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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2755
St Andrews University Library 1707
Edinburgh University Library 1551
Glasgow University Library 1372
Selkirk Library 577
Advocates Library 507
Leighton Library 373
Innerpeffray Library 345
Aberdeen Theological Library 207
Westerkirk 205
Haddington Library 183
Dumfries Presbytery Library 162
Wigtown Subscription Library 76
Craigston Castle Library 75
Hunterian Museum Library 12
Orkney Library 7
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 2
Chambers' Circulating Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 1018
Reverend Mr 306
Dr 120
Lieutenant 65
Reverend 63
Sir 50
Professor 44
Mrs 40
Captain 38
Miss 20
Principal 17
Reverend Dr 9
Major 8
Lady 5
Bishop 4
Corporal 4
Colonel 3
Midshipman 3
Rev. 2
Baron 1
Prof. 1
Rev Mr 1
Right Honourable 1
Sous Lieutenant 1
Sous-Lieutenant 1

Borrower gender

Male 10008
Female 84
Unknown 19
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 7569
University Student 4006
School Child 2722
University Professor 1011
Religion and Clergy 818
Minister/Priest 785
Church of Scotland 736
Law 568
Advocate 506
Military 191
Prisoner of War 173
Arts and Letters 143
Medicine and Health 116
Author 112
Sheriff 108
Independent Means 102
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 98
Chaplain 88
Surgeon 88
Agricultural 86
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 77
Tenant 70
Print and Book Trade 63
Printers 63
Farmer 60
Politics/Office Holders 58
Dean of Faculty 55
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 53
School Master/Dominie 50
MP (Britain) 44
Merchants/Traders 43
Presbyterian Seceder 35
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 32
Physician 29
Notaries/Clerks 27
Writer/Procurator 26
Gentleman 25
Teacher 25
Librarian 22
Domestic Service 21
Indoor Servants 21
Miscellaneous 21
Advocate Depute 19
Clerk of Session 19
Lord Advocate 19
Judge 16
Lord President 16
Widow 16
Lay Preacher 15
Writer to the Signet (WS) 13
Dyer 11
Army 10
Clerks 10
Service Provision and Hospitality 10
Provost 9
Baillie 8
Banker 8
Baron of the Exchequer 8
Curator 8
Episcopalian 8
Clerk 7
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 7
Officer 7
Poet 7
Advocate’s Clerk 6
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 6
Grocer 6
Mason/Miller 6
Tanner/Currier 6
Barrister 5
Factor/Agent 5
Retailer/Shopkeeper 5
Wife/Spouse 5
Architect 3
Construction 3
Customs Collector 3
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 3
Navy 3
Solicitor-General 3
Accountant 2
Active Service/Soldiers 2
Brewer 2
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 2
Mariner 2
Privateer 2
Publishers 2
Tutor 2
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Land Manager/Factor 1
Lord Provost/Provost 1
Painter/Limner 1
Secretary of State 1
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 1

Author

David Hume 1000
William Robertson 277
Henry Home Lord Kames 217
James Macpherson 202
Patrick Abercromby 201
Jonathan Swift 193
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Plutarch 107
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 102
Denis Diderot 99
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
John Toland 81
Tobias George Smollett 78
Samuel Sharp 77
Nathaniel Hooke 74
Thomas Sydenham 72
George Campbell 71
Jacques-Bénigne Winslow 71
Archibald Bower 70
John Campbell 70
Jacques Saurin 69
Richard Brookes 69
James Macknight 68
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
Baron Albrecht von Haller 58
Robert Orme 57
Linnaeus 56
Richard Mead 55
Francis Atterbury 53
John Bell 53
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 50
Hieronymus David Gaubius 48
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 44
Francis Home 43
Catherine Macaulay 42
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet Bishop of Meaux 42
Torquato Tasso 41
Adam Smith 40
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Samuel Chandler 39
Herodotus 38
Maximilien Bethune Duc de Sully 38
Anton de Haen 37
Euclid 37
Oliver Goldsmith 37
William Lewis 37
Henry Fielding 34
Virgil 34
Daniel Whitby 33
James Lind 32
Johannes de Gorter 30
John Dryden 30
Joseph Addison 30
Matthew Bacon 30
Pieter Van Musschenbroek 30
Frances Brooke 29
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
John Langhorne 29
Abbé Prévost 28
James Hervey 28
Peter Annet 26
Plato 26
Voltaire 25
Mary Collyer 24
Anton Friedrich Büsching 23
Benjamin Martin 23
James Douglas 23
Nathaniel Lardner 22
William Smellie 22
Basil Kennett 21
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 21
John Ball 21
William Hunter 21
Sir Richard Steele 20
William Harris 20
Alexander Cruden 19
Homer 19
John Guyse 19
Matthew Stewart 19
William Dodd 19
Thomas Mortimer 18
Bonnell Thornton 17
Dr Samuel Johnson 17
George Colman 17
Jean Astruc 17
Jean-François Marmontel 17
Marquise de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné 17
Carlo Goldoni 16
Antoine Yves Goguet 15
John Abernethy 15
William McEwen 14
Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet 13
Joseph Warton 13
Robert Lowth 13
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall 13
Adam Fitz-Adam 12
George Fothergill 12

Book Work

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations 1812
History of England [David Hume] 1000
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 497
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time 358
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 277
Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation 201
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Elements of Criticism 198
Works of Jonathan Swift 193
Scots Magazine 185
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem 173
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 170
Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem 130
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
Lives [Plutarch] 107
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
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 74
Works of Thomas Sydenham 72
Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body 71
Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume 71
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 70
Sermons sur Divers Textes de l'Écriture Sainte 69
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 68
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Complete History of England [Tobias Smollett] 60
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV 57
Medical Works of Richard Mead 55
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani [Albrecht von Haller] 54
Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions [Francis Atterbury] 53
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 53
Institutiones Pathologiae Medicinalis [Hieronymus David Gaubius] 48
Harmony of the Four Gospels 47
New and Accurate System of Natural History 47
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 44
Principia Medicinae [Francis Home] 43
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 42
History of France, from Pharamond to Charles IX 42
Jerusalem Delivered 41
Theory of Moral Sentiments 40
Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Sermons on the Following Subjects [Samuel Chandler] 39
Histories [Herodotus] 38
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great 38
Modern Part of the Universal History 38
Elements of Geometry [Euclid] 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Species Plantarum 37
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts 36
Citizen of the World 34
Works of Henry Fielding 34
Works of Virgil 34
Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament [Daniel Whitby] 33
Essay on the Most Effectual Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen in the Royal Navy 32
Dramatic Works of John Dryden 30
Elements of Natural Philosophy [Pieter Van Musschenbroek] 30
Medical Observations and Inquiries 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 Lady Julia Mandeville 29
Collection of Sermons and Tracts [James Hervey] 28
Histoire Générale des Voyages 28
Annet's Short-Hand, Perfected 26
Republic [Plato] 26
Death of Abel in Five Books. Attempted from the German of Mr Gessner 24
Emilius and Sophia: or, A New System of Education 24
Myographiae Comparatae Specimen: or, a Comparative Description of all the Muscles in a Man, and in a Quadruped 23
New System of Geography 23
Credibility of the Gospel History 22
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery 22
Medical Commentaries [William Hunter] 21
Messiah. Attempted from the German of Mr Klopstock 21
Modern Practice of Physic [John Ball] 21
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 21
Truth of the Gospel History Shewed 21
Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, Connected and Digested under Alphabetical Heads 20
Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Oliver Cromwell 20
Optical Essays 20
Complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament 19
Practical Exposition of the Four Evangelists 19
Propositiones Geometricae, more Veterum Demonstratae 19
Reflections on Death 19
British Plutarch 18
Connoisseur. By Mr Town, Critic and Censor-General 17
General Gazetteer: or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary 17
Letters from the Marchioness de Sévigné, to her Daughter, the Countess de Grignan 17
Poétique Françoise 17
Treatise on the Diseases of Women 17
Iliad 16
Effusions of Friendship and Fancy. In Several Letters to and from Select Friends 15
Eloisa: or, A Series of Original Letters 15
Life of John Milton 15

Book language

English 8616
French 910
Latin 526
Italian 89
Greek 55
German 2
Hebrew 1

Book place of publication

London 7224
Edinburgh 1411
Paris 611
Glasgow 171
Leiden 111
The Hague 107
Neuchâtel 95
Amsterdam 90
Lausanne 65
Berlin 63
Dublin 55
Vienna 51
Leipzig 45
Oxford 45
Stockholm 44
Venice 19
Cambridge 18
Lyon 11
Birmingham 9
Florence 9
Geneva 9
Bologna 6
Frankfurt am Main 6
Rome 5
Brussels 4
Eton 4
St Petersburg 4
Twickenham 4
Breslau 3
Göttingen 3
Naples 3
Wroclaw 3
Halle 2
Harlem 2
Helmstadt 2
Verona 2
Bern 1
Colmar 1
Jena 1
Livorno 1
Lucca 1
Luxembourg 1
Madrid 1
Milan 1
Padua 1
Parma 1
Regensburg 1
Siena 1

Book format

8vo 5027
12mo 2856
4to 1721
folio 425
18mo 4

Genre

History 2421
Travel 1988
Periodicals 1440
Medicine 829
Lives 775
Belles Lettres 751
Natural Philosophy 571
Poetry 427
Theology 283
Sermons 268
Philosophy and Morality 224
Fiction 185
Law 184
Reference Works 184
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 131
Education 104
Mathematics 75
Fine Arts 66
Politics, Society and Political Economy 60
Drama 52

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