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Library

Selkirk Library 6510
Royal High School of Edinburgh 5461
Westerkirk 4798
Leighton Library 2973
Advocates Library 2649
Edinburgh University Library 1167
St Andrews University Library 1142
Aberdeen Theological Library 1082
Glasgow University Library 1006
Orkney Library 758
Wigtown Subscription Library 740
Innerpeffray Library 663
Haddington Library 467
Chambers' Circulating Library 182
Craigston Castle Library 142
Hunterian Museum Library 39
Dumfries Presbytery Library 26
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 8156
Reverend Mr 2256
Lieutenant 503
Mrs 489
Captain 418
Dr 362
Sir 238
Miss 234
Reverend 163
Reverend Dr 112
Colonel 66
Professor 52
Sous Lieutenant 44
Corporal 25
Midshipman 19
Prof. 17
Lady 16
Major 16
Rev. 15
Adjudant Major 14
Brigadier General 13
Sous-Lieutenant 13
Right Honourable 9
Rev. Mr 8
Lieutenant Colonel 7
Principal 6
Lord 4
Provost 3
Bishop 2
Ensign 2
Madame 2
Misses 2
Honourable 1
Honourable Mrs 1
Rev Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 28978
Female 796
Unknown 25
Unclear 6

Borrower occupation

Education 9978
School Child 5405
University Student 3477
Law 3277
Advocate 2491
Religion and Clergy 2350
Minister/Priest 2240
Church of Scotland 1893
Military 1757
Prisoner of War 1537
Agricultural 1061
University Professor 1051
Independent Means 1047
Tenant 874
Arts and Letters 758
Author 691
Farmer 666
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 601
Sheriff 583
Medicine and Health 529
Writer/Procurator 514
Surgeon 509
Gentleman 446
Politics/Office Holders 440
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 354
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 339
Presbyterian Seceder 296
MP (Britain) 292
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 260
Notaries/Clerks 232
Dean of Faculty 171
School Master/Dominie 161
Merchants/Traders 152
Navy 126
Tanner/Currier 122
Construction 117
Advocate Depute 115
Army 111
Clerk of Session 98
Judge 84
Lay Preacher 82
Writer to the Signet (WS) 76
Chaplain 74
Teacher 71
Banker 68
Architect 66
Mason/Miller 62
Miscellaneous 62
Lord Advocate 61
Baron of the Exchequer 51
Customs Collector 51
Barrister 49
Engineer 47
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 44
Lord Provost/Provost 43
Land Manager/Factor 41
Wife/Spouse 41
Factor/Agent 40
Poet 38
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 37
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 34
Accountant 32
Clerks 30
Print and Book Trade 30
Dyer 29
Lord President 29
Retailer/Shopkeeper 27
Baillie 26
Librarian 26
Surveyor 25
Solicitor-General 24
Service Provision and Hospitality 23
Mariner 22
Printers 22
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 21
Widow 21
Curator 19
Tutor 19
Unknown denomination 19
Episcopalian 17
Physician 17
Officer 14
Provost 11
Booksellers 10
Grocer 10
Tax Collector 10
Ships Owner 9
Watchmaker 9
Privateer 8
Publishers 8
Mill Owner 7
Brewer 6
Lord Justice Clerk 6
Messenger-at-arms 5
Ships Captain 5
Builder 4
Distiller 4
Gardener 4
Advocate’s Clerk 3
Bookbinder 3

Author

Charles Rollin 1051
William Fordyce Mavor 968
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 728
Dr John Moore 710
William Robertson 601
Robert Henry 475
Edward Gibbon 458
Hugh Blair 423
Doctor Henry Hunter 416
William Russell 361
Tobias George Smollett 347
Frances Burney 330
Sir John Sinclair 325
Charlotte Turner Smith 310
James Cook 308
William Coxe 305
David Hume 301
Ann Radcliffe 295
Dr Samuel Johnson 287
Robert Watson 283
Henry Mackenzie 228
Richard Cumberland 228
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney 208
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 208
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 205
Vicesimus Knox 186
Hugo Arnot 186
James Boswell 169
Henry Home Lord Kames 167
Henry Swinburne 161
John Gillies 161
Thomas Reid 157
Ralph Erskine 153
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 149
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 149
Mrs Anna Maria Bennett 149
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 148
Oliver Goldsmith 147
Gilbert Stuart 142
Voltaire 141
James Beattie 136
Claude Étienne Savary 133
Adam Ferguson 131
Henry Brooke 129
John Bell 122
Joseph Addison 118
Baron François Tott 117
George Campbell 116
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 114
Samuel Jackson Pratt 112
Ambrose Serle 110
Flavius Josephus 110
William Paley 109
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 105
Anders Sparrman 101
John Campbell 101
John Young 101
Sir Richard Steele 100
James Bruce 98
Geoffrey Chaucer 97
Joseph Hall 96
Benjamin Bell 94
Robert Heron 93
Reverend David Lamont 92
William Dodd 91
Adam Smith 86
Bryan Edwards 86
Donald Campbell 86
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 85
Isabelle de Montolieu 84
Joseph Townsend 84
Samuel Richardson 84
John Logan 83
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Robert Burns 80
Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Jean-François Marmontel 78
Mary Pilkington 78
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 76
Reverend Augustus Toplady 75
John Newton 74
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 73
Friedrich Trenck Freiherr von der 73
Georg Forster 73
Samuel Ancell 72
William Smellie 72
Bryce Johnston 69
Elizabeth Keir 68
Johann Georg Zimmermann 68
John Macgowan 68
John Payne 68
Robert Lowth 68
Elizabeth Hamilton 67
Mary Robinson 64
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 64
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 63
Thomas Mortimer 63
James Macpherson 62
Elizabeth Hervey 61
Sarah Harriet Burney 60

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 1051
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor] 955
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 703
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 574
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World 506
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 475
History of America [William Robertson] 454
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 423
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Statistical Account of Scotland 308
History of Modern Europe 292
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 288
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 272
History of England [David Hume] 260
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 255
Zeluco 225
Encyclopaedia Britannica 224
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 221
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 211
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 207
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785 205
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
Bell's British Theatre 183
History of England [Tobias Smollett] 180
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress 179
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 158
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
Sermons, and Other Practical Works [Ralph Erskine] 153
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 151
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 150
History of Edinburgh 150
Don Quixote 148
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 141
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 140
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 130
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 129
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic 126
New Annual Register 126
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 120
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Works of Samuel Johnson 115
Essays Moral and Literary 110
Mysteries of Udolpho 110
Sketches of the History of Man 109
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary] 108
Works of Flavius Josephus 106
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
Vicar of Wakefield 102
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 101
Sermons on Various Practical Subjects [John Young] 100
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle 99
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek 99
Ecclesiastical History [Johann Lorenz Mosheim] 98
Spectator 98
Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testament 96
Canterbury Tales 95
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 93
Sermons on the Most Prevalent Vices [David Lamont] 92
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce] 91
Lives of the English Poets 90
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 89
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies 86
Julia de Roubigné 86
Italian 85
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel 84
History of Sir Charles Grandison 84
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell] 83
Romance of the Forest 82
Sermons [John Logan] 82
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 81
Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 80
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth 80
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [Robert Burns] 80
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors 79
Delia, a Pathetic and Interesting Tale 78
Ethelinde, or The Recluse of the Lake 78
Edward 77
Elegant Epistles; or, A Copious Collection of Familiar and Amusing Letters 77
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal 77
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple] 76
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 75
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787 75
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 74
Observations Made in a Journey through the Western Counties of Scotland, in the Autumn of M.DCC.XCII 74
Horae Solitariae 73
Life of Baron Frederic Trenck 73
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World 71
Philosophy of Natural History 71
Lounger 70
Commentary on the Revelation of St John 69
History of Ancient Europe 69
Journey over Land to India 69
Incas: or, The Destruction of the Empire of Peru 68
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
New and Complete System of Universal Geography 68

Book language

English 28565
French 852
Latin 252
Italian 71
Greek 44
German 42
Spanish 22
Hebrew 13
Icelandic 5
Scots 3
Gaelic 1
Russian 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 22540
Edinburgh 5063
Paris 576
Glasgow 374
Perth 344
Dublin 251
Cambridge 178
Oxford 158
Aberdeen 71
Geneva 68
New York 68
York 68
Leipzig 55
Amsterdam 48
Bath 47
Vienna 45
Liverpool 42
Warrington 40
The Hague 36
Kehl 35
Birmingham 34
Macclesfield 33
Neuchâtel 29
Bristol 26
Berlin 25
Montrose 25
Newcastle 25
Madrid 23
Newcastle upon Tyne 18
Dumfries 17
Göttingen 17
Stirling 17
Shrewsbury 14
Stockholm 14
Liège 13
Strasbourg 13
Copenhagen 12
Paisley 11
Philadelphia 11
St Petersburg 10
Boston 9
Florence 8
Norwich 8
Venice 8
Leiden 7
Rotterdam 6
Exeter 5
Naples 5
Rome 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Burlington 4
Calcutta 4
Cork 4
Frankfurt am Main 4
Lausanne 4
Maastricht 4
Mannheim 4
Winchester 4
Altenburg 3
Grenoble 3
Halle 3
Kingston, Jamaica 3
Newark 3
Reading 3
Salisbury 3
Twickenham 3
Zweibrücken 3
Altona 2
Canterbury 2
Dessau 2
Dijon 2
Dresden 2
Eton 2
Gotha 2
Hamburg 2
Hereford 2
Jena 2
Lille 2
Liverno 2
Pisa 2
Siena 2
St Andrews 2
Strabane 2
Sudbury 2
Turin 2
Utrecht 2
Valencia 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Bern 1
Berwick 1
Bouillon 1
Caen 1
Carlisle 1
Chambéry 1
Copenhagen? 1
Derby 1
Edinburgh? 1
Gloucester 1
Greifswald 1
Heidelberg 1

Book format

8vo 17245
12mo 5929
4to 4663
18mo 1109
folio 821
16mo 55
24mo 3
unknown 2
14mo 1
score 1

Genre

History 6362
Travel 5500
Fiction 4516
Theology 2187
Periodicals 2052
Sermons 1774
Belles Lettres 1599
Natural Philosophy 1547
Lives 1470
Poetry 1111
Politics, Society and Political Economy 1083
Philosophy and Morality 854
Medicine 582
Drama 451
Education 402
Law 380
Reference Works 338
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 256
Fine Arts 84
Mathematics 54

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