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Library

St Andrews University Library 2931
Glasgow University Library 2535
Royal High School of Edinburgh 2218
Edinburgh University Library 2095
Selkirk Library 826
Advocates Library 734
Innerpeffray Library 525
Dumfries Presbytery Library 500
Leighton Library 495
Haddington Library 397
Westerkirk 357
Aberdeen Theological Library 280
Craigston Castle Library 108
Orkney Library 63
Hunterian Museum Library 28
Wigtown Subscription Library 24
Chambers' Circulating Library 3
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 1576
Reverend Mr 410
Dr 188
Reverend 106
Professor 84
Sir 70
Captain 62
Lieutenant 55
Mrs 48
Principal 39
Miss 30
Reverend Dr 14
Major 12
Colonel 8
Lady 6
Sous Lieutenant 5
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Brigadier General 4
Corporal 4
Ms 3
Midshipman 2
Prof. 2
Rev. 2
Bishop 1
Lord 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 13971
Female 121
Unknown 25
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 10043
University Student 6591
School Child 2187
University Professor 1534
Religion and Clergy 1496
Minister/Priest 1446
Church of Scotland 1364
Law 831
Advocate 756
Military 237
Arts and Letters 214
Independent Means 186
Prisoner of War 185
Agricultural 160
Author 157
Medicine and Health 154
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 147
Sheriff 144
Chaplain 142
Tenant 136
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 133
Surgeon 121
Farmer 111
Politics/Office Holders 93
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 92
Merchants/Traders 76
Dean of Faculty 69
Print and Book Trade 66
Printers 65
MP (Britain) 63
Domestic Service 61
Indoor Servants 61
School Master/Dominie 57
Gentleman 53
Presbyterian Seceder 53
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 51
Librarian 41
Physician 36
Army 34
Writer/Procurator 34
Notaries/Clerks 31
Teacher 31
Judge 27
Service Provision and Hospitality 27
Lay Preacher 25
Lord President 25
Clerk of Session 24
Lord Advocate 21
Advocate Depute 19
Episcopalian 19
Writer to the Signet (WS) 18
Advocate’s Clerk 15
Clerks 15
Miscellaneous 14
Curator 13
Navy 13
Provost 13
Officer 12
Baron of the Exchequer 10
Dyer 10
Factor/Agent 10
Grocer 10
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 10
Poet 10
Retailer/Shopkeeper 10
Banker 9
Barrister 9
Brewer 9
Clerk 9
Baillie 8
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 8
Solicitor-General 8
Customs Collector 7
Mason/Miller 7
Tanner/Currier 7
Tax Collector 7
Widow 7
Wife/Spouse 7
Construction 6
Engineer 6
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 5
Watchmaker 5
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 4
Accountant 3
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Gardener 2
Lord Provost/Provost 2
Publishers 2
Tutor 2
Active Service/Soldiers 1
Booksellers 1
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Glover 1
Land Manager/Factor 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1
Magistrate 1
Mariner 1
Mill Owner 1
Secretary of State 1
Ships Owner 1

Author

William Robertson 408
Francis Hutcheson 364
David Hume 324
Joseph Addison 268
Sir Richard Steele 268
Charles Rollin 221
Samuel Richardson 206
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 203
Alexander Pope 197
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Robert Traill 148
Homer 123
John Leland 122
Plutarch 118
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Adam Smith 108
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 100
Samuel Clarke 100
Denis Diderot 95
Philip Doddridge 91
Eliza Fowler Haywood 86
Jonathan Swift 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 83
Thomas Sherlock 83
John Ward 82
Benjamin Gooch 81
Nathaniel Hooke 81
John Huxham 80
Sir William Temple 79
Donald Monro 78
John Campbell 78
Voltaire 74
William Cheselden 74
Archibald Bower 70
Jacques Saurin 69
Nathaniel Lardner 69
Baron Albrecht von Haller 68
Matthew Henry 63
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
James Hervey 60
James Ferguson 59
Caspar Neumann 55
Ferdinando Warner 54
Euclid 53
Ebenezer Gilchrist 52
Francis Home 51
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 50
Mrs Elizabeth Montagu 50
Edmund Burke 48
Edward Burt 47
Malcolm Flemyng 47
William Melmoth 47
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 46
William Warburton 46
Percivall Pott 45
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 44
Linnaeus 42
David Moysie 41
Ben Jonson 40
William Burkitt 40
Pietro Metastasio 39
Samuel Chandler 39
Anton de Haen 37
Henry Grove 36
James Burgh 36
John Rowning 36
Thomas Blackwell 35
Thomas Burnet 35
Thomas Shaw 35
James Barclay 34
Charles Johnstone 33
John Mair 33
William Burke 33
Dr Samuel Johnson 32
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 32
Johannes de Gorter 30
Matthew Bacon 30
Alexander Gordon 29
Aulay Macaulay 29
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Abbé Prévost 28
Demosthenes 28
Edward Kimber 28
John Jortin 28
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 27
Antonio de Ulloa 27
Arrigo Caterino Davila 27
John Conybeare 27
Jorge Juan 27
John Sharp 26
Joseph Warner 26
Monsieur J. de Blainville 26
Polybius 26
Robert Dossie 26
Walter Harte 26
William Emerson 26
Daniel Neal 25
Johann Zacharias Platner 25

Book Work

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations 1812
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 848
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 546
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 408
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson] 364
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time 358
History of England [David Hume] 244
Spectator 229
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 220
History of Sir Charles Grandison 204
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 203
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Works of Alexander Pope 196
Scots Magazine 185
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 170
Works of the Late Reverend Robert Traill 148
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland 126
View of the Principal Deistical Writers 122
Lives [Plutarch] 118
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
Theory of Moral Sentiments 108
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Family Expositor 91
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Invisible Spy 83
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 83
System of Oratory 82
Works of Jonathan Swift 82
Cases and Practical Remarks in Surgery 81
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects 80
Modern Part of the Universal History 80
Works of Sir William Temple 79
Essay on the Dropsy and its Different Species 78
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 76
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [Samuel Clarke] 75
Anatomy of the Human Body [William Cheselden] 74
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 70
Credibility of the Gospel History 69
Sermons sur Divers Textes de l'Écriture Sainte 69
Iliad 68
Exposition of the Old and New Testaments 63
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Theron and Aspasio: or, A Series of Dialogues and Letters 59
Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann 55
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani [Albrecht von Haller] 54
System of Divinity and Morality 54
Elements of Geometry [Euclid] 53
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat 53
Discourses Preached on Several Occasions [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Odyssey 52
Philosophical Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 52
Use of Sea Voyages in Medicine 52
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles 50
Dialogues of the Dead 50
Introduction to Physiology, being A Course of Lectures upon the most Important Parts of the Animal Oeconomy 47
Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London 47
Dissertations on the Prophecies, Which have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, and at this Time are Fulfilling in the World 46
Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects 46
Essay on Universal History 44
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 44
Treatise on Ruptures 44
Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland [David Moysie] 41
Expository Notes, with Practical Observations, on the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 40
Works of Ben Jonson 40
Guardian 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Sermons on the Following Subjects [Samuel Chandler] 39
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Compendious System of Natural Philosophy 36
Dignity of Human Nature. Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence 36
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove] 36
Sacred Theory of the Earth [Thomas Burnet] 35
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant 35
Account of the European Settlements in America 33
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea 33
Medical Facts and Experiments 33
Greek Rudiments 32
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon 32
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus 32
Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 31
Book-Keeping Methodiz'd: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts 30
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Medicina Hippocratica exponens Aphorismos Hippocratis 30
New Abridgment of the Law 30
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia 29
Histoire Générale des Voyages 28
Juvenile Adventures of David Ranger 28
Dictionary of the English Language 27
History of the Civil Wars of France 27
Sermons by John Conybeare 27
Voyage to South America 27
Cases in Surgery, with Introductions, Operations, and Remarks 26
Histories [Polybius] 26
History of the Life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden 26
Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Other Parts of Europe; but especially Italy 26

Book language

English 12258
French 1243
Latin 588
Italian 131
Greek 69
Hebrew 10

Book place of publication

London 9820
Edinburgh 1948
Paris 776
Glasgow 482
The Hague 131
Neuchâtel 95
Amsterdam 74
Dublin 71
Leipzig 70
Lausanne 69
Berlin 63
Geneva 63
Oxford 61
Vienna 49
Leiden 48
Göttingen 43
Aberdeen 38
Stockholm 36
Lyon 35
Cambridge 34
Frankfurt am Main 29
Venice 23
Copenhagen 11
Dresden 11
Florence 9
Manchester 9
Twickenham 8
Montpellier 7
Utrecht 7
Bologna 6
Jena 6
Pézenas 6
Halle 5
Rome 5
i.e. Aberdeen? 5
Berwick 4
St Petersburg 4
Boston, MA 3
Breslau 3
Naples 3
Wroclaw 3
Zurich 3
Besançon 2
Harlem 2
Lille 2
i.e. Edinburgh? 2
unknown 2
Amsterdam? 1
Anvers 1
Avignon 1
Bern 1
Colmar 1
Leeds 1
Lindau 1
Madrid 1
Mannheim 1
Padua 1
Pekin 1
Strasbourg 1
Turin 1
Tübingen 1

Book format

8vo 6671
12mo 3539
4to 2944
folio 817

Genre

History 3148
Travel 2170
Periodicals 1732
Philosophy and Morality 1042
Medicine 1039
Lives 983
Natural Philosophy 801
Theology 795
Sermons 708
Poetry 590
Belles Lettres 556
Fiction 456
Education 273
Law 264
Politics, Society and Political Economy 242
Reference Works 240
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 213
Mathematics 169
Drama 130
Fine Arts 73

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