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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 7376
Selkirk Library 1884
Orkney Library 1802
Advocates Library 1506
Leighton Library 935
St Andrews University Library 889
Glasgow University Library 823
Wigtown Subscription Library 751
Westerkirk 728
Chambers' Circulating Library 711
Haddington Library 682
Edinburgh University Library 430
Innerpeffray Library 253
Dumfries Presbytery Library 152
Craigston Castle Library 49
Hunterian Museum Library 23
Aberdeen Theological Library 10
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 4100
Reverend Mr 880
Mrs 489
Captain 379
Dr 271
Miss 265
Lieutenant 168
Sir 119
Reverend 104
Reverend Dr 63
Lady 47
Professor 40
Colonel 35
Major 26
Principal 17
Sous Lieutenant 11
Corporal 5
Sous-Lieutenant 5
Staff Sergeant 5
Honourable 3
Adjudant Major 2
Brigadier General 2
General 2
Misses 2
Rev. 2
Honourable Mrs 1
Midshipman 1
Mrs General 1
Prof. 1

Borrower gender

Male 18141
Female 828
Unknown 40
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 9724
School Child 7337
Law 1959
University Student 1748
Advocate 1490
Religion and Clergy 1307
Minister/Priest 1263
Church of Scotland 1136
Independent Means 864
Military 722
University Professor 621
Gentleman 445
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 419
Agricultural 418
Sheriff 398
Prisoner of War 397
Arts and Letters 357
Writer/Procurator 311
Tenant 300
Politics/Office Holders 293
Medicine and Health 275
Farmer 263
Author 250
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 222
Navy 221
Surgeon 214
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 192
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 182
Merchants/Traders 139
Miscellaneous 111
Wife/Spouse 108
MP (Britain) 97
Army 94
Advocate Depute 89
Customs Collector 88
Notaries/Clerks 86
School Master/Dominie 85
Presbyterian Seceder 79
Dean of Faculty 78
Teacher 76
Clerk of Session 63
Physician 63
Tanner/Currier 62
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 58
Chaplain 57
Writer to the Signet (WS) 57
Poet 55
Lord Provost/Provost 54
Mariner 50
Librarian 49
Ships Owner 47
Service Provision and Hospitality 46
Land Manager/Factor 45
Banker 44
Unknown denomination 33
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 31
Construction 31
Accountant 29
Factor/Agent 26
Judge 25
Print and Book Trade 25
Retailer/Shopkeeper 25
Architect 23
Lay Preacher 23
Surveyor 23
Baron of the Exchequer 21
Clerks 21
Lord President 19
Barrister 17
Curator 17
Lord Advocate 17
Booksellers 16
Grocer 14
Provost 14
Tax Collector 14
Mason/Miller 13
Solicitor-General 13
Baillie 12
Officer 12
Victualler 10
Watchmaker 10
Printers 9
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Publishers 8
Bookbinder 7
Brewer 7
Distiller 7
Episcopalian 7
Engineer 6
Painter/Limner 6
Advocate’s Clerk 5
Domestic Service 5
Dyer 5
Gardener 5
Indoor Servants 5
Clerk 4
Musician 4
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Shoemaker 3

Author

William Fordyce Mavor 1114
Dr John Moore 402
Mungo Park 372
James Cook 319
Captain Basil Hall 308
James Bruce 289
George Anson Baron Anson 286
Robert Forsyth 279
William Coxe 272
John Hawkesworth 239
Thomas Pennant 219
James Boswell 213
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney 205
Patrick Brydone 203
John Bell 198
Charles de Brosses 177
Herman Moll 166
Henry Swinburne 161
Thomas Salmon 155
Claude Étienne Savary 133
Edward Daniel Clarke 133
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 132
Thomas Colley Grattan 127
Baron François Tott 117
Daniel Defoe 117
Samuel Richardson 117
Josiah Conder 113
John Harris 111
Anders Sparrman 101
Thomas Shaw 98
Henry David Inglis 97
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde 97
Louis Simond 96
Giuseppe Baretti 87
Joseph Townsend 84
Robert Heron 84
John Ray 80
Reginald Heber 79
Alexander von Humboldt 78
Dr Samuel Johnson 77
Peter Simon Pallas 76
Georg Forster 73
Donald Campbell 69
William Tennant 67
William Scoresby 65
Robert Kerr 63
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 61
George Keate 57
John Gibson Lockhart 57
John Scott 57
Charles Thompson Traveller 56
Vivant Denon 56
William Hunter 56
Arthur Young 55
Comte Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse 55
John Leyden 54
Eyles Irwin 53
Robert Chambers 52
Sir Walter Scott 52
Henry Ellis 51
Antonio de Ulloa 50
Hugh Murray 50
Jorge Juan 49
Morris Birkbeck 49
John Chetwode Eustace 48
Edward Burt 47
François Le Vaillant 47
John Blakiston 47
Helen Maria Williams 45
Augustus Bozzi Granville 44
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
Sir John Chardin 43
Washington Irving 43
Sir Robert Thomas Wilson 41
William Bromet 41
Henry Maundrell 40
Sir William Edward Parry 39
William Ellis 39
Etienne François de Lantier 38
John MacGregor 38
Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan 38
Edmund Burke 37
François Raimond Joseph de Pons 37
John Lambert 37
William Burke 37
William Camden 37
John Lander 36
Monsieur J. de Blainville 36
Richard Lemon Lander 36
Jonas Hanway 35
Abbé Prévost 34
Edward Ives 34
Vicomte François-René de Chateaubriand 34
Alexander Hamilton 33
George Heriot Phillips 33
Pehr Osbeck 33
Richard Chandler 33
Baron Jean-François Bourgoing 32
John Harriott 32
John Howison 32

Book Work

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations 1812
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor] 955
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World 506
Collection of Voyages and Travels 429
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels 369
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 297
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 290
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 286
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce] 282
Beauties of Scotland: Containing a ... Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures 279
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 239
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 221
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 211
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785 205
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford 203
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 197
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes 177
British Tourists; or, Traveller's Pocket Companion through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland 155
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations 151
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 147
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 140
Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa 133
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 130
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain 117
Modern Traveller 112
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels 111
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary] 108
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia 103
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 101
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant 98
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 96
General History of China 92
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli 83
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 81
Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 80
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-25 79
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804 77
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages 76
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 76
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
Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 73
Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire in the Years 1793 and 1794 72
Travels in England 71
Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico in the Years 1820, 1821 and 1822 69
Journey over Land to India 69
Indian Recreations 67
Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and description of the Northern Whale-Fishery 64
Edinburgh Cabinet Library 63
General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr] 63
Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 61
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution 61
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [First Series] 57
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [Second Series] 57
High-Ways and By-Ways, or, Tales of the Roadside [Second Series] 57
Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk 57
Travels in the year 1792 through France, Turkey, and Hungary, to Vienna 56
Travels through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt and Other Parts of the World 56
Voyage of La Pérouse round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, with the Nautical Tables 54
Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea 53
Account of the Pelew Islands 52
Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk 52
Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt in Company with Several Divisions of the French Army 52
Picture of Scotland 51
Tour through some of the Northern Parts of Europe 51
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels and Asia 50
Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747 48
Voyage to Loo-Choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas in the Year 1816 48
Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London 47
Tour through Italy 47
Twelve Years' Military Adventure in Three Quarters of the Globe 47
Visit to Paris in 1814 46
Voyage to South America 46
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, by the Late John Leyden 45
Chinese Traveller 44
St Petersburgh: a Journal of Travels to and from that Capital 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, into the Interior Parts of Africa 43
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies 43
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [Third Series] 42
Journal during a Residence in France 42
Tour in Switzerland 42
History of the British Expedition to Egypt 41
Peregrine in France 41
Traits of Travel; or, Tales of Men and Cities 41
Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter A.D. 1697 40
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands 39
France [Lady Morgan] 38
Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia: from a Greek Manuscript found at Herculaneum 38
Account of the European Settlements in America 37
Travels in Parts of South America 37
Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the years 1806, 1807, & 1808 37
Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger 36
Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Other Parts of Europe; but especially Italy 36
Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland 34
Histoire Générale des Voyages 34
Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea 34
Six Months Tour through the North of England 34

Book language

English 17456
French 346
Latin 146
Greek 27
Italian 16
Spanish 8
German 4
Arabic 2

Book place of publication

London 14656
Edinburgh 2173
Paris 232
Perth 225
Glasgow 204
Oxford 124
Amsterdam 113
Dublin 87
Chester 71
New York 71
Warrington 45
Bristol 27
Leiden 22
Lyon 13
Cambridge 12
Rotterdam 11
Leipzig 10
Venice 10
Neuchâtel 9
Gloucester 8
Madrid 8
The Hague 8
Rome 6
Rouen 5
Basel 4
Braunschweig 3
Frankfurt am Main 3
Leith 3
Newark 3
Nuremberg 3
Berlin 2
Cologne 2
Geneva 2
Gotha 2
Göttingen 2
Hamburg 2
In Colonia 2
Leeds 2
Lemgo 2
Naples 2
Paisley 2
St Petersburg 2
Wolfenbüttel 2
Avignon 1
Bath 1
Bern 1
Birmingham 1
Bologna 1
Bouillon 1
Calcutta 1
Colmar 1
Copenhagen 1
Lausanne 1
Leghorn 1
Maastricht 1
Malacca 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 1
Pittsburgh 1
Salisbury 1
Southwark 1
Stockholm 1
Strasbourg 1

Book format

8vo 8311
12mo 3245
4to 3012
folio 1510
18mo 1014
16mo 9
24mo 1
map 1

Genre

Travel 19005
History 574
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 413
Lives 314
Politics, Society and Political Economy 279
Natural Philosophy 273
Poetry 56
Fiction 53
Belles Lettres 44
Reference Works 38
Theology 29
Medicine 27
Education 21
Fine Arts 13
Law 10
Mathematics 1

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