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Library

St Andrews University Library 3898
Glasgow University Library 3033
Royal High School of Edinburgh 1168
Edinburgh University Library 1146
Haddington Library 733
Innerpeffray Library 680
Advocates Library 669
Dumfries Presbytery Library 622
Selkirk Library 515
Leighton Library 291
Aberdeen Theological Library 247
Craigston Castle Library 49
Westerkirk 47
Hunterian Museum Library 39
Orkney Library 37
Wigtown Subscription Library 29
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 5
Chambers' Circulating Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 1186
Reverend Mr 216
Professor 176
Dr 174
Reverend 116
Captain 64
Sir 63
Lieutenant 36
Principal 30
Mrs 27
Miss 13
Sous Lieutenant 9
Colonel 8
Lady 8
Midshipman 7
Reverend Dr 6
Corporal 5
Rev. 5
Lieutenant Colonel 4
Prof. 4
Bishop 1
Major 1
Ms 1

Borrower gender

Male 13095
Female 84
Unknown 16
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 9519
University Student 7224
University Professor 1461
Religion and Clergy 1379
Minister/Priest 1331
Church of Scotland 1244
School Child 1149
Law 753
Advocate 704
Arts and Letters 240
Military 219
Prisoner of War 179
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 160
Author 159
Independent Means 154
Sheriff 150
Chaplain 124
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 107
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 105
Medicine and Health 102
Surgeon 87
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 81
Politics/Office Holders 79
Agricultural 77
Merchants/Traders 73
Presbyterian Seceder 65
School Master/Dominie 60
Tenant 60
Print and Book Trade 57
Librarian 56
Printers 55
Farmer 49
Gentleman 49
Dean of Faculty 46
MP (Britain) 44
Teacher 27
Writer/Procurator 27
Domestic Service 25
Indoor Servants 25
Retailer/Shopkeeper 25
Curator 21
Dyer 21
Clerk of Session 20
Judge 20
Army 19
Customs Collector 19
Tanner/Currier 19
Lord Advocate 18
Clerk 17
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 16
Physician 16
Glover 15
Lay Preacher 15
Lord President 15
Navy 15
Advocate Depute 14
Barrister 12
Notaries/Clerks 12
Officer 11
Provost 11
Writer to the Signet (WS) 11
Advocate’s Clerk 10
Poet 10
Baron of the Exchequer 8
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 8
Watchmaker 7
Clerks 6
Miscellaneous 6
Solicitor-General 6
Episcopalian 5
Accountant 4
Banker 4
Mason/Miller 4
Service Provision and Hospitality 4
Surveyor 4
Wife/Spouse 4
Construction 3
Cooper 3
Factor/Agent 3
Smiths/Metal Workers 3
Tax Collector 3
Tutor 3
Baillie 2
Brewer 2
Engineer 2
Gardener 2
Glazier 2
Land Manager/Factor 2
Lord Justice Clerk 2
Publishers 2
Supporting Activities 2
Widow 2
Architect 1
Bookbinder 1
Booksellers 1
Elder 1
Grocer 1
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 1
Lord Provost/Provost 1
Mariner 1

Author

Charles Rollin 2358
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 384
John Campbell 330
Noël Antoine Pluche 245
Nathaniel Hooke 184
Isaac Watts 159
Thomas Salmon 150
Herman Moll 145
Robert Moss 141
Henry Fielding 137
Andrew Baxter 134
Gilbert Burnet 134
Joseph Butler 132
Marcus Tullius Cicero 132
John Harris 115
James Thomson 112
Robert South 111
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
John Ray 102
John Locke 101
James Foster 97
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde 97
Thomas Stackhouse 97
Conyers Middleton 96
Francis Bacon 90
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 90
John Abernethy 88
Sampson Letsome 88
Samuel Clarke 87
Jean Alphonse Turrettini 84
John Nicholl 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Colin MacLaurin 79
Homer 79
Samuel Shuckford 76
Francis Atterbury 75
Alexander Pope 73
George Buchanan 71
John Sharp 70
Cornelius Tacitus 68
Horace 68
Robert Smith 68
Francis Hutcheson 67
Elizabeth Singer Rowe 65
Sarah Fielding 64
William Warburton 61
John Leland 60
Philip Gibbs 60
Henry Grove 59
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 58
William Derham 58
David Hume 56
Sappho 56
Sir Isaac Newton 56
Anacreon 55
David Gregory 55
Ralph Cudworth 54
Jacques Saurin 53
John Oldmixon 53
Livy 53
Nathaniel Lardner 52
Benjamin Hoadly 51
George Benson 51
Alexander Cruden 50
Ephraim Chambers 48
Friedrich Hoffmann 46
Isaac Barrow 46
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius 46
Philip Doddridge 46
James Home 45
Archibald Campbell 44
Bernhardus Varenius 44
Xenophon of Athens 44
Daniel Neal 43
Pierre Bayle 42
William King 42
Stephen Hales 41
Claude Fleury 40
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai 40
Sallust 40
Nicholas Saunderson 39
Robert Ainsworth 39
Thomas Morgan 39
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 38
James Blair 38
Sir John Chardin 38
Thomas Rowe 37
George Sale 36
Lucian of Samosata 36
Thomas Blackwell 36
Arthur Ashley Sykes 35
Colley Cibber 35
Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome 35
Samuel Richardson 35
John Balguy 33
M. l’abbé Antoine Banier 33
Robert Drury 32
Roger Cotes 32
Thomas Rymer 32
George Martine 31

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 1114
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 806
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres 436
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras] 384
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 329
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd 213
Scots Magazine 185
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 184
Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations 145
Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss] 141
Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature 132
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 119
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time 117
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels 111
Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions [Robert South] 111
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Works of James Thomson 102
Works of John Locke 101
Sermons on the Following Subjects [James Foster] 97
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Abridgement] 95
Works of Cicero 93
General History of China 92
Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul 91
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh] 90
Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God 88
Miscellanies [Henry Fielding] 85
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Collection] 84
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero 83
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected 76
Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 71
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 71
Eighteen Sermons Preached on Several Occasions [John Sharp] 70
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 68
Works of Tacitus 68
Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace 67
Works of Francis Bacon 67
Iliad 65
Adventures of David Simple 64
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages 63
Sermons on Several Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 63
Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist 61
Improvement of the Mind: or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick 61
Cogitationes et Dissertationes Theologicae 60
Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing 60
Sermons [Henry Grove] 59
Sermons and Tracts: Being the Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Mr Henry Grove 59
Works of Henry Grove of Taunton 59
Vie de Marianne 58
Arithmeticae et Algebrae Compendium 55
Works of Anacreon and Sappho 55
True Intellectual System of the Universe 54
Discours Historiques, Critiques, Théologiques, et Moraux, sur les Événemens les plus Mémorables du Vieux, et du Nouveau Testament 53
History of England, during the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne King George I 53
History of Rome [Livy] 53
Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions 53
Credibility of the Gospel History 52
Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections 52
History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr Abraham Adams 52
Answer to a Book Intituled, Christianity as Old as the Creation 51
New History of the Holy Bible 49
Complete Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity 48
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences 48
Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament 47
Family Expositor 46
Scripture History of the Jews 45
Compleat System of General Geography 44
Expedition of Cyrus 44
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam 44
Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects [Isaac Watts] 44
Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow 44
History of the Puritans [Daniel Neal] 43
Matho: or, the Cosmotheoria Puerilis, A Dialogue 43
Essay on the Origin of Evil 42
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts 42
History of the First Planting the Christian Religion 42
Historical and Critical Dictionary 41
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God 40
Elements of Algebra [Nicholas Saunderson] 39
History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time 39
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarius: or, A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue 39
History of Henri de La Tour D'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne, Marshal-General of France 38
Opera Omnia Physico-Medica [Friderich Hoffmann] 38
Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount 38
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies 38
Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Mrs Elizabeth Rowe 37
Compleat System of Opticks 36
Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer 36
Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed 36
Works of Lucian of Samosata 36
Enquiry into the Original of Moral Virtue 35
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius 35
Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded 35
Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation 35
Adventures of Telemachus 34
Collection of Tracts Moral and Theological [John Bagluy] 33
Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History 33
Principles and Connexion of Natural and Revealed Religion Distinctly Considered 33
Works of Samuel Clarke 33
Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et Cujuscunque Generis Acta Publica, inter Reges Angliae, et Alios Quosuis Imperatores, Reges 32

Book language

English 11228
Latin 1514
French 642
Greek 246
Italian 36
Spanish 12
Hebrew 4
Dutch 3
German 2

Book place of publication

London 10654
Edinburgh 614
Paris 431
Geneva 279
Amsterdam 242
Dublin 180
Cambridge 159
The Hague 131
Leiden 111
Oxford 81
Glasgow 74
Leipzig 61
Venice 60
Halle 28
Aldershot 26
Milan 24
Göttingen 22
Jena 22
Frankfurt am Main 19
Lausanne 19
Nuremberg 18
Florence 17
Brussels 15
St Petersburg 15
Newcastle upon Tyne 14
Hamburg 12
Westminster 11
Vienna 10
Frankfurt 9
Rotterdam 9
York 9
Basel 7
Helmstedt 6
Berlin 5
Rome 5
Utrecht 5
Augsburg 4
Boston, MA 4
Cologne 4
Dresden 4
Lyon 4
Strasbourg 3
Uppsala 3
Bologna 2
Copenhagen 2
Franecker 2
Heidelberg 2
Savoy 2
Zurich 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Barcelona 1
Lemgo 1
Madrid 1
Padua 1
Rinteln 1
Sheffield 1
Stockholm 1
Turin 1
Urbino 1

Book format

8vo 7442
4to 2269
folio 1936
12mo 1259
16mo 1
map 1

Genre

History 4277
Theology 2225
Belles Lettres 1077
Natural Philosophy 1068
Lives 1035
Sermons 921
Philosophy and Morality 907
Periodicals 620
Travel 600
Poetry 579
Medicine 550
Fiction 507
Politics, Society and Political Economy 431
Education 418
Law 301
Mathematics 244
Reference Works 244
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 106
Drama 42
Fine Arts 33

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