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Circulating Libraries:

Aberdeen Public Library, Broad Street, Aberdeen. (Catalogue: 1821)
Bettison’s Library, High Street, Cheltenham. (Catalogue: 1817)
W. Fish’s Circulating Library, 38 London Lane, Norwich. (Catalogue: c. 1817)
Godwin’s Circulating Library, Upper Corner of Milsom Street, Bath. (Catalogue: 1819)
Robert Kinnear’s Circulating Library, 29 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. (Catalogue: 1808)
Mackay’s Edinburgh Circulating Library, 154 High Street, Edinburgh. (Catalogue: 1810)
Richards’s Library, Queen Street, Cheapside, London. (Catalogue: 1807)

Subscription Libraries:
Liverpool Subscription Library, at the Lyceum, Bold Street, Liverpool. (Catalogue: 1814)

Summary: 7 out of 19 possible Circulating Libraries; 1 out of 5 possible Subscription Libraries.
Overall: 8 out of 24 possible Libraries.

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