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Library

Selkirk Library 2879
Westerkirk 2445
Royal High School of Edinburgh 1823
Leighton Library 989
Advocates Library 837
Orkney Library 353
Wigtown Subscription Library 281
Innerpeffray Library 225
Aberdeen Theological Library 215
Edinburgh University Library 196
Chambers' Circulating Library 112
Glasgow University Library 71
St Andrews University Library 61
Craigston Castle Library 35
Haddington Library 32
Dumfries Presbytery Library 12
Hunterian Museum Library 12

Borrower title

Mr 3079
Reverend Mr 973
Lieutenant 205
Mrs 202
Captain 179
Miss 99
Dr 79
Sir 69
Reverend 65
Reverend Dr 41
Colonel 31
Sous Lieutenant 14
Midshipman 13
Corporal 10
Lady 9
Brigadier General 8
Prof. 8
Right Honourable 8
Professor 7
Adjudant Major 6
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Rev. 4
Major 3
Madame 2
Principal 2
Ensign 1
Honourable 1
Honourable Mrs 1
Lieutenant Colonel 1
Rev. Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 10235
Female 333
Unknown 2
Unclear 1

Borrower occupation

Education 2502
School Child 1813
Law 1106
Advocate 790
Military 745
Religion and Clergy 743
Minister/Priest 725
Prisoner of War 662
Church of Scotland 588
University Student 511
Agricultural 468
Independent Means 397
Tenant 382
Farmer 310
Arts and Letters 260
Author 239
Medicine and Health 239
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 235
Surgeon 230
Writer/Procurator 219
Sheriff 174
Gentleman 162
Politics/Office Holders 159
University Professor 144
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 137
Presbyterian Seceder 124
MP (Britain) 101
Notaries/Clerks 89
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 80
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 79
Navy 54
School Master/Dominie 53
Army 48
Dean of Faculty 47
Merchants/Traders 44
Advocate Depute 42
Construction 42
Tanner/Currier 42
Mason/Miller 36
Writer to the Signet (WS) 36
Clerk of Session 31
Architect 29
Miscellaneous 29
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 28
Wife/Spouse 26
Barrister 23
Banker 18
Judge 18
Lord Advocate 18
Customs Collector 17
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 17
Surveyor 16
Lay Preacher 15
Factor/Agent 14
Poet 14
Accountant 12
Land Manager/Factor 12
Baillie 11
Clerks 11
Lord Provost/Provost 11
Mariner 11
Teacher 11
Dyer 9
Engineer 9
Print and Book Trade 9
Baron of the Exchequer 8
Chaplain 8
Physician 8
Tax Collector 8
Booksellers 7
Librarian 7
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 7
Solicitor-General 7
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 6
Ships Owner 6
Curator 5
Episcopalian 5
Publishers 5
Unknown denomination 5
Builder 4
Lord President 4
Officer 3
Printers 3
Service Provision and Hospitality 3
Ships Captain 3
Widow 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Bookbinder 2
Distiller 2
Messenger-at-arms 2
Privateer 2
Retailer/Shopkeeper 2
Tutor 2
Brewer 1
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Elder 1
Gardener 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1
Mill Owner 1
Shoemaker 1

Author

William Fordyce Mavor 955
Doctor Henry Hunter 392
Sir John Sinclair 308
Edward Gibbon 268
Hugh Blair 254
Robert Henry 243
Tobias George Smollett 236
William Russell 221
Ann Radcliffe 210
Charles Rollin 200
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 197
David Hume 137
Charlotte Turner Smith 132
Dr John Moore 125
Flavius Josephus 106
Henry Brooke 103
William Robertson 103
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 102
William Coxe 100
James Bruce 98
Joseph Hall 96
Robert Heron 91
Donald Campbell 86
Joseph Townsend 84
Richard Cumberland 84
John Logan 82
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 82
Frances Burney 80
Mary Pilkington 78
Geoffrey Chaucer 71
James Boswell 71
William Paley 71
William Smellie 71
Bryce Johnston 69
Elizabeth Hamilton 67
Mary Robinson 64
Thomas Mortimer 61
Sarah Harriet Burney 60
Robert McCulloch 51
Adam Smith 49
John Evans 49
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 48
François Le Vaillant 46
Louis-Pierre Anquetil 46
James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood 44
Johann Caspar Lavater 43
Dugald Stewart 42
Thomas Pennant 42
John Gillies 40
Mrs Elizabeth Inchbald 39
James Beattie 38
Archibald Alison 37
Reverend Augustus Toplady 37
Robert Burns 37
Thomas Scott 37
Joseph Moser 34
Oliver Goldsmith 34
Bielby Porteus 32
Edward Young 32
Rev. John Bennett 32
Samuel Jackson Pratt 32
Virgil 32
John Palmer Jun. 31
Karl Philipp Moritz 31
Charles John Ann Hereford 30
William Dodd 30
Freiherr von Adolf Knigge 29
Alexander Pope 28
Bryan Edwards 28
James Macpherson 28
Johann Georg Zimmermann 28
Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan 27
Pierre Marie François Pagès 27
Baron Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy Lesseps 26
Thomas Gisborne 26
William Combe 26
Captain D. Williams 25
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 24
Pierre Nicolas Chantreau 24
Joseph Addison 23
Samuel Hearne 23
Susan Nicklin 23
Carsten Niebuhr 22
Henry Venn 22
John Spalding 22
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 22
Thomas Holcroft 22
William Marshall 22
William Roscoe 22
Eliza Parsons 21
Henry Mackenzie 21
James Bell 21
John Drinkwater 20
John Owen 20
Samuel Shaw 20
William Rutherford 20
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 19
Edward Stillingfleet 19
John Le Couteur 19
Olaudah Equiano 19

Book Work

Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor] 955
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 520
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Statistical Account of Scotland 308
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 235
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 233
Encyclopaedia Britannica 222
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 200
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 196
Scots Magazine 185
History of England [Tobias Smollett] 180
History of Modern Europe 152
History of England [David Hume] 137
New Annual Register 126
Mysteries of Udolpho 110
Works of Flavius Josephus 106
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 103
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 99
Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testament 96
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce] 91
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Don Quixote 82
Romance of the Forest 82
Sermons [John Logan] 82
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth 80
Delia, a Pathetic and Interesting Tale 78
Edward 77
Elegant Epistles; or, A Copious Collection of Familiar and Amusing Letters 77
Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787 75
Observations Made in a Journey through the Western Counties of Scotland, in the Autumn of M.DCC.XCII 74
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal 73
Canterbury Tales 71
Philosophy of Natural History 71
Commentary on the Revelation of St John 69
History of Ancient Europe 69
Journey over Land to India 69
Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah 67
Henry [Richard Cumberland] 65
Angelina; A Novel 64
British Plutarch 61
Clarentine: A Novel 60
Paul and Virginia 60
Banished Man. A Novel 56
Lectures on the Prophecies of Isaiah 51
Adventures of Roderick Random 49
Brief Sketch of the Several Denominations into which the Christian World is Divided 49
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 48
Memoirs of the Court of France, during the Reign of Lewis XIV. and the Regency of the Duke of Orleans 46
Denial; or, The Happy Retreat 44
Desmond. A Novel 44
Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, into the Interior Parts of Africa 43
Journal during a Residence in France 42
Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind 41
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Studies of Nature 41
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 40
Life of Samuel Johnson [James Boswell] 39
Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India 38
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste 37
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [Robert Burns] 37
Sermons and Essays [Augustus Toplady] 37
Sermons on Select Subjects [Thomas Scott] 37
Nature and Art 36
Sermons [Henry Hunter] 36
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon 35
Turkish Tales 34
Companion. Being a Choice cCllection of the Most Admired Pieces from the Best Authors 33
Curiosities of Literature 33
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 33
Monthly Magazine and British Register 33
Gleanings through Wales, Holland and Westphalia ... To which is added Humanity; or The Rights of Nature. A Poem 32
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 32
Letters to a Young Lady, on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects 32
Sermons on Several Subjects [Beilby Porteus] 32
Works of Edward Young 32
Desmond 31
Haunted Cavern: A Caledonian Tale 31
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 31
Travels, Chiefly on Foot, through Several Parts of England, in 1782 31
Works of Virgil 31
Horae Paulinae, or The Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul Evinced 30
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
History of Spain, from the Establishment of the Colony of Gades by the Phoenicians, to the Death of Ferdinand, surnamed The Sage 28
History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies 28
Poems of Ossian 28
Works of Alexander Pope 28
History of America [William Robertson] 27
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph 27
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography 27
The sisters 27
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 27
Travels Round the World, in the Years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 27
Devil upon Two Sticks in England 26
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
Solitude Considered with Respect to its Influence upon the Mind and the Heart 26
Travels in Kamtschatka, During the Years 1787 and 1788 26
Captain Williams's Narrative 25
Elements of Moral Science 24
Enquiry into the Duties of Men in the Higher and Middle Classes of Society in Great Britain 24

Book language

English 10392
French 101
Latin 48
German 19
Italian 15
Greek 3
Scots 3
Hebrew 1
Icelandic 1
Spanish 1

Book place of publication

London 8074
Edinburgh 2260
Perth 181
Dublin 94
Oxford 80
Paris 74
York 46
Aberdeen 23
Leipzig 22
Liverpool 19
Birmingham 13
Glasgow 13
Berlin 10
Stockholm 10
Boston 9
Cambridge 9
Göttingen 9
Amsterdam 7
Bristol 6
Venice 6
Naples 5
Norwich 5
The Hague 5
Burlington 4
Lausanne 4
Philadelphia 4
Strasbourg 4
Bath 3
Calcutta 3
Kingston, Jamaica 3
Leiden 3
Madrid 3
Neuchâtel 3
Newark 3
Altenburg 2
Frankfurt am Main 2
Liverno 2
Shrewsbury 2
Utrecht 2
Canterbury 1
Carlisle 1
Copenhagen 1
Dresden 1
Gloucester 1
Halle 1
Jena 1
London? 1
Lynn 1
Manchester 1
Pisa 1
Prague 1
Sherborne 1
Siena 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 5965
12mo 2184
4to 1419
18mo 977
folio 77
16mo 34
14mo 1
score 1

Genre

Travel 2079
History 1872
Fiction 1773
Periodicals 1259
Sermons 965
Theology 800
Politics, Society and Political Economy 479
Poetry 443
Belles Lettres 397
Lives 354
Reference Works 242
Natural Philosophy 232
Philosophy and Morality 209
Medicine 100
Education 95
Law 88
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 85
Fine Arts 21
Drama 14
Mathematics 6

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