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Brotherton Collection	11
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Leeds Russian Archive	2

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hebrew letters -- texts.	1
italo-ethiopian war, 1935-1936	1

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Bruce, James (1730-1794)	32
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Paterson, William (1755-1810)	17
Starkie, Walter (1894-1976)	3
Starkie, Walter, 1894-1976	3
Heeren, A H L (1760-1842)	2
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Talboys, David Alphonso (1780?-1840)	2
Allbeury, Ted	1
Alvares, Francisco (1540)	1

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Archive Judaica File

[Letter of support to the Jews in Ethiopia (Beta Israel), October/November 1906–April 1908, signed by 1 secular Jewish leader and 43 rabbis from all over Europe, Pittsburg, PA (USA), Palestine, and Egypt (original)].

Faïtlovitch, Jacques

[1906–1908]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant title: Igeret el Yehude Ḥabash. (אגרת אל יהודי חבש (אתיופיה. Approximate dates of production may be derived from 2 dates given in the ...

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Reflections on the politics, intercourse, and trade of the ancient nations of Africa (v.2)

Heeren, A H L (1760-1842); Talboys, David Alphonso (1780?-1840); Heeren, A H L (1760-1842)

1832

Published also under the title: Historical researches into the politics, intercourse, and trade of the Carthaginians, Ethiopians, and Egyptians.

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Reflections on the politics, intercourse, and trade of the ancient nations of Africa (v.1)

Heeren, A H L (1760-1842); Talboys, David Alphonso (1780?-1840); Heeren, A H L (1760-1842)

1832

Published also under the title: Historical researches into the politics, intercourse, and trade of the Carthaginians, Ethiopians, and Egyptians.

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Historiale description de l'Ethiopie : contenant vraye relation des terres, & païs du grand roy, & empereur Prete-Ian, l'assiete de ses royaumes & prouinces, leurs coutumes, loix & religion, auec les pourtraits de leurs temples & autres singularitez, cy deuant non cogneües : auec la table des choses memorables contenues en icelle

Alvares, Francisco (1540); Beller, Jean (1526-1595)

1558

Edited by Jean Bellere. There is another issue with imprint: En Anvers. Chez Iehan Bellere. 1558. Reference to Columbus, leaf 39 verso; reference to Brazil & Spanish West Indies, leaf 16 recto. ...

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