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Circulating Libraries:

Barry and Son’s Circulating Library, 21 High Street, Bristol. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1827)
Bettison’s Library, High Street, Cheltenham. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1829)
John Hodgson’s Circulating Library, Belfast. (Catalogue: 1838)
Horne’s Public Library, Queen Street, Cheapside, London. Additions 1. (Catalogue: 1827)
Showell’s Select Circulating Library, 46 New Street, Birmingham. (Catalogue: c.1835)
Gerrard Tyrrell Circulating Library, Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. (Catalogue: 1834)

Subscription Libraries:

Edinburgh Subscription Library, Edinburgh. (Catalogue: 1833)

Summary: 6 out of 10 possible Circulating Libraries; 1 out of 3 possible Subscription Libraries.
Overall: 7 out of 13 possible Libraries.

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