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Total number of records: 285

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	277
Archives	5
Textiles	3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	39
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	21
Herbert Read Collection	13
English Literature	7
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	6
Leeds Russian Archive	5
Ripon Cathedral	4
Cookery Collection	3
International Textile Collection	3
Medical Collections	3

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
natural history	12
egyptian language	9
inscriptions, egyptian	9
mummies	8
classical antiquities	5
language and languages	5
mamelukes	5
science	5
scientists	5
antiquities	4

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Egypt	247
Ethiopia	34
Nile River	31
Palestine	20
Middle East	14
Greece	11
Africa, East	10
Nubia	10
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct City)	10
Sinai (Egypt)	9

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Bruce, James (1730-1794)	30
Castera, Jean-Henri (1749-1838)	19
Metropolitan Museum of Art	17
Paterson, William (1755-1810)	17
Davies, Norman De Garis (1865-1941)	14
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Egyptian Expedition	13
Osburn, William (1793-1875)	8
George, E S	7
George, E. S	7
Hey, Richard	7

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1700	43
From 1800	145
From 1900	92
From 2000	5

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1799	43
Up to 1899	144
Up to 1999	89
Up to latest	9

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A second series of the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, including their religion, agriculture, &c. derived from a comparison of the paintings, sculptures, and monuments still existing, with the accounts of ancient authors

Wilkinson, Sir J Gardiner (1797-1875)

1841

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The Egyptian revival : an introductory study of a recurring theme in the history of taste

Curl, James Stevens (1937-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1982

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Prehistoric pottery and civilization in Egypt

Raphael, Max (1889-1952); Guterman, Norbert (1900-1984); Bollingen Foundation

[1947]

Bibliographical references in "Notes" (pages 157-160).

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Observations sur l'expédition du Général Buonaparte dans le Levant. Considérations sur la probabilité de sa réussite; à quoi l'on a ajouté l'exposé succint de l'état actuel de l'Égypte, un détail historique d'Alexandrie, le plan exact de deux ports de cette ville... et quelques remarques sur l'importance de sa situation géographique, si jamais elle redevenoit l'entrepôt de l'Inde, de l'Europe, et d'une partie de l'Afrique; en outre, quelques particularités realtives à la navigation de la Mer Rouge. Par l'editeur de l'Histoire de Pierre III et Catherine II de Russie. Traduit de l'anglais par André

Tooke, William (1744-1820); Irwin, Eyles (1751?-1817); André, Jean François (1744-)

An 7 [1799]

"Observations sur l'expédition du Général Buonaparte dans le levant" is by William Tooke. "Considerations sur la probablité de sa réussite" by Eyles Irwin. Edited by William Tooke and transla...

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