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Library

Selkirk Library 1470
Leighton Library 1179
Westerkirk 976
Advocates Library 801
Royal High School of Edinburgh 742
Edinburgh University Library 483
Glasgow University Library 328
Aberdeen Theological Library 316
St Andrews University Library 243
Orkney Library 165
Innerpeffray Library 161
Wigtown Subscription Library 153
Haddington Library 130
Craigston Castle Library 47
Dumfries Presbytery Library 13
Hunterian Museum Library 10
Chambers' Circulating Library 9

Borrower title

Mr 2219
Reverend Mr 759
Dr 114
Lieutenant 113
Captain 109
Sir 95
Mrs 86
Miss 58
Reverend 39
Reverend Dr 17
Sous Lieutenant 11
Midshipman 10
Professor 10
Colonel 9
Corporal 8
Right Honourable 8
Major 7
Rev. 7
Adjudant Major 4
Lady 4
Principal 4
Sous-Lieutenant 3
Prof. 2
Bishop 1
Ensign 1
Provost 1
Rev. Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 7062
Female 161
Unknown 4
Unclear 1

Borrower occupation

Education 2135
University Student 1124
Law 973
Advocate 749
School Child 733
Religion and Clergy 691
Minister/Priest 664
Church of Scotland 543
Military 405
Prisoner of War 364
Independent Means 267
University Professor 266
Arts and Letters 257
Agricultural 246
Author 236
Tenant 190
Farmer 172
Sheriff 168
Medicine and Health 165
Surgeon 161
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 156
Writer/Procurator 126
Politics/Office Holders 121
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 117
Gentleman 111
Presbyterian Seceder 103
Notaries/Clerks 88
MP (Britain) 77
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 76
Dean of Faculty 71
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 51
Merchants/Traders 46
Construction 44
School Master/Dominie 39
Architect 36
Navy 31
Advocate Depute 30
Banker 24
Clerk of Session 23
Judge 22
Tanner/Currier 21
Teacher 21
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 20
Lay Preacher 20
Army 19
Clerks 18
Baillie 17
Barrister 17
Factor/Agent 16
Baron of the Exchequer 12
Chaplain 12
Lord Advocate 12
Mason/Miller 12
Lord President 11
Poet 11
Tutor 11
Customs Collector 10
Land Manager/Factor 10
Lord Provost/Provost 10
Unknown denomination 10
Print and Book Trade 9
Engineer 8
Librarian 8
Miscellaneous 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Printers 8
Service Provision and Hospitality 7
Accountant 6
Curator 6
Mariner 6
Retailer/Shopkeeper 6
Surveyor 6
Solicitor-General 5
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 4
Physician 4
Widow 4
Wife/Spouse 4
Writer to the Signet (WS) 4
Provost 3
Ships Captain 3
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 3
Watchmaker 3
Booksellers 2
Brewer 2
Distiller 2
Elder 2
Episcopalian 2
Grocer 2
Officer 2
Painter/Limner 2
Publishers 2
Ships Owner 2
Tax Collector 2
Advocate’s Clerk 1
Bishop 1
Clerk 1
Dyer 1
Gardener 1
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1

Author

Robert Henry 475
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Hugh Blair 275
Dr John Moore 225
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney 205
Edward Gibbon 183
William Russell 180
Charlotte Turner Smith 177
Dr Samuel Johnson 147
John Bell 120
Henry Swinburne 113
Henry Home Lord Kames 104
James Cook 101
George Campbell 99
Richard Cumberland 94
William Coxe 91
Benjamin Bell 82
Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Henry Mackenzie 77
Vicesimus Knox 73
Friedrich Trenck Freiherr von der 73
John Gillies 66
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 64
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
George Keate 52
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 52
Nathaniel Lardner 49
Alexander Shanks 47
Thomas Reid 46
Robert Burns 42
Voltaire 40
Jakob von Staehlin 38
Ambrose Serle 37
Elizabeth Keir 36
Frederick II King of Prussia 35
Joseph Towers 33
Colonel William Fullarton 32
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 32
Baron Jean-François Bourgoing 31
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 31
Thomas Anburey 29
Alexander Cunningham 28
Andrew Fyfe 27
Jean-Baptiste Grosier 27
Joseph Johnston 26
Claude Étienne Savary 25
Johann Caspar Lavater 24
John Millar 24
Torquato Tasso 24
Jacques Necker 20
William Rutherford 20
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 19
Elizabeth Helme 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
William Leechman 18
William Marshall 18
Elizabeth Craven 16
Lazzaro Spallanzani 16
Francesco Saverio Clavigero 15
Francis Bacon 15
Lindley Murray 15
Louis de Chénier 15
John Pinkerton 14
Marguerite Daubenton 14
Pierre-Raymond de Brisson 14
Robert Lowth 14
Samuel Stanhope Smith 14
William Thomson 14
Alexander Jardine 12
Jonathan Edwards 12
Thomas Percival 12
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 11
John Aikin 11
John Whitaker 11
William Francklin 11
Adam Dickson 9
Adam Smith 9
James Beattie 9
William Crookshank 9
William Paley 9
Baroness Cassandra Hawke Hawke of Towton 8
Henri François d' Aguesseau 8
John Knox 8
Society of Antiquaries of London 8
Thomas Gurney 8
William Gilpin 8
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 7
Bielby Porteus 7
Court of King's Bench Great Britain 7
Hester Lynch Piozzi 7
Hugo Arnot 7
John St. John 7
Joseph Ames 7
Joseph Priestley 7
Lewis Hardwicke 7
Robert Boyd 7
William Beresford 7
William Gordon 7
William Herbert 7
William Mitford 7

Book Work

Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 499
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 475
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 235
Zeluco 225
Encyclopaedia Britannica 222
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785 205
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 183
History of Modern Europe 180
New Annual Register 126
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 120
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Works of Samuel Johnson 115
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 113
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 101
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle 99
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek 99
Sketches of the History of Man 90
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell] 82
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Ethelinde, or The Recluse of the Lake 78
Life of Baron Frederic Trenck 73
Lounger 70
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 68
Don Quixote 64
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 63
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Arundel 57
Account of the Pelew Islands 52
Works of Nathaniel Lardner 49
Salvation Through the Grace of our Saviour Displayed 47
Essays on the Active Powers of Man 46
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [Robert Burns] 42
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 40
Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great 38
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters 38
Christian Remembrancer 37
History of Miss Greville 36
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 36
Essays Moral and Literary 35
Posthumous Works of Frederick II King of Prussia 35
Cabinet des Fées 34
Persian Tales; or The Thousand and One Days 34
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson] 33
Memoirs of the Life and Reign of Frederick the Third, King of Prussia 33
Works of Voltaire 33
Beauties of Genlis; Being a Select Collection, of the Most Beautiful Tales and Other Striking Extracts 32
View of the English Interests in India 32
Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country 31
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 31
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
Travels through the Interior Parts of America. In a Series of Letters 29
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques 29
History of Great Britain [Alexander Cunningham] 28
General Description of China 27
System of Anatomy and Physiology, with the Comparative Anatomy of Animals 27
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
Sermons on Practical Subjects: Preached Mostly at the Dispensing of The Holy Ordinance Of our Lord's Supper 26
History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 25
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind 24
Historical View of the English Government, from the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the Accession of the House of Stewart 24
Jerusalem Delivered 24
Travels in Switzerland 23
View of Antient History 20
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 19
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London 19
On the Importance of Religious Opinions 19
Sermons on Public Occasions [Richard Watson] 19
Sermons [William Leechman] 18
Louisa; or, the cottage on the moor 17
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables 16
Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople 16
Analytical Review 15
Essays of Francis Bacon 15
History of Mexico 15
Power of Religion on the Mind, in Retirement, Sickness, and at Death 15
Elements of Criticism 14
English Review, or An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature 14
Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species 14
Historical Narrative of the Shipwreck and Captivity of Mr De Brisson 14
Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews 14
Present State of the Empire of Morocco 14
Tour in England and Scotland, in 1785 [William Thomson] 14
Zelia in the Desert 14
Letters on Greece [Claude Étienne Savary] 13
Enquiry into the History of Scotland Preceding the Reign of Malcom III 12
Father's Instructions; consisting of Moral Tales, Fables, and Reflections 12
Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended 12
Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, &c. 12
Letters on Greece: Being a Sequel to Letters on Egypt 12
New Annual Register, or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature 12
Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated 11
Observations Made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia, in the Years 1786-7 11
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 11
England Delineated; or, A Geographical Description of Every County in England and Wales 10
New British Theatre 10

Book language

English 6806
French 344
Latin 46
Italian 16
German 12
Spanish 4
Greek 2
Gaelic 1
Icelandic 1

Book place of publication

London 5337
Edinburgh 1393
Paris 240
Perth 162
Geneva 34
Kehl 34
Dublin 25
Cambridge 20
Berlin 17
Leipzig 16
York 15
Birmingham 13
Warrington 12
Stockholm 10
Paisley 9
Amsterdam 8
Göttingen 7
Venice 7
The Hague 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Bath 4
Madrid 4
Naples 4
Calcutta 3
Neuchâtel 3
Reading 3
Zweibrücken 3
Dresden 2
Gotha 2
Leiden 2
Philadelphia 2
Siena 2
Aberdeen 1
Bern 1
Berwick 1
Canterbury 1
Copenhagen 1
Edinburgh? 1
Glasgow 1
Greifswald 1
Halle 1
Jena 1
Lichfield 1
Prague 1
Rome 1
Strasbourg 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
Zurich 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 5001
4to 1267
12mo 886
folio 60
16mo 3
18mo 1
score 1

Genre

Periodicals 1406
History 1241
Travel 972
Fiction 822
Theology 738
Sermons 696
Belles Lettres 403
Lives 313
Natural Philosophy 253
Reference Works 238
Medicine 221
Politics, Society and Political Economy 178
Philosophy and Morality 127
Poetry 108
Law 96
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 83
Education 35
Drama 27
Fine Arts 23
Mathematics 6

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