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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2425
Edinburgh University Library 2216
St Andrews University Library 2096
Glasgow University Library 1148
Selkirk Library 1143
Advocates Library 854
Leighton Library 596
Innerpeffray Library 427
Haddington Library 425
Westerkirk 352
Aberdeen Theological Library 138
Craigston Castle Library 98
Orkney Library 77
Wigtown Subscription Library 73
Dumfries Presbytery Library 58
Hunterian Museum Library 36
Chambers' Circulating Library 27
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 1854
Reverend Mr 485
Dr 174
Lieutenant 83
Sir 83
Captain 82
Professor 54
Reverend 52
Mrs 51
Miss 50
Reverend Dr 14
Midshipman 10
Brigadier General 8
Corporal 8
Principal 8
Colonel 6
Lady 6
Sous Lieutenant 6
Major 5
Adjudant Major 3
Rev. 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Madame 1
Provost 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 12026
Female 130
Unknown 14
Unclear 8

Borrower occupation

Education 8050
University Student 4844
School Child 2374
University Professor 985
Law 967
Advocate 858
Religion and Clergy 812
Minister/Priest 767
Church of Scotland 714
Military 323
Prisoner of War 297
Agricultural 219
Sheriff 194
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 183
Independent Means 173
Arts and Letters 172
Tenant 169
Medicine and Health 160
Farmer 154
Surgeon 140
Author 131
Politics/Office Holders 116
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 101
MP (Britain) 85
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 81
Dean of Faculty 81
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 78
Chaplain 77
Gentleman 72
Writer/Procurator 61
Merchants/Traders 60
Teacher 56
Print and Book Trade 53
Printers 52
School Master/Dominie 51
Presbyterian Seceder 42
Notaries/Clerks 35
Judge 32
Lord President 29
Clerk of Session 26
Advocate Depute 25
Lord Advocate 25
Physician 24
Retailer/Shopkeeper 23
Lay Preacher 22
Service Provision and Hospitality 22
Curator 20
Army 19
Writer to the Signet (WS) 17
Baron of the Exchequer 16
Clerks 16
Tanner/Currier 15
Banker 14
Construction 14
Librarian 14
Navy 13
Baillie 12
Provost 12
Officer 11
Barrister 10
Factor/Agent 10
Customs Collector 9
Grocer 9
Land Manager/Factor 9
Mason/Miller 9
Architect 8
Clerk 8
Dyer 8
Miscellaneous 8
Poet 8
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 7
Solicitor-General 7
Watchmaker 7
Engineer 6
Brewer 5
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 5
Accountant 4
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 4
Widow 4
Wife/Spouse 4
Advocate’s Clerk 3
Booksellers 3
Distiller 3
Episcopalian 3
Gardener 3
Lord Provost/Provost 3
Mill Owner 3
Painter/Limner 3
Publishers 3
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 3
Unknown denomination 3
Active Service/Soldiers 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Mariner 2
Privateer 2
Shoemaker 2
Surveyor 2
Tax Collector 2
Tutor 2
Bishop 1

Author

Oliver Goldsmith 1226
Plutarch 467
Nathaniel Hooke 365
Robert Henry 243
John Hawkesworth 210
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 207
William Robertson 197
Patrick Brydone 196
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 183
Henry Brooke 174
Henry Home Lord Kames 138
Thomas Secker 137
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 130
William Cullen 118
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Henry Mackenzie 112
Baron Albrecht von Haller 111
James Ferguson 109
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
James Beattie 102
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 101
Sir John Dalrymple 100
Denis Diderot 96
Tobias George Smollett 94
Arthur Young 93
David Hume 93
Thomas Pennant 93
Charles Rollin 92
Alexander Monro 91
Alexander Pope 88
John Campbell 86
William Guthrie 86
Giuseppe Baretti 83
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Andrew Duncan 77
Richard Graves 77
John Jortin 75
William Hewson 74
Catherine Macaulay 72
David Macbride 72
William Shakespeare 71
Cornelius Tacitus 66
Henry Fielding 66
John Gregory 66
John Toland 66
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 65
Benjamin Martin 65
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 63
Voltaire 63
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
Joseph Priestley 57
Percivall Pott 57
John Erskine 52
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 52
Adam Fitz-Adam 51
Virgil 48
Junius 47
Charles White 46
William Bromfield 46
Giovanni Paolo Marana 45
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 45
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
Alexander Gerard 42
Johann Georg Zimmermann 42
John Aikin 42
Homer 41
James Harris 41
Helen Williams 39
James Maclurg 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 38
Anton de Haen 37
Charles Alston 37
Elizabeth Griffith 37
Basil Kennett 36
Henry Manning M. D. 36
Cardinal Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz 34
Edward Ives 34
Jonathan Edwards 34
Pehr Osbeck 33
Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld 32
John Whitaker 32
Marcus Tullius Cicero 32
Edmund Burke 30
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 29
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
John Farquhar 29
Paul François Velly 29
Abbé Prévost 28
James Burrow 28
James Makittrick Adair 28
Joseph Marshall 28
John Aitken 27
James Lind 26
John Newton 26
John Huddlestone Wynne 25
John Millar 25
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois 25
Jean Astruc 24
John Tillotson 24

Book Work

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
Dr Goldsmith's Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools 246
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
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
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 191
Scots Magazine 185
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 183
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 174
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 170
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker] 134
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope 130
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Sketches of the History of Man 108
Haller's Physiology 106
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
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 100
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 94
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
Works of Alexander Pope 88
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar 86
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 78
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 75
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 72
Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic 72
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 66
Plays of William Shakespeare 66
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 66
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Works of Tacitus 66
Philosophia Britannica 64
Man of Feeling 63
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 52
Institute of the Law of Scotland 52
World 51
Man of the World 49
Experimental Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood 48
Works of Virgil 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
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 45
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy 45
Chinese Traveller 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Works of Voltaire 44
Essay on Genius 42
Iliad 41
Anecdotes of a Convent 39
Experiments upon the Human Bile 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
History of Lady Barton, a Novel 37
Lectures on the Materia Medica 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 37
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 36
Treatise on Female Diseases 36
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott 35
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar 35
History of the Work of Redemption 34
Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz 34
Six Months Tour through the North of England 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
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck 33
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 32
Elements of Universal Erudition 31
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Cases in Surgery, with Remarks ... To which is Added, an Essay on the Ligature of Arteries 29
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV 29
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 29
Sermons on Various Subjects [John Farquhar] 29
Commentaries on the Principles and Practice of Physic 28
Histoire Générale des Voyages 28
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Travels through Holland, Flanders, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, Russia, the Ukraine, and Poland. In the Years 1768, 1769, and 1770 28
Essays on Several Important Subjects in Surgery: Chiefly on the Nature and Cure of Fractures of the Long Bones of the Extremities 27

Book language

English 11095
French 737
Latin 306
Italian 58
Greek 27
Arabic 17
Hebrew 17
German 6
Spanish 4
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 9194
Edinburgh 1881
Paris 430
Neuchâtel 120
Chester 77
Berlin 73
Dublin 72
Amsterdam 58
The Hague 45
Warrington 45
Vienna 44
Leipzig 36
Glasgow 35
Geneva 27
Oxford 22
Leiden 12
Aberdeen 11
Cleves 8
Philadelphia 8
Cambridge 7
Rome 7
Birmingham 6
Florence 6
Rotterdam 6
St Petersburg 6
Göttingen 5
Madrid 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
Stockholm 5
Utrecht 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Bristol 4
i.e. Edinburgh? 4
Lyon 3
Naples 3
Perth 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
unknown 3
Bath 2
Bremen 2
Charlestown 2
Halle 2
Leeds 2
Livorno 2
Pisa 2
Turin 2
Venice 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Avignon 1
Berwick 1
Carmarthen 1
Exeter 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Jena 1
Leeuwarden 1
Liège 1
London? 1
Manchester 1
Nuremberg 1
Shrewsbury 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1

Book format

8vo 6828
4to 2524
12mo 2237
folio 290
18mo 9

Genre

History 2970
Periodicals 1490
Medicine 1406
Lives 1170
Natural Philosophy 1020
Travel 1005
Fiction 839
Belles Lettres 582
Education 553
Poetry 415
Philosophy and Morality 412
Politics, Society and Political Economy 383
Theology 342
Sermons 329
Law 228
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 218
Reference Works 171
Drama 89
Mathematics 68
Fine Arts 42
Miscellaneous/Other 4

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