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Library

St Andrews University Library 1713
Glasgow University Library 1472
Royal High School of Edinburgh 730
Haddington Library 571
Edinburgh University Library 466
Advocates Library 321
Selkirk Library 288
Innerpeffray Library 253
Dumfries Presbytery Library 225
Leighton Library 107
Aberdeen Theological Library 101
Craigston Castle Library 18
Hunterian Museum Library 17
Orkney Library 17
Westerkirk 14
Wigtown Subscription Library 7
Chambers' Circulating Library 1
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 560
Reverend Mr 100
Dr 91
Professor 85
Reverend 45
Captain 42
Sir 42
Lieutenant 22
Principal 11
Mrs 9
Sous Lieutenant 7
Miss 5
Midshipman 3
Prof. 3
Reverend Dr 3
Lady 2
Colonel 1
Major 1
Rev. 1

Borrower gender

Male 6271
Female 37
Unknown 8
Unclear 1

Borrower occupation

Education 4492
University Student 3182
University Professor 742
School Child 716
Religion and Clergy 539
Minister/Priest 514
Church of Scotland 479
Law 364
Advocate 341
Military 132
Prisoner of War 115
Arts and Letters 114
Independent Means 87
Sheriff 87
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 83
Author 82
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 66
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 55
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 51
Medicine and Health 50
Chaplain 49
Merchants/Traders 47
Surgeon 44
Politics/Office Holders 43
Agricultural 41
Print and Book Trade 40
Printers 39
Tenant 33
Gentleman 32
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Farmer 26
MP (Britain) 24
Librarian 23
School Master/Dominie 20
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Dean of Faculty 17
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Writer/Procurator 14
Clerk 13
Glover 13
Retailer/Shopkeeper 12
Domestic Service 11
Indoor Servants 11
Clerk of Session 10
Judge 10
Army 9
Lord President 9
Advocate Depute 8
Notaries/Clerks 8
Tanner/Currier 8
Curator 7
Customs Collector 7
Lord Advocate 7
Navy 7
Watchmaker 7
Clerks 6
Lay Preacher 6
Physician 6
Poet 6
Provost 6
Writer to the Signet (WS) 6
Advocate’s Clerk 5
Barrister 5
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 5
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 5
Baron of the Exchequer 4
Accountant 3
Miscellaneous 3
Officer 3
Service Provision and Hospitality 3
Surveyor 3
Tax Collector 3
Brewer 2
Glazier 2
Mason/Miller 2
Wife/Spouse 2
Banker 1
Bookbinder 1
Booksellers 1
Cooper 1
Episcopalian 1
Gardener 1
Grocer 1
Mariner 1
Privateer 1
Publishers 1
Smiths/Metal Workers 1
Solicitor-General 1
Supporting Activities 1
Tutor 1
Widow 1

Author

Charles Rollin 1973
John Campbell 330
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 254
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
John Locke 101
Conyers Middleton 96
Isaac Watts 84
John Nicholl 84
Sampson Letsome 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Horace 68
Francis Bacon 67
Francis Hutcheson 63
Henry Grove 59
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 58
David Hume 56
Elizabeth Singer Rowe 55
Jacques Saurin 53
Livy 53
Henry Fielding 52
Nathaniel Lardner 52
Ephraim Chambers 48
Philip Doddridge 46
Isaac Barrow 44
Andrew Baxter 43
William King 42
Stephen Hales 41
Friedrich Hoffmann 40
Nicholas Saunderson 39
James Blair 38
Thomas Rowe 37
Arthur Ashley Sykes 35
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai 35
Samuel Richardson 35
John Leland 34
M. l’abbé Antoine Banier 33
Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome 33
Noël Antoine Pluche 33
George Martine 31
Matthew Bacon 30
Robert South 30
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Joseph Butler 28
David Mallet 27
George Turnbull 27
William Warburton 27
Charles Viner 26
James Anderson 25
Thomas Morgan 25
Colin MacLaurin 24
Elizabeth Carter 23
Epictetus 23
Jean Astruc 23
Francis Peck 22
William Hawkins 22
John Potter 20
Sir Isaac Newton 19
Herman Boerhaave 18
Richard Brookes 18
Lorenz Heister 17
Pierre Bayle 17
Samuel Butler 17
Frederik Ruysch 16
John Chapman 16
Thomas Stackhouse 16
Bernard Forest de Belidor 15
John Mair 15
Homer 14
Marquis d' Argens 14
Colley Cibber 13
François Viger 12
Freiherr von Christian Wolff 12
Joseph Grove 12
Albertus Seba 11
Roger Long 11
Sir William Temple 11
Walter Jones 11
Antonio Francesco Gori 10
Archibald Campbell 10
Isaac de Beausobre 10
James Fraser 10
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 9
Alexander Pope 9
Daniel Whitby 9
Humphry Ditton 9
Jacques Cassini 9
Johann Jakob Dillenius 9
Le Fèvre de Morsan 9
Lysias 9
Philo of Alexandria 9
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur 9
Samuel Chandler 9
Sir Robert Sibbald 9
Duncan Stewart M. A. 8
John Major 8
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont 8
Ludovico Antonio Muratori 8
Richard Rogers 8
Xenophon of Athens 8
Imperatorska︠i︡a akademī︠i︡a nauk (Russia) 7

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 1111
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 806
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 329
History of England [Paul Rapin de Thoyras] 254
Scots Magazine 185
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 119
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Works of John Locke 101
Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion [Collection] 84
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero 83
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 71
Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace 67
Works of Francis Bacon 67
Improvement of the Mind: or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick 61
Sermons [Henry Grove] 59
Sermons and Tracts: Being the Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Mr Henry Grove 59
Works of Henry Grove of Taunton 59
Vie de Marianne 58
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres 54
Discours Historiques, Critiques, Théologiques, et Moraux, sur les Événemens les plus Mémorables du Vieux, et du Nouveau Testament 53
History of Rome [Livy] 53
Memoirs of the Royal Society; Being a New Abridgement of the Philosophical Transactions 53
Credibility of the Gospel History 52
Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections 52
History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr Abraham Adams 52
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences 48
Family Expositor 46
Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow 44
Matho: or, the Cosmotheoria Puerilis, A Dialogue 43
Essay on the Origin of Evil 42
Elements of Algebra [Nicholas Saunderson] 39
History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the Present Time 39
Opera Omnia Physico-Medica [Friderich Hoffmann] 38
Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount 38
Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Mrs Elizabeth Rowe 37
Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded 35
Adventures of Telemachus 34
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius 33
Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History 33
Principles and Connexion of Natural and Revealed Religion Distinctly Considered 33
Answer to a Book Intituled, Christianity as Old as the Creation 30
Essays, Moral and Political 30
New Abridgment of the Law 30
Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions [Robert South] 30
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature 28
Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist 27
Life of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England 27
Nature Delineated: being Philosophical Conversations 27
Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy [George Turnbull] 27
Essays Medical and Philosophical [George Martine] 26
General Abridgment of Law and Equity 26
Treatise of Human Nature 26
Works of Horace 26
Diplomata Scoticae 25
Moral Philosopher [Thomas Morgan] 25
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Statics; Or, An Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables 25
Treatise of Fluxions [Colin Maclaurin] 24
De Morbis Venereis Libri Novem 23
Doctrine of the Passions Explain'd and Improv'd 23
Works of Epictetus 23
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece 20
Art of Angling, Rock and Sea-Fishing: with the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea-Fish 18
Bibliothèque Raisonnée des Ouvrages des Savans de l'Europe 18
Friendship in Death: in Twenty Letters from the Dead to the Living: to which are added, Letters Moral and Entertaining, in Prose and Verse 18
Compendium Anatomicum [Lorenz Heister] 17
Historical and Critical Dictionary 17
Hudibras 17
New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as Well as Practice of a Christian 17
Eusebius: Or, the True Christian's Defence Against a Late Book Entitul'd the Moral Philosopher 16
New History of the Holy Bible 16
Opera Omnia Anatomico-Medico-Chirurgica 16
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica 16
Philosophical Experiments [Stephen Hales] 16
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown 16
Architecture Hydraulique 15
Book-Keeping Methodiz'd: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts 15
Memoirs of the Life and Actions of Oliver Cromwell 15
Jewish Letters: or, A Correspondence Philosophical, Historical and Critical, Betwixt a Jew and his Correspondents, in Different Parts 14
Odyssey 14
Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber 13
Letter from Rome Shewing an Exact Conformity between Popery and Paganism 13
Nova Acta Eruditorum 13
Praelectiones Academicae [Herman Boerhaave] 13
Biographia Classica: The Lives and Characters of All the Classic Authors 12
History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey 12
London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer 12
Praecipuis Graecae Dictionis Idiotismis et Particulis 12
Astronomy, in Five Books [Roger Long] 11
Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium 11
Seventeen Sermons upon Several Subjects [Walter Jones] 11
Works of Sir William Temple 11
Histoire Critique de Manichée et du Manicheïsme 10
History of Nadir Shah, formerly called Thamas Kuli Khan, the Present Emperor of Persia. To which is Prefix'd A Short History of the Moghol Emperors 10
Collection of Several Treatises in Folio, concerning Scotland, as it was of Old 9
Des Moeurs et des Usages des Romains 9
Discourse concerning the Resurrection of Jesus Christ 9
Guilt of Adam's Transgression Not Imputed to his Posterity 9
Historia Muscorum 9

Book language

English 5397
Latin 578
French 455
Greek 79
Italian 14
Spanish 2

Book place of publication

London 5007
Edinburgh 324
Paris 298
Amsterdam 123
Cambridge 113
The Hague 104
Geneva 57
Glasgow 48
Leipzig 34
Leiden 30
Aldershot 26
Venice 25
Nuremberg 17
Göttingen 16
Oxford 15
Newcastle upon Tyne 14
Florence 12
Halle 11
St Petersburg 10
Frankfurt 9
Dublin 8
Frankfurt am Main 8
Milan 8
Helmstedt 6
Lausanne 6
Berlin 5
Cologne 4
Dresden 4
Rotterdam 4
Basel 3
Boston, MA 3
Uppsala 3
Bologna 2
Hamburg 2
Rome 2
Strasbourg 2
Copenhagen 1
Jena 1
Madrid 1
Sheffield 1
Stockholm 1
Zurich 1

Book format

8vo 3798
4to 891
folio 791
12mo 741

Genre

History 2977
Theology 766
Lives 621
Periodicals 607
Philosophy and Morality 518
Natural Philosophy 463
Fiction 245
Belles Lettres 241
Sermons 235
Medicine 209
Poetry 192
Law 141
Reference Works 98
Mathematics 91
Politics, Society and Political Economy 90
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 62
Education 21
Travel 17
Fine Arts 13
Drama 2

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