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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 1820
Edinburgh University Library 1297
St Andrews University Library 1057
Selkirk Library 885
Glasgow University Library 882
Advocates Library 629
Leighton Library 435
Innerpeffray Library 352
Haddington Library 339
Westerkirk 183
Craigston Castle Library 56
Aberdeen Theological Library 43
Orkney Library 38
Wigtown Subscription Library 37
Dumfries Presbytery Library 34
Hunterian Museum Library 25
Chambers' Circulating Library 17
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 1329
Reverend Mr 387
Dr 124
Lieutenant 66
Captain 64
Sir 60
Professor 44
Reverend 43
Miss 32
Mrs 26
Midshipman 10
Reverend Dr 9
Brigadier General 7
Principal 7
Corporal 6
Lady 4
Major 4
Sous Lieutenant 4
Colonel 3
Adjudant Major 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Madame 1
Provost 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 8019
Female 85
Unknown 12
Unclear 5

Borrower occupation

Education 5149
University Student 2724
School Child 1782
University Professor 758
Law 718
Advocate 632
Religion and Clergy 581
Minister/Priest 551
Church of Scotland 513
Military 255
Prisoner of War 237
Agricultural 158
Sheriff 142
Arts and Letters 124
Tenant 123
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 121
Farmer 112
Independent Means 110
Author 98
Medicine and Health 94
Politics/Office Holders 85
Surgeon 83
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 71
Dean of Faculty 68
MP (Britain) 61
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 56
Chaplain 55
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 47
Writer/Procurator 47
Teacher 46
Merchants/Traders 42
Print and Book Trade 40
Gentleman 39
Printers 39
School Master/Dominie 34
Presbyterian Seceder 31
Judge 29
Notaries/Clerks 29
Advocate Depute 23
Service Provision and Hospitality 22
Lord President 21
Clerk of Session 17
Lay Preacher 16
Lord Advocate 16
Army 15
Clerks 14
Banker 12
Librarian 12
Retailer/Shopkeeper 12
Navy 11
Physician 11
Baillie 10
Baron of the Exchequer 10
Writer to the Signet (WS) 10
Barrister 9
Construction 9
Curator 9
Grocer 9
Land Manager/Factor 9
Officer 8
Tanner/Currier 8
Dyer 7
Mason/Miller 7
Poet 7
Provost 7
Customs Collector 6
Factor/Agent 6
Brewer 5
Clerk 5
Engineer 5
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 5
Miscellaneous 5
Solicitor-General 5
Architect 4
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 4
Wife/Spouse 4
Advocate’s Clerk 3
Distiller 3
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 3
Accountant 2
Active Service/Soldiers 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Booksellers 2
Episcopalian 2
Mill Owner 2
Publishers 2
Shoemaker 2
Surveyor 2
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 2
Unknown denomination 2
Watchmaker 2
Bishop 1
Bookbinder 1
Lord Provost/Provost 1
Painter/Limner 1
Secretary of State 1
Tax Collector 1
Tutor 1
Victualler 1
Widow 1

Author

Oliver Goldsmith 1091
Plutarch 304
Robert Henry 243
John Hawkesworth 207
Patrick Brydone 196
William Robertson 191
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 177
Henry Home Lord Kames 138
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 130
William Cullen 118
Baron Albrecht von Haller 111
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 101
Denis Diderot 96
James Ferguson 93
John Campbell 86
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Andrew Duncan 77
Richard Graves 77
John Jortin 75
Catherine Macaulay 72
David Macbride 72
Alexander Pope 71
William Shakespeare 71
John Toland 66
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 63
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
James Beattie 57
Thomas Pennant 54
John Erskine 52
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 52
Henry Mackenzie 49
Virgil 48
Voltaire 48
William Bromfield 46
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 45
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
Joseph Priestley 43
Alexander Gerard 42
James Maclurg 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Anton de Haen 37
Junius 37
Basil Kennett 36
Sir John Dalrymple 36
Homer 35
Percivall Pott 35
Cardinal Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz 34
Edward Ives 34
Jonathan Edwards 34
John Whitaker 32
Adam Fitz-Adam 30
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
John Farquhar 29
Paul François Velly 29
James Burrow 28
James Makittrick Adair 28
Joseph Marshall 28
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 26
James Lind 26
John Newton 26
William Hewson 26
John Tillotson 24
Marcus Tullius Cicero 24
William Buchan 22
Robert Fergusson 21
Alexander Dow 20
Antonio de Ulloa 20
James Oswald 20
Jorge Juan 20
John Gregory 19
Pierre-Augustin Guys 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Thomas Warton 19
Alexander Dalrymple 18
Gregory Sharpe 18
Henry Venn 18
Charles White 17
John Wright 17
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus 17
Mrs Hester Chapone 17
William Guthrie 17
James Burgh 16
Laurence Sterne 16
Daniel Fenning 15
Thomas Leland 15
William Carstares 15
Charles Rollin 14
David Hume 14
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d' Arnaud 14
William Tytler 14
Helvetius 13
Jean André de Luc 13
John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn 13
Nathaniel Hulme 13
Sir William Fordyce 13
William Payne 13
John Leake 12
Nikolai Detlef Falck 12
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 11

Book Work

Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 502
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature 470
Lives [Plutarch] 303
Dr Goldsmith's Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools 246
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 207
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II 201
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford 196
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 191
Scots Magazine 185
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 177
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 170
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope 130
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Sketches of the History of Man 108
Haller's Physiology 106
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
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen] 93
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
Spiritual Quixote: or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 72
Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic 72
Works of Alexander Pope 71
Plays of William Shakespeare 66
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 62
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Sermons on Different Subjects [John Jortin] 61
Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease 60
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles 58
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism 57
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 52
Institute of the Law of Scotland 52
Man of the World 49
Works of Virgil 48
Chirurgical Observations and Cases [William Blomfield] 46
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 46
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 45
Chinese Traveller 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Essay on Genius 42
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 41
Experiments upon the Human Bile 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Works of Voltaire 38
Letters of Junius 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 36
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 36
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott 35
Iliad 35
History of the Work of Redemption 34
Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz 34
Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And An Historical Narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756 and 1757 34
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
World 30
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
Histoire de France depuis l'établissement de la Monarchie jusqu'au Regne de Louis XIV 29
Sermons on Various Subjects [John Farquhar] 29
Commentaries on the Principles and Practice of Physic 28
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond 28
Travels through Holland, Flanders, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, Russia, the Ukraine, and Poland. In the Years 1768, 1769, and 1770 28
Elements of Criticism 26
Essay on the Most Effectual Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen in the Royal Navy 26
Experimental Inquiries: Part the Second 26
Twenty Six Letters on Religious Subjects 26
Genuine History of the Britons Asserted 25
Political Survey of Britain 25
Synopsis Nosologiae Methodicae 25
Works of John Tillotson 24
Domestic Medicine [William Buchan] 22
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air 21
Poems [Robert Fergusson] 21
Appeal to Common Sense in Behalf of Religion 20
History of Hindostan 20
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 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
Select Mechanical Exercises: Shewing how to Construct Different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun-Dials 19
Sentimental Journey through Greece 19
Voyage to South America 19
Collection of Charts and Memoirs 18
Mistakes in Religion Exposed: in an Essay on the Prophecy of Zacharias 18
Sermons on Various Subjects [Gregory Sharpe] 18
De Institutione Oratoria [Marcus Fabius Quintilianus] 17
Elements of Therapeutics: or, First Principles of the Practice of Physic 17
Elements of Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical 17
Father's Legacy to his Daughters 17
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady 17
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar 17
Treatise on the Management of Pregnant and Lying-in Women 17
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics 16
Letters to Friends [Cicero] 16
Political Disquisitions: or, An Enquiry into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses 16
Supplement to the Edition of Shakspeare's Plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens 16
History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II 15

Book language

English 7350
French 560
Latin 170
Italian 55
Greek 20
German 6
Spanish 4
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 6220
Edinburgh 1108
Paris 354
Neuchâtel 120
Chester 46
The Hague 45
Vienna 41
Warrington 41
Dublin 36
Leipzig 36
Geneva 26
Amsterdam 21
Berlin 15
Oxford 15
Leiden 10
Cleves 8
Cambridge 7
Rome 7
Birmingham 6
Florence 6
Rotterdam 6
Glasgow 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
Stockholm 5
Utrecht 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Göttingen 4
Madrid 4
St Petersburg 4
Naples 3
Perth 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
Bath 2
Bremen 2
Bristol 2
Charlestown 2
Halle 2
Leeds 2
Livorno 2
Philadelphia 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Avignon 1
Exeter 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Jena 1
Leeuwarden 1
Liège 1
Lyon 1
Manchester 1
Nuremberg 1
Shrewsbury 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Turin 1
Venice 1
unknown 1

Book format

8vo 4833
4to 1675
12mo 1083
folio 264
18mo 5

Genre

History 1796
Periodicals 1395
Medicine 905
Lives 872
Natural Philosophy 797
Travel 724
Education 471
Belles Lettres 418
Poetry 327
Fiction 294
Politics, Society and Political Economy 286
Philosophy and Morality 249
Theology 215
Law 191
Sermons 178
Reference Works 138
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 86
Drama 84
Mathematics 53
Fine Arts 35

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