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Library

St Andrews University Library 3947
Glasgow University Library 3479
Edinburgh University Library 1555
Royal High School of Edinburgh 1073
Haddington Library 746
Advocates Library 740
Selkirk Library 581
Innerpeffray Library 549
Aberdeen Theological Library 480
Westerkirk 459
Dumfries Presbytery Library 411
Leighton Library 309
Orkney Library 103
Craigston Castle Library 59
Wigtown Subscription Library 32
Hunterian Museum Library 26
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 3
Chambers' Circulating Library 2

Borrower title

Mr 1375
Reverend Mr 242
Dr 201
Professor 142
Reverend 106
Lieutenant 70
Captain 59
Sir 52
Mrs 48
Principal 44
Miss 30
Sous Lieutenant 16
Reverend Dr 12
Major 9
Colonel 6
Lady 6
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Prof. 3
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Sous-Lieutenant 3
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Adjudant Major 1
Baron 1
Ensign 1
Ms 1
Rev Mr 1
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Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 14414
Female 127
Unknown 16
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 10435
University Student 7999
University Professor 1744
Religion and Clergy 1573
Minister/Priest 1508
Church of Scotland 1431
School Child 1026
Law 835
Advocate 775
Military 253
Arts and Letters 247
Prisoner of War 204
Independent Means 171
Sheriff 167
Chaplain 161
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 155
Author 144
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 115
Agricultural 114
Medicine and Health 114
Politics/Office Holders 101
Tenant 93
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Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 84
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 81
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Farmer 75
Merchants/Traders 74
School Master/Dominie 71
Dean of Faculty 68
MP (Britain) 62
Gentleman 56
Presbyterian Seceder 54
Domestic Service 41
Indoor Servants 41
Teacher 39
Writer/Procurator 31
Provost 29
Clerk of Session 27
Army 26
Judge 26
Physician 25
Lay Preacher 22
Lord Advocate 22
Advocate Depute 21
Curator 21
Dyer 19
Lord President 19
Navy 19
Retailer/Shopkeeper 18
Clerks 16
Miscellaneous 16
Writer to the Signet (WS) 15
Baron of the Exchequer 13
Episcopalian 13
Barrister 12
Clerk 12
Customs Collector 12
Mason/Miller 12
Notaries/Clerks 12
Poet 12
Service Provision and Hospitality 12
Tanner/Currier 11
Brewer 10
Advocate’s Clerk 8
Construction 8
Engineer 8
Tax Collector 8
Widow 8
Wife/Spouse 8
Glover 7
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 7
Officer 7
Watchmaker 7
Solicitor-General 5
Accountant 4
Land Manager/Factor 4
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Mercer/Draper/Weaver 4
Factor/Agent 3
Ships Owner 3
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Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Banker 2
Bookbinder 2
Booksellers 2
Glazier 2
Lord Provost/Provost 2
Publishers 2
Tutor 2
Active Service/Soldiers 1
Cooper 1
Distiller 1
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Grocer 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1
Magistrate 1
Painter/Limner 1

Author

Charles Rollin 825
Francis Hutcheson 400
Tobias George Smollett 388
Samuel Richardson 367
David Hume 342
Henry Fielding 300
William Shakespeare 264
Eliza Fowler Haywood 226
Robert Dodsley 220
George Anson Baron Anson 214
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 162
Henry Grove 155
Colin MacLaurin 153
Robert Traill 148
John Tillotson 137
James Lind 120
Noël Antoine Pluche 120
Royal Society (Great Britain) 119
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 113
John Harris 111
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 108
Thomas Nettleton 108
Archibald Bower 100
Joseph Addison 99
Sir Richard Steele 99
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 98
Denis Diderot 96
Voltaire 96
Thomas Sherlock 95
Philip Doddridge 94
Marcus Tullius Cicero 87
William Melmoth 87
James Hervey 86
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 82
Sir William Temple 75
Thomas Rutherforth 75
Nathaniel Hooke 74
Conyers Middleton 72
Jonathan Swift 69
Nathaniel Lardner 69
Samuel Clarke 69
John Campbell 67
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 63
Jacques Saurin 62
Thomas Salmon 62
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
John Leland 60
Robert Whytt 57
Thomas Blackwell 55
George Buchanan 54
John Abernethy 54
Dr Samuel Johnson 53
John Hill 53
John Payne 52
Nicholas Tindal 52
Edmund Ludlow 51
John Milton 51
David Hartley 50
Alexander Pope 48
Henry Ellis 48
Edward Burt 47
Robert Paltock 46
Herman Boerhaave 45
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius 44
Pietro Metastasio 42
William Congreve 42
David Fordyce 41
David Moysie 41
Thomas Simpson 40
William Warburton 39
Alexander Monro 38
James Dodson 38
Jean Jacques Burlamaqui 38
Humphrey Prideaux 37
James Foster 37
John Brown 37
John Potter 37
Pliny the Younger 37
Robert Lindsay 37
James Burgh 36
John Taylor 36
Robert Simson 36
Charlotte Lennox 35
John Locke 35
George Young M. D. 34
James Thomson 34
Jonas Hanway 34
William Maitland 34
Abbé Prévost 32
James Barclay 32
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 31
Paul Rapin de Thoyras 31
Johannes de Gorter 30
John Heylyn 30
Matthew Bacon 30
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 30
Xenophon of Athens 30

Book Work

Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 1055
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin] 806
System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson] 364
History of Sir Charles Grandison 295
Works of William Shakespeare 264
Collection of Voyages and Travels 257
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 214
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education 213
History of England [David Hume] 200
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 the Late Reverend Robert Traill 148
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
Treatise on the Scurvy 118
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 113
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
Invisible Spy 83
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh] 82
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove] 78
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects 77
Works of Henry Grove of Taunton 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
System of Natural Philosophy 75
Works of Sir William Temple 75
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
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 67
Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 65
Don Quixote 63
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
Works of Jonathan Swift 61
Letters on the Study and Use of History 59
Sermons [Henry Grove] 59
Sermons and Tracts: Being the Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Mr Henry Grove 59
Theron and Aspasio: or, A Series of Dialogues and Letters 59
Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals 57
New Geographical and Historical Grammar 57
History of Scotland [George Buchanan] 54
Discourses Preached on Several Occasions [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Paradise Restored: Being a Visitation of Love to the Jews 52
Philosophical Works of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 52
View of the Principal Deistical Writers 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
Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London 47
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
New Method of Chemistry 45
Some Thoughts Voncerning Virtue and Happiness 45
Works of Cicero 45
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam 44
Sermons on Various Subjects [John Abernethy] 44
Works of William Congreve 42
Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland [David Moysie] 41
Treatise of Algebra [Colin MacLaurin] 41
Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts 40
History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy 40
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Enquiry concerning the principles of morals [David Hume] 38
Mathematical Repository. Containing Analytical Solutions of Five Hundred Questions 38
Paradise Lost 38
Discourses on All the Principal Branches of Natural Religion and Social Virtue 37
Epistles of Pliny the Younger 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
Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of his Friends: with Remarks by William Melmoth 37
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 37
Principles of Natural Law [Jean Jacques Burlamaqui] 37
Dignity of Human Nature. Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence 36
Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy 36
Age of Louis XIV 35
Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves 35
Life of Harriot Stuart 35
Works of John Locke 35
Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea 34

Book language

English 12705
French 1188
Latin 640
Greek 128
Italian 108
Hebrew 39
Arabic 5
Aramaic 5
Spanish 5
Syrian 5

Book place of publication

London 9839
Edinburgh 2109
Paris 751
Glasgow 741
Amsterdam 134
The Hague 129
Cambridge 104
Neuchâtel 95
Oxford 88
Dublin 82
Geneva 72
Berlin 62
Göttingen 45
Aberdeen 44
Leipzig 43
Leiden 29
Aldershot 26
Helmstedt 26
Vienna 21
York 21
Dresden 17
Rome 16
Frankfurt am Main 14
Stockholm 14
Halle 12
Lausanne 12
Copenhagen 10
Florence 10
Frankfurt 9
Hamburg 8
Sherborne 8
St Petersburg 8
Utrecht 8
Milan 7
Venice 7
Whitehaven 7
Eton 5
Madrid 4
Naples 4
Bologna 3
Boston, MA 3
Frankfurt an der Oder 3
Zurich 3
Berwick 2
Besançon 2
Heidelberg 2
Lyon 2
Lübeck 2
Pekin 2
Rotterdam 2
Amiens 1
Anvers 1
Brescia 1
Bristol 1
Brussels 1
Colmar 1
Cordoba 1
Jena 1
Padua 1
Philadelphia 1
Strasbourg 1
Tobago 1
Turin 1
Verona 1
unknown 1

Book format

8vo 6857
12mo 3511
4to 2697
folio 1225
18mo 138
24mo 37

Genre

History 3542
Fiction 1523
Theology 1429
Philosophy and Morality 1388
Natural Philosophy 1068
Sermons 978
Periodicals 905
Lives 876
Travel 842
Belles Lettres 730
Poetry 673
Medicine 638
Education 562
Law 448
Politics, Society and Political Economy 420
Drama 362
Mathematics 217
Reference Works 215
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 139
Fine Arts 73

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