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The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson by John Tillotson (14), The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres : or, An introduction to languages... with reflections on taste... by Charles Rollin (12), The Spectator by Joseph Addison (22), A new law-dictionary: containing, the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; and also the whole law, and the practice thereof by Giles Jacob (11), Rollin's Ancient History by Charles Rollin (16), Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of systems (9), The reports of that reverend and learned Judge, the Right Honourable Sr. Henry Hobart Knight and Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Common Pleas, and Chancellor to both Their Highnesses Henry and Charles, Princes of Wales by Sir Henry Hobart (9), The history of America by William Robertson (11), (11), Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece, during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian æra by J.-J Barthélemy (10), A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America by John Adams (13), The History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts-Bay: 1628-1750 (2-volume set) by Thomas Hutchinson (10), Thesaurus lingvae latinae compendiarus: or, a compendious dictionary of the Latin tongue by Robert Ainsworth (9), Sermons by Hugh Blair (9), The history of England by Paul Rapin de Thoyras (9), Observations on the history and evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ by Gilbert West (8), A new abridgment of the law by Matthew Bacon (8), Sermons to young women by James Fordyce (9), Archaeologia graeca; or, The antiquities of Greece by John Potter (9), The Practice of Christian Graces by Richard Allestree (8), Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune by duc de Maximilien de Béthune Sully (8), The history of the revolution of South-Carolina, from a British province to an independent state by David Ramsay (8), Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784, et 1785 by Constantin-François Volney (8), Physico-theology : or, A demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from His works of creation by William Derham (8), Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia : convened at Richmond, on Monday the 2d day of June 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention, to which is prefixed the federal constitution by Constitutional Ratifying Convention (Virginia) (7)

Most-held works

(26), The Spectator by Joseph Addison (23), The Works of Alexander Pope by Alexander Pope (19), Rollin's Ancient History by Charles Rollin (17), A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (17), Commentaries on the Laws of England [complete] by Sir William Blackstone (16), The Adventures of Telemachus, the Son of Ulysses by François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon (15), Poems by Virgil (15), The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson by John Tillotson (15), The Iliad by Homer (15), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (14), Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (14), The Complete Works of Horace by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (14), A new law-dictionary: containing, the interpretation and definition of words and terms used in the law; and also the whole law, and the practice thereof by Giles Jacob (13), History of England (6 volumes) by David Hume (13), A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America by John Adams (13), The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres : or, An introduction to languages... with reflections on taste... by Charles Rollin (13), The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth by William Robertson (12), Metamorphoses [in translation] by Ovid (12), The Odyssey by Homer (12), An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (12), Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch (12), Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson (11), The letters of Junius by Junius (11), The history of America by William Robertson (11)