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Library

Glasgow University Library 1235
St Andrews University Library 1098
Dumfries Presbytery Library 374
Royal High School of Edinburgh 312
Edinburgh University Library 252
Advocates Library 186
Haddington Library 155
Aberdeen Theological Library 132
Selkirk Library 124
Leighton Library 89
Innerpeffray Library 82
Hunterian Museum Library 23
Craigston Castle Library 15
Westerkirk 14
Orkney Library 12
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 3

Borrower title

Mr 318
Dr 112
Reverend Mr 70
Professor 62
Reverend 17
Captain 14
Principal 14
Mrs 10
Sir 10
Major 6
Miss 3
Lieutenant 2
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Reverend Dr 2
Sous Lieutenant 2
Midshipman 1
Ms 1

Borrower gender

Male 4073
Female 18
Unknown 7

Borrower occupation

Education 2987
University Student 2093
University Professor 725
Religion and Clergy 707
Minister/Priest 692
Church of Scotland 665
School Child 298
Law 214
Advocate 204
Arts and Letters 127
Chaplain 67
Military 64
Author 63
Librarian 54
Prisoner of War 46
Independent Means 45
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 41
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 37
Sheriff 36
Print and Book Trade 30
Printers 30
School Master/Dominie 30
Politics/Office Holders 25
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 24
Medicine and Health 22
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 20
Merchants/Traders 20
Presbyterian Seceder 20
Agricultural 17
Surgeon 17
Domestic Service 16
Indoor Servants 16
MP (Britain) 16
Dean of Faculty 15
Tenant 13
Army 10
Farmer 9
Lord Advocate 9
Retailer/Shopkeeper 9
Teacher 9
Curator 8
Gentleman 8
Clerk of Session 6
Judge 6
Officer 6
Provost 6
Writer/Procurator 6
Lay Preacher 5
Lord President 5
Physician 5
Advocate Depute 4
Barrister 4
Poet 4
Tanner/Currier 4
Tax Collector 4
Banker 3
Clerk 3
Customs Collector 3
Dyer 3
Episcopalian 3
Factor/Agent 3
Navy 3
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 3
Service Provision and Hospitality 3
Solicitor-General 3
Writer to the Signet (WS) 3
Baillie 2
Baron of the Exchequer 2
Brewer 2
Lord Justice Clerk 2
Mason/Miller 2
Notaries/Clerks 2
Accountant 1
Advocate’s Clerk 1
Gardener 1
Glover 1
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 1
Miscellaneous 1
Shoemaker 1
Unknown denomination 1
Widow 1

Author

Paul Rapin de Thoyras 517
Samuel Clarke 289
Herman Moll 142
Thomas Salmon 142
Molière 138
Royal Society (Great Britain) 130
Gilbert Burnet 119
Noël Antoine Pluche 115
Samuel Shuckford 98
Homer 93
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Ralph Cudworth 81
George Buchanan 68
Jacques Saurin 53
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 50
Nicholas Brady 47
Sir Isaac Newton 44
Daniel Neal 43
Demosthenes 43
Thucydides 43
Isaac Watts 41
Claude Fleury 40
Andrew Baxter 37
John Clarke 37
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 36
Archibald Campbell 34
Thomas Stackhouse 33
Thomas Rymer 32
Abbé Prévost 31
Alexander Monro 31
John Conybeare 31
Pierre Bayle 29
Francis Bacon 28
Herman Boerhaave 27
Matthew Tindal 26
Nathaniel Marshall 24
Philip Miller 24
Freiherr von Christian Wolff 22
John Leland 21
Suetonius 19
Bryan Robinson 18
Jacques Lenfant 18
Joseph Addison 18
Robert Millar 18
William Cheselden 18
John Arbuthnot 17
Marcus Junianus Justinus 17
Saint John Chrysostom 17
Bernard Nieuwentyt 16
Edward Wright Esq. 16
Frederik Ruysch 16
John Horsley 16
Virgil 16
François Catrou 15
Pierre Julien Rouillé 15
Sieur Charles Du Fresne Du Cange 15
Sir William Temple 15
Alexander Pope 14
Carlo Sigonio 14
James Thomson 14
Philipp van Limborch 14
James Peirce 13
John Knox 13
John Milton 13
Joseph Harris 13
Aubry de La Mottraye 12
Augustin Calmet 12
John Oldmixon 12
John Gay 11
Pietro Giannone 11
Polybius 11
Alexander Malcolm 10
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont 10
Nathaniel Lardner 10
Horace 9
Jacques-Auguste de Thou 9
James Gibbs 9
Johann Christoph Wolf 9
Simon Tyssot de Patot 9
Antonio Francesco Gori 8
George Stanhope 8
Jean Le Clerc 8
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 8
John Freind 8
Marcus Tullius Cicero 8
Peter Browne Bishop of Cork and Ross 8
Georg Ernst Stahl 7
George Benson 7
Imperatorska︠i︡a akademī︠i︡a nauk (Russia) 7
Michael Geddes 7
Richard Simon 7
Voltaire 7
William Forbes 7
William Newton 7
Aulus Persius Flaccus 6
James Foster 6
Johann Jakob Dillenius 6
Persius 6
Sir Thomas Craig 6
William Wall 6

ESTC

T155510 289
T160963 232
T139584 142
T160985 141
T140780 120
T131954 115
T97847 108
T97848 108
P2656 103
T53519 93
N15166 68
T14875 65
T129633 54
T115815 47
T193628 44
T133485 43
T138478 43
T82620 43
T32759 37
N7606 36
T144689 36
T108118 34
N15070 33
T140740 33
T148099 32
T127128 31
T147990 31
T57164 31
T97846 31
T135208 29
T144036 27
T81753 27
T153711 26
T41883 25
N18273 24
T93612 24
T77125 23
T144041 22
T89045 22
T136971 21
T145196 19
T69138 19
T176488 18
T68547 18
T121169 17
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T139433 16
T143728 16
T144688 16
T6300 16
T74583 16
T136952 15
N473742 14
T90184 14
T113994 13
T131067 13
T112779 12
T114864 12
T142580 12
T144750 12
T146753 12
T154193 12
T81766 12
T13895 11
T43620 11
T94251 11
T130343 10
T135546 10
T135575 10
T115759 9
T46960 9
T51594 9
T68558 9
T98490 9
N38016 8
T100675 8
T118954 8
T38815 8
T5389 8
T95591 8
N33097 7
N34324 7
T132808 7
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N22969 6
T131057 6
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T5388 6
T82683 6
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T88308 6
T92830 6
T105058 5
T113198 5

Book language

English 3089
Latin 617
French 585
Greek 119
Italian 11
Chinese 5
Welsh 3

Book place of publication

London 3092
Paris 309
Amsterdam 134
Edinburgh 122
The Hague 88
Leipzig 54
Cambridge 53
Dublin 46
Leiden 45
Jena 22
Frankfurt am Main 19
Brussels 15
Milan 15
Florence 13
St Petersburg 13
Venice 13
Hamburg 9
Berlin 7
Oxford 7
Nuremberg 6
Halle 5
Lyon 5
Zurich 5
Augsburg 4
Dresden 4
Franecker 4
Rotterdam 4
Geneva 3
Helmstedt 3
Uppsala 3
Verona 3
York 3
Altdorf 2
Basel 2
Naples 2
Bologna 1
Braunschweig 1
Grenoble 1
Rome 1

Book format

8vo 1855
4to 897
folio 846
12mo 342
map 1

Genre

History 1210
Theology 681
Periodicals 402
Sermons 370
Natural Philosophy 346
Travel 327
Lives 223
Politics, Society and Political Economy 209
Poetry 195
Education 183
Philosophy and Morality 162
Drama 140
Belles Lettres 131
Medicine 130
Fiction 99
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 69
Law 61
Reference Works 49
Mathematics 32
Fine Arts 17

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