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Library

Selkirk Library 1697
Leighton Library 1097
Westerkirk 1007
Advocates Library 734
Royal High School of Edinburgh 490
Glasgow University Library 299
Aberdeen Theological Library 259
Edinburgh University Library 237
Innerpeffray Library 186
Orkney Library 186
Wigtown Subscription Library 178
St Andrews University Library 111
Craigston Castle Library 41
Chambers' Circulating Library 30
Haddington Library 22
Dumfries Presbytery Library 14
Hunterian Museum Library 10

Borrower title

Mr 2173
Reverend Mr 789
Lieutenant 129
Dr 115
Captain 112
Mrs 109
Sir 85
Miss 68
Reverend 45
Reverend Dr 28
Colonel 15
Midshipman 11
Professor 10
Sous Lieutenant 10
Corporal 8
Lady 8
Major 8
Right Honourable 8
Brigadier General 7
Prof. 7
Rev. 5
Principal 3
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Ensign 1
Madame 1
Rev. Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 6390
Female 199
Unclear 1
Unknown 1

Borrower occupation

Education 1485
Law 910
University Student 751
Religion and Clergy 691
Advocate 681
Minister/Priest 668
Church of Scotland 540
Military 496
School Child 485
Prisoner of War 450
Agricultural 278
Arts and Letters 247
Independent Means 247
University Professor 243
Author 227
Tenant 213
Farmer 186
Medicine and Health 168
Surgeon 164
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 158
Writer/Procurator 153
Sheriff 145
Presbyterian Seceder 112
Politics/Office Holders 111
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 103
Gentleman 89
Notaries/Clerks 75
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 74
MP (Britain) 74
Dean of Faculty 69
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 58
Construction 40
School Master/Dominie 37
Merchants/Traders 34
Architect 33
Advocate Depute 31
Army 31
Navy 31
Tanner/Currier 30
Clerk of Session 29
Judge 22
Lay Preacher 22
Barrister 17
Banker 15
Mason/Miller 15
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 15
Writer to the Signet (WS) 14
Land Manager/Factor 13
Teacher 13
Miscellaneous 12
Poet 12
Baillie 11
Baron of the Exchequer 11
Clerks 11
Lord Advocate 11
Chaplain 10
Accountant 9
Customs Collector 9
Lord Provost/Provost 9
Print and Book Trade 9
Wife/Spouse 9
Factor/Agent 8
Librarian 8
Printers 8
Engineer 7
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 7
Surveyor 7
Unknown denomination 7
Curator 6
Dyer 6
Lord President 6
Tutor 6
Mariner 5
Solicitor-General 5
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 4
Physician 4
Tax Collector 4
Episcopalian 3
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 3
Officer 3
Ships Captain 3
Widow 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Lord Justice Clerk 2
Messenger-at-arms 2
Mill Owner 2
Publishers 2
Retailer/Shopkeeper 2
Service Provision and Hospitality 2
Bishop 1
Brewer 1
Distiller 1
Elder 1
Gardener 1
Privateer 1
Ships Owner 1
Shoemaker 1

Author

Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Sir John Sinclair 308
Hugh Blair 254
Robert Henry 243
Dr John Moore 225
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 201
William Russell 180
Tobias George Smollett 141
David Hume 137
Edward Gibbon 132
George Campbell 99
James Bruce 98
Ann Radcliffe 84
Charlotte Turner Smith 78
Mary Pilkington 78
William Smellie 71
William Robertson 66
Richard Cumberland 61
Robert McCulloch 51
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 48
Louis-Pierre Anquetil 48
François Le Vaillant 46
James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood 44
William Paley 44
Thomas Pennant 39
Archibald Alison 37
Voltaire 35
Adam Smith 32
Frederick II King of Prussia 32
James Boswell 32
Baron Jean-François Bourgoing 31
Virgil 30
Thomas Anburey 29
Pierre Marie François Pagès 27
William Dodd 27
Baron Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy Lesseps 26
Flavius Josephus 26
James Macpherson 26
Johann Georg Zimmermann 26
Joseph Johnston 26
William Combe 26
Captain D. Williams 25
James Beattie 24
Johann Caspar Lavater 24
William Coxe 24
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 23
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
Anna Maria Mackenzie 16
Elizabeth Craven 16
Joseph Addison 16
Lazzaro Spallanzani 16
William Lempriere 16
Francis Garden Lord Gardenstone 15
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 14
John Pinkerton 14
Marguerite Daubenton 14
Pierre-Raymond de Brisson 14
Eliza Parsons 13
Herodotus 13
John Macdonald 13
Edmund Burke 12
John Logan 12
Jonathan Edwards 12
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 12
William Beckford 11
Jean Louis Marie Poiret 10
John Meares 10
Hannah Adams 9
Joseph Townsend 9
Robert Heron 9
William Crookshank 9
Gebhard Friedrich August Wendeborn 8
Henri François d' Aguesseau 8
John Erskine 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
Homer 7
John St. John 7
Joseph Ames 7
Linnean Society of London 7
Richard Price 7
William Beresford 7
William Gilpin 7
William Herbert 7
William Mitford 7
William Shakespeare 7
Comte Maurice Auguste Benyowsky 6

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
Statistical Account of Scotland 308
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
History of England [David Hume] 137
History of England [Tobias Smollett] 137
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
Romance of the Forest 82
Delia, a Pathetic and Interesting Tale 78
Ethelinde, or The Recluse of the Lake 78
Elegant Epistles; or, A Copious Collection of Familiar and Amusing Letters 77
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal 77
Philosophy of Natural History 71
Arundel 57
Lectures on the Prophecies of Isaiah 51
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 48
Memoirs of the Court of France, during the Reign of Lewis XIV. and the Regency of the Duke of Orleans 46
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
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 33
Works of Voltaire 33
Curiosities of Literature 32
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 32
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
Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India 28
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography 27
The sisters 27
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 27
Travels Round the World, in the Years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 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
Solitude Considered with Respect to its Influence upon the Mind and the Heart 26
Travels in Kamtschatka, During the Years 1787 and 1788 26
Works of Flavius Josephus 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
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 24
Travels in Switzerland 24
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 22
Horae Paulinae, or The Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul Evinced 22
Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 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
Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant 16
Works of Joseph Addison 16
Analytical Review 15
Travelling Memorandums, made in a Tour upon the Continent of Europe, in the Years 1786, 87 & 88 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
Histories [Herodotus] 13
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

Book language

English 6222
French 321
Latin 35
Italian 15
German 4
Greek 2
Icelandic 1
Spanish 1

Book place of publication

London 4772
Edinburgh 1609
Paris 217
Geneva 34
Kehl 34
Dublin 32
York 27
Perth 21
Birmingham 13
Leipzig 11
Stockholm 10
Berlin 9
Boston 9
Paisley 9
Amsterdam 8
Göttingen 7
Venice 6
Strasbourg 5
The Hague 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Naples 4
Calcutta 3
Leiden 3
Neuchâtel 3
Oxford 3
Philadelphia 2
Aberdeen 1
Bath 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
Turin 1
Verona 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 4573
4to 1204
12mo 736
folio 76
14mo 1
score 1

Genre

Periodicals 1452
History 1151
Fiction 999
Sermons 762
Theology 621
Travel 598
Politics, Society and Political Economy 403
Belles Lettres 277
Reference Works 233
Natural Philosophy 214
Poetry 141
Philosophy and Morality 137
Lives 130
Medicine 95
Law 93
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 74
Education 22
Fine Arts 22
Drama 20
Mathematics 2

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