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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2072
Selkirk Library 1248
Westerkirk 1134
Leighton Library 818
Advocates Library 816
Glasgow University Library 785
St Andrews University Library 567
Edinburgh University Library 454
Aberdeen Theological Library 436
Innerpeffray Library 383
Wigtown Subscription Library 211
Orkney Library 117
Haddington Library 95
Craigston Castle Library 61
Hunterian Museum Library 28
Dumfries Presbytery Library 14
Chambers' Circulating Library 6
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 1966
Reverend Mr 550
Dr 146
Mrs 126
Captain 108
Lieutenant 100
Sir 74
Reverend 68
Miss 55
Professor 36
Reverend Dr 24
Midshipman 14
Sous Lieutenant 12
Colonel 10
Right Honourable 9
Major 7
Corporal 5
Rev. 5
Principal 4
Prof. 4
Lady 3
Rev. Mr 3
Sous-Lieutenant 3
Bishop 1
Lieutenant Colonel 1
Lord 1
Rev Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 9024
Female 206
Unknown 7
Unclear 5

Borrower occupation

Education 4279
School Child 2035
University Student 1627
Law 955
Advocate 766
University Professor 677
Religion and Clergy 661
Minister/Priest 630
Church of Scotland 555
Military 360
Prisoner of War 298
Independent Means 223
Agricultural 220
Arts and Letters 198
Sheriff 177
Tenant 169
Author 165
Farmer 145
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 128
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 127
Politics/Office Holders 122
Medicine and Health 116
Writer/Procurator 114
Surgeon 111
Gentleman 95
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 89
MP (Britain) 81
Dean of Faculty 68
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 67
Notaries/Clerks 64
Presbyterian Seceder 64
Merchants/Traders 54
Chaplain 53
Navy 49
School Master/Dominie 42
Construction 41
Judge 34
Advocate Depute 32
Clerk of Session 32
Banker 26
Architect 25
Teacher 24
Army 23
Lay Preacher 21
Miscellaneous 20
Lord Advocate 19
Baron of the Exchequer 18
Print and Book Trade 18
Printers 18
Customs Collector 17
Librarian 17
Writer to the Signet (WS) 17
Engineer 16
Land Manager/Factor 15
Barrister 14
Lord Provost/Provost 14
Mason/Miller 14
Widow 14
Clerks 13
Tanner/Currier 13
Factor/Agent 12
Solicitor-General 12
Baillie 11
Dyer 11
Poet 11
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 10
Curator 9
Lord President 9
Accountant 7
Retailer/Shopkeeper 7
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 6
Wife/Spouse 6
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 5
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 5
Physician 5
Episcopalian 4
Mariner 4
Officer 4
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Provost 3
Ships Captain 3
Watchmaker 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Messenger-at-arms 2
Mill Owner 2
Publishers 2
Service Provision and Hospitality 2
Unknown denomination 2
Brewer 1
Grocer 1
Painter/Limner 1
Secretary of State 1
Ships Owner 1
Shoemaker 1
Supporting Activities 1
Surveyor 1
Tutor 1

Author

Charles Rollin 851
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 690
Dr John Moore 294
William Robertson 253
Frances Burney 250
Hugh Blair 250
Robert Henry 243
Robert Watson 154
William Russell 152
Hugo Arnot 143
Edward Gibbon 117
David Hume 111
Gilbert Stuart 107
Dr Samuel Johnson 102
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 101
John Campbell 101
Oliver Goldsmith 100
Reverend David Lamont 92
Samuel Richardson 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 78
Vicesimus Knox 76
Ambrose Serle 73
John Newton 71
Voltaire 66
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 63
Thomas Parnell 56
Robert Lowth 54
Eyles Irwin 51
William Cowper 51
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 50
Henry Home Lord Kames 49
Henry Mackenzie 49
Abbé Claude François Xavier Millot 48
Catherine Macaulay 46
Humphrey Prideaux 45
Johann Georg Zimmermann 40
William Alexander 40
Clara Reeve 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Reverend Augustus Toplady 38
Richard Graves 37
John Hawkesworth 32
Homer 31
James Riddoch 31
Robert Lindsay 31
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 30
John Smith 30
Samuel Jackson Pratt 30
William Shakespeare 30
Tobias George Smollett 29
James Burrow 28
Henry Swinburne 27
Johann David Michaelis 27
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 27
William Coxe 27
James Thomson 26
Pons Augustin Alletz 26
Joseph Warton 25
Geoffrey Chaucer 24
Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire 24
John Rickman 23
Helenus Scott 22
Sir William Blackstone 22
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 20
Alexander Gerard 19
John Pinkerton 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Thomas Warton 19
John Millar 18
Jonathan Carver 18
William Lothian 18
Thomas Scott 17
Andrew Wight 16
Jean Frédéric Ostervald 16
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 16
Samuel Foote 16
Wolfgang Seber 16
Alexander Pope 15
Samuel Walker 15
Thomas Pennant 15
Donald MacNicol 14
George Carr 14
James Fitzjames Duke of Berwick 14
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 14
William Hayley 14
Abbé Prévost 13
Denis Diderot 13
James Dunbar 13
James Harris 13
Joseph Jenkins 12
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 11
Adam Smith 11
Francis Home 11
Henry Fielding 11
Jean André de Luc 11
John Gast 11
Thomas Davies 11
Tiberius Cavallo 11
Andrew Duncan 10

Book Work

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 851
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 684
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 546
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 250
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
History of America [William Robertson] 211
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress 179
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 154
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
History of Modern Europe 152
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 145
History of Edinburgh 143
New Annual Register 126
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 117
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Bell's British Theatre 110
History of England [David Hume] 105
Ecclesiastical History [Johann Lorenz Mosheim] 98
Sermons on the Most Prevalent Vices [David Lamont] 92
Lives of the English Poets 90
Vicar of Wakefield 89
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
History of Sir Charles Grandison 84
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
Horae Solitariae 73
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World 71
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 67
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Annals of Scotland [David Dalrymple] 60
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell 56
Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill 56
Isaiah. A New Translation; with a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes Critical, Philological, and Explanatory 51
Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea 51
Essays Moral and Literary 50
Mirror 49
Elements of General History 48
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 48
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 46
Masquerades; or, What You Will 46
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 45
Cardiphonia: or, The Utterance of the Heart; in the Course of a Real Correspondence 42
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 42
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time 40
Lives of the British Admirals: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History 40
Old English Baron: A Gothic Story 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Posthumous Works [Augustus Toplady] 38
Columella; or, The Distressed Anchoret 37
Solitude; or The Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the Heart, General Society, in Exile, in Old Age, and on the Bed of Death 37
Mirror [Edinburgh] 32
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay] 31
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [James Riddoch] 31
Emma Corbett; or, The Miseries of Civil War 30
Galic Antiquities: Consisting of a History of the Druids 30
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
Theatre of Education. Translated from the French of the Countess de Genlis 30
History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great 29
Olney Hymns 29
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Age of Louis XIV 27
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 27
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 27
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 26
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times, till it became a Roman Province 26
Liberal Education: or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning 26
Plays of William Shakespeare 26
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 25
Introductory Lectures to the Sacred Book of the New Testament 25
Almoran and Hamet, An Oriental Tale 24
Canterbury Tales 24
Sylph; A Novel 24
Works of James Thomson 24
Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery 23
Adventures of a Rupee 22
Loose Hints upon Education, Chiefly Concerning the Culture of the Heart 22
Poems [William Cowper] 22
Odyssey 20
View of Society in Europe 20
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century 19
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London 19
Scottish Tragic Ballads 19
Sermons [Alexander Gerard] 19
Sketches of the History of Man 19
Supplement to the Edition of Shakspeare's Plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens 19
Tableau de Paris 19
History of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, from the Death of Philip II. King of Spain, to the Truce made with Albert and Isabella 18
Origin of the Distinction of Ranks 18
Remains of Christian Antiquity 18
Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 18
Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope 17
Force of Truth: An Authentic Narrative 17
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 17
Index Vocabulorum in Homeri Iliade atque Odyssea Caeterisque Quotquot Extant Poematis 16
Lectures on the Exercise of the Sacred Ministry 16

Book language

English 8554
French 483
Latin 124
Italian 55
Greek 29
Spanish 18
German 6
Icelandic 4
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 6972
Edinburgh 1601
Paris 367
Dublin 62
Oxford 59
Aberdeen 48
Bath 37
The Hague 36
Amsterdam 33
Glasgow 30
Neuchâtel 26
Leipzig 20
Geneva 19
Dumfries 17
Madrid 17
Stirling 17
Stockholm 14
Berlin 13
Cambridge 12
Göttingen 12
Shrewsbury 12
St Petersburg 9
Florence 8
Philadelphia 7
Rotterdam 6
Vienna 6
Warrington 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Maastricht 4
Copenhagen 3
Grenoble 3
Naples 3
Rome 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
Altona 2
Canterbury 2
Dessau 2
Eton 2
Leiden 2
Lille 2
Liège 2
Paisley 2
Valencia 2
Venice 2
Altenburg 1
Bern 1
Birmingham 1
Bouillon 1
Copenhagen? 1
Dresden 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Halle 1
Jena 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 1
Perth 1
Prague 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
Yverdon 1

Book format

8vo 6080
4to 1484
12mo 1280
folio 194
18mo 130
16mo 18
unknown 2
24mo 1
score 1

Genre

History 3059
Periodicals 1522
Natural Philosophy 852
Fiction 711
Travel 555
Sermons 515
Theology 513
Belles Lettres 498
Poetry 421
Lives 376
Drama 248
Medicine 213
Philosophy and Morality 164
Politics, Society and Political Economy 161
Law 155
Education 103
Reference Works 55
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 49
Fine Arts 36
Mathematics 17

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