470
Lives [Plutarch] 466
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 365
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie] 304
Dr Goldsmith's Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools 246
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Works of Henry Fielding 238
Modern System of Natural History 234
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 207
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta 207
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 196
Scots Magazine 185
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 183
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 176
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes 172
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 170
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker] 134
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 through the Whole Island of Great Britain 117
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Observations on the Epidemical Diseases in Minorca 115
Haller's Physiology 106
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 105
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II 101
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 101
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 100
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 100
Essay on the History of Civil Society 97
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 94
Essay on Diseases Incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates 93
Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism 93
History of England [David Hume] 93
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen] 93
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 92
Works of Alexander Pope 91
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar 86
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery 86
Works of Virgil 84
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli 83
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis 78
Spiritual Quixote: or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 76
History of Ancient Greece; from the Earliest Times, till it Became a Roman Province [Pons Augustin Alletz] 75
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 72
Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic 72
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 70
Operations in Surgery of Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran 69
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat 68
Plays of William Shakespeare 67
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 66
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 66
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Works of Tacitus 66
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 64
Philosophia Britannica 64
Commentaries on the Laws of England 63
Man of Feeling 63
History of Emily Montague 62
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Sermons on Different Subjects [John Jortin] 61
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles 60
Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease 60
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Dictionary of the Holy Bible 56
Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 54
Discourses Preached on Several Occasions [Thomas Sherlock] 52
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 52
Institute of the Law of Scotland 52
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Experimental History of the Materia Medica 51
Tour through some of the Northern Parts of Europe 51
Works of Robert Whytt 51
World 51
Elements of Criticism 49
Man of the World 49
Experimental Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood 48
Physiological Essays and Observations [John Stedman] 48
Letters of Junius 47
Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician 47
Chirurgical Observations and Cases [William Blomfield] 46
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 46
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy 45
Works of Jonathan Swift 45
Chinese Traveller 44
Treatise on the Operations of Surgery 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Works of Voltaire 44
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott 43

Book language

English 16375
French 901
Latin 437
Italian 73
Greek 39
Hebrew 19
Arabic 17
German 6
Spanish 4
Swedish 3
Irish 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 13398
Edinburgh 2588
Paris 533
Glasgow 266
Neuchâtel 126
Amsterdam 119
Dublin 116
Oxford 93
Berlin 77
Chester 77
Geneva 74
The Hague 46
Warrington 45
Vienna 44
Leipzig 37
Birmingham 35
Leiden 28
York 18
Aberdeen 11
Lyon 11
Parma 11
Cambridge 10
Göttingen 9
Rome 9
Cleves 8
Manchester 8
Philadelphia 8
Rotterdam 8
Florence 7
St Petersburg 7
Venice 7
Stockholm 6
Dijon 5
Madrid 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
Utrecht 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Bristol 4
Lausanne 4
i.e. Edinburgh? 4
Bath 3
Frankfurt am Main 3
Kendal 3
Naples 3
Perth 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
Uppsala 3
unknown 3
Berwick 2
Bouillon 2
Bremen 2
Charlestown 2
Copenhagen 2
Fribourg 2
Halle 2
Helmstadt 2
Leeds 2
Livorno 2
Padua 2
Pisa 2
Turin 2
Verona 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Avignon 1
Carmarthen 1
Dresden 1
Exeter 1
Jena 1
Leeuwarden 1
Liège 1
London? 1
Nuremberg 1
Prague 1
Shrewsbury 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Wurzburg 1
Yverdon 1

Book format

8vo 9850
12mo 3661
4to 3594
folio 328
18mo 9

Genre

History 4235
Medicine 2496
Travel 1699
Periodicals 1525
Natural Philosophy 1481
Lives 1410
Fiction 1286
Belles Lettres 790
Education 752
Poetry 746
Theology 593
Sermons 569
Politics, Society and Political Economy 565
Philosophy and Morality 556
Law 365
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 284
Reference Works 258
Drama 147
Mathematics 102
Fine Arts 65
Miscellaneous/Other 4

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