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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2335
Selkirk Library 1690
Westerkirk 1484
Leighton Library 1117
Advocates Library 1048
Glasgow University Library 909
St Andrews University Library 876
Innerpeffray Library 719
Edinburgh University Library 643
Aberdeen Theological Library 544
Haddington Library 314
Wigtown Subscription Library 216
Orkney Library 139
Craigston Castle Library 94
Hunterian Museum Library 40
Dumfries Presbytery Library 18
Chambers' Circulating Library 10
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 2619
Reverend Mr 725
Dr 199
Mrs 141
Captain 134
Lieutenant 122
Sir 110
Reverend 97
Miss 68
Professor 48
Reverend Dr 32
Midshipman 16
Colonel 14
Sous Lieutenant 14
Right Honourable 9
Corporal 8
Major 7
Prof. 6
Rev. 6
Lady 5
Principal 5
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Rev. Mr 3
Misses 2
Bishop 1
Brigadier General 1
Honourable 1
Lieutenant Colonel 1
Lord 1
Rev Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 11919
Female 256
Unknown 12
Unclear 8

Borrower occupation

Education 5344
School Child 2292
University Student 2270
Law 1217
Advocate 987
Religion and Clergy 944
Minister/Priest 883
University Professor 833
Church of Scotland 759
Military 490
Prisoner of War 414
Agricultural 322
Independent Means 309
Arts and Letters 267
Tenant 259
Sheriff 254
Author 230
Farmer 204
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 189
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 166
Politics/Office Holders 154
Medicine and Health 151
Surgeon 145
Writer/Procurator 138
Gentleman 120
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 119
MP (Britain) 111
Presbyterian Seceder 102
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 101
Merchants/Traders 81
Dean of Faculty 80
Notaries/Clerks 73
School Master/Dominie 71
Chaplain 67
Navy 55
Construction 53
Judge 47
Advocate Depute 46
Clerk of Session 43
Lay Preacher 41
Teacher 40
Army 29
Banker 28
Baron of the Exchequer 28
Lord Advocate 28
Miscellaneous 28
Architect 27
Engineer 26
Dyer 24
Writer to the Signet (WS) 23
Print and Book Trade 22
Printers 22
Librarian 20
Customs Collector 18
Barrister 17
Service Provision and Hospitality 17
Land Manager/Factor 16
Mason/Miller 16
Tanner/Currier 16
Clerks 14
Lord Provost/Provost 14
Widow 14
Wife/Spouse 14
Factor/Agent 13
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 13
Poet 13
Solicitor-General 13
Lord President 12
Baillie 11
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 11
Curator 10
Grocer 10
Retailer/Shopkeeper 10
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 10
Officer 9
Provost 9
Accountant 8
Episcopalian 8
Watchmaker 8
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 6
Mariner 6
Physician 6
Brewer 5
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Mill Owner 3
Publishers 3
Ships Captain 3
Tutor 3
Unknown denomination 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Gardener 2
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 2
Messenger-at-arms 2
Privateer 2
Active Service/Soldiers 1
Clerk 1
Painter/Limner 1
Secretary of State 1
Ships Owner 1

Author

Charles Rollin 851
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 690
William Robertson 471
Dr John Moore 294
Hugh Blair 263
Robert Watson 251
Frances Burney 250
Robert Henry 243
Edward Gibbon 205
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 177
Thomas Mortimer 164
Ralph Erskine 153
William Russell 152
Hugo Arnot 143
Thomas Pennant 141
David Hume 133
Henry Mackenzie 130
James Beattie 120
Gilbert Stuart 107
Oliver Goldsmith 105
Dr Samuel Johnson 103
Adam Smith 101
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 101
John Campbell 101
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 98
Reverend David Lamont 92
George Campbell 87
Samuel Richardson 84
Henry Home Lord Kames 83
Voltaire 83
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Joseph Addison 82
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 81
Sir Richard Steele 81
Jean-François Marmontel 78
Vicesimus Knox 76
Ambrose Serle 73
John Newton 71
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 63
Georg Forster 61
Thomas Harmer 60
Thomas Parnell 56
Robert Lowth 54
Eyles Irwin 51
William Cowper 51
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot 49
Homer 49
Catherine Macaulay 46
Humphrey Prideaux 45
George Anson Baron Anson 43
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 41
Johann Georg Zimmermann 40
William Alexander 40
Clara Reeve 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Samuel Jackson Pratt 39
Reverend Augustus Toplady 38
Richard Graves 38
Anton de Haen 37
James Ferguson 37
Pope Clement XIV 37
Andrew Gray 33
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 33
Henry Brooke 32
John Hawkesworth 32
William Nimmo 32
James Riddoch 31
Richard Chandler 31
Robert Lindsay 31
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 30
George Ridpath 30
John Smith 30
William Shakespeare 30
Tobias George Smollett 29
James Burrow 28
Henry Swinburne 27
Johann David Michaelis 27
William Coxe 27
James Thomson 26
Pons Augustin Alletz 26
Richard Hurd 26
Robert Walker 26
Joseph Warton 25
Geoffrey Chaucer 24
Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire 24
John Rickman 23
Laurence Sterne 23
Helenus Scott 22
Sir William Blackstone 22
Soame Jenyns 22
Jacob Bryant 21
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 20
Luís de Camões 20
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 20
Alexander Gerard 19
John Millar 19
John Pinkerton 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Thomas Warton 19
Jonathan Carver 18

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 851
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 684
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 546
History of America [William Robertson] 427
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 263
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 251
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 205
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress 179
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 169
British Plutarch 162
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
Sermons, and Other Practical Works [Ralph Erskine] 153
History of Modern Europe 152
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 145
History of Edinburgh 143
New Annual Register 126
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 125
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Bell's British Theatre 110
History of England [David Hume] 105
Essays [James Beattie] 99
Ecclesiastical History [Johann Lorenz Mosheim] 98
Sermons on the Most Prevalent Vices [David Lamont] 92
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 90
Lives of the English Poets 90
Vicar of Wakefield 89
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Philosophy of Rhetoric 87
History of Sir Charles Grandison 84
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 81
Spectator 81
Julia de Roubigné 80
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple] 78
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
Horae Solitariae 73
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World 71
Incas: or, The Destruction of the Empire of Peru 68
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 67
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution 61
Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture 60
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell 56
Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill 56
Isaiah. A New Translation; with a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes Critical, Philological, and Explanatory 51
Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea 51
Essays Moral and Literary 50
Mirror 49
Elements of General History 48
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 48
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 46
Masquerades; or, What You Will 46
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 45
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 43
Cardiphonia: or, The Utterance of the Heart; in the Course of a Real Correspondence 42
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time 40
Lives of the British Admirals: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History 40
Old English Baron: A Gothic Story 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Posthumous Works [Augustus Toplady] 38
Columella; or, The Distressed Anchoret 37
Interesting Letters of Pope Clement XIV 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Solitude; or The Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the Heart, General Society, in Exile, in Old Age, and on the Bed of Death 37
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics 36
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 36
Works of George Lord Lyttelton 36
Delineation of the Parables of Our Blessed Saviour 33
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 32
General History of Stirlingshire 32
Iliad 32
Mirror [Edinburgh] 32
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay] 31
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [James Riddoch] 31
Border-History of England and Scotland, Deduced from the Earliest Times to the Union of the Two Crowns 30
Emma Corbett; or, The Miseries of Civil War 30
Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids 30
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
Theatre of Education. Translated from the French of the Countess de Genlis 30
History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great 29
Olney Hymns 29
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Age of Louis XIV 27
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 27
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 27
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 26
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times, till it became a Roman Province 26
Liberal Education: or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning 26
Plays of William Shakespeare 26
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
Sermons on Practical Subjects [Robert Walker] 26
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 25
Introductory Lectures to the Sacred Book of the New Testament 25
Almoran and Hamet, An Oriental Tale 24
Canterbury Tales 24

Book language

English 11363
French 579
Latin 183
Italian 57
Greek 37
Spanish 18
German 6
Icelandic 4
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 9010
Edinburgh 2061
Paris 391
Glasgow 189
Dublin 123
Oxford 101
Aberdeen 48
Vienna 43
Chester 42
Amsterdam 40
Warrington 40
Bath 37
The Hague 36
Geneva 32
Berwick 30
Neuchâtel 29
Cambridge 26
Leipzig 26
Dumfries 21
Madrid 17
Stirling 17
Newcastle 15
Stockholm 14
Berlin 13
Liège 13
Newcastle upon Tyne 13
Göttingen 12
Naples 12
Shrewsbury 12
St Petersburg 12
Florence 8
Philadelphia 7
York 7
Birmingham 6
Rotterdam 6
Copenhagen 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Maastricht 4
Rome 4
Grenoble 3
Halle 3
Norwich 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
Altona 2
Canterbury 2
Dessau 2
Dijon 2
Eton 2
Fribourg 2
Leiden 2
Lille 2
Paisley 2
Valencia 2
Venice 2
Altenburg 1
Bern 1
Bouillon 1
Copenhagen? 1
Dresden 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Jena 1
Lausanne 1
Leeuwarden 1
Perth 1
Prague 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
Yverdon 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 7518
4to 2375
12mo 1958
folio 221
18mo 130
16mo 18
unknown 2
24mo 1
score 1

Genre

History 3868
Periodicals 1616
Travel 992
Natural Philosophy 967
Fiction 940
Belles Lettres 786
Sermons 758
Theology 746
Lives 686
Poetry 498
Philosophy and Morality 337
Medicine 286
Politics, Society and Political Economy 277
Drama 253
Law 191
Education 161
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 106
Reference Works 80
Fine Arts 41
Mathematics 23

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