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Library

Leighton Library 1006
Advocates Library 847
Royal High School of Edinburgh 274
Orkney Library 243
Chambers' Circulating Library 204
Selkirk Library 192
Haddington Library 103
Aberdeen Theological Library 68
Glasgow University Library 53
St Andrews University Library 38
Edinburgh University Library 29
Innerpeffray Library 5
Hunterian Museum Library 2

Borrower title

Mr 1021
Reverend Mr 696
Dr 265
Reverend Dr 253
Mrs 144
Sir 120
Lady 70
Professor 53
Reverend 4

Borrower gender

Male 2850
Female 214

Borrower occupation

Arts and Letters 3064
Author 3064
Religion and Clergy 1270
Minister/Priest 1230
Law 1034
Advocate 848
Church of Scotland 819
Education 438
Sheriff 387
Presbyterian Seceder 374
University Professor 367
Poet 208
Politics/Office Holders 156
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 137
Clerk of Session 124
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 68
Lord Advocate 63
Independent Means 62
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 62
Baron of the Exchequer 61
Lord Provost/Provost 61
Medicine and Health 60
Banker 54
Customs Collector 53
Physician 50
University Student 49
Surveyor 42
Lay Preacher 36
Tutor 36
Episcopalian 35
Barrister 32
Bishop 24
Merchants/Traders 14
Writer to the Signet (WS) 12
Miscellaneous 11
School Master/Dominie 11
Widow 11
Surgeon 10
Agricultural 6
Farmer 6
Advocate Depute 4
Elder 4
Writer/Procurator 4
Solicitor-General 2
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 1
Notaries/Clerks 1
Unknown denomination 1

Author

Sir Walter Scott 45
Sir John Sinclair 37
William Robertson 33
David Hume 30
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 24
Hugh Blair 20
George Campbell 19
Charles Rollin 16
Thomas Reid 16
Henry Home Lord Kames 15
Virgil 15
Mrs Elizabeth Inchbald 14
Simon Patrick Bishop of Ely 14
Dr John Moore 13
Dugald Stewart 13
Gilbert Burnet 13
Maria Edgeworth 13
William Paley 13
James Beattie 12
James Macpherson 12
Terence 12
Claude Fleury 11
Edward Gibbon 11
Elizabeth Hamilton 11
Cornelius Tacitus 10
Dr Samuel Johnson 10
John Spottiswood 10
John Strype 10
Tobias George Smollett 10
William Guthrie 10
Claude Étienne Savary 9
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 9
Malcolm Laing 9
Richard Hurd 9
Voltaire 9
William Warburton 9
Vicesimus Knox 8
John Knox 8
John Millar 8
Marcus Tullius Cicero 8
Mary Russell Mitford 8
Mungo Park 8
William Coxe 8
William Russell 8
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 7
George Chalmers 7
Henry Mackenzie 7
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 7
John Banim 7
John Campbell 7
John Leland 7
Michael Banim 7
Robert Burns 7
Robert Lowth 7
Royal Society of Edinburgh 7
Thomas Stackhouse 7
William Hayley 7
Adam Smith 6
Benjamin Hoadly 6
Charles de Brosses 6
Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton 6
Frederick II King of Prussia 6
James Boswell 6
James Macknight 6
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 6
Jeremiah Seed 6
John Owen 6
John Pinkerton 6
Joseph Addison 6
Marie Huber 6
Oliver Goldsmith 6
Plutarch 6
Richard Price 6
Robert Henry 6
Robert Leighton 6
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 6
Sir Ralph Sadler 6
Thomas Innes 6
Thomas Percival 6
Adam Ferguson 5
Arthur Edmondston 5
Christian Isobel Johnstone 5
Conyers Middleton 5
Daniel Defoe 5
Daniel Neal 5
Edward Daniel Clarke 5
Frances Burney 5
Henry Fielding 5
Hugo Arnot 5
Jacques Saurin 5
James Sibbald 5
Jane Austen 5
Jeremy Taylor 5
John Barclay 5
John Bell 5
John Erskine 5
John Jamieson 5
John Milton 5
Marquise de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné 5
Noël Antoine Pluche 5

ESTC

T132173 36
N6642 32
T131829 17
T139858 16
N37302 13
T213203 13
T143711 11
T71143 10
T78971 10
T109176 9
T146458 9
T76630 9
T81133 9
T139433 8
T78145 8
T78357 8
T82469 8
R12446 7
T139262 7
T145935 7
T147628 7
T77430 7
N504610 6
R21737 6
T101038 6
T101785 6
T102263 6
T103843 6
T109117 6
T116181 6
T136145 6
T145750 6
T214226 6
T53216 6
N16395 5
N433 5
N472050 5
N7729 5
T111092 5
T12194 5
T123769 5
T133485 5
T134280 5
T135383 5
T145494 5
T146374 5
T57374 5
N13836 4
N2790 4
N315 4
N3983 4
R15423 4
T101178 4
T102228 4
T117422 4
T12217 4
T130058 4
T130346 4
T131057 4
T132187 4
T134275 4
T137759 4
T140321 4
T142244 4
T143430 4
T146057 4
T151990 4
T154479 4
T27951 4
T77047 4
T80551 4
T88727 4
T96668 4
T97900 4
T99654 4
N12562 3
N22205 3
N25927 3
N26028 3
N26224 3
N27885 3
N42798 3
N4322 3
N64639 3
N7970 3
P1945 3
R15391 3
R17108 3
R216646 3
R230717 3
R3621 3
R36341 3
T105415 3
T106302 3
T115304 3
T117864 3
T121562 3
T127048 3
T127481 3
T129762 3

Book language

English 2276
Latin 289
French 177
Greek 34
Italian 24
Hebrew 6
German 5
Spanish 4
Scots 3
Arabic 2
Gaelic 2
Aramaic 1
Icelandic 1
Russian 1
Syrian 1
Various 1
Welsh 1

Book place of publication

London 1672
Edinburgh 546
Paris 126
Amsterdam 46
Oxford 37
Glasgow 33
Leiden 29
Geneva 26
Dublin 23
The Hague 21
Cambridge 19
Lyon 17
Basel 16
Venice 16
Frankfurt am Main 13
Brussels 11
Leipzig 11
Neuchâtel 9
Copenhagen 8
Perth 7
Bath 6
Warrington 6
Florence 5
Utrecht 5
York 4
Birmingham 3
Halle 3
Kehl 3
Kelso 3
Nuremberg 3
St Petersburg 3
Aberdeen 2
Aldershot 2
Antwerp 2
Berlin 2
Chester 2
Cologne 2
Dundee 2
Frankfurt 2
Hamburg 2
Liverpool 2
Louvain 2
New York 2
Philadelphia 2
Rotterdam 2
Rouen 2
Altdorf 1
Altona 1
Amberg 1
Anvers 1
Bergamo 1
Bologna 1
Burgos 1
Caen 1
Chambéry 1
Chichester 1
Chiswick 1
Cordoba 1
Delft 1
Douai 1
Erlangen 1
Frankfurt an der Oder 1
Giessen 1
Gloucester 1
Göttingen 1
Hafod 1
Hague 1
Hanover 1
Hawick 1
Ingolstadt 1
Königsberg 1
La Rochelle 1
Lausanne 1
Leith 1
Liège 1
Luxembourg 1
Madrid 1
Mainz 1
Marseille 1
Milan 1
Naples 1
Newcastle 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 1
Norwich 1
Osnabrück 1
Padua 1
Paisley 1
Pisa 1
Preston 1
Pwllpeiran 1
Rome 1
S. I. 1
Southwark 1
Strasbourg 1
Turin 1
Uppsala 1
Wittenberg 1
Zierizee 1
Zurich 1
i.e. Aberdeen? 1

Book format

8vo 1308
4to 574
12mo 426
folio 338
18mo 22
16mo 3
24mo 1

Genre

History 638
Theology 339
Fiction 286
Lives 276
Travel 272
Belles Lettres 190
Poetry 176
Periodicals 161
Politics, Society and Political Economy 159
Law 148
Philosophy and Morality 132
Sermons 90
Natural Philosophy 82
Reference Works 82
Drama 58
Education 49
Medicine 44
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 40
Fine Arts 14
Mathematics 7
Miscellaneous/Other 1

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