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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 5871
St Andrews University Library 3699
Glasgow University Library 3652
Advocates Library 2554
Haddington Library 2264
Selkirk Library 1941
Leighton Library 1411
Dumfries Presbytery Library 1407
Edinburgh University Library 1312
Orkney Library 1279
Westerkirk 1180
Innerpeffray Library 945
Wigtown Subscription Library 471
Aberdeen Theological Library 321
Craigston Castle Library 143
Hunterian Museum Library 71
Chambers' Circulating Library 66
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 4

Borrower title

Mr 4960
Reverend Mr 1210
Captain 348
Dr 337
Sir 201
Lieutenant 192
Reverend 175
Professor 151
Reverend Dr 55
Principal 49
Major 28
Colonel 24
Midshipman 22
Sous Lieutenant 18
Lady 13
Mrs 13
Corporal 9
Right Honourable 9
Miss 8
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Brigadier General 4
Bishop 3
Lord 2
Professor Sir 2
Rev. 2
Staff Sergeant 2
Adjudant Major 1
Ensign 1
General 1
Provost 1

Borrower gender

Male 28591
Female 67
Unknown 7

Borrower occupation

Education 15127
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 942
Independent Means 907
Military 869
Author 609
Sheriff 574
Prisoner of War 572
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 545
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 492
Gentleman 362
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 151
Dean of Faculty 124
Domestic Service 108
Indoor Servants 108
Poet 98
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
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
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
Painter/Limner 6
Publishers 5
Smiths/Metal Workers 5

Author

Charles Rollin 3161
William Robertson 2240
David Hume 1927
Oliver Goldsmith 842
Edward Gibbon 666
Robert Henry 597
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 536
Nathaniel Hooke 493
John Campbell 443
William Russell 414
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 408
Voltaire 375
William Guthrie 369
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 337
Tobias George Smollett 333
Gilbert Burnet 331
Xenophon of Athens 309
Robert Watson 278
Humphrey Prideaux 260
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 225
Cornelius Tacitus 223
John Gillies 207
Livy 178
Flavius Josephus 177
George Buchanan 174
Adam Ferguson 156
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 156
Hugo Arnot 147
John Potter 144
Gilbert Stuart 141
Herodotus 139
Malcolm Laing 131
Bryan Edwards 122
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 122
Basil Kennett 119
David Jones 116
Samuel Shuckford 114
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 108
Sir John Dalrymple 107
Pons Augustin Alletz 102
Archibald Bower 97
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 94
Sallust 94
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde 92
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 82
Sir Walter Scott 81
Thomas Stanley 81
Thucydides 79
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 76
Catherine Macaulay 76
Polybius 76
Robert Lindsay 75
Robert Orme 71
George Cook 70
Daniel Neal 69
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot 68
James Anderson 67
John Knox 66
William Tooke 65
Henry Hart Milman 62
John Spottiswood 62
Sir Isaac Newton 61
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Bishop of Meaux 60
Louis-Ellies Du Pin 60
Robert Wodrow Minister of the Gospel at Eastwood 60
William Fordyce Mavor 60
Julius Caesar 58
David Calderwood 57
Hugh Murray 56
John Oldmixon 54
Louis-Pierre Anquetil 54
Gabriel Daniel 53
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 53
Marcus Tullius Cicero 52
John Bigland 51
Nicholas Tindal 51
William Rutherford 51
Arrigo Caterino Davila 49
George Chalmers 48
Nathaniel Crouch 47
William Maitland 47
James Carrick Moore 46
John Whitaker 46
John Millar 45
Eugène Labaume 44
James Bentley Gordon 44
William Harris 44
Temple Stanyan 43
John Pinkerton 41
Marquis Antoine François Bertrand de Moleville 41
Sir Robert Thomas Wilson 41
David Moysie 40
Frederick II King of Prussia 40
William Alexander 40
Benjamin Franklin 39
Francesco Guicciardini 39
James Macpherson 39
Etienne François de Lantier 38
Walter Goodall 38
Antoine Yves Goguet 37

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 2255
History of England [David Hume] 1927
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 1166
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 796
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 729
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 687
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 607
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 597
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras] 535
History of America [William Robertson] 515
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 488
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 403
History of Modern Europe 345
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time 339
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 312
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie] 300
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 257
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 251
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 236
Works of William Robertson 236
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 225
Works of Tacitus 208
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 204
History of England [Tobias Smollett] 204
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II 200
Works of Xenophon 193
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time 174
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 174
History of Rome [Livy] 172
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 172
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic 156
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641 151
History of Edinburgh 147
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece 144
Works of Flavius Josephus 143
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 131
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies 122
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 119
Works of Voltaire 114
Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected 113
Expedition of Cyrus 110
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 109
Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett] 108
History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II 100
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 99
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden 98
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 97
History of the Reformation of the Church of England 95
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple] 92
General History of China 92
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 92
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 90
History of Philosophy [Thomas Stanley] 81
Modern Part of the Universal History 80
History of the Peloponnesian War 79
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Histories [Polybius] 76
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 76
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 76
History of Ancient Greece; from the Earliest Times, till it Became a Roman Province [Pons Augustin Alletz] 75
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay] 75
Works of Sallust 74
Letters on the Study and Use of History 71
History of Ancient Europe 69
History of the Reformation in Scotland [George Cook] 69
Elements of General History 68
History of the Puritans [Daniel Neal] 67
Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland 66
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
Age of Louis XIV 64
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 62
History of the Jews [Henry Hart Milman] 62
History of the Revolution in Sweden 62
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended 61
History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restauration [sic] to the Revolution 60
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon 59
Universal History, Ancient and Modern; from the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 59
True History of the Church of Scotland 57
History of the Revolutions that happened in the Government of the Roman Republic 56
History of the Revolutions in Portugal 54
Essay on Universal History 53
History of France, from the Time the French Monarchy was Established in Gaul 53
History of England, during the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne King George I 51
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 51
View of Antient History 51
History of the Civil Wars of France 49
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels and Asia 46
Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain, Commanded by Sir John Moore 46
Memoirs of the Court of France, during the Reign of Lewis XIV. and the Regency of the Duke of Orleans 45
Compleat History of the Turks 44
Continuation of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, from the Revolution to the Accession of King George II 44
Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, in 1812 [Eugène Labaume] 44
Grecian History [Temple Stanyan] 43
Annals of the French Revolution; or, A Chronological Account of its Principal Events 41
History of Virginia 41
History of the British Expedition to Egypt 41
History of France, from Pharamond to Charles IX 40

Book language

English 25239
Latin 1867
French 946
Greek 533
Italian 101
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 21611
Edinburgh 3303
Paris 702
Oxford 466
Amsterdam 346
Glasgow 242
Dublin 220
Leiden 185
Frankfurt am Main 118
Geneva 98
Aberdeen 80
Basel 63
Leipzig 63
York 63
Utrecht 56
Venice 55
Philadelphia 51
The Hague 48
Cambridge 37
Copenhagen 36
Kehl 34
Antwerp 32
Berlin 30
Berwick 28
Milan 28
Helmstedt 27
Lyon 26
Neuchâtel 26
Rome 25
Doncaster 22
Dumfries 16
Stirling 16
Leeuwarden 15
Westminster 15
Göttingen 12
London? 12
Newcastle upon Tyne 12
Perth 12
Florence 11
Liège 11
Maastricht 11
Strasbourg 10
Naples 9
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
Birmingham 5
Eton 5
Verona 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 15543
4to 6201
folio 2881
12mo 2460
16mo 108
24mo 39
unknown 17
18mo 2
manuscript 1

Genre

History 28591
Lives 1668
Theology 1253
Travel 563
Philosophy and Morality 553
Politics, Society and Political Economy 459
Belles Lettres 455
Education 356
Law 338
Reference Works 107
Natural Philosophy 91
Fine Arts 86
Periodicals 78
Medicine 58
Fiction 53
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 27
Poetry 25
Mathematics 2
Drama 1

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