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Total number of records: 300

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items279
Coins12
Archives8
Textiles1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection91
English Literature21
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections19
Coin Collection12
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
International Textile Collection1
Ripon Cathedral1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
arabs in spain3
architecture3
marteau, pierre du (fictitious printer)3
portuguese poetry3
spanish poetry3
administrative law2
inquisition2
law2
national characteristics, spanish, in motion pictures2
romanies2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Spain300
Portugal28
Great Britain25
France22
America9
Europe9
Italy8
Latin America5
England4
Granada (Spain)4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Spain12
Masdeu, Juan Francisco (1744-1817)11
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)8
Coxe, William (1747-1828)8
Ford, Richard (1796-1858)8
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)7
Vayrac, Jean De (1710-)7
Bourgoing, Jean-Francois Baron De (1748-1811)6
John Murray (Firm)6
Montgon, Charles Alexandre De (1690-1770)6

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From earliest12
From 15008
From 160034
From 1700110
From 1800136

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Up to 9912
Up to 15998
Up to 169933
Up to 1799104
Up to 1899143

Archive Sub-series

Spanish Official Documents

1727-1827

Legal/offical documents containing references to "Gitanos," [Gypsies, Travellers and Roma] in Spain.

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Official documents relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma in Spain, collected by Sir Angus Fraser

Fraser, Angus M

1630-1798

Comprises official documents of Spanish origin "affecting Gypsies," [Roma] including, prematica/pragmatica; real cedula; real provision; real orden; carta orden; real instruccion; real decreto and ind...

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Spanish and Catalonia Official Documents

1727-1827

[Possibly certified copies of] Spanish legal/offical documents concerning, "Gitanos" [Gypsies Travellers & Roma]

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Borrow (George Henry) Miscellaneous notes (Iberian peninsula, including The Bible in Spain; Manchu Testament; poems, etc.

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840

1) Undated leather bound notebook containing autograph (handwritten) manuscript, chiefly in pencil. Includes notes/drafts of parts for, "The Bible in Spain;" "Manchu Testament;" notes on his expens...

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"Gypsy Picture & Playbills."

c.1740 - c.1872

Bound album so titled. Made up of the following: 1) Cuttings/print extracts - (pg1 -33) mainly illustrations/engravings of Gypsy/Traveller related subjects including but not limited to; Spanish, Br...

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The theory and practice of commerce and maritime affairs (v.1)

Uztáriz, Gerónimo de (1670-1732); Kippax, John

MDCCLI. [1751]

Vol. 1: [4], xxxix, [1], 430 p.; v. 2: [2], 446, [2] p. (last p. blank). "Table of Spanish coins...": v. 2, p. 446. "Errata": v. 2, p. [447].

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The theory and practice of commerce and maritime affairs (v.2)

Uztáriz, Gerónimo de (1670-1732); Kippax, John

MDCCLI. [1751]

Vol. 1: [4], xxxix, [1], 430 p.; v. 2: [2], 446, [2] p. (last p. blank). "Table of Spanish coins...": v. 2, p. 446. "Errata": v. 2, p. [447].

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Diversarum gentium historiæ antiquæ scriptores tres

Lindenbrog, Friedrich (1573-1648); Jordanes; Isidore of Seville, Saint (636); Paul the Deacon (720-799?)

1611

Title continues with contents: Iornandes Episcop. De regnorum ac temporum successionibus. Eiusdem Historia de origine Gothorum. Isidorus Hispalens. De Gothis, Wandalis, & Suevis. Eiusdem Chronicon reg...

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The history of the revolutions in Spain : from the decadence of the Roman Empire, and the first foundation of the monarchy, to the renunciation of King Philip V. and the accession of Lewis I. to the crown of Spain. Including likewise the history of the late war. In three parts, divided into five volumes (v.1 pt.1)

Du Pin, Louis Ellies (1657-1719); Vertot abbé de (1655-1735); Morgan, Joseph (fl.1724-36); Vayrac, Jean de (fl. 1710)

1724

Title pages in red and black. Each vol. and part has special t.p.; vol. 1, pt. 1 has both general and special t.p. The translator is apparently in error in connecting the abbé Vertot with this wo...

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The history of the revolutions in Spain : from the decadence of the Roman Empire, and the first foundation of the monarchy, to the renunciation of King Philip V. and the accession of Lewis I. to the crown of Spain. Including likewise the history of the late war. In three parts, divided into five volumes (v.1 pt.2)

Du Pin, Louis Ellies (1657-1719); Vertot abbé de (1655-1735); Morgan, Joseph (fl.1724-36); Vayrac, Jean de (fl. 1710)

1724

Title pages in red and black. Each vol. and part has special t.p.; vol. 1, pt. 1 has both general and special t.p. The translator is apparently in error in connecting the abbé Vertot with this wo...

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The history of the revolutions in Spain : from the decadence of the Roman Empire, and the first foundation of the monarchy, to the renunciation of King Philip V. and the accession of Lewis I. to the crown of Spain. Including likewise the history of the late war. In three parts, divided into five volumes (v.2 pt.1)

Du Pin, Louis Ellies (1657-1719); Vertot abbé de (1655-1735); Morgan, Joseph (fl.1724-36); Vayrac, Jean de (fl. 1710)

1724

Title pages in red and black. Each vol. and part has special t.p.; vol. 1, pt. 1 has both general and special t.p. The translator is apparently in error in connecting the abbé Vertot with this wo...

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