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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 1921
Glasgow University Library 1151
St Andrews University Library 805
Edinburgh University Library 531
Selkirk Library 460
Advocates Library 330
Haddington Library 269
Leighton Library 245
Innerpeffray Library 236
Aberdeen Theological Library 144
Dumfries Presbytery Library 126
Craigston Castle Library 46
Westerkirk 18
Wigtown Subscription Library 11
Hunterian Museum Library 7
Chambers' Circulating Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 710
Reverend Mr 236
Dr 97
Reverend 43
Professor 36
Lieutenant 35
Sir 33
Captain 26
Mrs 14
Miss 10
Principal 10
Major 6
Reverend Dr 6
Colonel 5
Corporal 4
Brigadier General 3
Lady 3
Ms 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Midshipman 1
Right Honourable 1
Sous Lieutenant 1

Borrower gender

Male 6233
Female 43
Unknown 20
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 4551
University Student 1950
School Child 1909
University Professor 854
Religion and Clergy 622
Minister/Priest 596
Church of Scotland 575
Law 384
Advocate 348
Military 132
Prisoner of War 117
Arts and Letters 103
Sheriff 78
Agricultural 74
Author 72
Chaplain 71
Independent Means 68
Medicine and Health 60
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 58
Print and Book Trade 57
Printers 57
Tenant 57
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 51
Farmer 51
Surgeon 51
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 48
Dean of Faculty 47
Politics/Office Holders 47
Merchants/Traders 45
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 32
MP (Britain) 31
School Master/Dominie 31
Librarian 30
Domestic Service 21
Indoor Servants 21
Gentleman 20
Notaries/Clerks 18
Presbyterian Seceder 15
Service Provision and Hospitality 15
Army 14
Clerk of Session 14
Clerks 14
Judge 14
Advocate Depute 13
Lord Advocate 13
Writer/Procurator 12
Lord President 11
Physician 11
Provost 10
Clerk 9
Teacher 9
Baillie 8
Dyer 8
Miscellaneous 8
Barrister 7
Lay Preacher 7
Writer to the Signet (WS) 7
Banker 6
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 6
Poet 6
Factor/Agent 5
Grocer 5
Officer 5
Retailer/Shopkeeper 5
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 5
Tanner/Currier 5
Watchmaker 5
Widow 5
Brewer 4
Episcopalian 4
Advocate’s Clerk 3
Wife/Spouse 3
Baron of the Exchequer 2
Customs Collector 2
Mason/Miller 2
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 2
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 2
Solicitor-General 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 1
Curator 1
Land Manager/Factor 1
Navy 1
Publishers 1
Secretary of State 1

Author

Joseph Addison 235
Sir Richard Steele 235
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 203
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 100
Denis Diderot 95
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Nathaniel Hooke 74
Archibald Bower 70
Jacques Saurin 69
Matthew Henry 63
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
John Campbell 61
Baron Albrecht von Haller 58
Homer 55
David Hume 53
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 50
Mrs Elizabeth Montagu 50
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 44
William Burkitt 40
Nathaniel Lardner 39
Samuel Chandler 39
Pietro Metastasio 38
Anton de Haen 37
Charles Johnstone 33
Johannes de Gorter 30
Matthew Bacon 30
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Abbé Prévost 28
John Jortin 28
Antonio de Ulloa 27
Jorge Juan 27
Alexander Pope 26
Joseph Warner 26
John Ranby 25
William Smellie 22
Philip Doddridge 21
Sir Isaac Newton 20
John Guyse 19
Marquise de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné 17
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 16
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti 15
Marie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières Riccoboni 15
Tobias George Smollett 14
Abbe Jean Antoine Nollet 13
Aristophanes 13
James Beattie 13
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall 13
Sir Geoffrey Gilbert 12
Albertus Seba 11
Roger Long 11
Samuel Bourn 11
William Tytler 11
James Mackenzie 10
Aulay Macaulay 9
James Ferguson 9
Thomas Blacklock 9
Antonio Francesco Gori 8
Aristotle 8
Henry Home Lord Kames 8
Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi 8
John Dryden 8
David Clement 7
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon 7
Henri François d' Aguesseau 7
Hugh Smith 7
Johann Jakob Brucker 7
John Home 7
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 7
Mathurin-Jacques Brisson 7
Carlo Goldoni 6
Cornelius Tacitus 6
Edmund Burke 6
George Wallace 6
Gerard van Swieten 6
Philip Miller 6
Samuel Auguste David Tissot 6
Thomas Goulard 6
William Burke 6
William Robertson 6
Alexandre Savérien 5
Daniel Whitby 5
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius 5
John Selden 5
Linnaeus 5
Robert James 5
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus 4
Elias Palairet 4
Voltaire 4
Académie Royale des sciences (Paris) Académie des sciences (Paris) 3
Anthony Hamilton 3
Balthasar Ludwig Tralles 3
Benjamin Martin 3
Bernard de Fontenelle 3
Department of Manuscripts British Museum 3
Imperatorska︠i︡a akademī︠i︡a nauk (Russia) 3
Johannes Bolland 3
Nicolas Charles Joseph Trublet 3

ESTC

T113545 1812
T213203 497
T143430 358
N21999 203
P1963 198
P1945 185
T139262 123
T136789 116
P2656 103
P2120 75
T71732 74
T142966 70
N50294 63
T89825 61
T67141 52
T33490 47
T94425 40
N47421 39
T67083 39
N35097 38
T89195 33
T145688 30
P483372 28
T138368 27
T150801 26
T5439 26
T53603 25
T141453 22
T147921 22
T190504 21
N21094 19
T142747 19
N37409 17
T147924 17
T205580 17
T146995 16
T53432 16
N18905 15
T55304 14
N8657  13
T144803 13
T78741 13
P2114 12
T147083 12
T154193 12
T97406 12
T119944 11
T47477 11
T95531 11
N11319  10
T58747 10
T116769 9
T53455 9
T90603 9
N20081 8
T129615 8
T134078 8
T136423 8
T145665 8
N35188 7
N3700 7
T130625 7
T64216 7
N14719 6
N475393 6
T145210 6
T147122 6
T59417 6
T76165 6
T78972 6
T108171 5
T136422 5
T57163 5
T94406 5
P1957 4
P1965 4
T148933 4
T70419 4
T79943 4
T90741 4
T94499 4
T95554 4
T139261 3
T147243 3
N19461 2
N8657 2
T100095 2
T105086 2
T105087 2
T115286 2
T13745 2
T138087 2
T25359 2
T39856 2
T78375 2
T95781 2
N10019 1
N11471 1
N24541 1
N25547 1

Book language

English 5156
French 822
Latin 294
Italian 66
Greek 14
Hebrew 1

Book place of publication

London 4261
Edinburgh 870
Paris 541
The Hague 108
Neuchâtel 95
Lausanne 65
Berlin 63
Amsterdam 55
Vienna 38
Leipzig 34
Leiden 28
Geneva 24
Oxford 16
Cambridge 11
Stockholm 10
Florence 9
Manchester 9
Aberdeen 8
Göttingen 8
Bologna 6
Pézenas 6
i.e. Aberdeen? 5
St Petersburg 4
Venice 4
Breslau 3
Naples 3
Wroclaw 3
Besançon 2
Halle 2
Harlem 2
Lille 2
i.e. Edinburgh? 2
Amsterdam? 1
Bern 1
Colmar 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Glasgow 1
Jena 1
Lindau 1
Lyon 1
Madrid 1
Rome 1
Tübingen 1
Utrecht 1

Book format

12mo 2452
8vo 2358
4to 917
folio 502

Genre

Travel 1886
Periodicals 1624
History 775
Lives 520
Natural Philosophy 385
Medicine 284
Belles Lettres 281
Sermons 192
Theology 187
Poetry 164
Reference Works 140
Law 122
Philosophy and Morality 84
Fiction 58
Drama 32
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 31
Politics, Society and Political Economy 18
Fine Arts 10
Mathematics 6
Education 2

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