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Library

St Andrews University Library 2034
Glasgow University Library 1358
Edinburgh University Library 471
Haddington Library 459
Royal High School of Edinburgh 412
Innerpeffray Library 363
Dumfries Presbytery Library 331
Selkirk Library 286
Advocates Library 259
Leighton Library 131
Aberdeen Theological Library 124
Westerkirk 23
Hunterian Museum Library 19
Orkney Library 17
Craigston Castle Library 12
Chambers' Circulating Library 1
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 514
Reverend Mr 106
Dr 104
Professor 77
Reverend 56
Captain 38
Sir 27
Lieutenant 20
Principal 12
Sous Lieutenant 7
Mrs 6
Colonel 5
Midshipman 5
Miss 4
Lady 2
Reverend Dr 2
Major 1

Borrower gender

Male 6242
Female 40
Unknown 6
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 4431
University Student 3467
University Professor 710
Religion and Clergy 627
Minister/Priest 604
Church of Scotland 556
School Child 401
Law 297
Advocate 282
Military 135
Arts and Letters 131
Prisoner of War 113
Independent Means 77
Author 76
Chaplain 65
Sheriff 64
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 60
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 56
Medicine and Health 53
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 50
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 49
Surgeon 48
Librarian 46
Merchants/Traders 46
Presbyterian Seceder 38
Print and Book Trade 33
Printers 32
Agricultural 30
Politics/Office Holders 29
Gentleman 27
School Master/Dominie 27
Tenant 24
Farmer 20
MP (Britain) 16
Dyer 14
Army 13
Dean of Faculty 13
Domestic Service 13
Glover 13
Indoor Servants 13
Retailer/Shopkeeper 12
Teacher 10
Clerk 9
Clerk of Session 9
Lay Preacher 9
Navy 9
Writer/Procurator 9
Curator 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Tanner/Currier 8
Advocate Depute 7
Judge 7
Lord President 7
Advocate’s Clerk 6
Customs Collector 6
Lord Advocate 6
Physician 6
Watchmaker 6
Barrister 5
Notaries/Clerks 5
Provost 5
Clerks 4
Officer 4
Poet 4
Writer to the Signet (WS) 4
Banker 3
Baron of the Exchequer 3
Factor/Agent 3
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 3
Miscellaneous 3
Cooper 2
Episcopalian 2
Glazier 2
Service Provision and Hospitality 2
Solicitor-General 2
Tax Collector 2
Tutor 2
Wife/Spouse 2
Bookbinder 1
Booksellers 1
Brewer 1
Grocer 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1
Mariner 1
Privateer 1
Publishers 1
Smiths/Metal Workers 1
Supporting Activities 1
Surveyor 1
Widow 1

Author

Charles Rollin 2090
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 254
Nathaniel Hooke 184
Robert South 111
Gilbert Burnet 110
Robert Moss 110
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 90
James Thomson 89
John Nicholl 84
Sampson Letsome 84
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Samuel Clarke 73
John Sharp 70
Robert Smith 68
John Ray 67
William Warburton 61
Francis Atterbury 60
Jean Alphonse Turrettini 60
Samuel Shuckford 60
Cornelius Tacitus 58
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 58
William Derham 58
Andrew Baxter 54
Jacques Saurin 53
James Foster 53
Livy 53
Alexander Cruden 47
Elizabeth Singer Rowe 47
Philip Doddridge 46
James Home 45
Daniel Neal 43
William King 42
Stephen Hales 41
Claude Fleury 40
Thomas Rowe 37
Benjamin Hoadly 33
M. l’abbé Antoine Banier 33
Roger Cotes 32
Matthew Bacon 30
Nathaniel Lardner 30
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Thomas Morgan 28
Browne Langrish 27
David Hume 26
Thomas Shaw 26
James Anderson 25
Isaac Watts 24
Bernard de Fontenelle 22
Joseph Addison 22
William Hawkins 22
William Crawford 21
Antonio de Solis 20
Viscount Robert Molesworth 19
Pierre Bayle 18
Francesco Guicciardini 17
Julius Caesar 17
Richard Glover 17
Saint John Chrysostom 17
Samuel Butler 17
Frederik Ruysch 16
John Chapman 16
Sir Isaac Newton 16
François Catrou 15
Bernard Forest de Belidor 15
Pierre Julien Rouillé 15
Carlo Sigonio 14
Hugo Grotius 14
Marquis d' Argens 14
Pawlet St. John 14
Peter King 1st Baron King 14
Herman Boerhaave 13
Torquato Tasso 13
William Wollaston 13
Abraham Mears 12
Flavius Josephus 12
William Whiston 12
Albertus Seba 11
Peter Browne Bishop of Cork and Ross 11
Antonio Francesco Gori 10
Archibald Campbell 10
Freiherr von Christian Wolff 10
Isaac de Beausobre 10
Daniel Whitby 9
Elizabeth Blackwell 9
John Gay 9
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont 9
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 9
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur 9
Sir Robert Sibbald 9
Anthony Blackwall 8
Duncan Stewart M. A. 8
John Boswell 8
John Burton 8
Ludovico Antonio Muratori 8
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis 8
Georg Ernst Stahl 7
Imperatorska︠i︡a akademī︠i︡a nauk (Russia) 7
Johann Juncker 7
Dante Alighieri 6

ESTC

N16395 857
N48133 806
N42798 254
T160963 232
T121677 220
P1945 185
T71736 184
T64235 171
T71733 122
T71734 122
T71735 122
P2656 103
T114187 95
T35244 89
T68053 87
T127878 84
T130058 81
T115539 73
T120719 73
N36177 71
T127937 70
T127942 70
T93655 63
T87652 60
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T105590 58
T96631 56
N9213 54
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T90035 47
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N565 40
T120721 37
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T133104 34
N35253 33
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N69224 13
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N24301 6
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T61558 6

Book language

English 5432
French 458
Latin 405
Greek 26
Italian 24
Spanish 9
Dutch 3
Hebrew 3
German 2

Book place of publication

London 5037
Edinburgh 344
Paris 307
Amsterdam 118
The Hague 97
Cambridge 95
Geneva 79
Dublin 60
Leiden 41
Venice 37
Oxford 27
Leipzig 26
Milan 22
Halle 18
Göttingen 16
Brussels 14
Newcastle upon Tyne 14
Frankfurt am Main 12
St Petersburg 11
Florence 10
Rotterdam 9
York 8
Frankfurt 7
Berlin 5
Helmstedt 5
Cologne 4
Dresden 4
Boston, MA 3
Strasbourg 3
Uppsala 3
Bologna 2
Franecker 2
Utrecht 2
Hamburg 1
Jena 1
Nuremberg 1
Zurich 1

Book format

8vo 4126
4to 1026
folio 579
12mo 521
16mo 1

Genre

History 2987
Theology 885
Sermons 660
Periodicals 607
Natural Philosophy 458
Belles Lettres 334
Medicine 218
Poetry 187
Law 140
Fiction 128
Travel 113
Philosophy and Morality 108
Lives 69
Reference Works 61
Mathematics 41
Politics, Society and Political Economy 35
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 29
Education 28
Fine Arts 13

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