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Library

Selkirk Library 1368
Leighton Library 827
Westerkirk 701
Advocates Library 647
Royal High School of Edinburgh 471
Glasgow University Library 297
Edinburgh University Library 237
Aberdeen Theological Library 201
Innerpeffray Library 186
Wigtown Subscription Library 178
Orkney Library 127
St Andrews University Library 108
Craigston Castle Library 38
Dumfries Presbytery Library 14
Hunterian Museum Library 10
Chambers' Circulating Library 5

Borrower title

Mr 1733
Reverend Mr 617
Lieutenant 110
Captain 97
Dr 91
Mrs 83
Sir 74
Miss 49
Reverend 39
Reverend Dr 20
Colonel 11
Midshipman 11
Corporal 8
Professor 8
Right Honourable 8
Sous Lieutenant 8
Major 7
Brigadier General 4
Lady 4
Prof. 4
Rev. 4
Principal 3
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Rev. Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 5259
Female 147
Unclear 1

Borrower occupation

Education 1390
Law 776
University Student 691
Advocate 602
Religion and Clergy 529
Minister/Priest 514
School Child 466
Church of Scotland 424
Military 414
Prisoner of War 378
University Professor 227
Agricultural 219
Independent Means 192
Arts and Letters 181
Author 165
Tenant 163
Medicine and Health 153
Surgeon 149
Farmer 147
Sheriff 127
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 123
Writer/Procurator 108
Politics/Office Holders 101
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 90
Presbyterian Seceder 77
Gentleman 69
MP (Britain) 69
Notaries/Clerks 65
Dean of Faculty 60
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 59
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 51
Construction 32
Merchants/Traders 29
School Master/Dominie 29
Advocate Depute 27
Clerk of Session 27
Architect 26
Army 25
Navy 25
Tanner/Currier 22
Judge 21
Barrister 15
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 15
Banker 14
Lay Preacher 14
Land Manager/Factor 13
Teacher 12
Baron of the Exchequer 11
Mason/Miller 11
Poet 11
Writer to the Signet (WS) 11
Baillie 10
Chaplain 10
Clerks 10
Lord Advocate 10
Miscellaneous 9
Print and Book Trade 9
Accountant 8
Lord Provost/Provost 8
Printers 8
Customs Collector 7
Factor/Agent 7
Dyer 6
Engineer 6
Librarian 6
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 6
Surveyor 6
Tutor 6
Unknown denomination 6
Wife/Spouse 6
Curator 5
Lord President 5
Solicitor-General 5
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 4
Physician 4
Tax Collector 4
Mariner 3
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 3
Ships Captain 3
Widow 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Episcopalian 2
Lord Justice Clerk 2
Messenger-at-arms 2
Officer 2
Publishers 2
Bishop 1
Brewer 1
Elder 1
Gardener 1
Mill Owner 1
Retailer/Shopkeeper 1
Service Provision and Hospitality 1

Author

Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Hugh Blair 254
Robert Henry 243
Dr John Moore 225
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 200
William Russell 180
Edward Gibbon 132
George Campbell 99
James Bruce 98
Charlotte Turner Smith 78
Mary Pilkington 78
William Smellie 71
Richard Cumberland 61
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 48
François Le Vaillant 46
James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood 44
Thomas Pennant 39
Archibald Alison 37
Voltaire 35
Frederick II King of Prussia 32
Baron Jean-François Bourgoing 31
Virgil 30
Thomas Anburey 29
Baron Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy Lesseps 26
James Macpherson 26
Joseph Johnston 26
William Combe 26
Captain D. Williams 25
James Beattie 24
Johann Caspar Lavater 24
William Coxe 24
William Paley 22
James Bell 21
John Drinkwater 20
Samuel Shaw 20
William Rutherford 20
John Le Couteur 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
William Marshall 19
Charlotte Lennox 18
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 18
Jacques Necker 18
William Leechman 18
Adam Smith 17
Anna Maria Mackenzie 16
Elizabeth Craven 16
Joseph Addison 16
Lazzaro Spallanzani 16
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 14
John Pinkerton 14
Marguerite Daubenton 14
Pierre-Raymond de Brisson 14
Eliza Parsons 13
John Macdonald 13
Edmund Burke 12
John Logan 12
Jonathan Edwards 12
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 12
William Beckford 11
John Meares 10
William Crookshank 9
Henri François d' Aguesseau 8
Robert Gray 8
Society of Antiquaries of London 8
Thomas Gurney 8
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 7
Court of King's Bench Great Britain 7
John St. John 7
Joseph Ames 7
William Beresford 7
William Herbert 7
William Mitford 7
William Shakespeare 7
Comte Maurice Auguste Benyowsky 6
Donald Monro 6
Fowler Comings 6
Hester Lynch Piozzi 6
James Stuart 6
Nicolas Revett 6
Gaetano Filangieri 5
James Adam 5
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat Marquis de Condorcet 5
John Williams 5
Linnaeus 5
Louis Petit de Bachaumont 5
Societas Regia Scientiarum Gottingensis 5
Torbern Bergman 5
Anders Sparrman 4
Charles Burney 4
Dr Samuel Johnson 4
George Chapman 4
John Nichols 4
Owen Ruffhead 4
Soame Jenyns 4
Tobias George Smollett 4
Vivant Denon 4
William Aiton 4
William Dickson 4
William Gilpin 4
Aristotle 3

Book Work

Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 497
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 235
Zeluco 225
Encyclopaedia Britannica 222
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 200
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
History of Modern Europe 180
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 132
New Annual Register 126
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek 99
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce] 91
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Delia, a Pathetic and Interesting Tale 78
Ethelinde, or The Recluse of the Lake 78
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal 77
Philosophy of Natural History 71
Arundel 57
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 48
Denial; or, The Happy Retreat 44
Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, into the Interior Parts of Africa 43
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste 37
Cabinet des Fées 34
Persian Tales; or The Thousand and One Days 34
Companion. Being a Choice cCllection of the Most Admired Pieces from the Best Authors 33
Works of Voltaire 33
Posthumous Works of Frederick II King of Prussia 32
Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country 31
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
Works of Virgil 30
Travels through the Interior Parts of America. In a Series of Letters 29
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques 29
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography 27
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 27
Devil upon Two Sticks in England 26
Poems of Ossian 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: Preached Mostly at the Dispensing of The Holy Ordinance Of our Lord's Supper 26
Travels in Kamtschatka, During the Years 1787 and 1788 26
Captain Williams's Narrative 25
Elements of Moral Science 24
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind 24
Travels in Switzerland 24
Horae Paulinae, or The Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul Evinced 22
Sermons, Preached before the University of Glasgow 21
History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar 20
Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, Abridged by Samuel Shaw 20
View of Antient History 20
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 19
Letters Chiefly from India; Containing an Account of the Military Transactions on the Coast of Malabar 19
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London 19
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 18
On the Importance of Religious Opinions 18
Sermons [William Leechman] 18
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 18
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables 16
Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople 16
Monmouth; A Tale Founded on Historic Facts 16
Works of Joseph Addison 16
Analytical Review 15
Elements of Chemistry [Antoine Laurent Lavoisier] 14
English Review, or An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature 14
Historical Narrative of the Shipwreck and Captivity of Mr De Brisson 14
Zelia in the Desert 14
Rural Economy of the Midland Counties 13
The history of Miss Meredith 13
Travels, in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, During a Series of Thirty Years and Upwards 13
Biographia Scotica, or An Attempt towards an History of the Lives and Writings of Eminent Men of Scotland 12
Enquiry into the History of Scotland Preceding the Reign of Malcom III 12
Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended 12
New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature 12
Reflections on the Revolution in France 12
Sermons [John Logan] 12
Descriptive Account of a Part of the Island of Jamaica 11
Slave of Passion, or, The Fruits of Werter: A Novel 11
Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America 10
History of the State and Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, from the Restoration to the Revolution 9
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 9
Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity 8
Key to the Old Testament and Apocrypha 8
Theory of Moral Sentiments 8
Works of Henri François d' Aguesseau 8
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench 7
Commentarii de Rebus in Scientia Naturali et Medicina Gestis 7
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 7
History of Greece [William Mitford] 7
Mary, Queen of Scots, a Tragedy; as Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 7
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 7
Typographical Antiquities: or An Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland 7
Voyage Round the World; but More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America 7
Works of William Shakespeare 7
Antiquities of Athens Measured and Delineated 6
Catalogue of the Faculty of Advocates Library 6
Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky 6
Observations and Reflections made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany 6
Rural Economy of Glocestershire 6

Book language

English 5048
French 312
Latin 35
Italian 15
German 4
Greek 2
Icelandic 1
Spanish 1

Book place of publication

London 4174
Edinburgh 1026
Paris 212
Geneva 34
Kehl 34
Dublin 32
Perth 19
Leipzig 11
Birmingham 10
Stockholm 10
Berlin 9
Paisley 9
Amsterdam 8
Göttingen 7
Venice 6
The Hague 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Naples 4
Calcutta 3
Neuchâtel 3
Leiden 2
Philadelphia 2
Aberdeen 1
Berwick 1
Cambridge 1
Canterbury 1
Copenhagen 1
Dresden 1
Edinburgh? 1
Halle 1
Jena 1
Lausanne 1
London? 1
Madrid 1
Prague 1
Rome 1
Sherborne 1
Siena 1
Strasbourg 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
York 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 3616
4to 1118
12mo 602
folio 71
14mo 1
score 1

Genre

Periodicals 1420
Fiction 880
History 845
Sermons 701
Theology 590
Travel 474
Reference Works 233
Natural Philosophy 202
Belles Lettres 165
Poetry 131
Lives 128
Medicine 93
Philosophy and Morality 82
Law 80
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 72
Politics, Society and Political Economy 63
Drama 20
Fine Arts 18
Education 10
Mathematics 1

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