At least seven booksellers are recorded as existing by 1733 with the largest in 1786 claiming a stock of 30,000 titles in several languages.[18] Books could be borrowed from the eight or nine commercial lending libraries established over the course of the 18th century, and from more specialist research-driven libraries such as the Birmingham Library and St. Philip's Parish Library.[19] Evidence of printers working in Birmingham can be found from 1713,[4] and the rise of John Baskerville in the 1750s saw the town's printing and publishing industry achieve international significance.[20] By the end of the century Birmingham had developed a highly literate society, and it was claimed that the town's population of around 50,000 read 100,000 books per month.[18]