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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 1829
Selkirk Library 1323
Leighton Library 1169
Westerkirk 1142
Advocates Library 936
Edinburgh University Library 664
St Andrews University Library 611
Glasgow University Library 593
Aberdeen Theological Library 526
Innerpeffray Library 217
Wigtown Subscription Library 165
Orkney Library 85
Craigston Castle Library 57
Chambers' Circulating Library 23
Dumfries Presbytery Library 19
Hunterian Museum Library 16
Haddington Library 5

Borrower title

Mr 2224
Reverend Mr 724
Dr 144
Captain 110
Mrs 103
Lieutenant 100
Sir 96
Reverend 61
Miss 58
Reverend Dr 30
Professor 18
Sous Lieutenant 11
Midshipman 10
Prof. 8
Right Honourable 8
Colonel 7
Rev. 7
Major 6
Corporal 5
Lady 5
Adjudant Major 4
Brigadier General 4
Principal 4
Rev. Mr 4
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Provost 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Rev Mr 1

Borrower gender

Male 9185
Female 187
Unknown 4
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 4175
University Student 1893
School Child 1803
Law 1075
Advocate 873
Religion and Clergy 790
Minister/Priest 755
Church of Scotland 654
University Professor 518
Military 375
Prisoner of War 329
Arts and Letters 268
Independent Means 249
Author 240
Agricultural 211
Sheriff 188
Tenant 166
Farmer 141
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 137
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 137
Medicine and Health 132
Politics/Office Holders 132
Surgeon 124
Writer/Procurator 124
Gentleman 112
MP (Britain) 100
Presbyterian Seceder 90
Notaries/Clerks 80
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 75
Dean of Faculty 72
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 63
Construction 54
Merchants/Traders 41
Advocate Depute 40
Chaplain 36
Navy 35
Judge 33
School Master/Dominie 32
Architect 31
Clerk of Session 31
Lay Preacher 31
Tanner/Currier 29
Baron of the Exchequer 24
Engineer 23
Banker 21
Army 20
Lord Advocate 19
Mason/Miller 19
Baillie 16
Clerks 16
Barrister 15
Factor/Agent 15
Librarian 15
Teacher 15
Writer to the Signet (WS) 14
Lord President 13
Print and Book Trade 13
Printers 13
Customs Collector 10
Poet 10
Retailer/Shopkeeper 10
Land Manager/Factor 9
Solicitor-General 9
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 8
Miscellaneous 8
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 8
Wife/Spouse 7
Curator 6
Officer 6
Physician 6
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 5
Lord Provost/Provost 4
Mariner 4
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 4
Tutor 4
Mill Owner 3
Advocate’s Clerk 2
Booksellers 2
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 2
Dyer 2
Episcopalian 2
Lord Justice Clerk 2
Privateer 2
Publishers 2
Ships Captain 2
Surveyor 2
Accountant 1
Bishop 1
Brewer 1
Gardener 1
Musician 1
Service Provision and Hospitality 1
Unknown denomination 1
Widow 1

Author

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 419
Doctor Henry Hunter 356
Hugh Blair 336
Robert Henry 243
Dr John Moore 220
William Russell 214
James Cook 193
Frances Burney 179
Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff 134
Adam Ferguson 127
Edward Gibbon 118
Baron François Tott 117
Thomas Reid 111
Claude Étienne Savary 108
Dr Samuel Johnson 108
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 101
James Boswell 98
Anders Sparrman 97
Gilbert Stuart 93
Samuel Richardson 84
Isabelle de Montolieu 83
Benjamin Bell 82
Tobias George Smollett 74
Ambrose Serle 73
Samuel Ancell 72
William Robertson 71
John Macgowan 68
Mrs Anna Maria Bennett 67
James Beattie 66
Voltaire 65
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 60
Richard Cumberland 58
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy 57
Henry Mackenzie 57
Vicesimus Knox 55
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 55
John Gillies 55
William Coxe 54
Charles Johnstone 53
William Cullen 52
Louis-Sébastien Mercier 50
Catherine Macaulay 45
John Newton 45
Sophia Lee 45
John Hunter 43
Comtesse Stéphanie Félicité Genlis 41
Henry Fielding 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Hugo Arnot 36
William Hayley 34
Elizabeth Keir 32
James Riddoch 31
Joseph White 30
Henry Home Lord Kames 29
Robert Watson 29
Adam Smith 28
William Paley 28
Hester Lynch Piozzi 27
Thomas Newton Bishop of Bristol 27
Elizabeth Blower 26
Andrew M'Donald 25
Anna Maria Mackenzie 25
Richard Hurd 25
William Thomson 25
John Pinkerton 24
William Cowper 24
John Rickman 23
Helenus Scott 22
Oliver Goldsmith 21
Thomas Percival 21
Henry Swinburne 20
Alexander Gerard 19
David Hume 19
Jean Louis De Lolme 19
Royal College of Physicians of London 19
Thomas Warton 19
Joseph Addison 17
Joseph Warton 17
Sir John Sinclair 17
Sir Richard Steele 17
Bielby Porteus 16
Jean Frédéric Ostervald 16
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 16
John Millar 16
William Richardson 16
Court of King's Bench Great Britain 15
Samuel Foote 15
Thomas Sheridan 15
William Marsden 15
Henry Taylor 14
James Harris 13
Tiberius Cavallo 13
Torbern Bergman 13
William Dalgliesh 13
James Robertson 12
William Beckford 12
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 11
Andrew Becket 11
George Anne Bellamy 11
John Cooke 11

Book Work

Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 548
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World 506
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon 413
Sacred Biography: or, The History of the Patriarchs from Adam to Abraham 356
Sermons [Hugh Blair] 244
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
History of Modern Europe 214
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 187
Scots Magazine 185
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress 179
View of Society and Manners in Italy 154
Collection of Theological Tracts, in Six Volumes [Richard Watson] 128
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic 126
New Annual Register 126
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 118
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary] 108
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man 103
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia 103
Ecclesiastical History [Johann Lorenz Mosheim] 98
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 98
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World 97
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary 93
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres 92
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
History of Sir Charles Grandison 84
Caroline of Lichtfield; A Novel 83
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell] 82
Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 74
Horae Solitariae 73
View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany 71
Infernal Conference, or Dialogues of Devils 68
Anna: or Memoirs of a Welch Heiress: Interspersed with Anecdotes of a Nabob 67
Lives of the English Poets 64
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays 57
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry 56
Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill 56
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests 55
Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark 54
First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh 52
Journal of the Late and Important Blockade and Siege of Gibraltar 49
Mirror 49
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present 48
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies 47
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea 45
Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times 45
Evidences of the Christian Religion; Briefly and Plainly Stated 44
Cardiphonia: or, The Utterance of the Heart; in the Course of a Real Correspondence 42
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 42
Medical Commentaries [Andrew Duncan] 41
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
Works of Henry Fielding 39
Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland 36
Cabinet des Fées 34
Works of Voltaire 33
Interesting Memoirs 32
Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions [James Riddoch] 31
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons 30
Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1784 30
Theatre of Education. Translated from the French of the Countess de Genlis 30
Essays Moral and Literary 29
History of Ancient Greece, from the Earliest Times till it Became a Roman Province 29
Arabian Nights Entertainments 28
Nightcap 28
Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy 28
Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life 27
Works of the Right Reverend Thomas Newton 27
Liberal Education: or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning 26
Maria: A Novel 26
Scotch Preacher: or, A Collection of Sermons, by Some of the Most Eminent Clergymen of the Church of Scotland 26
Gamesters: A Novel 25
History of the Reign of Philip the Third, King of Spain 25
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 25
Independent: A Novel 25
Sermons Preached at Lincoln's-Inn, Between the Years 1765 and 1776 25
Treatise on the Venereal Disease [John Hunter] 25
Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery 23
Journal of the Siege of Gibraltar 23
Adventures of a Rupee 22
Dissertations Moral and Critical 22
Loose Hints upon Education, Chiefly Concerning the Culture of the Heart 22
Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire 22
Poems [William Cowper] 22
Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia 21
Moral and Literary Dissertations 21
Travels in the Two Sicilies 20
Authentic and Accurate Journal of the Late Siege of Gibraltar 19
Constitution of England, Or An Account of the English Government 19
History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century 19
Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London 19
Scottish Tragic Ballads 19
Sermons [Alexander Gerard] 19
Tableau de Paris 19
History of England [David Hume] 18
Observations on Certain Parts of the Animal Oeconomy 18
Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope 17
History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI 17

Book language

English 8757
French 445
Latin 117
Italian 52
Hebrew 12
German 10
Greek 9
Spanish 9
Icelandic 2
Russian 1
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 7479
Edinburgh 1206
Paris 308
Cambridge 136
Geneva 52
Aberdeen 48
Kehl 34
Amsterdam 26
Glasgow 25
Leipzig 25
Liverpool 23
Oxford 23
Dublin 22
Warrington 21
Dumfries 17
Stirling 17
Berlin 14
The Hague 12
St Petersburg 10
Stockholm 10
Göttingen 9
Madrid 9
Philadelphia 9
Copenhagen 8
Strasbourg 8
Birmingham 7
Neuchâtel 7
Venice 7
York 6
Exeter 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
i.e. Amsterdam? 5
Leiden 4
Mannheim 4
Winchester 4
Bath 3
Maastricht 3
Naples 3
Vienna 3
Canterbury 2
Dessau 2
Florence 2
Lille 2
Liège 2
Paisley 2
Salisbury 2
Strabane 2
Bern 1
Bouillon 1
Caen 1
Chambéry 1
Dresden 1
Halle 1
Heidelberg 1
Holland 1
Jena 1
Kilmarnock 1
Marseille 1
Pisa 1
Prague 1
Rome 1
Rouen 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1
Turin 1
Valencia 1
Verona 1
Warsaw 1
Warwick 1
i.e. Paris? 1

Book format

8vo 5653
4to 1725
12mo 1246
folio 621
18mo 62
16mo 18
24mo 3
score 1

Genre

Travel 1509
Periodicals 1456
History 1431
Fiction 931
Theology 924
Sermons 849
Natural Philosophy 634
Belles Lettres 546
Philosophy and Morality 375
Medicine 371
Lives 344
Poetry 292
Politics, Society and Political Economy 232
Education 210
Law 168
Drama 121
Reference Works 49
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 41
Fine Arts 34
Mathematics 26

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