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Library

Selkirk Library 1789
Leighton Library 1181
Westerkirk 858
Advocates Library 827
Royal High School of Edinburgh 586
Edinburgh University Library 454
Glasgow University Library 300
Aberdeen Theological Library 271
Wigtown Subscription Library 224
Innerpeffray Library 186
St Andrews University Library 185
Orkney Library 176
Craigston Castle Library 45
Haddington Library 23
Dumfries Presbytery Library 14
Hunterian Museum Library 10
Chambers' Circulating Library 8

Borrower title

Mr 2354
Reverend Mr 830
Lieutenant 141
Captain 126
Dr 109
Mrs 92
Sir 88
Miss 64
Reverend 40
Reverend Dr 23
Colonel 15
Corporal 11
Midshipman 11
Sous Lieutenant 10
Major 9
Professor 9
Right Honourable 8
Adjudant Major 4
Brigadier General 4
Lady 4
Principal 4
Prof. 4
Rev. 4
Rev. Mr 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Ensign 1
Provost 1

Borrower gender

Male 6955
Female 172
Unclear 1
Unknown 1

Borrower occupation

Education 1876
University Student 1025
Law 1017
Advocate 769
Religion and Clergy 751
Minister/Priest 728
Church of Scotland 601
School Child 581
Military 528
Prisoner of War 476
Agricultural 288
Independent Means 276
Arts and Letters 257
University Professor 247
Author 238
Tenant 220
Medicine and Health 197
Farmer 194
Surgeon 193
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 167
Sheriff 166
Writer/Procurator 154
Politics/Office Holders 131
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 118
Gentleman 109
Presbyterian Seceder 109
Notaries/Clerks 89
MP (Britain) 88
Dean of Faculty 72
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 70
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 69
Construction 44
School Master/Dominie 44
Merchants/Traders 35
Navy 35
Architect 34
Advocate Depute 33
Army 31
Clerk of Session 29
Tanner/Currier 29
Banker 24
Judge 22
Lay Preacher 21
Barrister 18
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 16
Teacher 16
Land Manager/Factor 15
Baillie 14
Baron of the Exchequer 14
Clerks 14
Lord Advocate 14
Factor/Agent 13
Writer to the Signet (WS) 13
Mason/Miller 12
Poet 12
Customs Collector 11
Lord Provost/Provost 11
Tutor 11
Accountant 10
Chaplain 10
Engineer 10
Lord President 10
Miscellaneous 10
Print and Book Trade 9
Unknown denomination 9
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Printers 8
Curator 7
Librarian 7
Surveyor 7
Dyer 6
Wife/Spouse 6
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 5
Mariner 5
Solicitor-General 5
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 4
Physician 4
Service Provision and Hospitality 4
Tax Collector 4
Widow 4
Ships Captain 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Distiller 2
Elder 2
Episcopalian 2
Lord Justice Clerk 2
Messenger-at-arms 2
Officer 2
Publishers 2
Retailer/Shopkeeper 2
Bishop 1
Brewer 1
Gardener 1
Grocer 1
Mill Owner 1
Privateer 1
Ships Owner 1
Trade of Slave-Produced Commodities 1

Author

Robert Henry 475
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Edward Gibbon 266
Hugh Blair 254
Dr John Moore 225
Jean-Jacques Barthélemy 207
William Russell 180
Charlotte Turner Smith 177
John Bell 121
Henry Home Lord Kames 104
George Campbell 99
James Bruce 98
Benjamin Bell 82
Royal Society of Edinburgh 80
Mary Pilkington 78
Friedrich Trenck Freiherr von der 73
William Smellie 71
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 64
Richard Cumberland 61
George Keate 52
Nathaniel Lardner 49
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 48
François Le Vaillant 46
Thomas Reid 46
James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood 44
Thomas Pennant 39
Vicesimus Knox 38
Jakob von Staehlin 38
Archibald Alison 37
Frederick II King of Prussia 35
Voltaire 35
James Beattie 33
Joseph Towers 33
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 32
Baron Jean-François Bourgoing 31
William Paley 31
Virgil 30
Thomas Anburey 29
William Marshall 28
Jean-Baptiste Grosier 27
Baron Jean-Baptiste-Barthélemy Lesseps 26
James Macpherson 26
Joseph Johnston 26
William Combe 26
Captain D. Williams 25
Claude Étienne Savary 25
Johann Caspar Lavater 24
William Coxe 24
Colonel William Fullarton 23
Dr Samuel Johnson 21
James Bell 21
John Drinkwater 20
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 20
Samuel Shaw 20
William Rutherford 20
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 19
Jacques Necker 19
John Le Couteur 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Charlotte Lennox 18
William Leechman 18
Adam Smith 17
Anna Maria Mackenzie 16
Elizabeth Craven 16
Joseph Addison 16
Lazzaro Spallanzani 16
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 14
John Pinkerton 14
Louis de Chénier 14
Marguerite Daubenton 14
Pierre-Raymond de Brisson 14
Samuel Stanhope Smith 14
William Thomson 14
Eliza Parsons 13
John Macdonald 13
Alexander Jardine 12
Edmund Burke 12
John Logan 12
Jonathan Edwards 12
Sir David Dalrymple Lord Hailes 12
Thomas Percival 12
William Francklin 12
John Aikin 11
William Beckford 11
John Meares 10
Adam Dickson 9
William Crookshank 9
Baroness Cassandra Hawke Hawke of Towton 8
Henri François d' Aguesseau 8
Robert Gray 8
Society of Antiquaries of London 8
Thomas Gurney 8
William Gilpin 8
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 7
Court of King's Bench Great Britain 7
Hester Lynch Piozzi 7
Hugo Arnot 7
John St. John 7
Joseph Ames 7
William Beresford 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
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 266
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 235
Zeluco 225
Encyclopaedia Britannica 222
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece 207
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
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
Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle 99
Four Gospels, Translated from the Greek 99
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce] 91
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
Delia, a Pathetic and Interesting Tale 78
Ethelinde, or The Recluse of the Lake 78
Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal 77
Life of Baron Frederic Trenck 73
Philosophy of Natural History 71
Don Quixote 64
Arundel 57
Account of the Pelew Islands 52
Works of Nathaniel Lardner 49
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 48
Essays on the Active Powers of Man 46
Denial; or, The Happy Retreat 44
Travels from the Cape of Good-Hope, into the Interior Parts of Africa 43
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great 38
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters 38
Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste 37
Posthumous Works of Frederick II King of Prussia 35
Cabinet des Fées 34
Persian Tales; or The Thousand and One Days 34
Companion. Being a Choice cCllection of the Most Admired Pieces from the Best Authors 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
Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country 31
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
Works of Virgil 30
Travels through the Interior Parts of America. In a Series of Letters 29
Voyages Imaginaires, Songes, Visions, et Romans Cabalistiques 29
General Description of China 27
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography 27
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 27
Devil upon Two Sticks in England 26
Poems of Ossian 26
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
Travels in Kamtschatka, During the Years 1787 and 1788 26
Captain Williams's Narrative 25
Elements of Moral Science 24
Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind 24
Travels in Switzerland 24
View of the English Interests in India 23
Horae Paulinae, or The Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul Evinced 22
Sermons, Preached before the University of Glasgow 21
History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar 20
Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, Abridged by Samuel Shaw 20
View of Antient History 20
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 19
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 19
Letters Chiefly from India; Containing an Account of the Military Transactions on the Coast of Malabar 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
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 18
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables 16
Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople 16
Monmouth; A Tale Founded on Historic Facts 16
Works of Joseph Addison 16
Analytical Review 15
Elements of Chemistry [Antoine Laurent Lavoisier] 14
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
Present State of the Empire of Morocco 14
Tour in England and Scotland, in 1785 [William Thomson] 14
Works of Samuel Johnson 14
Zelia in the Desert 14
Letters on Greece [Claude Étienne Savary] 13
Rural Economy of the Midland Counties 13
The history of Miss Meredith 13
Travels, in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, During a Series of Thirty Years and Upwards 13
Biographia Scotica, or An Attempt towards an History of the Lives and Writings of Eminent Men of Scotland 12
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

Book language

English 6725
French 345
Latin 40
Italian 15
German 11
Greek 2
Icelandic 1
Spanish 1

Book place of publication

London 5291
Edinburgh 1510
Paris 239
Perth 58
Dublin 38
Geneva 34
Kehl 34
Cambridge 20
Berlin 17
Leipzig 15
Birmingham 13
Warrington 12
Stockholm 10
Paisley 9
Amsterdam 8
Göttingen 7
Venice 6
The Hague 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Bath 4
Naples 4
Calcutta 3
Neuchâtel 3
Reading 3
Zweibrücken 3
Gotha 2
Leiden 2
Philadelphia 2
Aberdeen 1
Berwick 1
Canterbury 1
Copenhagen 1
Dresden 1
Edinburgh? 1
Glasgow 1
Greifswald 1
Halle 1
Jena 1
Lausanne 1
London? 1
Madrid 1
Prague 1
Rome 1
Sherborne 1
Siena 1
Strasbourg 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
York 1
Zurich 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 4647
4to 1453
12mo 950
folio 78
14mo 1
18mo 1
score 1

Genre

Periodicals 1426
History 1259
Fiction 1111
Travel 774
Sermons 724
Theology 664
Natural Philosophy 309
Lives 285
Belles Lettres 240
Reference Works 240
Medicine 194
Politics, Society and Political Economy 188
Philosophy and Morality 140
Poetry 135
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 98
Law 94
Education 37
Drama 23
Fine Arts 22
Mathematics 3

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