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Total number of records: 232
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| International Textile Collection | 76 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 29 |
| Brotherton Collection | 28 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 5 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 3 |
| Cookery Collection | 1 |
| English Literature | 1 |
| Incunabula | 1 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 1 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 1 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Langles, Louis Mathieu | 14 |
| Langles, Louis Mathieu (1763-1824) | 14 |
| Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine De Monet De | 11 |
| Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine De Monet De (1744-1829) | 11 |
| Billecocq, J B L J (1765-1829) | 9 |
| Billecocq, J. B. L. J | 9 |
| Gauthier De La Peyronie | 9 |
| Gauthier De La Peyronie (1740?-1804) | 9 |
| Pallas, Peter Simon (1741-1811) | 9 |
| Conolly, Arthur, 1807-1842? | 7 |
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Asia, with ethnological appendix
Keane, A H (1833-1912); Temple, Sir Richard Carnac (1850-1931); Hellwald, Friedrich von
1882
Based on Hellwald's 'Die Erde und ihre Völker' translated by A.H. Keane.
Ogni Azii : puteshestvie na Vostok
Rubisova, Elena
1961
Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ -- Irak -- Iran -- Pakistan -- Indii︠a︡ -- T︠S︡eĭlon -- Nepal -- Birma -- Indonezii︠a︡ -- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ -- Egipet.
The history of Timur-Bec, known by the name of Tamerlain the Great, emperor of the Moguls and Tartars : being an historical journal of his conquests in Asia and Europe (v.1)
'Ali Sharaf al-Dīn, Yazdī (1454); Darby, John (1733); Pétis de La Croix, François (1653-1713)
1723
The history of Timur-Bec, known by the name of Tamerlain the Great, emperor of the Moguls and Tartars : being an historical journal of his conquests in Asia and Europe (v.2)
'Ali Sharaf al-Dīn, Yazdī (1454); Darby, John (1733); Pétis de La Croix, François (1653-1713)
1723
net
before 2000
A piece of stiff netting, probably fishing net (one of two pieces of the same width).
canting
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This copper bowl is called a tjanting or canting. It is made of a bamboo handle with a small metal cup and a thin spout, out of which the wax seeps. It is used to apply wax freehand to fabric as a re...
fibre paper with wax
late 19th-mid 20th Century
A fibre paper or fabric with a geometric resist wax pattern left (possibly as an example). The wax, according to the label, is 'Japan wax' from Rhus succedanea.
Sobranīe puteshestvīĭ k tataram i drugim voztochnym narodam v xiii, xiv, i xv stol︠i︡etī︠i︡akh
︠I︡Azykov, Dmitriĭ Ivanovich (1773-1845); Ascelin, Niccolo; Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari (1252)
1825
No more published. Cf. N.I. Berezin. Russkī︠i︡a knizhny︠i︡a r︠i︡edkosti, 1902, No. 570. Latin and Russian.
Stencils
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Eleven oblong metal stencils with different designs, mainly stripes or spots. These stencils are used thought to be used for resist printing onto textiles.
Portrait du grand Tamerlan : avec la suite de son histoire iusques à l'establissement de l'empire du Mogol
Ibn ʻArabshāh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (1392-1450); Vattier, Pierre (1623-1667)
1658
Continues Vattier's translation of Ibn ʻArabshāh's history, the first part published under title: L'histoire du grand Tamerlan... A Paris : Chez Remy Soubret, 1658.