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Total number of records: 12

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Books and printed items11
Archives1

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Brotherton Collection4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Quaker Collection1

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law2
decoration and ornament, architectural1
furniture1
furniture design1
furniture, neoclassical1
geopolitics1

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Germany12
Belgium4
Denmark4
Europe, Northern4
Netherlands4
Poland4
Russia4
Sweden4
Holy Roman Empire3
Brough1

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Nicolson, William4
Nicolson, William (1655-1727)4
Peers, Richard4
Peers, Richard (1645-1690)4
Pitt, Moses4
Pitt, Moses (1696-)4
Alexis, D̀2
Dumay, Louis (1681)2
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Boucher, Francois (1703-1770)1

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Archive Item

Hargreaves (Richard) 'Report on German Gypsies,[at Brough Hill]' (Transcription)

c.1940

Typescript transcription of a report on 'German Gypsies,' sent by Richard Hargreaves of Nelson, Lancs to DUR, [Dorothy Una Ratcliffe]. Details an account of some German Gypsy/Travellers at Brough Hi...

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The English atlas : Volume I. Containing a description of the places next the North-Pole; as also of Muscovy, Poland, Sweeden, Denmark, and their several dependances. With a general introduction to geography, and a large index, containing the longitudes and latitudes of all the particular places, thereby directing the reader to find them readily in the several maps (v.1)

Pitt, Moses (fl. 1654-1696); Nicolson, William (1655-1727); Peers, Richard (1645-1690)

1680

Originally offered to subscribers as prospective work in 11 volumes of which only four were published, and the text of a fifth volume in 1682. Volume 2 is dated 1681. Contents: v.1. Description of t...

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The English atlas : Volume I. Containing a description of the places next the North-Pole; as also of Muscovy, Poland, Sweeden, Denmark, and their several dependances. With a general introduction to geography, and a large index, containing the longitudes and latitudes of all the particular places, thereby directing the reader to find them readily in the several maps (v.2)

Pitt, Moses (fl. 1654-1696); Nicolson, William (1655-1727); Peers, Richard (1645-1690)

1680

Originally offered to subscribers as prospective work in 11 volumes of which only four were published, and the text of a fifth volume in 1682. Volume 2 is dated 1681. Contents: v.1. Description of t...

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The English atlas : Volume I. Containing a description of the places next the North-Pole; as also of Muscovy, Poland, Sweeden, Denmark, and their several dependances. With a general introduction to geography, and a large index, containing the longitudes and latitudes of all the particular places, thereby directing the reader to find them readily in the several maps (v.3)

Pitt, Moses (fl. 1654-1696); Nicolson, William (1655-1727); Peers, Richard (1645-1690)

1680

Originally offered to subscribers as prospective work in 11 volumes of which only four were published, and the text of a fifth volume in 1682. Volume 2 is dated 1681. Contents: v.1. Description of t...

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The English atlas : Volume I. Containing a description of the places next the North-Pole; as also of Muscovy, Poland, Sweeden, Denmark, and their several dependances. With a general introduction to geography, and a large index, containing the longitudes and latitudes of all the particular places, thereby directing the reader to find them readily in the several maps (v.4)

Pitt, Moses (fl. 1654-1696); Nicolson, William (1655-1727); Peers, Richard (1645-1690)

1680

Originally offered to subscribers as prospective work in 11 volumes of which only four were published, and the text of a fifth volume in 1682. Volume 2 is dated 1681. Contents: v.1. Description of t...

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Germany and Germans

McDougall, Eleanor

1915

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German strategy of world conquest

Whittlesey, Derwent Stainthorpe (1890-1956); Colby, Charles C (1884-1965); Hartshorne, Richard (1899-1992); National Planning Association

[1944]

"Bibliography of works cited": p. 271-285.

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The estate of the empire : or, an abridgement of the laws and government of Germany

Dumay, Louis (1681); Alexis, d̀

1676

Includes index.

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Lord Haldane and Germany : reprinted from the "Manchester guardian"

[1917]

Cover-title. Introductory paragraph dated Sept.1, 1917.

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[Collection of 18th century designs for furniture and architectural ornamentation from the library of Anton Possenbacher, court furniture-maker in Munich] (oversize)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Possenbacher, Anton (1842-1920); Will, Johan Martin (1727-1806); Delafosse, Jean Baptiste (1721-1806); Lalonde, Richard de (1735-1808); Boucher, François (1703-1770); Marlborough Rare Books

[various dates]

161 engraved plates of neoclassical designs for furniture by French designers including Lalonde, Delafosse, and Boucher, and German designers including J T Hauer, published during the mid 18th century...

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