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Total number of records: 14

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Books and printed items7
Textiles7

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International Textile Collection7
Brotherton Collection2

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pyramids4
weights and measures4
islam1

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Turkey14
Bodrum2
Eastern Question (Balkan)2
Great Britain2

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Birch, Thomas4
Birch, Thomas (1705-1766)4
Bon, Ottaviano4
Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)4
Greaves, John4
Greaves, John (1602-1652)4
Newton, Isaac4
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)4
Eton, William2
Lefebvre, J E2

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napkin fragment
Textile

napkin fragment

19th century

One end of a napkin. A motif of flowers in a vase is repeated four times along the border pattern of this fragment. A continuous narrow border of stylised tulips and leaves has been worked along the...

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head square
Textile

head square

before 1947

This item has been embroidered along all four edges with repeating isolated motifs of grapes and vine leaves. A narrow border of floral scrolls runs along the bottom edge of this pattern. Stitch tec...

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fabric panel
Textile

fabric panel

Mid 19th century

Length of plain woven linen fabric with selvedges down each long side, hemmed along the base edge and small fringe/ fraying along the top edge. The embroidered design is work in repeating outlined row...

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napkin end
Textile

napkin end

18th-19th Century

This item is the embroidered end of a napkin. The pattern is a 15cm deep border pattern composed of four isolated motifs of flowers in a vase. A typical continuous narrow border of stylised tulips a...

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napkin fragment
Textile

napkin fragment

19th century

This item is the detached border from one end of a napkin. The same border pattern would have been repeated at the other end. The main pattern consists of repeating rose buds and leaves, framed by a...

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hand towel
Textile

hand towel

17th-18th Century

This item is embroidered at both ends with a pair of sprays of flowers set horizontally. The sprays have buds on a curved stem, bent over a stylised flower motif with serrated leaves and a hooked ste...

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napkin fragment
Textile

napkin fragment

19th century

This item is the detached border from one end of a napkin. The same border pattern would have been repeated at the other end. The main pattern consists of repeating rose buds and leaves, framed by a...

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Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford: many of which are now first published (v.1)

Greaves, John (1602-1652); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)

1737

Paging irregular; volumes paginated consecutively. Greaves, in his dedication, wrongly attributes "A description of the grand seignor's seraglio" to its translator, Robert Withers; actually by Ottav...

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Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford: many of which are now first published (v.2)

Greaves, John (1602-1652); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)

1737

Paging irregular; volumes paginated consecutively. Greaves, in his dedication, wrongly attributes "A description of the grand seignor's seraglio" to its translator, Robert Withers; actually by Ottav...

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Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford: many of which are now first published (v.1)

Greaves, John (1602-1652); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)

1737

Paging irregular; volumes paginated consecutively. Greaves, in his dedication, wrongly attributes "A description of the grand seignor's seraglio" to its translator, Robert Withers; actually by Ottav...

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Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford: many of which are now first published (v.2)

Greaves, John (1602-1652); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Greaves, John (1602-1652); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); Bon, Ottaviano (1552-1623)

1737

Paging irregular; volumes paginated consecutively. Greaves, in his dedication, wrongly attributes "A description of the grand seignor's seraglio" to its translator, Robert Withers; actually by Ottav...

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Tableau historique, politique et moderne de l'empire ottoman (v.1)

Eton, William; Lefebvre, J E

An VII [i.e. 1794]

Volume 1: Page 250 wrongly numbered 150. Volume 2: Sign. V pages 297-8, [307], 208-320. Following Sign. V [1] are two leaves, the first signed A, bearing a Greek translation of three letters printed i...

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