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Library

Edinburgh University Library 6818
St Andrews University Library 5682
Royal High School of Edinburgh 4987
Selkirk Library 2714
Glasgow University Library 2538
Leighton Library 1936
Advocates Library 1919
Westerkirk 1723
Innerpeffray Library 1713
Haddington Library 1382
Aberdeen Theological Library 838
Wigtown Subscription Library 331
Dumfries Presbytery Library 295
Craigston Castle Library 288
Orkney Library 191
Hunterian Museum Library 83
Chambers' Circulating Library 35
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 3

Borrower title

Mr 4657
Reverend Mr 1326
Dr 398
Lieutenant 249
Mrs 208
Captain 198
Reverend 197
Sir 195
Miss 130
Professor 113
Reverend Dr 44
Principal 31
Colonel 18
Sous Lieutenant 18
Corporal 15
Lady 14
Midshipman 14
Major 12
Brigadier General 10
Rev. 7
Sous-Lieutenant 7
Bishop 6
Prof. 6
Adjudant Major 3
Rev Mr 3
Misses 2
Provost 2
Rev. Mr 2
Baron 1
Honourable 1
Lieutenant Colonel 1
Lord 1
Madame 1
Ms 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 32936
Female 459
Unknown 61
Unclear 15

Borrower occupation

Education 21027
University Student 14302
School Child 4864
Religion and Clergy 2562
Minister/Priest 2411
Law 2248
University Professor 2134
Church of Scotland 2130
Advocate 1900
Military 838
Prisoner of War 755
Arts and Letters 607
Agricultural 504
Independent Means 496
Author 493
Sheriff 464
Medicine and Health 449
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 409
Tenant 400
Surgeon 359
Farmer 323
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 319
Politics/Office Holders 280
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 233
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 226
Presbyterian Seceder 215
Writer/Procurator 215
MP (Britain) 185
Gentleman 177
Merchants/Traders 171
Chaplain 170
School Master/Dominie 164
Dean of Faculty 147
Teacher 138
Print and Book Trade 94
Printers 92
Physician 90
Notaries/Clerks 79
Lay Preacher 76
Miscellaneous 69
Judge 68
Clerk of Session 66
Lord Advocate 63
Service Provision and Hospitality 62
Advocate Depute 54
Construction 53
Librarian 52
Lord President 51
Writer to the Signet (WS) 50
Curator 47
Dyer 47
Army 43
Customs Collector 43
Retailer/Shopkeeper 38
Baron of the Exchequer 37
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 36
Mason/Miller 35
Widow 35
Navy 34
Provost 34
Tanner/Currier 34
Wife/Spouse 34
Banker 32
Grocer 32
Engineer 31
Clerks 29
Clerk 27
Officer 27
Episcopalian 26
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 25
Factor/Agent 24
Domestic Service 23
Indoor Servants 23
Architect 22
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 22
Land Manager/Factor 21
Poet 20
Lord Provost/Provost 19
Barrister 18
Solicitor-General 18
Watchmaker 18
Brewer 16
Accountant 14
Advocate’s Clerk 13
Baillie 13
Mariner 10
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 9
Gardener 8
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 8
Privateer 7
Tutor 7
Painter/Limner 6
Publishers 6
Shoemaker 6
Unknown denomination 6
Bishop 5
Booksellers 5
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 4
Mill Owner 4
Surveyor 4

Author

David Hume 1478
Oliver Goldsmith 1394
William Robertson 922
Plutarch 574
Henry Fielding 556
Henry Home Lord Kames 477
Nathaniel Hooke 425
William Guthrie 411
Hugh Blair 323
John Hawkesworth 323
James Macpherson 303
Dr Samuel Johnson 278
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 278
Jean-François Marmontel 247
Robert Henry 243
Robert Watson 235
Samuel Ward 234
William Shakespeare 234
Baron Albrecht von Haller 230
James Beattie 219
Thomas Reid 218
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 214
James Ferguson 212
Henry Brooke 208
Edward Gibbon 205
Tobias George Smollett 205
Patrick Abercromby 201
Voltaire 201
Patrick Brydone 199
Thomas Pennant 194
Henry Mackenzie 193
John Leland 192
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 189
Joseph Addison 188
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 186
George Campbell 185
Thomas Mortimer 183
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 176
Charles de Brosses 172
Robert Walker 170
Adam Ferguson 168
Joseph Priestley 165
Thomas Secker 165
Ralph Erskine 158
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 156
Sir John Pringle 154
James Lind 151
David Macbride 149
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 149
Virgil 149
Thomas Stackhouse 148
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 144
Robert Dodsley 142
William Gurnall 139
Robert Whytt 138
Sir Richard Steele 138
John Gregory 137
Samuel Richardson 133
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 132
Charles Rollin 131
John Brown 131
Joseph Warton 130
Daniel Defoe 121
Arthur Young 119
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 119
William Cullen 119
Thomas Sherlock 118
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Percivall Pott 116
Richard Bathurst 116
George Cleghorn 115
Adam Smith 112
Pierre Joseph Macquer 112
James Harris 110
Laurence Sterne 109
William Smellie 109
Homer 106
Pons Augustin Alletz 103
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Sir John Dalrymple 101
Donald Monro 100
John Jortin 98
Denis Diderot 96
Alexander Monro 94
Alexander Pope 94
Frances Brooke 94
Thomas Sydenham 91
Giuseppe Baretti 89
John Campbell 88
Jonathan Swift 88
Andrew Duncan 87
William Lewis 87
Jacques-Bénigne Winslow 85
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
James Boswell 83
John Bell 83
Adam Fitz-Adam 80
Linnaeus 79
John Huxham 78
Richard Graves 78

Book Work

History of England [David Hume] 1354
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 675
Lives [Plutarch] 573
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 504
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature 470
Works of Henry Fielding 445
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 425
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels 369
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time 358
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie] 304
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 271
Elements of Criticism 269
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 261
Dr Goldsmith's Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools 246
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
History of America [William Robertson] 239
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 235
Modern System of Natural History 234
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense 218
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 208
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
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 205
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II 201
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
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford 199
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 186
Scots Magazine 185
British Plutarch 180
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem 173
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes 172
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 170
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 170
Sermons on Practical Subjects [Robert Walker] 170
Essay on the History of Civil Society 165
Sermons, and Other Practical Works [Ralph Erskine] 158
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 156
Sketches of the History of Man 152
Observations on the Diseases of the Army 149
New History of the Holy Bible 144
Plays of William Shakespeare 144
Works of Virgil 142
Christian in Compleat Armour 139
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
Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem 130
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 129
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland 127
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 121
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 118
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain 117
Adventurer ... . On Vent'rous Wing in Quest of Praise I Go, And Leave the Gazing Multitude Below 116
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Observations on the Epidemical Diseases in Minorca 115
Spectator 112
Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism 111
Advantage and Necessity of the Christian Revelation 110
Bell's British Theatre 110
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery 108
Haller's Physiology 106
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 105
Dictionnaire de Chymie, Contenant la Théorie & la Pratique de Cette Science 105
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics 104
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
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 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
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 100
Essays [James Beattie] 99
Moral Tales 99
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume 98
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 94
Essay on Diseases Incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates 93
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen] 93
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 92
Works of Alexander Pope 92
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar 91
Works of Thomas Sydenham 91
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 90
Works of William Shakespeare 90
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Philosophy of Rhetoric 87
Iliad 86
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar 86
Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body 85
Works of Jonathan Swift 85
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli 83
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 81
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 81
Account of the Diseases which were Most Frequent in the British Military Hospitals in Germany 80
Julia de Roubigné 80
World 80
De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis 78
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments 78
Commentaries on the Laws of England 77

Book language

English 30521
French 1739
Latin 1152
Italian 104
Greek 91
Arabic 21
Hebrew 19
Spanish 13
German 12
Gaelic 4
Swedish 3
Irish 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 24256
Edinburgh 5446
Paris 1033
Glasgow 741
Dublin 359
Amsterdam 265
Oxford 221
Neuchâtel 161
The Hague 141
Leiden 130
Leipzig 100
Berlin 89
Geneva 88
Chester 77
Lausanne 67
Birmingham 66
Vienna 66
Stockholm 64
Manchester 53
Cambridge 50
Warrington 47
Berwick 32
Lyon 25
York 25
Passau 23
Göttingen 20
Naples 17
Newcastle upon Tyne 17
Newcastle 16
St Petersburg 16
Florence 15
Madrid 14
Rome 13
Venice 13
Frankfurt am Main 12
Halle 12
Liège 12
Parma 12
Aberdeen 11
Cleves 8
Norwich 8
Philadelphia 8
Rotterdam 8
Bath 7
Bristol 7
Dijon 7
Dundee 7
Helmstedt 7
Strawberry Hill 7
Bologna 6
Eton 6
Gloucester 6
Louvain 5
New Haven, CT 5
Utrecht 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Copenhagen 4
Dumfries 4
Nuremberg 4
Perth 4
Twickenham 4
i.e. Edinburgh? 4
unknown 4
Breslau 3
Grenoble 3
Kendal 3
Livorno 3
Padua 3
Strasbourg 3
Uppsala 3
Wroclaw 3
Yverdon 3
i.e. Paris? 3
Bouillon 2
Bremen 2
Charlestown 2
Cologne 2
Fribourg 2
Harlem 2
Helmstadt 2
Leeds 2
Lille 2
Lucca 2
Pesaro 2
Pisa 2
Rouen 2
Turin 2
Verona 2
Altenburg 1
Avignon 1
Basel 1
Brescia 1
Canterbury 1
Carmarthen 1
Dresden 1
Erlangen 1
Exeter 1
Jena 1
La Rochelle 1

Book format

8vo 18776
4to 6807
12mo 6541
folio 867
18mo 125
24mo 1

Genre

History 8123
Medicine 3925
Travel 2761
Lives 2553
Natural Philosophy 2472
Fiction 2340
Theology 2230
Belles Lettres 1945
Periodicals 1780
Poetry 1699
Sermons 1643
Philosophy and Morality 1540
Education 1130
Politics, Society and Political Economy 999
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 619
Law 604
Drama 466
Reference Works 372
Mathematics 235
Fine Arts 181
Miscellaneous/Other 4

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