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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 5878
St Andrews University Library 3699
Glasgow University Library 3652
Advocates Library 2554
Haddington Library 2395
Selkirk Library 1942
Dumfries Presbytery Library 1452
Leighton Library 1444
Orkney Library 1383
Edinburgh University Library 1312
Westerkirk 1231
Innerpeffray Library 991
Wigtown Subscription Library 552
Aberdeen Theological Library 321
Craigston Castle Library 182
Chambers' Circulating Library 134
Hunterian Museum Library 71
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 5

Borrower title

Mr 4961
Reverend Mr 1210
Captain 348
Dr 337
Mrs 270
Sir 201
Lieutenant 192
Reverend 175
Professor 151
Miss 125
Reverend Dr 55
Principal 49
Major 28
Colonel 24
Midshipman 22
Lady 18
Sous Lieutenant 18
Corporal 9
Right Honourable 9
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Brigadier General 4
Bishop 3
Lord 2
Misses 2
Ms 2
Professor Sir 2
Rev. 2
Staff Sergeant 2
Adjudant Major 1
Ensign 1
General 1
Honourable Mrs 1
Provost 1

Borrower gender

Male 28591
Female 527
Unknown 84
Unclear 8

Borrower occupation

Education 15128
University Student 7548
School Child 5733
Religion and Clergy 3496
Minister/Priest 3335
Church of Scotland 3035
Law 3006
Advocate 2567
University Professor 2098
Arts and Letters 951
Independent Means 916
Military 869
Author 617
Sheriff 574
Prisoner of War 572
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 551
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 492
Gentleman 365
Politics/Office Holders 362
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 360
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 347
Agricultural 346
Medicine and Health 297
Merchants/Traders 272
Tenant 271
Writer/Procurator 254
Surgeon 245
Chaplain 223
Farmer 212
MP (Britain) 210
Navy 206
Presbyterian Seceder 201
School Master/Dominie 164
Librarian 153
Teacher 152
Dean of Faculty 124
Domestic Service 108
Indoor Servants 108
Poet 104
Curator 89
Notaries/Clerks 89
Service Provision and Hospitality 88
Clerk of Session 83
Advocate Depute 78
Provost 77
Army 76
Retailer/Shopkeeper 69
Judge 65
Customs Collector 59
Dyer 58
Lord Advocate 53
Banker 51
Physician 51
Mason/Miller 50
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 49
Barrister 46
Writer to the Signet (WS) 43
Grocer 42
Lay Preacher 41
Unknown denomination 40
Construction 37
Miscellaneous 37
Print and Book Trade 37
Tanner/Currier 37
Episcopalian 36
Officer 36
Solicitor-General 36
Baron of the Exchequer 35
Lord President 33
Clerk 30
Clerks 30
Brewer 29
Surveyor 29
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 28
Factor/Agent 27
Advocate’s Clerk 26
Engineer 26
Mariner 25
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 25
Printers 25
Watchmaker 25
Ships Owner 23
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 21
Land Manager/Factor 20
Tax Collector 20
Accountant 19
Wife/Spouse 19
Widow 18
Glover 17
Shoemaker 17
Lord Provost/Provost 14
Booksellers 12
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 11
Architect 10
Bishop 10
Bookbinder 10
Lord Justice Clerk 7
Tutor 7
Baillie 6
Magistrate 6

Author

Charles Rollin 3188
William Robertson 2289
David Hume 1973
Oliver Goldsmith 851
Edward Gibbon 703
Robert Henry 618
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 540
Nathaniel Hooke 494
John Campbell 445
William Russell 421
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 413
Voltaire 383
William Guthrie 374
Tobias George Smollett 351
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 347
Gilbert Burnet 340
Xenophon of Athens 309
Robert Watson 283
Humphrey Prideaux 264
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 227
Cornelius Tacitus 224
John Gillies 212
George Buchanan 183
Flavius Josephus 182
Livy 179
Adam Ferguson 164
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 163
Hugo Arnot 150
John Potter 147
Gilbert Stuart 143
Herodotus 139
Malcolm Laing 137
Bryan Edwards 125
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 125
David Jones 121
Basil Kennett 119
Samuel Shuckford 115
Sir John Dalrymple 109
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 108
Pons Augustin Alletz 103
Archibald Bower 100
Sir Walter Scott 99
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 96
Sallust 94
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde 92
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 88
Thomas Stanley 82
Thucydides 79
Robert Lindsay 77
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 76
Catherine Macaulay 76
Polybius 76
George Cook 72
Robert Orme 71
Daniel Neal 70
Henry Hart Milman 69
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot 68
James Anderson 68
John Knox 67
William Fordyce Mavor 65
William Tooke 65
John Spottiswood 64
Robert Wodrow Minister of the Gospel at Eastwood 64
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Bishop of Meaux 62
Sir Isaac Newton 62
David Calderwood 60
Hugh Murray 60
Louis-Ellies Du Pin 60
Julius Caesar 58
Gabriel Daniel 57
John Oldmixon 56
Louis-Pierre Anquetil 55
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 54
Marcus Tullius Cicero 52
Nicholas Tindal 52
Arrigo Caterino Davila 51
John Bigland 51
William Rutherford 51
George Chalmers 49
Benjamin Franklin 48
Eugène Labaume 48
Nathaniel Crouch 47
William Maitland 47
James Bentley Gordon 46
James Carrick Moore 46
John Whitaker 46
John Millar 45
William Harris 44
Temple Stanyan 43
Frederick II King of Prussia 42
David Moysie 41
John Pinkerton 41
Marquis Antoine François Bertrand de Moleville 41
Sir Robert Thomas Wilson 41
Alexander Peterkin 40
William Alexander 40
Francesco Guicciardini 39
James Macpherson 39
Antoine Yves Goguet 38
Etienne François de Lantier 38

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 2270
History of England [David Hume] 1973
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 1177
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 808
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 743
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 700
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 644
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 618
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras] 539
History of America [William Robertson] 526
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 489
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 403
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time 358
History of Modern Europe 352
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 322
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie] 304
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 261
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 255
Works of William Robertson 247
Dr Goldsmith's Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools 246
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta 237
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 227
History of England [Tobias Smollett] 218
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 209
Works of Tacitus 209
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II 201
Works of Xenophon 193
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 181
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time 179
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 177
History of Rome [Livy] 173
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic 164
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641 158
History of Edinburgh 150
Works of Flavius Josephus 148
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece 147
Histories [Herodotus] 139
History of Scotland from the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of James VI to the Throne of England, to the Union of the Kingdoms in the Reign of Queen Anne 137
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies 125
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 119
Works of Voltaire 117
Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected 114
Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett] 112
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 111
Expedition of Cyrus 110
History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II 103
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 101
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 100
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden 98
History of the Reformation of the Church of England 97
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple] 95
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 93
General History of China 92
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 92
History of Philosophy [Thomas Stanley] 82
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 81
Modern Part of the Universal History 80
History of the Peloponnesian War 79
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay] 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Histories [Polybius] 76
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 76
History of Ancient Greece; from the Earliest Times, till it Became a Roman Province [Pons Augustin Alletz] 75
Works of Sallust 74
History of the Reformation in Scotland [George Cook] 71
Letters on the Study and Use of History 71
History of Ancient Europe 69
History of the Jews [Henry Hart Milman] 69
Elements of General History 68
History of the Puritans [Daniel Neal] 68
Age of Louis XIV 67
Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland 67
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV 65
View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine the Second 65
History of the Church of Scotland, Beginning the Year of our Lord 203, and Continued to the End of the Reign of King James the VI 64
History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restauration [sic] to the Revolution 64
Universal History, Ancient and Modern; from the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 64
History of the Revolution in Sweden 63
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended 62
True History of the Church of Scotland 60
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon 59
History of the Revolutions that happened in the Government of the Roman Republic 58
History of France, from the Time the French Monarchy was Established in Gaul 57
Essay on Universal History 55
History of the Revolutions in Portugal 55
History of England, during the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne King George I 53
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 52
History of the Civil Wars of France 51
View of Antient History 51
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels and Asia 50
Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr Benjamin Franklin 48
Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, in 1812 [Eugène Labaume] 48
Memoirs of the Court of France, during the Reign of Lewis XIV. and the Regency of the Duke of Orleans 46
Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, Commanded by Sir John Moore 46
Continuation of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, from the Revolution to the Accession of King George II 45
Compleat History of the Turks 44
Grecian History [Temple Stanyan] 43
Compleat History of Europe: or, A View of the Affairs Thereof, Civil and Military 42
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts 42
History of France, from Pharamond to Charles IX 42

Book language

English 25826
Latin 1868
French 957
Greek 533
Italian 106
German 20
Spanish 14
Anglo-Saxon 9
Scots 7
Swedish 5
Arabic 4
Hebrew 2
Icelandic 1
Old Norse 1

Book place of publication

London 22059
Edinburgh 3421
Paris 709
Oxford 477
Amsterdam 346
Glasgow 250
Dublin 222
Leiden 185
Frankfurt am Main 119
Geneva 98
Aberdeen 81
Basel 63
Leipzig 63
York 63
Philadelphia 56
Utrecht 56
Venice 55
The Hague 48
Cambridge 38
Copenhagen 36
Kehl 34
Antwerp 32
Berlin 30
Berwick 30
Neuchâtel 29
Milan 28
Helmstedt 27
Rome 27
Lyon 26
Doncaster 22
Dumfries 17
Stirling 17
London? 16
Leeuwarden 15
Westminster 15
Perth 14
Göttingen 12
Newcastle upon Tyne 12
Florence 11
Liège 11
Maastricht 11
Naples 10
Strasbourg 10
Zurich 9
Cleves 8
Madrid 8
Cologne 7
Dundee 7
Hamburg 7
Lauingen 7
Bath 6
Dresden 6
Hanover 6
Rotterdam 6
Rouen 6
Uppsala 6
Verona 6
Birmingham 5
Eton 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Bologna 4
Heidelberg 4
Lausanne 4
Lübeck 4
Pwllpeiran 4
St Petersburg 4
Stockholm 4
Aachen 3
Boston, MA 3
Brussels 3
Frankfurt an der Oder 3
Turin 3
Vienna 3
Dijon 2
Franecker 2
Fribourg 2
Gorinchem 2
Hafod 2
Halle 2
Helmstadt 2
Shrewsbury 2
Sorø 2
St Albans 2
St Andrews 2
Strabane 2
Valladolid 2
Wolfenbüttel 2
Anvers 1
Augsburg 1
Bergamo 1
Bern 1
Breda 1
Brescia 1
Breslau 1
Bruges 1
Canterbury 1
Carlisle 1
Colmar 1
Delft 1

Book format

8vo 15890
4to 6281
folio 2928
12mo 2536
16mo 108
24mo 39
unknown 17
18mo 2
manuscript 1

Genre

History 29198
Lives 1701
Theology 1285
Travel 574
Philosophy and Morality 568
Politics, Society and Political Economy 468
Belles Lettres 464
Education 357
Law 341
Reference Works 110
Natural Philosophy 92
Fine Arts 89
Periodicals 78
Medicine 58
Fiction 53
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 27
Poetry 25
Mathematics 2
Drama 1

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