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Library

Royal High School of Edinburgh 2718
St Andrews University Library 2306
Edinburgh University Library 2299
Selkirk Library 1251
Glasgow University Library 1227
Advocates Library 948
Haddington Library 712
Leighton Library 653
Innerpeffray Library 458
Westerkirk 403
Aberdeen Theological Library 142
Craigston Castle Library 109
Orkney Library 109
Wigtown Subscription Library 90
Dumfries Presbytery Library 58
Hunterian Museum Library 40
Chambers' Circulating Library 27
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 1

Borrower title

Mr 2056
Reverend Mr 546
Dr 187
Lieutenant 100
Captain 90
Sir 88
Mrs 66
Miss 61
Professor 57
Reverend 56
Reverend Dr 18
Midshipman 10
Brigadier General 9
Corporal 9
Principal 8
Colonel 7
Lady 6
Sous Lieutenant 6
Major 5
Adjudant Major 3
Rev. 2
Sous-Lieutenant 2
Madame 1
Ms 1
Provost 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 13336
Female 177
Unknown 25
Unclear 8

Borrower occupation

Education 8722
University Student 5147
School Child 2664
Law 1081
University Professor 1071
Advocate 951
Religion and Clergy 907
Minister/Priest 845
Church of Scotland 781
Military 361
Prisoner of War 329
Agricultural 239
Sheriff 213
Arts and Letters 203
Independent Means 194
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 192
Tenant 183
Medicine and Health 176
Farmer 167
Author 154
Surgeon 152
Politics/Office Holders 129
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 115
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 101
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 92
MP (Britain) 91
Dean of Faculty 87
Chaplain 80
Gentleman 79
Merchants/Traders 79
Writer/Procurator 78
Teacher 65
Print and Book Trade 57
Printers 56
School Master/Dominie 53
Presbyterian Seceder 52
Judge 39
Notaries/Clerks 36
Lord President 31
Clerk of Session 30
Advocate Depute 27
Lord Advocate 27
Service Provision and Hospitality 26
Lay Preacher 25
Physician 25
Retailer/Shopkeeper 25
Curator 23
Army 21
Clerks 19
Navy 18
Tanner/Currier 18
Clerk 17
Writer to the Signet (WS) 17
Baron of the Exchequer 16
Provost 16
Construction 15
Librarian 15
Banker 14
Baillie 12
Customs Collector 12
Barrister 11
Grocer 11
Land Manager/Factor 11
Officer 11
Poet 11
Watchmaker 11
Dyer 10
Factor/Agent 10
Mason/Miller 10
Miscellaneous 10
Architect 9
Solicitor-General 9
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 7
Engineer 6
Accountant 5
Brewer 5
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 5
Widow 5
Wife/Spouse 5
Episcopalian 4
Innkeeper/Tavernkeeper 4
Painter/Limner 4
Shoemaker 4
Advocate’s Clerk 3
Booksellers 3
Distiller 3
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 3
Gardener 3
Lord Provost/Provost 3
Mill Owner 3
Publishers 3
Tailoring/Clothing/Apparel 3
Tax Collector 3
Unknown denomination 3
Active Service/Soldiers 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 2
Bishop 2
Food Provision/Preparation 2
Mariner 2
Privateer 2

Author

Oliver Goldsmith 1303
Plutarch 467
Nathaniel Hooke 365
Henry Fielding 304
Robert Henry 243
Samuel Ward 234
John Hawkesworth 210
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot 207
William Robertson 197
Patrick Brydone 196
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges 183
Henry Brooke 174
Henry Home Lord Kames 163
Thomas Secker 137
Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 130
William Cullen 118
Edinburgh Philosophical Society 116
James Ferguson 116
Henry Mackenzie 112
Baron Albrecht von Haller 111
Charles Rollin 107
Royal Society (Great Britain) 103
James Beattie 102
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 101
Sir John Dalrymple 100
Denis Diderot 96
Tobias George Smollett 94
Arthur Young 93
David Hume 93
Thomas Pennant 93
Alexander Monro 91
Dr Samuel Johnson 89
Alexander Pope 88
John Campbell 87
William Guthrie 86
Giuseppe Baretti 83
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 82
Joseph Priestley 78
Andrew Duncan 77
Richard Graves 77
John Jortin 75
William Hewson 74
Catherine Macaulay 72
David Macbride 72
William Shakespeare 71
Cornelius Tacitus 66
John Gregory 66
John Toland 66
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 65
Benjamin Martin 65
Percivall Pott 65
Jean-Jacques Rousseau 64
Voltaire 63
James Burnet Lord Monboddo 58
James Harris 52
John Erskine 52
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah 52
Thomas Sherlock 52
Adam Fitz-Adam 51
Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall 51
Virgil 48
Junius 47
Charles White 46
William Bromfield 46
Giovanni Paolo Marana 45
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 45
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave 44
Alexander Gerard 42
Johann Georg Zimmermann 42
John Aikin 42
Homer 41
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton 40
Elizabeth Griffith 39
Helen Williams 39
James Maclurg 39
James Macpherson 39
Pietro Metastasio 39
Anton de Haen 37
Charles Alston 37
Basil Kennett 36
Henry Manning M. D. 36
Cardinal Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz 34
Edward Ives 34
Jonathan Edwards 34
Pehr Osbeck 33
Freiherr von Jacob Friedrich Bielfeld 32
John Whitaker 32
Marcus Tullius Cicero 32
Edmund Burke 30
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 29
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
John Farquhar 29
Paul François Velly 29
Abbé Prévost 28
James Burrow 28
James Makittrick Adair 28
Joseph Marshall 28
Hugh Farmer 27
John Aitken 27
Thomas Leland 27

Book Work

Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature 503
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature 470
Lives [Plutarch] 466
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth 365
Dr Goldsmith's Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools 246
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry] 243
Works of Henry Fielding 238
Modern System of Natural History 234
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 207
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta 207
Abridgment of the History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II 201
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c. 199
Tour Through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford 196
History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V 191
Scots Magazine 185
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully 183
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland 174
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great 170
Sermons on Several Subjects [Thomas Secker] 134
Sketches of the History of Man 133
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope 130
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary 116
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 115
Haller's Physiology 106
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 England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II 101
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue 100
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers 95
Expedition of Humphry Clinker 94
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians 93
Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism 93
History of England [David Hume] 93
Lectures on the Materia Medica [William Cullen] 93
Works of Alexander Pope 88
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature 87
New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar 86
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France 81
De Venis Lymphaticis Valvulosis 78
Spiritual Quixote: or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose 77
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 76
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 75
History of England [Catherine Macaulay] 72
Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic 72
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 66
Plays of William Shakespeare 66
Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX 66
Van Swieten's Commentaries Abridged 66
Works of Tacitus 66
Philosophia Britannica 64
Man of Feeling 63
Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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
Sermons on Different Subjects [John Jortin] 61
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles 60
Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease 60
Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western Empire 60
Of the Origin and Progress of Language 58
Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 54
Discourses Preached on Several Occasions [Thomas Sherlock] 52
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar 52
Institute of the Law of Scotland 52
Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church [Thomas Sherlock] 52
Tour through some of the Northern Parts of Europe 51
World 51
Man of the World 49
Experimental Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood 48
Works of Virgil 48
Letters of Junius 47
Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician 47
Chirurgical Observations and Cases [William Blomfield] 46
Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII 46
Ecclesiastical History, Antient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century 45
Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy 45
Chinese Traveller 44
Voyage Towards the North Pole Undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773 44
Works of Voltaire 44
Chirurgical Works of Percivall Pott 43
Essay on Genius 42
Iliad 41
Anecdotes of a Convent 39
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air 39
Experiments upon the Human Bile 39
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio 39
History of Lady Barton, a Novel 37
Lectures on the Materia Medica 37
Ratio Medendi in Nosocomio Practico Vindobonensi 37
Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome 36
Treatise on Female Diseases 36
Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar 35
History of the Work of Redemption 34
Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz 34
Six Months Tour through the North of England 34
Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And An Historical Narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756 and 1757 34
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck 33
History of the Life of King Henry the Second 32
Secret History of Great Britain, from the Restoration, to the Accession of the House of Hannover 32
Elements of Universal Erudition 31
Medical Observations and Inquiries 30
Cases in Surgery, with Remarks ... To which is Added, an Essay on the Ligature of Arteries 29

Book language

English 12421
French 761
Latin 316
Italian 60
Greek 38
Arabic 17
Hebrew 17
German 6
Spanish 4
Saami 1

Book place of publication

London 10345
Edinburgh 1974
Paris 439
Neuchâtel 124
Dublin 102
Chester 77
Berlin 73
Amsterdam 58
Oxford 49
The Hague 45
Warrington 45
Vienna 44
Glasgow 36
Leipzig 36
Geneva 28
York 18
Leiden 12
Aberdeen 11
Parma 10
Cambridge 8
Cleves 8
Göttingen 8
Philadelphia 8
Rotterdam 8
Rome 7
Birmingham 6
Florence 6
St Petersburg 6
Madrid 5
Manchester 5
Newcastle upon Tyne 5
Stockholm 5
Utrecht 5
Berwick upon Tweed 4
Bristol 4
i.e. Edinburgh? 4
Bath 3
Kendal 3
Lyon 3
Naples 3
Perth 3
Strasbourg 3
Twickenham 3
unknown 3
Bremen 2
Charlestown 2
Fribourg 2
Halle 2
Leeds 2
Livorno 2
Pisa 2
Turin 2
Venice 2
i.e. Paris? 2
Avignon 1
Berwick 1
Carmarthen 1
Dresden 1
Exeter 1
Frankfurt am Main 1
Jena 1
Leeuwarden 1
Liège 1
London? 1
Nuremberg 1
Prague 1
Shrewsbury 1
Siena 1
Trondheim 1

Book format

8vo 7454
12mo 2829
4to 2651
folio 291
18mo 9

Genre

History 3110
Periodicals 1493
Medicine 1445
Natural Philosophy 1316
Lives 1226
Travel 1203
Fiction 1111
Belles Lettres 664
Education 581
Poetry 543
Sermons 436
Philosophy and Morality 424
Politics, Society and Political Economy 422
Theology 387
Law 277
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 232
Reference Works 192
Drama 91
Mathematics 77
Fine Arts 53
Miscellaneous/Other 4

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