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Library

St Andrews University Library 4382
Glasgow University Library 3866
Royal High School of Edinburgh 1373
Edinburgh University Library 1149
Haddington Library 825
Advocates Library 758
Selkirk Library 681
Innerpeffray Library 573
Dumfries Presbytery Library 473
Aberdeen Theological Library 447
Leighton Library 380
Westerkirk 167
Craigston Castle Library 41
Orkney Library 40
Wigtown Subscription Library 36
Hunterian Museum Library 26
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 2
Chambers' Circulating Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 1423
Reverend Mr 286
Professor 228
Dr 198
Reverend 106
Sir 78
Captain 72
Lieutenant 64
Principal 55
Mrs 29
Sous Lieutenant 16
Miss 15
Lady 10
Reverend Dr 8
Corporal 7
Major 7
Colonel 4
Midshipman 3
Rev. 3
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Adjudant Major 1
Baron 1
Brigadier General 1
Prof. 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 15110
Female 97
Unknown 17
Unclear 3

Borrower occupation

Education 11130
University Student 8243
University Professor 1938
Religion and Clergy 1621
Minister/Priest 1555
Church of Scotland 1470
School Child 1327
Law 863
Advocate 797
Military 293
Arts and Letters 281
Prisoner of War 254
Independent Means 202
Author 189
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 182
Sheriff 181
Chaplain 153
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 137
Medicine and Health 109
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 104
Agricultural 101
Politics/Office Holders 98
Surgeon 90
Print and Book Trade 85
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 83
Printers 82
School Master/Dominie 79
Tenant 79
Merchants/Traders 75
Dean of Faculty 71
Gentleman 65
Librarian 65
Presbyterian Seceder 64
Farmer 63
MP (Britain) 55
Domestic Service 45
Indoor Servants 45
Teacher 43
Writer/Procurator 36
Provost 30
Clerk of Session 28
Judge 25
Curator 23
Army 22
Dyer 21
Lord Advocate 21
Retailer/Shopkeeper 21
Lay Preacher 20
Advocate Depute 19
Physician 19
Notaries/Clerks 18
Clerks 17
Lord President 17
Mason/Miller 17
Customs Collector 16
Poet 16
Tanner/Currier 16
Clerk 15
Miscellaneous 14
Baron of the Exchequer 13
Service Provision and Hospitality 13
Writer to the Signet (WS) 13
Barrister 12
Navy 12
Brewer 11
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 11
Advocate’s Clerk 10
Watchmaker 8
Episcopalian 7
Glover 7
Officer 7
Widow 7
Wife/Spouse 7
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 6
Tax Collector 6
Accountant 5
Construction 4
Land Manager/Factor 4
Mariner 4
Engineer 3
Publishers 3
Surveyor 3
Tutor 3
Unknown denomination 3
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Bookbinder 2
Booksellers 2
Cooper 2
Factor/Agent 2
Glazier 2
Magistrate 2
Privateer 2
Ships Owner 2
Smiths/Metal Workers 2
Solicitor-General 2
Active Service/Soldiers 1
Architect 1
Banker 1
Distiller 1
Gardener 1

Author

Charles Rollin 1133
Henry Fielding 437
John Campbell 391
Tobias George Smollett 323
Eliza Fowler Haywood 267
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 265
Robert Dodsley 220
George Anson Baron Anson 214
Nathaniel Hooke 196
Colin MacLaurin 177
Marcus Tullius Cicero 173
Conyers Middleton 145
John Tillotson 137
John Abernethy 136
John Locke 136
James Foster 134
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 129
Noël Antoine Pluche 123
Royal Society (Great Britain) 120
Henry Grove 119
John Harris 111
Thomas Nettleton 108
Samuel Richardson 105
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 101
Archibald Bower 100
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 100
Francis Hutcheson 99
Denis Diderot 96
Terence 96
David Hume 94
Philip Doddridge 94
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Thomas Rutherforth 81
Homer 80
Jacques Saurin 79
Sarah Fielding 79
Thomas Salmon 76
Samuel Clarke 71
Nathaniel Lardner 69
Joseph Addison 68
Sir Richard Steele 68
Francis Bacon 67
Horace 67
Alexander Pope 65
Isaac Barrow 62
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
Isaac Watts 61
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 58
Robert Whytt 57
Livy 55
George Buchanan 54
David Fordyce 53
Alexander Monro 52
John Payne 52
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 52
Nicholas Tindal 52
Edmund Ludlow 51
Virgil 51
David Hartley 50
William Melmoth 50
John Hill 49
Ephraim Chambers 48
Henry Ellis 48
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius 46
John Potter 46
Robert Paltock 46
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai 44
Andrew Baxter 43
James Hervey 43
Lucian of Samosata 42
Humphrey Prideaux 41
John Leland 41
James Dodson 40
Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome 40
Xenophon of Athens 40
Nicholas Saunderson 39
Friedrich Hoffmann 38
James Blair 38
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui 38
Sir Matthew Hale 38
Comte Anne Claude Philippe de Caylus 37
John Brown 37
Jonathan Swift 37
Pliny the Younger 37
Robert Lindsay 37
Thomas Simpson 37
Voltaire 37
Arthur Ashley Sykes 36
Robert Simson 36
Sallust 36
Abbé Prévost 35
Charlotte Lennox 35
Joseph Butler 35
Richard Brookes 35
Jean Astruc 33
M. l’abbé Antoine Banier 33
Ralph Cudworth 33
Sir Isaac Newton 33
Robert Drury 32

Book Work

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 1129
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 806
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 390
Collection of Voyages and Travels 272
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras] 265
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 254
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 214
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 213
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 196
Scots Magazine 185
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 176
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 166
Adventures of Roderick Random 157
Works of Cicero 138
Works of John Tillotson 137
Works of John Locke 136
Female Spectator 134
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 129
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland 126
Amelia 124
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 119
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries 112
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels 111
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 the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 100
Sermons on the Following Subjects [James Foster] 97
Comedies [Terence] 96
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Spirit of Laws 93
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd 91
Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God 88
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
Miscellanies [Henry Fielding] 85
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero 83
Works of Henry Grove of Taunton 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
System of Natural Philosophy 75
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres 73
History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 71
Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady 70
Family Expositor 70
Credibility of the Gospel History 69
Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff 67
Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace 67
Works of Francis Bacon 67
Iliad 66
Adventures of David Simple 64
Treatise on Virtue and Happiness 63
Sermons sur Divers Textes de l'Écriture Sainte 62
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Improvement of the Mind: or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick 61
Sermons [Henry Grove] 59
Sermons and Tracts: Being the Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Mr Henry Grove 59
Vie de Marianne 58
Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals 57
New Geographical and Historical Grammar 57
History of Rome [Livy] 55
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 54
Dialogues Concerning Education [David Fordyce] 53
Don Quixote 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
Paradise Restored: Being a Visitation of Love to the Jews 52
Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq 51
Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects 50
Observations on Man [David Hartley] 50
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences 48
Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747 48
Works of Horace 48
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece 46
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man 46
Continuation of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, from the Revolution to the Accession of King George II 45
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God 45
Some Thoughts Voncerning Virtue and Happiness 45
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam 44
Sermons on Various Subjects [John Abernethy] 44
Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy 44
Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow 44
Matho: or, the Cosmotheoria Puerilis, A Dialogue 43
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts 42
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove] 42
Fortunate Foundlings 41
Treatise of Algebra [Colin MacLaurin] 41
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius 40
Elements of Algebra [Nicholas Saunderson] 39
History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time 39
Contemplations Moral and Divine 38
Enquiry concerning the principles of morals [David Hume] 38
Mathematical Repository. Containing Analytical Solutions of Five Hundred Questions 38
Opera Omnia Physico-Medica [Friderich Hoffmann] 38
Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount 38
Discourses on All the Principal Branches of Natural Religion and Social Virtue 37
Epistles of Pliny the Younger 37
Essays on the Characteristics [John Brown] 37
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden 37
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay] 37
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 37
Oriental Tales, Collected from an Arabian Manuscript 37
Principles of Natural Law [Jean Jacques Burlamaqui] 37

Book language

English 12993
Latin 1376
French 1111
Greek 220
Hebrew 37
Italian 37
Spanish 6
Arabic 5
Aramaic 5
Syrian 5

Book place of publication

London 11754
Edinburgh 793
Paris 682
Glasgow 477
Amsterdam 251
Geneva 223
Cambridge 187
Dublin 171
The Hague 133
Neuchâtel 95
Oxford 75
Berlin 67
Leiden 61
Göttingen 56
Leipzig 34
Lausanne 30
Aldershot 26
Rotterdam 23
Rome 21
York 21
St Petersburg 19
Nuremberg 17
Venice 17
Aberdeen 14
Florence 14
Frankfurt am Main 14
Newcastle upon Tyne 14
Halle 13
Milan 13
Utrecht 11
Hamburg 10
Vienna 10
Frankfurt 9
Sherborne 8
Stockholm 6
Eton 5
Dresden 4
Lyon 4
Madrid 4
Basel 3
Bologna 3
Boston, MA 3
Frankfurt an der Oder 3
Naples 3
Uppsala 3
Zurich 3
Copenhagen 2
Heidelberg 2
Lübeck 2
Pekin 2
Savoy 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Bristol 1
Colmar 1
Cordoba 1
Hanover 1
Helmstedt 1
Jena 1
Padua 1
Philadelphia 1
Rouen 1
Sheffield 1
Strasbourg 1
Tobago 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
unknown 1

Book format

8vo 7693
12mo 2951
4to 2558
folio 1683
18mo 138
24mo 37

Genre

History 4233
Theology 1694
Fiction 1488
Lives 1351
Philosophy and Morality 1216
Natural Philosophy 1174
Periodicals 1012
Belles Lettres 839
Sermons 839
Travel 800
Poetry 536
Medicine 498
Education 497
Politics, Society and Political Economy 467
Law 428
Mathematics 314
Reference Works 251
Drama 140
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 122
Fine Arts 38

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