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Library

St Andrews University Library 1259
Edinburgh University Library 1244
Glasgow University Library 934
Selkirk Library 731
Royal High School of Edinburgh 726
Advocates Library 546
Leighton Library 313
Innerpeffray Library 217
Westerkirk 169
Aberdeen Theological Library 95
Haddington Library 86
Craigston Castle Library 62
Wigtown Subscription Library 47
Dumfries Presbytery Library 43
Orkney Library 42
Hunterian Museum Library 23
Chambers' Circulating Library 11

Borrower title

Mr 1127
Reverend Mr 306
Dr 112
Captain 54
Sir 51
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Professor 36
Reverend 34
Mrs 26
Miss 23
Midshipman 10
Principal 8
Reverend Dr 8
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Lady 5
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Adjudant Major 1
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Right Honourable 1
Sous-Lieutenant 1

Borrower gender

Male 6469
Female 63
Unclear 5
Unknown 2

Borrower occupation

Education 4244
University Student 2931
University Professor 755
School Child 706
Law 597
Advocate 541
Religion and Clergy 492
Minister/Priest 475
Church of Scotland 447
Military 206
Prisoner of War 190
Agricultural 142
Sheriff 125
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 120
Medicine and Health 110
Tenant 109
Farmer 104
Independent Means 102
Surgeon 97
Arts and Letters 95
Author 67
Politics/Office Holders 67
Chaplain 64
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 59
Dean of Faculty 57
MP (Britain) 51
Print and Book Trade 51
Printers 51
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 45
Gentleman 43
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 36
Merchants/Traders 34
Writer/Procurator 31
Notaries/Clerks 24
School Master/Dominie 24
Presbyterian Seceder 23
Judge 19
Lord President 19
Clerk of Session 18
Advocate Depute 17
Physician 17
Lord Advocate 14
Teacher 14
Curator 13
Librarian 12
Navy 12
Retailer/Shopkeeper 11
Baillie 10
Baron of the Exchequer 10
Clerks 10
Army 9
Tanner/Currier 9
Writer to the Signet (WS) 9
Factor/Agent 7
Lay Preacher 7
Officer 7
Banker 6
Barrister 6
Miscellaneous 6
Construction 5
Provost 5
Watchmaker 5
Architect 4
Customs Collector 4
Solicitor-General 4
Clerk 3
Gardener 3
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 3
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 3
Poet 3
Publishers 3
Widow 3
Wife/Spouse 3
Accountant 2
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Dyer 2
Lord Provost/Provost 2
Mariner 2
Mason/Miller 2
Painter/Limner 2
Privateer 2
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 1
Brewer 1
Domestic Service 1
Engineer 1
Episcopalian 1
Indoor Servants 1
Land Manager/Factor 1
Mill Owner 1
Secretary of State 1
Service Provision and Hospitality 1
Tax Collector 1
Tutor 1
Unknown denomination 1
Wright 1

Author

Nathaniel Hooke 365
Robert Henry 243
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 207
Henry Brooke 174
Plutarch 163
Thomas Secker 137
Oliver Goldsmith 135
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 101
Denis Diderot 95
Alexander Monro 91
Arthur Young 91
Tobias George Smollett 90
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Giuseppe Baretti 81
David Hume 79
Charles Rollin 78
Sir John Dalrymple 74
John Jortin 73
Catherine Macaulay 72
William Guthrie 69
Cornelius Tacitus 66
John Toland 66
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 65
Henry Fielding 65
Benjamin Martin 64
Henry Mackenzie 63
John Campbell 61
Percivall Pott 57
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 52
William Hewson 48
John Gregory 47
Giovanni Paolo Marana 45
James Beattie 45
Johann Georg Zimmermann 42
Helen Williams 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Thomas Pennant 39
Anton de Haen 37
Charles Alston 37
Elizabeth Griffith 37
Henry Manning M. D. 36
James Harris 35
Pehr Osbeck 33
Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld 32
John Aikin 32
Edmund Burke 30
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 29
Charles White 29
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Junius 29
Paul François Velly 29
Abbé Prévost 28
James Burrow 28
Voltaire 28
John Aitken 27
John Huddlestone Wynne 25
Jean Astruc 24
Marquis François Barbé-Marbois 24
Samuel Chapman 24
William Northcote 23
Adam Fitz-Adam 21
Demosthenes 21
Donald Monro 20
James Oswald 20
Alexander Pope 19
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt 19
David Hunter 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Hugh Farmer 18
Baron Edward Herbert of Cherbury 17
Cristof Hermann Manstein 17
James Robertson 17
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot 16
Edward Harwood 16
James Ferguson 16
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche 15
Adam Dickson 15
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 15
John Brown 15
John Millar 15
John Belfour 14
John Bethune 14
Joseph Priestley 14
Paul Henri Mallet 14
Alexander Dow 13
John Hunter 13
Benvenuto Cellini 12
George Fordyce 12
Pierre Henri Treyssac de Vergy 12
William Aldridge 12
William Dodd 12
William Holdsworth 12
Edward Bancroft 11
George Buchanan 11
Robert Riccaltoun 11
Toby Meanwell 11
Francis Blackburne 10
John Milton 10

Book Work

Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 498
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 365
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta 207
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 174
Lives [Plutarch] 163
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker] 134
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II 97
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 90
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
History of England [David Hume] 79
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 78
De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis 78
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 74
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 72
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar 69
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Works of Tacitus 66
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 65
Philosophia Britannica 64
Man of Feeling 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
Sermons on Different Subjects [John Jortin] 61
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 52
Experimental Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood 48
Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician 47
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy 45
Anecdotes of a Convent 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
History of Lady Barton, a Novel 37
Lectures on the Materia Medica 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 37
Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism 36
Treatise on Female Diseases 36
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott 35
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar 35
Six Months Tour through the North of England 34
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck 33
Elements of Universal Erudition 31
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Cases in Surgery, with Remarks ... To which is Added, an Essay on the Ligature of Arteries 29
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV 29
Letters of Junius 29
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 29
Histoire Générale des Voyages 28
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Essays on Several Important Subjects in Surgery: Chiefly on the Nature and Cure of Fractures of the Long Bones of the Extremities 27
Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 27
Essay on National Pride 25
General History of the British Empire in America 25
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 25
Letters of the Marchioness of Pompadour 24
Modern Practice of the London Hospitals 24
Treatise on the Venereal Disease [Samuel Chapman] 24
Marine Practice of Physic and Surgery, including that in the Hot Countries 23
Account of the Method of obtaining a Perfect or Radical Cure of the Hydrocele 22
World 21
Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion 20
Letters Between an English Lady and her Friend at Paris 20
Treatise on Mineral Waters 20
Essay towards a System of Mineralogy 19
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London 19
Observations on the History of Jesus Christ 19
Works of Alexander Pope 19
Works of Voltaire 19
Dissertation on Miracles 18
Clavis Pentateuchi; sive Analysis Omnium Vocum Hebraicarum suo Ordine in Pentateucho Moseos Occurrentium 17
Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself 17
Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political, and Military, from the Year MDCC XXVII, to MDCC XIIV 17
Treatise on the Dysentery 17
Elements of General History 16
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 16
New Introduction to the Study and Knowledge of the New Testament 16
Orations of Demosthenes 16
Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms 15
General History of the Christian Church 15
Journey into Siberia 15
Treatise of Agriculture [Adam Dickson] 15
British Zoology 14
Farmer's Letters to the People of England 14
Farmer's Tour through the East of England 14
New History of Scotland 14
Northern Antiquities: or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion and Laws of the Ancient Danes 14
Essays and Dissertations on Various Subjects, Relating to Human Life and Happiness 13
History of Hindostan 13
Natural History of the Human Teeth 13
Nova Acta Eruditorum 13
State of Facts concerning the First Proposal of Performing the Paracentesis of the Thorax 13
Elements of the Practice of Physic [George Fordyce] 12

Book language

English 5649
French 623
Latin 236
Italian 48
Arabic 17
Hebrew 17
Greek 12
German 3
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 4639
Edinburgh 1011
Paris 387
Neuchâtel 95
Berlin 71
The Hague 45
Amsterdam 42
Vienna 40
Dublin 37
Chester 31
Glasgow 30
Leipzig 29
Geneva 14
Oxford 12
Aberdeen 11
Leiden 8
Philadelphia 8
Rotterdam 6
Göttingen 5
St Petersburg 5
Stockholm 5
Warrington 4
i.e. Edinburgh? 4
Naples 3
Twickenham 3
unknown 3
Bremen 2
Bristol 2
Livorno 2
Lyon 2
Pisa 2
Berwick 1
Carmarthen 1
Jena 1
London? 1
Madrid 1
Nuremberg 1
Rome 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Turin 1
Venice 1

Book format

8vo 3425
4to 1607
12mo 1280
folio 194
18mo 4

Genre

History 1797
Periodicals 1438
Medicine 714
Fiction 548
Lives 369
Natural Philosophy 357
Travel 283
Belles Lettres 270
Sermons 212
Philosophy and Morality 194
Theology 168
Reference Works 149
Politics, Society and Political Economy 142
Poetry 138
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 132
Law 114
Education 82
Mathematics 20
Fine Arts 19
Drama 8
Miscellaneous/Other 4

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