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Library

Selkirk Library 1730
Royal High School of Edinburgh 1620
Leighton Library 1422
Westerkirk 1211
Advocates Library 949
Edinburgh University Library 731
Aberdeen Theological Library 463
St Andrews University Library 438
Glasgow University Library 417
Wigtown Subscription Library 222
Innerpeffray Library 215
Orkney Library 150
Haddington Library 131
Craigston Castle Library 52
Chambers' Circulating Library 25
Dumfries Presbytery Library 14
Hunterian Museum Library 9

Borrower title

Mr 2638
Reverend Mr 909
Dr 134
Lieutenant 125
Captain 118
Sir 117
Mrs 109
Miss 59
Reverend 55
Reverend Dr 28
Colonel 10
Midshipman 10
Professor 10
Corporal 9
Sous Lieutenant 9
Adjudant Major 8
Rev. 8
Right Honourable 8
Major 7
Lady 5
Principal 5
Prof. 5
Brigadier General 4
Rev. Mr 4
Provost 3
Sous-Lieutenant 3
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Bishop 1
Ensign 1

Borrower gender

Male 9604
Female 190
Unknown 8
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 3655
University Student 1678
School Child 1603
Law 1146
Religion and Clergy 896
Advocate 883
Minister/Priest 864
Church of Scotland 724
Military 452
Prisoner of War 412
University Professor 365
Independent Means 318
Arts and Letters 315
Author 294
Agricultural 281
Tenant 221
Sheriff 204
Medicine and Health 197
Surgeon 191
Farmer 185
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 184
Writer/Procurator 152
Politics/Office Holders 144
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 141
Gentleman 134
Presbyterian Seceder 127
Notaries/Clerks 102
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 95
MP (Britain) 95
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 88
Dean of Faculty 78
Construction 53
Merchants/Traders 53
School Master/Dominie 47
Tanner/Currier 43
Advocate Depute 42
Architect 39
Banker 31
Clerk of Session 28
Navy 28
Judge 26
Teacher 26
Lay Preacher 25
Army 24
Factor/Agent 23
Clerks 22
Baillie 21
Baron of the Exchequer 20
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 19
Mason/Miller 19
Barrister 18
Lord President 16
Chaplain 15
Engineer 14
Lord Advocate 14
Retailer/Shopkeeper 14
Customs Collector 13
Poet 13
Writer to the Signet (WS) 13
Land Manager/Factor 12
Lord Provost/Provost 9
Print and Book Trade 9
Printers 9
Librarian 8
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Mariner 7
Miscellaneous 7
Service Provision and Hospitality 7
Solicitor-General 7
Tutor 7
Wife/Spouse 6
Curator 5
Physician 5
Surveyor 5
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 5
Unknown denomination 5
Accountant 4
Officer 3
Privateer 3
Provost 3
Watchmaker 3
Brewer 2
Distiller 2
Dyer 2
Elder 2
Episcopalian 2
Grocer 2
Lord Justice Clerk 2
Painter/Limner 2
Ships Captain 2
Ships Owner 2
Tax Collector 2
Advocate’s Clerk 1
Bishop 1
Booksellers 1
Clerk 1
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Gardener 1
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 1

Author

Robert Henry 475
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Hugh Blair 293
James Cook 293
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney 205
Edward Gibbon 183
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 179
Dr Samuel Johnson 169
Thomas Reid 157
William Russell 153
Claude Étienne Savary 133
Henry Swinburne 133
William Coxe 122
John Bell 120
John Gillies 118
Baron François Tott 117
Henry Home Lord Kames 111
Ambrose Serle 110
Charlotte Turner Smith 99
Vicesimus Knox 98
James Boswell 98
Anders Sparrman 97
Richard Cumberland 91
Isabelle de Montolieu 83
Benjamin Bell 82
Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Henry Mackenzie 77
Tobias George Smollett 74
Friedrich Trenck Freiherr von der 73
Samuel Ancell 72
Elizabeth Keir 68
John Macgowan 68
Mrs Anna Maria Bennett 67
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 64
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 60
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 56
Voltaire 55
James Beattie 53
William Cullen 52
George Keate 49
Nathaniel Lardner 49
Alexander Shanks 47
Charles Johnstone 45
Sophia Lee 45
Hugo Arnot 43
John Hunter 43
Robert Burns 43
Jakob von Staehlin 38
William Paley 37
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 34
Joseph Towers 33
Thomas Percival 33
Colonel William Fullarton 32
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 31
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 31
Joseph White 30
William Robertson 29
Alexander Cunningham 28
Hester Lynch Piozzi 28
Richard Hurd 28
Andrew Fyfe 27
Jean-Baptiste Grosier 27
Elizabeth Blower 26
Gilbert Stuart 26
Andrew M'Donald 25
Anna Maria Mackenzie 25
William Thomson 25
John Millar 24
Torquato Tasso 24
William Hayley 24
Bielby Porteus 23
William Rutherford 20
David Hume 19
Elizabeth Helme 19
Jean Louis De Lolme 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
John Knox 18
Sir Richard Steele 18
Adam Smith 17
Joseph Addison 17
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 16
William Richardson 16
Francesco Saverio Clavigero 15
Francis Bacon 15
Lindley Murray 15
Louis de Chénier 15
Robert Watson 15
Thomas Sheridan 15
Robert Lowth 14
Samuel Stanhope Smith 14
William Dalgliesh 13
William Marshall 13
Alexander Jardine 12
Torbern Bergman 12
William Beckford 12
William Gilpin 12
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 11
Andrew Becket 11
George Anne Bellamy 11
John Aikin 11

Book Work

New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World 506
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 502
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 475
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 288
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 244
Encyclopaedia Britannica 222
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
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 183
History of Modern Europe 153
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 128
New Annual Register 126
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 122
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 120
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 118
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Works of Samuel Johnson 115
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 113
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary] 108
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
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle 99
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 98
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 97
Sketches of the History of Man 90
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 89
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel 83
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell] 82
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 74
Horae Solitariae 73
Life of Baron Frederic Trenck 73
Lounger 70
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
Anna: or Memoirs of a Welch Heiress: Interspersed with Anecdotes of a Nabob 67
Don Quixote 64
Essays Moral and Literary 60
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 55
Evidences of the Christian Religion; Briefly and Plainly Stated 53
First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh 52
Account of the Pelew Islands 49
Journal of the Late and Important Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar 49
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 49
Works of Nathaniel Lardner 49
Salvation Through the Grace of our Saviour Displayed 47
Essays on the Active Powers of Man 46
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea 45
Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times 45
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [Robert Burns] 43
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great 38
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters 38
Christian Remembrancer 37
Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 37
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland 36
History of Miss Greville 36
Cabinet des Fées 34
Memoirs of the Life and Reign of Frederick the Third, King of Prussia 33
Works of Voltaire 33
Beauties of Genlis; Being a Select Collection, of the Most Beautiful Tales and Other Striking Extracts 32
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson] 32
Interesting Memoirs 32
View of the English Interests in India 32
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 31
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
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province 29
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques 29
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham] 28
Nightcap 28
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life 27
General Description of China 27
System of Anatomy and Physiology, with the Comparative Anatomy of Animals 27
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 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
Gamesters: A Novel 25
History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 25
Independent: A Novel 25
Sermons Preached at Lincoln's-Inn, Between the Years 1765 and 1776 25
Treatise on the Venereal Disease [John Hunter] 25
Historical View of the English Government, from the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Accession of the House of Stewart 24
Jerusalem Delivered 24
Journal of the Siege of Gibraltar 23
Sermons on Several Subjects [Beilby Porteus] 23
Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire 22
Elements of Criticism 21
Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia 21
Moral and Literary Dissertations 21
Travels in the Two Sicilies 20
View of Antient History 20
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar 19
Constitution of England, Or An Account of the English Government 19
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London 19
Sermons on Public Occasions [Richard Watson] 19

Book language

English 9283
French 405
Latin 73
German 18
Italian 16
Spanish 8
Greek 3
Gaelic 1
Icelandic 1
Russian 1

Book place of publication

London 7228
Edinburgh 1798
Paris 290
Cambridge 151
Perth 144
Geneva 36
Kehl 34
Warrington 33
Dublin 28
Liverpool 23
Berlin 22
Leipzig 18
York 17
Birmingham 15
Stockholm 10
Oxford 9
Madrid 8
Copenhagen 7
Göttingen 7
Venice 7
Glasgow 6
Strasbourg 6
Bath 5
Exeter 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
The Hague 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Leiden 4
Mannheim 4
Naples 4
Philadelphia 4
Winchester 4
Amsterdam 3
Calcutta 3
Neuchâtel 3
Reading 3
Zweibrücken 3
Dresden 2
Gotha 2
Lille 2
Liège 2
Salisbury 2
Siena 2
Vienna 2
Aberdeen 1
Bern 1
Caen 1
Canterbury 1
Chambéry 1
Greifswald 1
Halle 1
Heidelberg 1
Holland 1
Jena 1
Kilmarnock 1
Lichfield 1
Pisa 1
Prague 1
Rome 1
Rouen 1
St Petersburg 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
Warsaw 1
Warwick 1
Zurich 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 6268
4to 1750
12mo 1176
folio 593
16mo 3
18mo 2
score 1

Genre

Travel 2053
Periodicals 1424
History 1389
Theology 974
Fiction 932
Sermons 764
Belles Lettres 573
Lives 428
Medicine 377
Natural Philosophy 330
Philosophy and Morality 330
Politics, Society and Political Economy 296
Reference Works 256
Poetry 159
Law 157
Education 119
Drama 68
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 64
Mathematics 29
Fine Arts 27

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