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Library

St Andrews University Library 3520
Edinburgh University Library 3188
Royal High School of Edinburgh 2905
Glasgow University Library 2417
Selkirk Library 922
Advocates Library 881
Leighton Library 599
Innerpeffray Library 577
Haddington Library 430
Westerkirk 397
Aberdeen Theological Library 367
Dumfries Presbytery Library 322
Craigston Castle Library 142
Wigtown Subscription Library 89
Hunterian Museum Library 32
Orkney Library 22
Chambers' Circulating Library 3
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 3

Borrower title

Mr 1779
Reverend Mr 464
Dr 207
Reverend 114
Sir 94
Lieutenant 81
Mrs 67
Captain 63
Professor 61
Miss 34
Principal 27
Major 13
Reverend Dr 13
Lady 7
Colonel 6
Bishop 5
Corporal 5
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Midshipman 4
Brigadier General 3
Ms 3
Prof. 3
Rev. 2
Sous Lieutenant 2
Baron 1
Lord 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 16640
Female 142
Unknown 27
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 12377
University Student 8239
School Child 2856
University Professor 1531
Religion and Clergy 1434
Minister/Priest 1378
Church of Scotland 1278
Law 990
Advocate 886
Military 286
Arts and Letters 262
Prisoner of War 241
Author 194
Medicine and Health 192
Independent Means 185
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 184
Sheriff 174
Agricultural 156
Surgeon 141
Chaplain 135
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 133
Tenant 133
Politics/Office Holders 102
Farmer 101
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 90
School Master/Dominie 78
Dean of Faculty 75
MP (Britain) 75
Merchants/Traders 70
Presbyterian Seceder 68
Print and Book Trade 66
Printers 65
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 60
Physician 54
Gentleman 52
Writer/Procurator 48
Teacher 46
Librarian 45
Notaries/Clerks 40
Domestic Service 30
Indoor Servants 30
Judge 30
Lay Preacher 29
Army 28
Lord Advocate 28
Lord President 28
Service Provision and Hospitality 28
Clerk of Session 26
Miscellaneous 26
Writer to the Signet (WS) 24
Advocate Depute 23
Episcopalian 21
Curator 19
Advocate’s Clerk 17
Widow 17
Clerks 16
Baron of the Exchequer 14
Officer 14
Dyer 13
Provost 13
Banker 12
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 12
Barrister 11
Grocer 11
Tanner/Currier 11
Factor/Agent 10
Mason/Miller 10
Poet 10
Brewer 9
Clerk 9
Navy 9
Wife/Spouse 9
Baillie 8
Customs Collector 8
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 8
Retailer/Shopkeeper 8
Solicitor-General 8
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 7
Accountant 5
Construction 5
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 5
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 5
Watchmaker 5
Active Service/Soldiers 3
Architect 3
Tutor 3
Engineer 2
Gardener 2
Lord Provost/Provost 2
Mariner 2
Privateer 2
Publishers 2
Tax Collector 2
Booksellers 1
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Glover 1
Land Manager/Factor 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1
Magistrate 1
Mill Owner 1

Author

David Hume 1182
William Robertson 685
Francis Hutcheson 364
Jonathan Swift 276
Joseph Addison 266
Sir Richard Steele 256
Henry Home Lord Kames 225
Plutarch 225
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 205
James Macpherson 202
Patrick Abercromby 201
Alexander Pope 184
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Adam Smith 148
Homer 139
John Leland 122
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 102
Samuel Clarke 100
Denis Diderot 99
Francis Home 94
Voltaire 93
Philip Doddridge 91
Euclid 90
James Hervey 88
Tobias George Smollett 88
John Campbell 87
Eliza Fowler Haywood 86
Linnaeus 86
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
John Ward 82
Benjamin Gooch 81
James Macknight 81
John Toland 81
Nathaniel Hooke 81
John Huxham 80
Donald Monro 78
Samuel Sharp 77
William Cheselden 74
Thomas Sydenham 72
Baron Albrecht von Haller 71
George Campbell 71
Jacques-Bénigne Winslow 71
Archibald Bower 70
Jacques Saurin 69
Nathaniel Lardner 69
Richard Brookes 69
Thomas Sherlock 68
Matthew Henry 63
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
James Ferguson 59
Robert Orme 57
Caspar Neumann 55
Richard Mead 55
Ferdinando Warner 54
Francis Atterbury 53
John Bell 53
Ebenezer Gilchrist 52
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 50
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 50
Mrs Elizabeth Montagu 50
Dr Samuel Johnson 49
Edmund Burke 48
Hieronymus David Gaubius 48
Malcolm Flemyng 47
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 46
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Bishop of Meaux 45
Percivall Pott 45
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 44
Catherine Macaulay 42
David Moysie 41
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 41
Torquato Tasso 41
Ben Jonson 40
William Burkitt 40
John Dryden 39
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Samuel Chandler 39
Daniel Whitby 38
Herodotus 38
Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully 38
Anton de Haen 37
Oliver Goldsmith 37
William Lewis 37
Antoine Yves Goguet 36
Henry Grove 36
John Rowning 36
Virgil 36
James Lind 35
John Mair 35
Thomas Blackwell 35
Thomas Burnet 35
Thomas Shaw 35
Henry Fielding 34
Charles Johnstone 33
William Burke 33
John Abernethy 31
Johannes de Gorter 30

Book Work

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations 1812
History of England [David Hume] 1102
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 685
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 546
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson] 364
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time 358
Works of Jonathan Swift 274
Lives [Plutarch] 225
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 205
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation 201
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Elements of Criticism 198
Spectator 197
Scots Magazine 185
Works of Alexander Pope 183
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem 173
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 170
Theory of Moral Sentiments 148
Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem 130
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland 126
View of the Principal Deistical Writers 122
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Family Expositor 91
Elements of Geometry [Euclid] 90
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Iliad 84
Invisible Spy 83
System of Oratory 82
Cases and Practical Remarks in Surgery 81
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects 80
Modern Part of the Universal History 80
Essay on the Dropsy and its Different Species 78
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 76
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [Samuel Clarke] 75
Anatomy of the Human Body [William Cheselden] 74
Works of Thomas Sydenham 72
Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body 71
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume 71
Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett] 70
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 70
Credibility of the Gospel History 69
Sermons sur Divers Textes de l'Écriture Sainte 69
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 68
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 68
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Exposition of the Old and New Testaments 63
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Harmony of the Four Gospels 60
Theron and Aspasio: or, A Series of Dialogues and Letters 59
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV 57
Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann 55
Medical Works of Richard Mead 55
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani [Albrecht von Haller] 54
System of Divinity and Morality 54
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat 53
Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 53
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 53
Discourses Preached on Several Occasions [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Odyssey 52
Use of Sea Voyages in Medicine 52
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles 50
Dialogues of the Dead 50
Institutiones Pathologiae Medicinalis [Hieronymus David Gaubius] 48
Introduction to Physiology, being A Course of Lectures upon the most Important Parts of the Animal Oeconomy 47
New and Accurate System of Natural History 47
Dissertations on the Prophecies, Which have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, and at this Time are Fulfilling in the World 46
Essay on Universal History 44
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 44
Treatise on Ruptures 44
Principia Medicinae [Francis Home] 43
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 42
History of France, from Pharamond to Charles IX 42
Jerusalem Delivered 41
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon 41
Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland [David Moysie] 41
Expository Notes, with Practical Observations, on the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 40
Works of Ben Jonson 40
Guardian 39
Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Sermons on the Following Subjects [Samuel Chandler] 39
Histories [Herodotus] 38
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great 38
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Species Plantarum 37
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts 36
Compendious System of Natural Philosophy 36
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove] 36
Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences, and their Progress among the Most Ancient Nations 35
Sacred Theory of the Earth [Thomas Burnet] 35
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant 35
Works of Voltaire 35
Citizen of the World 34
Works of Henry Fielding 34
Works of Virgil 34

Book language

English 14562
French 1326
Latin 868
Italian 170
Greek 83
Hebrew 10
German 2

Book place of publication

London 11558
Edinburgh 2578
Paris 823
Glasgow 628
Leiden 143
The Hague 130
Dublin 126
Amsterdam 115
Neuchâtel 95
Oxford 90
Leipzig 83
Lausanne 73
Geneva 68
Stockholm 68
Berlin 63
Vienna 63
Lyon 46
Cambridge 41
Aberdeen 38
Venice 38
Frankfurt am Main 34
Göttingen 26
Twickenham 12
Copenhagen 11
Dresden 11
Birmingham 9
Florence 9
Manchester 9
Rome 9
Montpellier 7
Bologna 6
Jena 6
Pézenas 6
Halle 5
i.e. Aberdeen? 5
Brussels 4
Eton 4
St Petersburg 4
Boston, MA 3
Breslau 3
Naples 3
Wroclaw 3
Berwick 2
Besançon 2
Harlem 2
Helmstadt 2
Lille 2
Padua 2
Verona 2
Zurich 2
i.e. Edinburgh? 2
unknown 2
Amsterdam? 1
Avignon 1
Bern 1
Colmar 1
Leeds 1
Lindau 1
Livorno 1
Lucca 1
Luxembourg 1
Madrid 1
Mannheim 1
Milan 1
Parma 1
Pekin 1
Regensburg 1
Siena 1
Strasbourg 1
Turin 1
Tübingen 1
Utrecht 1

Book format

8vo 8170
12mo 4067
4to 3566
folio 846
18mo 4

Genre

History 3501
Travel 2233
Periodicals 1747
Medicine 1659
Lives 1340
Philosophy and Morality 1110
Belles Lettres 1046
Natural Philosophy 997
Poetry 947
Theology 926
Sermons 579
Fiction 428
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 334
Law 328
Education 307
Reference Works 301
Mathematics 239
Politics, Society and Political Economy 184
Drama 175
Fine Arts 128

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