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Total number of records: 181

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Books and printed items180
Textiles1

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Brotherton Collection49
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society5
English Literature4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Cookery Collection1
International Textile Collection1

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hindus14
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botany6
persian language6
missions5
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christianity4

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India181
Great Britain25
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France9
Iran9
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America4
Bengal (India)4
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East India Company (Great Britain)26
Hastings, Warren, 1732-181814
Mill, James (1773-1836)12
Hunter, Sir William Wilson (1840-1900)11
Hunter, William Wilson9
Rennell, James (1742-1830)9
Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)8
Burke, Edmund, 1729-17978
Langles, Louis Mathieu (1763-1824)7
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The Oriental annual : containing a series of tales, legends, & historical romances

Bacon, Thomas (1813-1892); Finden, William (1787-1852); Finden, Edward Francis (1791-1857); Taylor, Meadows (1808-1876)

1839

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The Dabistan, or, school of manners (v.3)

Fānī, Muḥsin (1671); Shea, David (1777-1836); Troyer, Anthony (1865)

1843

Erroneously attributed to Muḥsin Fānī, d. 1671 or 2 Cf. Enc. of Islam, new ed.

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The Dabistan, or, school of manners (v.2)

Fānī, Muḥsin (1671); Shea, David (1777-1836); Troyer, Anthony (1865)

1843

Erroneously attributed to Muḥsin Fānī, d. 1671 or 2 Cf. Enc. of Islam, new ed.

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The Hindoos (vol.1)

Westfall, William (1781-1850)

1846

Illustrations from drawings by W. Westfall.

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The Hindoos (vol.2)

Westfall, William (1781-1850)

1846

Illustrations from drawings by W. Westfall.

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Days in the East : a poem

Burke, James Henry

1842

24 page publisher's catalogue at end.

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Travels and adventures of the Rev. Joseph Wolff

Wolff, Joseph (1795-1862); Gatty, Alfred (1813-1903)

1861

Edited by Alfred Gatty.

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Jo. Petri Maffeji Bergomatis e Societate Jesu opera omnia Latine scripta : Nunc primum in unum corpus collecta, variisque illustrationibus exornata. : Accedit Maffeji vita Petro Antonio Serassio auctore. Quid præterea in hac omnium accuratissima editione præstitum, aut additum sit, indicat epistola ad lectorem (v.1)

Maffei, Giovanni Pietro (1533-1603); Serassi, Pierantonio (1721-1791)

1747

Pagination: v. 1, [8], xlviij, 458, [2] p.; v. 2, [8], 515, [1] p. Errors in pagination. Title vignette: apple tree with motto, "Miraturq[ue] novas frondes et non sua poma. Errata statements: v....

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Jo. Petri Maffeji Bergomatis e Societate Jesu opera omnia Latine scripta : Nunc primum in unum corpus collecta, variisque illustrationibus exornata. : Accedit Maffeji vita Petro Antonio Serassio auctore. Quid præterea in hac omnium accuratissima editione præstitum, aut additum sit, indicat epistola ad lectorem (v.2)

Maffei, Giovanni Pietro (1533-1603); Serassi, Pierantonio (1721-1791)

1747

Pagination: v. 1, [8], xlviij, 458, [2] p.; v. 2, [8], 515, [1] p. Errors in pagination. Title vignette: apple tree with motto, "Miraturq[ue] novas frondes et non sua poma. Errata statements: v....

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