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Library

Glasgow University Library 2787
St Andrews University Library 2493
Edinburgh University Library 708
Royal High School of Edinburgh 681
Haddington Library 506
Advocates Library 482
Aberdeen Theological Library 342
Dumfries Presbytery Library 341
Innerpeffray Library 297
Selkirk Library 288
Leighton Library 185
Westerkirk 73
Orkney Library 40
Wigtown Subscription Library 29
Craigston Castle Library 24
Hunterian Museum Library 13
Chambers' Circulating Library 2
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 2

Borrower title

Mr 824
Dr 151
Reverend Mr 134
Professor 124
Reverend 51
Sir 40
Lieutenant 36
Principal 36
Captain 31
Mrs 22
Miss 10
Sous Lieutenant 9
Major 8
Reverend Dr 6
Colonel 4
Corporal 3
Lady 3
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Rev. 2
Adjudant Major 1
Baron 1
Brigadier General 1
Prof. 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 9217
Female 65
Unknown 12
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 6902
University Student 5145
University Professor 1393
Religion and Clergy 1078
Minister/Priest 1049
Church of Scotland 1011
School Child 655
Law 561
Advocate 519
Arts and Letters 165
Military 142
Chaplain 124
Sheriff 123
Independent Means 119
Prisoner of War 112
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 105
Author 92
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 88
Print and Book Trade 73
Printers 71
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 63
Librarian 62
Politics/Office Holders 60
Medicine and Health 59
Merchants/Traders 58
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 57
Dean of Faculty 54
Agricultural 48
Surgeon 48
School Master/Dominie 46
Domestic Service 36
Indoor Servants 36
MP (Britain) 35
Tenant 35
Gentleman 31
Presbyterian Seceder 25
Farmer 23
Writer/Procurator 21
Clerk of Session 20
Advocate Depute 16
Army 16
Judge 16
Teacher 15
Lay Preacher 13
Retailer/Shopkeeper 13
Customs Collector 12
Barrister 11
Curator 11
Lord Advocate 11
Lord President 11
Miscellaneous 11
Physician 11
Dyer 10
Navy 9
Service Provision and Hospitality 9
Poet 8
Provost 8
Advocate’s Clerk 7
Baron of the Exchequer 7
Brewer 7
Clerk 7
Glover 7
Notaries/Clerks 7
Watchmaker 7
Widow 7
Writer to the Signet (WS) 7
Clerks 6
Episcopalian 6
Officer 6
Tanner/Currier 6
Mason/Miller 5
Tax Collector 5
Land Manager/Factor 4
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 4
Wife/Spouse 4
Accountant 3
Mariner 3
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 3
Unknown denomination 3
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Bookbinder 2
Booksellers 2
Factor/Agent 2
Glazier 2
Publishers 2
Ships Owner 2
Solicitor-General 2
Banker 1
Construction 1
Cooper 1
Distiller 1
Engineer 1
Grocer 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1
Lord Provost/Provost 1
Magistrate 1
Privateer 1
Secretary of State 1
Shoemaker 1
Smiths/Metal Workers 1

Author

Charles Rollin 825
Tobias George Smollett 323
Henry Fielding 300
Robert Dodsley 220
George Anson Baron Anson 214
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Colin MacLaurin 153
John Tillotson 137
Noël Antoine Pluche 120
Royal Society (Great Britain) 119
John Harris 111
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 108
Thomas Nettleton 108
Eliza Fowler Haywood 103
Archibald Bower 100
Denis Diderot 96
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 96
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 76
Thomas Rutherforth 75
Nathaniel Hooke 74
Philip Doddridge 74
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 74
Voltaire 73
Samuel Richardson 70
Nathaniel Lardner 69
Conyers Middleton 67
Joseph Addison 67
Samuel Clarke 67
Sir Richard Steele 67
David Hume 65
Jacques Saurin 62
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
John Campbell 61
Thomas Salmon 59
Robert Whytt 57
George Buchanan 54
John Payne 52
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 52
Edmund Ludlow 51
David Hartley 50
William Melmoth 50
John Hill 49
Henry Ellis 48
John Abernethy 48
Robert Paltock 46
Nicholas Tindal 45
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius 44
Henry Grove 42
David Fordyce 39
James Dodson 38
Humphrey Prideaux 37
James Foster 37
John Brown 37
Marcus Tullius Cicero 37
Robert Lindsay 37
Robert Simson 36
Alexander Monro 35
Charlotte Lennox 35
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui 35
John Locke 35
Jonathan Swift 35
James Thomson 34
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 31
John Heylyn 30
John Milton 30
Matthew Bacon 30
Xenophon of Athens 30
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
Abbé Prévost 28
Thomas Sherlock 28
Andrew MacDowall Lord Bankton 27
James Hervey 27
John Orr 27
Charles Viner 26
Dr Samuel Johnson 26
John Potter 26
Clifton Wintringham 25
Henri-François de La Solle 23
James Geddes 22
William Smellie 22
Francis Beaumont 21
James Ray 21
John Fletcher 21
Peter Shaw 21
Thomas Carte 21
Edmund Spenser 20
John Keill 20
Longinus 20
Samuel Sharp 20
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen 19
Alain René Le Sage 19
Isaac Barrow 18
James Russel 17
Richard Brookes 17
Bryan Robinson 16
George Benson 16
Robert Clayton Bishop of Clogher 16
Baron Albrecht von Haller 15

Book Work

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 848
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 806
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 214
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 213
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Scots Magazine 185
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 176
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 170
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 166
Adventures of Roderick Random 157
Works of John Tillotson 137
Biographia Britannica: or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland 126
Amelia 124
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries 112
Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels 111
Philosophical Transactions: Giving some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World 103
History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome, to the Present Time 100
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Spirit of Laws 94
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd 91
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
System of Natural Philosophy 75
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh] 74
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 74
History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless 71
Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady 70
Family Expositor 70
Credibility of the Gospel History 69
Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff 67
Treatise on Virtue and Happiness 63
Sermons sur Divers Textes de l'Écriture Sainte 62
Histoire de l'Acádemie Royale des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Berlin 61
Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen 61
Letters on the Study and Use of History 59
Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals 57
New Geographical and Historical Grammar 57
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 54
Don Quixote 52
Paradise Restored: Being a Visitation of Love to the Jews 52
Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq 51
Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects 50
Observations on Man [David Hartley] 50
Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747 48
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man 46
Continuation of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, from the Revolution to the Accession of King George II 45
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God 45
Some Thoughts Voncerning Virtue and Happiness 45
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam 44
Sermons on Various Subjects [John Abernethy] 44
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove] 42
Treatise of Algebra [Colin MacLaurin] 41
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts 40
Enquiry concerning the principles of morals [David Hume] 38
Mathematical Repository. Containing Analytical Solutions of Five Hundred Questions 38
Discourses on All the Principal Branches of Natural Religion and Social Virtue 37
Essays on the Characteristics [John Brown] 37
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden 37
History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565 [Robert Lindsay] 37
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 37
Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves 35
Life of Harriot Stuart 35
Works of Cicero 35
Works of John Locke 35
Principles of Natural Law [Jean Jacques Burlamaqui] 34
Works of James Thomson 34
Age of Louis XIV 31
Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers, which are Supposed to have Subsisted in the Christian Church 31
Philosophical Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion 31
New Abridgment of the Law 30
Paradise Lost 30
Theological Lectures at Westminster-Abbey 30
Bible - Old Testament [Hebrew] 29
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées 29
History of the Heavens, Considered According to the Notions of the Poets and Philosophers, Compared with the Doctrines of Moses 29
Bible - New Testament [Greek] 28
Histoire Générale des Voyages 28
Institute of the Law of Scotland in Civil Rights 27
Meditations and Contemplations 27
Political Discourses 27
Sermons [John Orr] 27
Works of Jonathan Swift 27
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece 26
Expedition of Cyrus 26
General Abridgment of Law and Equity 26
Rambler 26
Dialogues Concerning Education [David Fordyce] 25
Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson] 25
Works of the Late Clifton Wintringham, Physician at York 25
History of a Woman of Quality: or, The Adventures of Lady Frail 24
Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure, or The Adventures of Versorand 23
Essay on the Composition and Manner of Writing of the Antients 22
General Natural History 22
Sermons [Samuel Clarke] 22
Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery 22
Compleat History of the Rebellion from 1745 to the Battle of Culloden 21
Epistles for the Ladies 21
General History of England [Thomas Carte] 21
Reflector: Representing Human Affairs, As They Are; and May Be Improved 21

Book language

English 7847
French 986
Latin 468
Greek 88
Hebrew 35
Italian 15
Arabic 5
Aramaic 5
Spanish 5
Syrian 5

Book place of publication

London 6734
Edinburgh 788
Paris 598
Glasgow 283
The Hague 103
Cambridge 100
Neuchâtel 95
Amsterdam 77
Geneva 69
Berlin 62
Oxford 55
Göttingen 41
Leipzig 38
Aldershot 26
Dublin 23
York 21
Leiden 18
Aberdeen 14
Helmstedt 13
Frankfurt am Main 12
Halle 11
Rome 11
Vienna 11
Florence 10
Frankfurt 9
Lausanne 9
Hamburg 8
Sherborne 8
St Petersburg 8
Whitehaven 7
Milan 6
Stockholm 6
Dresden 5
Eton 5
Madrid 4
Venice 4
Boston, MA 3
Frankfurt an der Oder 3
Naples 3
Zurich 3
Bologna 2
Heidelberg 2
Lyon 2
Pekin 2
Rotterdam 2
Bristol 1
Colmar 1
Cordoba 1
Jena 1
Philadelphia 1
Strasbourg 1
Tobago 1
Utrecht 1
Verona 1
unknown 1

Book format

8vo 4680
12mo 2053
4to 1615
folio 744
18mo 138
24mo 37

Genre

History 2630
Fiction 990
Theology 899
Natural Philosophy 870
Periodicals 839
Lives 530
Philosophy and Morality 511
Sermons 475
Travel 456
Belles Lettres 421
Education 398
Law 355
Medicine 349
Politics, Society and Political Economy 260
Mathematics 167
Poetry 144
Reference Works 144
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 75
Drama 29
Fine Arts 23

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