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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2707
Selkirk Library 1361
Westerkirk 1337
Leighton Library 1118
Advocates Library 952
Glasgow University Library 734
Edinburgh University Library 673
St Andrews University Library 627
Aberdeen Theological Library 539
Innerpeffray Library 350
Wigtown Subscription Library 154
Orkney Library 93
Craigston Castle Library 52
Hunterian Museum Library 20
Dumfries Presbytery Library 19
Chambers' Circulating Library 12
Haddington Library 4
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 2269
Reverend Mr 699
Dr 153
Mrs 115
Captain 114
Lieutenant 98
Sir 93
Reverend 62
Miss 58
Reverend Dr 29
Professor 26
Sous Lieutenant 12
Midshipman 10
Prof. 9
Major 8
Right Honourable 8
Rev. 7
Colonel 6
Lady 5
Corporal 4
Principal 4
Rev. Mr 3
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Provost 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Brigadier General 1
Rev Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 10543
Female 199
Unclear 3
Unknown 3

Borrower occupation

Education 5230
School Child 2675
University Student 1958
Law 1094
Advocate 894
Religion and Clergy 825
Minister/Priest 791
Church of Scotland 688
University Professor 659
Military 376
Prisoner of War 323
Arts and Letters 257
Independent Means 243
Agricultural 233
Author 228
Sheriff 200
Tenant 185
Farmer 156
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 149
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 137
Politics/Office Holders 131
Medicine and Health 130
Writer/Procurator 126
Surgeon 123
Gentleman 106
MP (Britain) 99
Presbyterian Seceder 91
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 85
Notaries/Clerks 81
Dean of Faculty 77
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 62
Chaplain 53
Construction 50
Merchants/Traders 43
Navy 39
School Master/Dominie 39
Clerk of Session 38
Judge 38
Advocate Depute 34
Architect 30
Lay Preacher 30
Tanner/Currier 30
Baron of the Exchequer 25
Lord Advocate 23
Engineer 20
Mason/Miller 20
Army 19
Banker 19
Print and Book Trade 19
Printers 19
Teacher 16
Librarian 15
Writer to the Signet (WS) 15
Baillie 14
Barrister 14
Clerks 14
Factor/Agent 14
Lord President 14
Customs Collector 12
Poet 11
Solicitor-General 11
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 10
Retailer/Shopkeeper 10
Curator 8
Dyer 8
Miscellaneous 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Land Manager/Factor 7
Officer 7
Physician 6
Wife/Spouse 6
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 5
Lord Provost/Provost 4
Episcopalian 3
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Mariner 3
Mill Owner 3
Ships Captain 3
Tutor 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Publishers 2
Surveyor 2
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 2
Watchmaker 2
Widow 2
Bishop 1
Brewer 1
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Gardener 1
Secretary of State 1
Service Provision and Hospitality 1
Unknown denomination 1

Author

Charles Rollin 851
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 700
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Hugh Blair 337
Dr John Moore 291
Robert Henry 243
William Robertson 230
James Cook 193
Frances Burney 179
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 134
Adam Ferguson 127
Edward Gibbon 118
Baron François Tott 117
Thomas Reid 111
Gilbert Stuart 105
William Russell 102
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 101
James Boswell 98
Anders Sparrman 92
Reverend David Lamont 92
Dr Samuel Johnson 86
Samuel Richardson 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Benjamin Bell 82
Tobias George Smollett 74
Ambrose Serle 73
John Macgowan 68
Mrs Anna Maria Bennett 67
Voltaire 65
William Coxe 65
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 60
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 57
Henry Mackenzie 57
Vicesimus Knox 55
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 55
Richard Cumberland 54
Charles Johnstone 53
William Cullen 52
Eyles Irwin 51
Henry Fielding 50
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 48
Catherine Macaulay 45
Sophia Lee 45
John Newton 42
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 41
Pietro Metastasio 39
Reverend Augustus Toplady 38
William Hayley 38
Hugo Arnot 36
John Smith 33
Elizabeth Keir 32
James Riddoch 31
Joseph White 30
Richard Hurd 30
Samuel Jackson Pratt 30
Henry Home Lord Kames 29
Adam Smith 28
James Burrow 28
William Paley 28
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 27
Elizabeth Blower 26
Andrew M'Donald 25
John Hawkesworth 24
John Pinkerton 24
William Cowper 24
John Rickman 23
Samuel Ancell 23
William Shakespeare 23
Helenus Scott 22
James Beattie 22
Thomas Percival 21
Henry Swinburne 20
Alexander Gerard 19
Jean Louis De Lolme 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Thomas Warton 19
Oliver Goldsmith 18
Robert Watson 18
William Lothian 18
Joseph Warton 17
Sir John Sinclair 17
Thomas Sheridan 17
Bielby Porteus 16
Jean Frédéric Ostervald 16
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 16
John Millar 16
Joseph Addison 16
Sir Richard Steele 16
William Richardson 16
Wolfgang Seber 16
Alexander Pope 15
Samuel Foote 15
William Marsden 15
Henry Taylor 14
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 14
William Thomson 14
Abbé Prévost 13
Denis Diderot 13
James Dunbar 13
James Harris 13

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 694
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 548
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World 506
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 245
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
History of America [William Robertson] 188
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 187
Scots Magazine 185
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress 179
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 142
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 128
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic 126
New Annual Register 126
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 118
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man 103
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia 103
History of Modern Europe 102
Ecclesiastical History [Johann Lorenz Mosheim] 98
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 98
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 93
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 92
Sermons on the Most Prevalent Vices [David Lamont] 92
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 92
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
History of Sir Charles Grandison 84
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell] 82
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 74
Horae Solitariae 73
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
Anna: or Memoirs of a Welch Heiress: Interspersed with Anecdotes of a Nabob 67
Lives of the English Poets 64
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 56
Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill 56
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 54
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 53
First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh 52
Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea 51
Mirror 49
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 48
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 47
Masquerades; or, What You Will 46
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea 45
Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times 45
Cardiphonia: or, The Utterance of the Heart; in the Course of a Real Correspondence 42
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 42
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Works of Henry Fielding 39
Posthumous Works [Augustus Toplady] 38
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland 36
Cabinet des Fées 34
Works of Voltaire 33
Interesting Memoirs 32
Mirror [Edinburgh] 32
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [James Riddoch] 31
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
Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1784 30
Theatre of Education. Translated from the French of the Countess de Genlis 30
Essays Moral and Literary 29
Arabian Nights Entertainments 28
Nightcap 28
Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 28
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 27
Liberal Education: or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning 26
Maria: A Novel 26
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 25
Independent: A Novel 25
Sermons Preached at Lincoln's-Inn, Between the Years 1765 and 1776 25
Almoran and Hamet, An Oriental Tale 24
Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery 23
Journal of the Siege of Gibraltar 23
Adventures of a Rupee 22
Dissertations Moral and Critical 22
Loose Hints upon Education, Chiefly Concerning the Culture of the Heart 22
Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire 22
Poems [William Cowper] 22
Moral and Literary Dissertations 21
Travels in the Two Sicilies 20
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar 19
Constitution of England, Or An Account of the English Government 19
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century 19
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London 19
Scottish Tragic Ballads 19
Sermons [Alexander Gerard] 19
Supplement to the Edition of Shakspeare's Plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens 19
Tableau de Paris 19
History of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, from the Death of Philip II. King of Spain, to the Truce made with Albert and Isabella 18
Plays of William Shakespeare 18

Book language

English 9987
French 558
Latin 123
Italian 59
Greek 28
Hebrew 12
Spanish 12
German 8
Icelandic 4
Russian 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 8436
Edinburgh 1439
Paris 377
Cambridge 144
Geneva 55
Aberdeen 48
Oxford 47
Amsterdam 35
Kehl 34
Bath 33
The Hague 30
Leipzig 26
Neuchâtel 26
Warrington 26
Glasgow 25
Liverpool 23
Dublin 18
Dumfries 17
Stirling 17
Berlin 13
Göttingen 12
Madrid 11
St Petersburg 10
Stockholm 10
Philadelphia 9
Florence 8
Venice 7
Birmingham 6
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
York 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Exeter 4
Winchester 4
Copenhagen 3
Leiden 3
Maastricht 3
Naples 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
Vienna 3
Altona 2
Canterbury 2
Dessau 2
Eton 2
Lille 2
Liège 2
Paisley 2
Rome 2
Salisbury 2
Strabane 2
Valencia 2
Bern 1
Bouillon 1
Caen 1
Copenhagen? 1
Dresden 1
Halle 1
Heidelberg 1
Holland 1
Jena 1
Marseille 1
Pisa 1
Prague 1
Rouen 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
Warsaw 1
Warwick 1
Yverdon 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 6809
4to 1844
12mo 1259
folio 686
18mo 75
16mo 18
24mo 3
unknown 2
score 1

Genre

History 2379
Periodicals 1575
Travel 1550
Sermons 942
Theology 938
Natural Philosophy 918
Fiction 881
Belles Lettres 638
Philosophy and Morality 379
Lives 357
Medicine 343
Poetry 288
Education 209
Politics, Society and Political Economy 192
Law 190
Drama 129
Reference Works 64
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 45
Fine Arts 37
Mathematics 27

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