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Library

St Andrews University Library 3051
Glasgow University Library 2268
Edinburgh University Library 876
Dumfries Presbytery Library 720
Royal High School of Edinburgh 719
Haddington Library 621
Innerpeffray Library 525
Advocates Library 434
Selkirk Library 426
Leighton Library 212
Aberdeen Theological Library 189
Craigston Castle Library 41
Orkney Library 37
Hunterian Museum Library 34
Westerkirk 33
Wigtown Subscription Library 22
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 5
Chambers' Circulating Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 836
Reverend Mr 178
Dr 137
Professor 116
Reverend 93
Captain 51
Sir 40
Lieutenant 27
Principal 23
Mrs 22
Miss 10
Sous Lieutenant 10
Colonel 8
Midshipman 7
Lieutenant Colonel 6
Major 6
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Prof. 4
Lady 3
Rev. 3
Bishop 1
Corporal 1
Ms 1

Borrower gender

Male 10114
Female 67
Unknown 15
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 7144
University Student 5594
Religion and Clergy 1203
Minister/Priest 1162
Church of Scotland 1091
University Professor 1071
School Child 709
Law 498
Advocate 465
Military 190
Arts and Letters 169
Prisoner of War 150
Independent Means 129
Chaplain 97
Author 95
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 94
Sheriff 94
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 93
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 91
Medicine and Health 83
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 73
Surgeon 71
Merchants/Traders 69
School Master/Dominie 59
Politics/Office Holders 58
Agricultural 57
Librarian 57
Presbyterian Seceder 54
Tenant 45
Print and Book Trade 41
Printers 40
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MP (Britain) 32
Dean of Faculty 28
Domestic Service 28
Indoor Servants 28
Army 23
Retailer/Shopkeeper 22
Tanner/Currier 20
Dyer 18
Writer/Procurator 18
Curator 16
Customs Collector 15
Glover 15
Navy 15
Teacher 15
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Lord Advocate 14
Clerk 13
Lay Preacher 13
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 13
Physician 13
Lord President 12
Judge 11
Advocate Depute 10
Provost 10
Advocate’s Clerk 9
Officer 8
Barrister 7
Notaries/Clerks 7
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 6
Watchmaker 6
Baron of the Exchequer 5
Miscellaneous 5
Poet 5
Service Provision and Hospitality 5
Writer to the Signet (WS) 5
Clerks 4
Solicitor-General 4
Banker 3
Brewer 3
Episcopalian 3
Factor/Agent 3
Wife/Spouse 3
Baillie 2
Cooper 2
Glazier 2
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Mason/Miller 2
Surveyor 2
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Accountant 1
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Land Manager/Factor 1
Lord Provost/Provost 1
Mariner 1
Privateer 1
Publishers 1
Shoemaker 1
Smiths/Metal Workers 1
Supporting Activities 1
Unknown denomination 1

Author

Charles Rollin 2304
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 376
Noël Antoine Pluche 213
Nathaniel Hooke 184
Thomas Salmon 148
Herman Moll 143
Robert Moss 141
Molière 138
Gilbert Burnet 134
James Thomson 112
Robert South 111
Joseph Butler 104
Royal Society (Great Britain) 104
John Ray 102
Isaac Watts 99
Homer 95
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde 94
Andrew Baxter 91
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 90
Sampson Letsome 88
Samuel Clarke 85
Jean Alphonse Turrettini 84
John Nicholl 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Thomas Stackhouse 81
Francis Atterbury 75
George Buchanan 71
John Sharp 70
Robert Smith 68
William Warburton 61
Cornelius Tacitus 60
Philip Gibbs 60
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 60
Samuel Shuckford 60
James Foster 58
William Derham 58
Colin MacLaurin 55
David Gregory 55
Jacques Saurin 53
John Oldmixon 53
Livy 53
Benjamin Hoadly 51
Sappho 51
Anacreon 50
George Benson 49
Ralph Cudworth 48
Alexander Cruden 47
Elizabeth Singer Rowe 47
Philip Doddridge 46
James Home 45
Alexander Pope 44
Archibald Campbell 44
Bernhardus Varenius 44
Daniel Neal 43
Pierre Bayle 42
William King 42
Herman Boerhaave 41
Sir Isaac Newton 41
Stephen Hales 41
Claude Fleury 40
Robert Ainsworth 39
Thomas Morgan 39
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 38
Sir John Chardin 38
Thomas Rowe 37
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 36
George Sale 36
Thomas Blackwell 36
Xenophon of Athens 36
John Balguy 33
M. l’abbé Antoine Banier 33
Abbé Prévost 32
Roger Cotes 32
Thomas Rymer 32
Alexander Monro 31
John Conybeare 31
Thomas Lediard 31
Matthew Bacon 30
Nathaniel Lardner 30
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Joseph Addison 29
Robert Keith 29
Browne Langrish 28
Robert Simson 28
James Anderson 27
David Hume 26
Thomas Shaw 26
John Leland 25
Philip Miller 24
Francis Bacon 23
Matthew Tindal 23
Alain René Le Sage 22
Bernard de Fontenelle 22
Colley Cibber 22
John Wilkins 22
William Hawkins 22
John Tillotson 21
Jonathan Swift 21
Suetonius 21
William Crawford 21

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 1114
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 806
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres 382
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras] 376
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd 213
Scots Magazine 185
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 184
Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations 143
Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss] 141
Collection of Voyages and Travels 139
Select Comedies of Molière 138
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time 117
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions [Robert South] 111
Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature 104
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Works of James Thomson 102
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Abridgement] 95
Iliad 95
Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul 91
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh] 90
General History of China 89
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Collection] 84
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 71
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 71
Eighteen Sermons Preached on Several Occasions [John Sharp] 70
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 68
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages 63
Sermons on Several Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 63
Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist 61
Cogitationes et Dissertationes Theologicae 60
Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing 60
Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected 60
Works of Tacitus 60
Sermons on the Following Subjects [James Foster] 58
Vie de Marianne 58
Arithmeticae et Algebrae Compendium 55
Discours Historiques, Critiques, Théologiques, et Moraux, sur les Événemens les plus Mémorables du Vieux, et du Nouveau Testament 53
History of England, during the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne King George I 53
History of Rome [Livy] 53
Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions 53
Works of Anacreon and Sappho 50
Complete Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity 48
Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament 47
Family Expositor 46
Scripture History of the Jews 45
Compleat System of General Geography 44
Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects [Isaac Watts] 44
History of the Puritans [Daniel Neal] 43
Essay on the Origin of Evil 42
History of the First Planting the Christian Religion 42
Historical and Critical Dictionary 41
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God 40
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarius: or, A Compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue 39
History of Henri de La Tour D'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne, Marshal-General of France 38
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies 38
Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Mrs Elizabeth Rowe 37
Compleat System of Opticks 36
Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer 36
Expedition of Cyrus 36
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641 36
Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed 36
Enquiry into the Original of Moral Virtue 35
Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation 35
Collection of Tracts Moral and Theological [John Bagluy] 33
Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History 33
New History of the Holy Bible 33
Works of Samuel Clarke 33
Foedera, Conventiones, Literae, et Cujuscunque Generis Acta Publica, inter Reges Angliae, et Alios Quosuis Imperatores, Reges 32
Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures by Roger Cotes ... with Notes By his Successor Robert Smith 32
Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves 31
Defence of Revealed Religion 31
Life of Mr Cleveland Natural Son of Oliver Cromwell 31
Credibility of the Gospel History 30
Life of John, Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire 30
New Abridgment of the Law 30
Physico-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation 30
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
History of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland 29
Works of Alexander Pope 29
Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens 28
Logick: or, the Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth 28
Moral Philosopher [Thomas Morgan] 28
Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson] 28
Abridgment of Dr Cudworth's True Intellectual System of the Universe 27
Elementa Chemiae [Herman Boerhaave] 27
Modern Theory and Practice of Physic 27
Histoire Ecclésiastique [Claude Fleury] 26
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant 26
Treatise of Human Nature 26
Diplomata Scoticae 25
Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St John 25
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Statics; Or, An Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables 25
Compendium Historiae Ecclesiasticae a Christo Nato usque ad Annum MDCC 24
Gardeners Dictionary 24
Christianity as Old as the Creation 23
Doctrine of the Passions Explain'd and Improv'd 23
Dramatic Works of Colley Cibber 22
History and Adventures of Gil Blas 22

Book language

English 8687
Latin 1075
French 688
Greek 125
Italian 31
Spanish 10
Hebrew 4
Dutch 3
German 2

Book place of publication

London 8299
Edinburgh 550
Paris 347
Amsterdam 202
The Hague 118
Dublin 105
Cambridge 103
Geneva 103
Leiden 95
Oxford 65
Venice 53
Leipzig 51
Halle 25
Frankfurt am Main 22
Jena 22
Milan 22
Göttingen 16
Brussels 15
Florence 15
Newcastle upon Tyne 14
St Petersburg 13
Westminster 11
Hamburg 10
Rotterdam 9
York 9
Frankfurt 7
Nuremberg 7
Basel 6
Berlin 5
Helmstedt 5
Utrecht 5
Augsburg 4
Boston, MA 4
Cologne 4
Dresden 4
Strasbourg 3
Uppsala 3
Verona 3
Altdorf 2
Bologna 2
Franecker 2
Naples 2
Zurich 2
Barcelona 1
Glasgow 1
Lemgo 1
Rinteln 1
Rome 1
Sheffield 1
Urbino 1

Book format

8vo 5968
4to 1704
folio 1469
12mo 863
16mo 1
map 1

Genre

History 3711
Theology 1685
Natural Philosophy 820
Sermons 760
Belles Lettres 663
Periodicals 617
Travel 552
Poetry 430
Education 405
Medicine 372
Lives 356
Philosophy and Morality 291
Politics, Society and Political Economy 210
Fiction 198
Law 194
Drama 171
Reference Works 157
Mathematics 141
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 81
Fine Arts 23

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