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Library

Glasgow University Library 2535
St Andrews University Library 2234
Edinburgh University Library 920
Royal High School of Edinburgh 700
Advocates Library 521
Haddington Library 506
Dumfries Presbytery Library 342
Aberdeen Theological Library 320
Innerpeffray Library 289
Selkirk Library 270
Leighton Library 191
Westerkirk 177
Orkney Library 47
Craigston Castle Library 38
Hunterian Museum Library 23
Wigtown Subscription Library 16
Chambers' Circulating Library 2
Inverness Kirk Sessions Library 2

Borrower title

Mr 873
Dr 146
Reverend Mr 125
Professor 105
Reverend 47
Lieutenant 43
Sir 38
Captain 36
Principal 34
Mrs 31
Miss 18
Major 7
Reverend Dr 6
Lady 4
Sous Lieutenant 4
Brigadier General 3
Sous-Lieutenant 3
Colonel 2
Lieutenant Colonel 2
Rev. 2
Ensign 1
Prof. 1
Rev Mr 1
Rev. Mr 1
Right Honourable 1

Borrower gender

Male 9041
Female 82
Unknown 12
Unclear 2

Borrower occupation

Education 6615
University Student 4840
University Professor 1363
Religion and Clergy 1074
Minister/Priest 1046
Church of Scotland 1005
School Child 670
Law 593
Advocate 557
Arts and Letters 167
Military 139
Chaplain 132
Sheriff 124
Independent Means 119
Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice 107
Prisoner of War 107
Author 90
Landowner/Landlord/Laird 87
Medicine and Health 68
Print and Book Trade 67
Printers 65
Librarian 63
Commerce, Trade, and Finance 62
Politics/Office Holders 59
Dean of Faculty 57
Merchants/Traders 56
Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing 55
Surgeon 54
Agricultural 47
School Master/Dominie 46
MP (Britain) 39
Domestic Service 36
Indoor Servants 36
Tenant 35
Gentleman 32
Presbyterian Seceder 27
Farmer 26
Teacher 23
Advocate Depute 19
Clerk of Session 18
Army 17
Judge 16
Lord Advocate 16
Writer/Procurator 16
Physician 15
Lord President 14
Curator 13
Retailer/Shopkeeper 13
Navy 12
Miscellaneous 11
Lay Preacher 10
Service Provision and Hospitality 10
Dyer 9
Notaries/Clerks 9
Baron of the Exchequer 8
Barrister 8
Brewer 8
Clerk 8
Customs Collector 8
Poet 8
Provost 8
Tanner/Currier 8
Advocate’s Clerk 7
Glover 7
Watchmaker 7
Writer to the Signet (WS) 7
Episcopalian 6
Officer 6
Widow 6
Clerks 5
Mason/Miller 5
Non-Presbyterian Dissenter 5
Tax Collector 5
Wife/Spouse 5
Accountant 4
Construction 4
Engineer 4
Solicitor-General 4
Mariner 3
Unknown denomination 3
Bookbinder 2
Booksellers 2
Factor/Agent 2
Glazier 2
Land Manager/Factor 2
Mercer/Draper/Weaver 2
Publishers 2
Ships Owner 2
Attorneys/Lawyers/Solicitors 1
Banker 1
Cooper 1
Distiller 1
Druggist/Chemist/Apothecary 1
Grocer 1
Lord Justice Clerk 1
Lord Provost/Provost 1
Magistrate 1
Painter/Limner 1
Privateer 1
Secretary of State 1

Author

Charles Rollin 825
Henry Fielding 300
William Shakespeare 264
Tobias George Smollett 231
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon 170
David Hume 142
Eliza Fowler Haywood 132
James Lind 120
Noël Antoine Pluche 120
Royal Society (Great Britain) 119
Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu 108
Thomas Nettleton 108
Archibald Bower 100
Denis Diderot 96
Jean le Rond d' Alembert 96
Samuel Richardson 92
Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
William Melmoth 85
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (France) 83
Voltaire 83
Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke 79
Marcus Tullius Cicero 74
Nathaniel Hooke 74
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 74
Philip Doddridge 70
Nathaniel Lardner 69
John Campbell 67
Samuel Clarke 67
Conyers Middleton 65
Jacques Saurin 62
Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) 61
Thomas Salmon 61
Robert Whytt 57
George Buchanan 54
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 53
John Payne 52
Edmund Ludlow 51
David Hartley 50
George Anson Baron Anson 50
John Hill 49
Robert Paltock 46
Colin MacLaurin 45
Herman Boerhaave 45
Nicholas Tindal 45
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius 44
John Milton 43
Henry Grove 42
William Congreve 42
Humphrey Prideaux 37
James Foster 37
John Brown 37
Robert Lindsay 37
Robert Simson 36
Alexander Monro 35
Charlotte Lennox 35
John Locke 35
Jonathan Swift 35
George Young M. D. 34
James Thomson 34
William Maitland 34
Thomas Blackwell 32
Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay 31
John Heylyn 30
Matthew Bacon 30
Xenophon of Athens 30
François Gayot de Pitaval 29
William Hogarth 29
Abbé Prévost 28
Isaac Watts 28
Johann Lorenz Mosheim 28
Thomas Sherlock 28
Andrew MacDowall Lord Bankton 27
John Orr 27
Robert Wallace 27
Charles Viner 26
Dr Samuel Johnson 26
John Potter 26
Clifton Wintringham 25
Robert Clayton Bishop of Clogher 25
Country Gentleman 23
Henri-François de La Solle 23
James Balfour 22
William Smellie 22
Francis Beaumont 21
James Ray 21
John Fletcher 21
Peter Shaw 21
Thomas Carte 21
Edmund Spenser 20
Longinus 20
Samuel Sharp 20
Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen 19
Alain René Le Sage 19
Isaac Barrow 18
Jonas Hanway 18
George Benson 17
Richard Brookes 17
William Warburton 17
David Fordyce 16
Frederick Carmichael 16

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
Works of William Shakespeare 264
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
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
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences 116
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
History of Sir Charles Grandison 91
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd 91
Sermons of Jean-Baptiste Massillon 86
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects 77
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres 76
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
Family Expositor 70
Credibility of the Gospel History 69
Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 65
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 53
Paradise Restored: Being a Visitation of Love to the Jews 52
Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq 51
Observations on Man [David Hartley] 50
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV 50
Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, on Several Subjects 48
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man 46
Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries 45
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
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam 44
System of Moral Philosophy [Henry Grove] 42
Works of William Congreve 42
History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy 40
Enquiry concerning the principles of morals [David Hume] 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
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
Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves 35
Life of Harriot Stuart 35
Works of Cicero 35
Works of John Locke 35
History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time 34
Treatise on Opium 34
Works of James Thomson 34
Age of Louis XIV 33
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus 32
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
Analysis of Beauty. Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste 29
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
Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in Antient and Modern Times 27
Institute of the Law of Scotland in Civil Rights 27
Political Discourses 27
Sermons [John Orr] 27
Works of Isaac Watts 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
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
Country Gentleman's Companion 23
Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure, or The Adventures of Versorand 23
Modern Characters: Illustrated by Histories in Real Life, and Address'd to the Polite World 23
Delineation of the Nature and Obligation of Morality 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

Book language

English 7635
French 1008
Latin 451
Greek 65
Hebrew 37
Italian 33
Arabic 5
Aramaic 5
Syrian 5
Spanish 4

Book place of publication

London 6176
Edinburgh 1310
Paris 610
Glasgow 202
The Hague 112
Neuchâtel 95
Amsterdam 77
Oxford 71
Geneva 66
Berlin 62
Göttingen 41
Leipzig 30
Dublin 27
Aldershot 26
Helmstedt 26
Cambridge 25
York 21
Leiden 20
Dresden 17
Aberdeen 15
Vienna 11
Florence 10
Rome 10
Hamburg 8
St Petersburg 8
Lausanne 7
Milan 7
Whitehaven 7
Stockholm 6
Eton 5
Venice 4
Boston, MA 3
Frankfurt an der Oder 3
Madrid 3
Zurich 3
Bologna 2
Lyon 2
Pekin 2
Rotterdam 2
Utrecht 2
Amiens 1
Brescia 1
Bristol 1
Brussels 1
Colmar 1
Cordoba 1
Halle 1
Jena 1
Naples 1
Philadelphia 1
Strasbourg 1
Tobago 1
Verona 1
unknown 1

Book format

8vo 4470
12mo 2392
4to 1515
folio 687
24mo 37
18mo 1

Genre

History 2719
Fiction 945
Periodicals 839
Theology 807
Natural Philosophy 792
Philosophy and Morality 693
Lives 618
Medicine 519
Poetry 492
Drama 334
Belles Lettres 333
Sermons 326
Law 320
Politics, Society and Political Economy 219
Education 189
Travel 166
Reference Works 143
Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge 98
Mathematics 86
Fine Arts 68

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