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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 7373
Selkirk Library 1879
Orkney Library 1645
Advocates Library 1505
St Andrews University Library 889
Leighton Library 838
Glasgow University Library 823
Westerkirk 694
Haddington Library 646
Wigtown Subscription Library 618
Edinburgh University Library 429
Chambers' Circulating Library 346
Innerpeffray Library 238
Dumfries Presbytery Library 148
Craigston Castle Library 36
Hunterian Museum Library 23
Aberdeen Theological Library 10
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 4100
Reverend Mr 880
Captain 379
Dr 271
Lieutenant 168
Sir 119
Reverend 104
Reverend Dr 63
Professor 40
Colonel 35
Major 26
Principal 17
Sous Lieutenant 11
Lady 10
Corporal 5
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Miss 4
Honourable 3
Adjudant Major 2
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General 2
Rev. 2
Midshipman 1
Mrs 1
Prof. 1

Borrower gender

Male 18141
Female 16
Unknown 2

Borrower occupation

Education 9698
School Child 7337
Law 1959
University Student 1748
Advocate 1490
Religion and Clergy 1307
Minister/Priest 1263
Church of Scotland 1136
Independent Means 860
Military 722
University Professor 621
Gentleman 445
Agricultural 418
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 415
Sheriff 398
Prisoner of War 397
Arts and Letters 334
Writer/Procurator 311
Tenant 300
Politics/Office Holders 293
Medicine and Health 275
Farmer 263
Author 231
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
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
Clerk of Session 63
Physician 63
Tanner/Currier 62
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 58
Chaplain 57
Writer to the Signet (WS) 57
Lord Provost/Provost 54
Mariner 50
Teacher 50
Librarian 49
Ships Owner 47
Service Provision and Hospitality 46
Land Manager/Factor 45
Banker 44
Poet 37
Unknown denomination 33
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 31
Construction 31
Accountant 29
Factor/Agent 26
Judge 25
Retailer/Shopkeeper 25
Architect 23
Lay Preacher 23
Surveyor 23
Baron of the Exchequer 21
Clerks 21
Lord President 19
Print and Book Trade 18
Barrister 17
Curator 17
Lord Advocate 17
Grocer 14
Provost 14
Tax Collector 14
Mason/Miller 13
Solicitor-General 13
Baillie 12
Officer 12
Victualler 10
Watchmaker 10
Booksellers 9
Printers 9
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 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
Lord Justice Clerk 3
Shoemaker 3
Trade of Slave-Produced Commodities 3
Bishop 2
Builder 2
Ships Captain 2

Author

William Fordyce Mavor 1111
Dr John Moore 376
Mungo Park 357
James Cook 297
George Anson Baron Anson 281
James Bruce 273
Captain Basil Hall 266
Robert Forsyth 263
William Coxe 258
John Hawkesworth 237
Thomas Pennant 210
James Boswell 209
Constantin François de Chasseboeuf Comte de Volney 198
Patrick Brydone 194
John Bell 192
Charles de Brosses 169
Herman Moll 166
Henry Swinburne 161
Thomas Salmon 155
Claude Étienne Savary 127
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 127
Edward Daniel Clarke 123
Daniel Defoe 117
Samuel Richardson 117
Baron François Tott 114
Josiah Conder 112
John Harris 111
Anders Sparrman 101
Thomas Shaw 98
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde 97
Louis Simond 90
Joseph Townsend 84
Giuseppe Baretti 81
John Ray 80
Robert Heron 78
Dr Samuel Johnson 77
Henry David Inglis 77
Peter Simon Pallas 76
Alexander von Humboldt 75
Thomas Colley Grattan 73
Georg Forster 71
Donald Campbell 67
Robert Kerr 63
William Scoresby 63
William Tennant 63
George Keate 57
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 57
Vivant Denon 56
William Hunter 56
Comte Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse 55
Arthur Young 54
Eyles Irwin 53
Charles Thompson Traveller 52
John Leyden 52
Henry Ellis 51
Reginald Heber 51
John Gibson Lockhart 49
John Scott 49
Antonio de Ulloa 48
Jorge Juan 47
Sir Walter Scott 47
François Le Vaillant 46
Hugh Murray 46
Morris Birkbeck 45
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
John Chetwode Eustace 43
Sir John Chardin 43
Sir Robert Thomas Wilson 41
Henry Maundrell 40
Edward Burt 39
Helen Maria Williams 39
Etienne François de Lantier 38
Washington Irving 38
Edmund Burke 37
Sir William Edward Parry 37
William Burke 37
John Lander 36
John MacGregor 36
Richard Lemon Lander 36
François Raimond Joseph de Pons 35
Monsieur J. de Blainville 35
Abbé Prévost 34
Edward Ives 34
Jonas Hanway 34
Robert Chambers 34
Vicomte François-René de Chateaubriand 34
William Camden 34
Alexander Hamilton 33
George Heriot Phillips 33
Richard Chandler 33
William Ellis 33
Baron Jean-François Bourgoing 32
John Harriott 32
Samuel Jackson Pratt 32
John Howison 31
John Lambert 31
Karl Philipp Moritz 31
Michael Symes 31
Pehr Osbeck 31
William Bromet 31

Book Work

World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations 1811
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 422
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels 369
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 281
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 278
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 276
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce] 266
Beauties of Scotland: Containing a ... Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures 263
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 237
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 207
Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785 198
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford 194
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 194
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia 191
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes 169
British Tourists; or, Traveller's Pocket Companion through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland 152
Modern History: or, The Present State of All Nations 151
View of Society and Manners in Italy 145
Travels through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776 140
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 139
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 126
Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa 123
Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain 117
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels 111
Modern Traveller 111
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary] 104
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 101
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia 100
Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant 98
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 95
General History of China 92
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli 83
Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages 76
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 76
Memoirs of the Kings of France, of the Race of Valois 76
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 75
Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787 75
Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 74
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804 74
Travels through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire in the Years 1793 and 1794 72
Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 70
Observations Made in a Journey through the Western Counties of Scotland, in the Autumn of M.DCC.XCII 68
Journey over Land to India 67
Travels in England 65
General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr] 63
Indian Recreations 63
Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and description of the Northern Whale-Fishery 62
Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico in the Years 1820, 1821 and 1822 60
Voyage Round the World, in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution 59
Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 57
Travels in the year 1792 through France, Turkey, and Hungary, to Vienna 56
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [First Series] 54
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [Second Series] 54
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
Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt in Company with Several Divisions of the French Army 52
Travels through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt and Other Parts of the World 52
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-25 51
Tour through some of the Northern Parts of Europe 51
Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk 49
Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747 48
Edinburgh Cabinet Library 47
Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk 47
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels and Asia 46
Chinese Traveller 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Voyage to Loo-Choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas in the Year 1816 44
Voyage to South America 44
High-Ways and By-Ways, or, Tales of the Roadside [Second Series] 43
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, by the Late John Leyden 43
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies 43
Journal during a Residence in France 42
Tour through Italy 42
Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, into the Interior Parts of Africa 42
History of the British Expedition to Egypt 41
Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter A.D. 1697 40
Visit to Paris in 1814 40
Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London 39
Travels of Antenor in Greece and Asia: from a Greek Manuscript found at Herculaneum 38
Account of the European Settlements in America 37
Fragments of Voyages and Travels [Third Series] 37
Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger 36
Tour in Switzerland 36
Travels in Parts of South America 35
Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, and Other Parts of Europe; but especially Italy 35
Histoire Générale des Voyages 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
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels [George Heriot Phillips] 33
Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea 33
New Account of the East Indies 33
Picture of Scotland 33
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands 33
Six Months Tour through the North of England 33
Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, during the Years 1806 and 1807 33
Gleanings through Wales, Holland and Westphalia ... To which is added Humanity; or The Rights of Nature. A Poem 32
Struggles through Life, Exemplified in the Various Travels and Adventures in Europe, Asia, Africa, & America, of John Harriott 32
Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country 32

Book language

English 16616
French 342
Latin 145
Greek 27
Italian 10
Spanish 8
German 4
Arabic 2

Book place of publication

London 14017
Edinburgh 1994
Paris 230
Perth 217
Glasgow 193
Oxford 124
Amsterdam 112
Dublin 84
Chester 70
New York 65
Warrington 45
Bristol 27
Leiden 22
Lyon 13
Cambridge 12
Leipzig 10
Rotterdam 10
Neuchâtel 9
Gloucester 8
Madrid 8
The Hague 8
Venice 8
Rouen 5
Basel 4
Rome 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
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
Naples 1
Newcastle upon Tyne 1
Pittsburgh 1
Salisbury 1
Southwark 1
Stockholm 1
Strasbourg 1

Book format

8vo 7753
12mo 3065
4to 2974
folio 1496
18mo 1014
16mo 7
24mo 1
map 1

Genre

Travel 18141
History 563
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 377
Lives 298
Politics, Society and Political Economy 261
Natural Philosophy 257
Poetry 54
Belles Lettres 44
Fiction 43
Reference Works 37
Theology 28
Medicine 24
Education 20
Fine Arts 13
Law 10
Mathematics 1

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1.0 18141

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