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Total number of records: 255

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Books and printed items247
Archives5
Textiles3

Top 10: Collection group

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Brotherton Collection42
English Literature16
Herbert Read Collection5
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4
International Textile Collection3
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
Liddle Collection1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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SubjectCount
aesthetics8
drama8
courts and courtiers6
travel6
travel literature6
authors, french5
écrivains français5
leather industry and trade5
monarchy5
anglo-french war, 1755-17634

Top 10: Place

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France255
Great Britain43
Italy15
Paris (France)15
England9
India8
Europe6
Switzerland5
Belgium3
Germany3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)33
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)29
Academie Des Sciences21
France21
Burke, Edmund, 1729-179713
France. Convention Nationale, 1792-179513
Hastings, Warren, 1732-18188
Lalande, Jerome (1732-1807)8
Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)8
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)7

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From 160019
From 1700143
From 180054
From 190033
From 20001

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Up to 169919
Up to 1799134
Up to 189960
Up to 199936
Up to latest1

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A letter to Earl Stanhope

Miles, William Augustus (1753?-1817); Stanhope, Charles Stanhope Earl (1753-1816)

1794

On Lord Stanhope's urging peace with France.

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1793 and 1853, in three letters

Cobden, Richard (1804-1865)

1853

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Letters writen [sic] to a friend

Balfour, Sir Andrew (1630-1694); Murray, Patrick (1671)

1700

Dedication signed: M. Balfour. Letters addressed to Patrick Murray, of Livingstone. cf. p. iv. Pagination slightly irregular.

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1793 and 1853, in three letters

Cobden, Richard (1804-1865)

1853

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Letters writ by a Turkish spy

Marana, Giovanni Paolo (1642-1693); Weitzman, Arthur J (1933-)

1970

Selections from the original 8 v. collection of letters

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The stones of Paris in history and letters (v.2)

Martin, Benjamin Ellis (1839-1909); Martin, Charlotte M; Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

1900

Includes index (v.2) "Copyright, 1899, by Charles Scribner's Sons..."--Title page verso.

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The stones of Paris in history and letters (v.1)

Martin, Benjamin Ellis (1839-1909); Martin, Charlotte M; Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

1900

Includes index (v.2) "Copyright, 1899, by Charles Scribner's Sons..."--Title page verso.

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The stones of Paris in history and letters (v.1)

Martin, Benjamin Ellis (1839-1909); Martin, Charlotte M; Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

1899

vol. I. Three time-worn staircases; The scholars' quarter of the Middle Ages; Molière and his friends; From Voltaire to Beaumarchais; The Paris of the Revolution -- vol. II. The southern bank in the...

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The stones of Paris in history and letters (v.2)

Martin, Benjamin Ellis (1839-1909); Martin, Charlotte M; Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

1899

vol. I. Three time-worn staircases; The scholars' quarter of the Middle Ages; Molière and his friends; From Voltaire to Beaumarchais; The Paris of the Revolution -- vol. II. The southern bank in the...

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Letters to Gratton Puxon (L-Z)

May/1964 - Apr/1971

Letters from various correspondents (L-Z) to Gratton Puxon [and others] as Secretary of the (National) Gypsy Council. [Some correspondents do not mention surname and are undated]. Correspondents inc...

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Letters from an artist, sojourning on the continent

Horner, Joshua; Martin, Henry (of Halifax)

1841

P. 118-142: Supplementary chapters by Henry Martin.

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A letter from Paris, to George Petre, Esq

Eustace, John Chetwode (1762-1815); Petre, George

1814

Publisher's advertisements on last leaf. With final 2p advertisement leaf. Cover title: Eustace's letter from Paris.

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