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Library

St Andrews University Library 8324
Glasgow University Library 6468
Edinburgh University Library 2442
Royal High School of Edinburgh 1949
Advocates Library 1307
Haddington Library 1224
Dumfries Presbytery Library 1187
Innerpeffray Library 1127
Selkirk Library 1021
Aberdeen Theological Library 769
Leighton Library 590
Westerkirk 355
Craigston Castle Library 102
Orkney Library 101
Hunterian Museum Library 68
Wigtown Subscription Library 61
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 8
Chambers' Circulating Library 2

Borrower title

Mr 2382
Reverend Mr 426
Professor 348
Dr 330
Reverend 204
Sir 112
Captain 109
Lieutenant 98
Principal 82
Mrs 69
Miss 39
Sous Lieutenant 24
Reverend Dr 15
Lady 14
Major 13
Colonel 11
Corporal 8
Lieutenant Colonel 8
Midshipman 7
Rev. 7
Prof. 5
Brigadier General 3
Sous-Lieutenant 3
Adjudant Major 1
Baron 1
Bishop 1
Ensign 1
Ms 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 26877
Female 185
Unknown 28
Unclear 5

Borrower occupation

Education 19833
University Student 15525
University Professor 3062
Religion and Clergy 3007
Minister/Priest 2904
Church of Scotland 2754
School Child 1871
Law 1486
Advocate 1385
Arts and Letters 514
Military 450
Prisoner of War 365
Independent Means 313
Author 308
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 299
Sheriff 276
Chaplain 272
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 219
Medicine and Health 195
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 172
Politics/Office Holders 165
Agricultural 158
Surgeon 158
Librarian 151
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 149
School Master/Dominie 147
Merchants/Traders 134
Tenant 125
Dean of Faculty 112
Presbyterian Seceder 110
Print and Book Trade 110
Printers 105
Farmer 96
Gentleman 94
MP (Britain) 94
Domestic Service 71
Indoor Servants 71
Teacher 69
Writer/Procurator 58
Curator 47
Lord Advocate 43
Army 42
Judge 41
Clerk of Session 39
Physician 39
Provost 39
Retailer/Shopkeeper 38
Dyer 35
Customs Collector 33
Lay Preacher 33
Tanner/Currier 33
Advocate Depute 32
Navy 31
Lord President 29
Notaries/Clerks 26
Poet 24
Writer to the Signet (WS) 24
Clerk 23
Barrister 22
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 21
Baron of the Exchequer 19
Mason/Miller 19
Officer 19
Advocate’s Clerk 18
Clerks 18
Miscellaneous 18
Glover 17
Service Provision and Hospitality 17
Episcopalian 15
Brewer 14
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 11
Solicitor-General 11
Tax Collector 10
Wife/Spouse 10
Accountant 8
Watchmaker 8
Widow 8
Construction 7
Engineer 6
Factor/Agent 6
Surveyor 6
Banker 5
Land Manager/Factor 5
Bookbinder 4
Booksellers 4
Cooper 4
Lord Justice Clerk 4
Mariner 4
Tutor 4
Unknown denomination 4
Gardener 3
Publishers 3
Smiths/Metal Workers 3
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Baillie 2
Glazier 2
Lord Provost/Provost 2
Magistrate 2
Privateer 2
Ships Owner 2

Author

Charles Rollin 2377
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 529
Samuel Clarke 454
Henry Fielding 437
John Campbell 397
Tobias George Smollett 388
Noël Antoine Pluche 365
Eliza Fowler Haywood 307
William Shakespeare 265
Nathaniel Hooke 258
Colin MacLaurin 232
Thomas Salmon 226
Marcus Tullius Cicero 224
Robert Dodsley 220
George Anson Baron Anson 215
Isaac Watts 212
David Hume 198
Samuel Richardson 196
Homer 175
Sir Isaac Newton 173
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 172
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Conyers Middleton 170
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 166
John Tillotson 166
James Thomson 161
Francis Hutcheson 158
Royal Society (Great Britain) 147
Herman Moll 145
Joseph Butler 141
Robert Moss 141
James Foster 140
Molière 138
John Locke 137
John Abernethy 136
Gilbert Burnet 135
Andrew Baxter 134
Jacques Saurin 132
George Buchanan 125
James Lind 120
Henry Grove 119
Alexander Pope 117
John Harris 115
Samuel Shuckford 115
Voltaire 115
Joseph Addison 114
Ralph Cudworth 114
Thomas Nettleton 114
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 111
Robert South 111
Francis Bacon 103
John Ray 102
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 101
Archibald Bower 100
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde 97
Terence 97
Thomas Stackhouse 97
Denis Diderot 96
Herman Boerhaave 96
Philip Doddridge 94
Thomas Blackwell 91
Sampson Letsome 88
William Melmoth 87
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
David Gregory 85
Jean Alphonse Turrettini 84
John Nicholl 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Alexander Monro 83
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 83
Thomas Rutherforth 81
Horace 80
Nathaniel Lardner 79
Sarah Fielding 79
William Warburton 78
Cornelius Tacitus 77
Xenophon of Athens 76
Francis Atterbury 75
Sir Richard Steele 75
Pierre Bayle 71
John Leland 70
John Sharp 70
David Fordyce 69
Robert Smith 69
George Benson 68
Virgil 68
Abbé Prévost 67
Elizabeth Singer Rowe 65
Isaac Barrow 64
James Anderson 64
Robert Simson 64
Jonathan Swift 63
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 62
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
Peter Shaw 60
Philip Gibbs 60
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 60
Livy 59
William Derham 58
Demosthenes 57

Book Work

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 1129
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
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras] 529
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres 455
Collection of Voyages and Travels 393
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 390
Sermons [Samuel Clarke] 313
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd 304
Works of William Shakespeare 265
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 258
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 214
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 213
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 176
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh] 172
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 170
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 166
Works of John Tillotson 166
Iliad 161
Adventures of Roderick Random 157
Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations 145
Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss] 141
Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature 139
Select Comedies of Molière 138
Works of Cicero 138
Works of James Thomson 136
Works of John Locke 136
Female Spectator 134
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland 126
Amelia 124
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 122
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 119
Treatise on the Scurvy 118
Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time 117
Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected 114
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries 112
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels 111
Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions [Robert South] 111
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Sermons on the Following Subjects [James Foster] 102
Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections 101
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 100
Comedies [Terence] 97
Travels of Cyrus 97
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Abridgement] 95
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Spirit of Laws 94
General History of China 92
Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul 91
History of Sir Charles Grandison 91
Discourses Concerning the Being and Natural Perfections of God 88
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God 86
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
Miscellanies [Henry Fielding] 85
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Collection] 84
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero 83
Works of Francis Bacon 80
Credibility of the Gospel History 79
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects 77
Works of Henry Grove of Taunton 77
Works of Tacitus 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
System of Natural Philosophy 75
Expedition of Cyrus 71
History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 71
Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 71
Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady 70
Eighteen Sermons Preached on Several Occasions [John Sharp] 70
Family Expositor 70
Treatise on Virtue and Happiness 69
Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff 68
Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace 67
Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves 66
Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 65
Adventures of David Simple 64
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages 63
Sermons on Several Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 63
Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended 62
Don Quixote 62
Improvement of the Mind: or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick 62
Sermons sur Divers Textes de l'Écriture Sainte 62
Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist 61
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Cogitationes et Dissertationes Theologicae 60
Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing 60
History of Rome [Livy] 59
Letters on the Study and Use of History 59
Sermons [Henry Grove] 59
Sermons and Tracts: Being the Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Mr Henry Grove 59
Historical and Critical Dictionary 58
Vie de Marianne 58
Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals 57
New Geographical and Historical Grammar 57
Arithmeticae et Algebrae Compendium 55
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences 55
Works of Anacreon and Sappho 55
True Intellectual System of the Universe 54
Dialogues Concerning Education [David Fordyce] 53

Book language

English 23222
Latin 2623
French 1734
Greek 487
Italian 92
Hebrew 43
Spanish 17
Arabic 5
Aramaic 5
Chinese 5
Syrian 5
Dutch 3
Welsh 3
German 2

Book place of publication

London 21085
Edinburgh 1924
Paris 911
Glasgow 503
Amsterdam 457
Cambridge 326
Geneva 307
The Hague 240
Dublin 235
Leiden 176
Oxford 166
Neuchâtel 95
Leipzig 91
Berlin 69
Venice 68
Frankfurt am Main 60
Göttingen 59
Helmstedt 35
Hamburg 34
Halle 33
York 32
Lausanne 30
Milan 29
St Petersburg 29
Rome 28
Rotterdam 28
Aldershot 26
Nuremberg 24
Florence 22
Jena 22
Dresden 21
Brussels 17
Utrecht 17
Aberdeen 15
Newcastle upon Tyne 14
Lyon 11
Vienna 11
Westminster 11
Basel 9
Frankfurt 9
Zurich 9
Sherborne 8
Whitehaven 7
Stockholm 6
Eton 5
Naples 5
Augsburg 4
Boston, MA 4
Cologne 4
Franecker 4
Madrid 4
Verona 4
Bologna 3
Delft 3
Frankfurt an der Oder 3
Strasbourg 3
Uppsala 3
Altdorf 2
Copenhagen 2
Heidelberg 2
Lübeck 2
Pekin 2
Savoy 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Amiens 1
Antwerp 1
Barcelona 1
Braunschweig 1
Brescia 1
Bristol 1
Colmar 1
Cordoba 1
Grenoble 1
Hanover 1
Lemgo 1
Padua 1
Philadelphia 1
Rinteln 1
Rouen 1
Sheffield 1
Tobago 1
Turin 1
Ulm 1
Urbino 1
unknown 1

Book format

8vo 14307
12mo 4530
4to 4406
folio 3306
18mo 138
24mo 37
16mo 1
map 1

Genre

History 7104
Theology 3765
Natural Philosophy 2161
Sermons 2024
Lives 1950
Fiction 1924
Philosophy and Morality 1865
Belles Lettres 1554
Poetry 1502
Travel 1427
Medicine 1255
Periodicals 1126
Education 1052
Politics, Society and Political Economy 813
Law 667
Drama 626
Mathematics 504
Reference Works 487
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 261
Fine Arts 107

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