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Glasgow University Library 1836
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Edinburgh University Library 886
Advocates Library 439
Innerpeffray Library 388
Dumfries Presbytery Library 329
Royal High School of Edinburgh 305
Westerkirk 269
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Aberdeen Theological Library 103
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Wigtown Subscription Library 11
Chambers' Circulating Library 2
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

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Mr 806
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Borrower gender

Male 6813
Female 68
Unknown 2
Unclear 1

Borrower occupation

Education 4841
University Student 3603
University Professor 1174
Religion and Clergy 980
Minister/Priest 958
Church of Scotland 911
Law 479
Advocate 460
School Child 294
Chaplain 115
Arts and Letters 112
Independent Means 99
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 90
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Military 78
Author 76
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Writer to the Signet (WS) 7
Baron of the Exchequer 6
Construction 6
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Advocate’s Clerk 5
Barrister 5
Wife/Spouse 5
Factor/Agent 4
Customs Collector 3
Dyer 3
Mason/Miller 3
Officer 3
Retailer/Shopkeeper 3
Solicitor-General 3
Banker 2
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 2
Publishers 2
Tutor 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 1
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Lord Provost/Provost 1
Mariner 1
Mill Owner 1
Secretary of State 1
Service Provision and Hospitality 1
Ships Owner 1
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 1

Author

Francis Hutcheson 364
Charles Rollin 220
Samuel Richardson 206
David Hume 200
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Robert Traill 148
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Denis Diderot 95
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 95
Eliza Fowler Haywood 86
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 83
Thomas Sherlock 83
Jonathan Swift 81
Donald Monro 78
Samuel Clarke 75
Sir William Temple 75
Nathaniel Hooke 74
William Cheselden 74
Archibald Bower 70
Philip Doddridge 70
Nathaniel Lardner 69
Jacques Saurin 62
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
John Campbell 61
James Hervey 59
Ferdinando Warner 54
Euclid 53
John Leland 52
Edward Burt 47
William Melmoth 46
Percivall Pott 44
David Moysie 41
Ben Jonson 40
Pietro Metastasio 39
William Warburton 39
Voltaire 37
Henry Grove 36
James Burgh 36
James Barclay 32
Joseph Addison 32
Sir Richard Steele 32
Thomas Blackwell 32
Johannes de Gorter 30
Matthew Bacon 30
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 30
Alexander Gordon 29
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Abbé Prévost 28
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 28
Dr Samuel Johnson 27
John Sharp 26
Polybius 26
John Taylor 25
Daniel Neal 24
James Ferguson 24
Molière 24
Arrigo Caterino Davila 23
Daniel Macqueen 23
Linnaeus 23
Colin MacLaurin 22
John Evans 22
William Smellie 22
John Erskine 21
Joseph Spence 21
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus 21
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis 21
Samuel Johnson 21
Thomas Carte 21
Aulay Macaulay 20
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen 19
John Swinton Lord Swinton 19
Alexander Drummond 18
Benjamin Hoadly 17
George Wishart 17
Gregory Sharpe 17
Jonas Hanway 17
Aulus Cornelius Celsus 16
Johann Georg Keyssler 16
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 16
Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix 16
Arthur Ashley Sykes 14
Deane Swift 14
Mark Catesby 14
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 13
Alexander Pope 13
Alexander Russell M. D. 13
James Macknight 13
John Blair 13
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac 13
Antoine Houdart de Lamotte 12
John Jortin 12
Albertus Seba 11
Charles Leslie 11
George Anson Baron Anson 11
John Potter 11
Königliche Gemälde-Galerie (Dresden) 11
Louis Bourdaloue 11
Roger Long 11

Book Work

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 848
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson] 364
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 220
History of Sir Charles Grandison 204
History of England [David Hume] 200
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
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
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
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
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Invisible Spy 83
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 83
Works of Jonathan Swift 81
Essay on the Dropsy and its Different Species 78
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [Samuel Clarke] 75
Works of Sir William Temple 75
Anatomy of the Human Body [William Cheselden] 74
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 74
Family Expositor 70
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 62
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
System of Divinity and Morality 54
Elements of Geometry [Euclid] 53
Discourses Preached on Several Occasions [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Philosophical Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 52
View of the Principal Deistical Writers 52
Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London 47
Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects 46
Treatise on Ruptures 44
Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland [David Moysie] 41
Works of Ben Jonson 40
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
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
Greek Rudiments 32
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus 32
Spectator 32
Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 31
Dissertations on the Prophecies, Which have Remarkably Been Fulfilled, and at this Time are Fulfilling in the World 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
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 28
Dictionary of the English Language 27
Histories [Polybius] 26
Works of the Most Reverend Dr John Sharp 26
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles 24
History of the Puritans [Daniel Neal] 24
Works of Molière 24
History of the Civil Wars of France 23
Letters on Mr Hume's History of Great Britain 23
Practical Discourses Concerning the Christian Temper 22
Treatise of Algebra [Colin MacLaurin] 22
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery 22
Works of Voltaire 22
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus] 21
Elements of Philosophy [Samuel Johnson] 21
General History of England [Thomas Carte] 21
Oeuvres de Maupertuis 21
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets 21
Principles of the Law of Scotland [John Erskine] 21
Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principes of a Religious Deist 20
Polygraphy or Short-Hand made Easy to the Meanest Capacity 20
Abridgment of the Public Statutes in Force and Use Relative to Scotland 19
Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 19
Adventurer 18
Travels through Different Cities of Germany, Italy, Greece, and Several Parts of Asia 18
Argument in Defence of Christianity 17
Memoirs of the Most Renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose 17
Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion Occassionally Opened and Explained 17
Supplement to the First Book of the Second Part of the Credibility of the Gospel history 17
De Medicina 16
Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea 16
Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorrain 16
Vie de Marianne 16
Essay upon the Life, Writings, and Character, of Dr Jonathan Swift 14
Hebrew Concordance, Adapted to the English Bible 14
Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands 14
Chronology and History of the World [John Blair] 13
Essay on the Truth of the Christian Religion 13
Harmony of the Four Gospels 13
History of the Revolutions in Portugal 13
Natural History of Aleppo, and Parts Adjacent 13
Nova Acta Eruditorum 13
Works of Alexander Pope 13
Histoire du Japon 12
Lettres de Monsieur de La Motte 12
London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer 12

Book language

English 5647
French 979
Latin 237
Italian 93
Greek 47

Book place of publication

London 4152
Edinburgh 1071
Paris 585
Glasgow 442
The Hague 119
Neuchâtel 95
Amsterdam 65
Berlin 61
Dublin 55
Göttingen 36
Leipzig 33
Lyon 32
Aberdeen 29
Geneva 22
Leiden 20
Cambridge 19
Oxford 16
Stockholm 13
Dresden 11
Frankfurt am Main 11
Venice 11
Copenhagen 10
Vienna 10
Florence 8
Utrecht 6
Rome 5
St Petersburg 4
Boston, MA 3
Lausanne 3
Zurich 3
Berwick 2
Besançon 2
unknown 2
Anvers 1
Colmar 1
Jena 1
Lindau 1
Naples 1
Padua 1
Strasbourg 1
Turin 1

Book format

8vo 3587
4to 1857
12mo 855
folio 508

Genre

History 1982
Periodicals 940
Philosophy and Morality 672
Sermons 563
Theology 511
Lives 483
Natural Philosophy 441
Belles Lettres 418
Medicine 359
Fiction 329
Reference Works 188
Travel 173
Politics, Society and Political Economy 157
Poetry 145
Law 136
Education 112
Mathematics 105
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 81
Drama 66
Fine Arts 33

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