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Total number of records: 437

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Indexes89
Archives5
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Quaker Collection178
Brotherton Collection126
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse90
English Literature4
Incunabula2
Medieval Manuscripts2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Ripon Cathedral1

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society of friends41
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repentance9
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cosmology7
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Society of Friends68
Fox, George (1624-1691)62
Anonymous24
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax15
Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)14
Bayly, William (1675)12
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Burrough, Edward (1633-1663)9
Smith, William (1672)9
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To all people upon the face of the earth

Perrot, John

1661

Caption title. Signed (p.16): John. Written by John Perrot. Cf. DNB. Imprint from colophon.

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To all people upon the face of the earth

Perrot, John (1671)

1661

Caption title. Signed (p.16): John. Written by John Perrot. Cf. DNB. Imprint from colophon.

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A testimony for the Lord God, and his work in the earth

Taylor, Thomas (1618-1682)

1660

Caption title. Signed at end: Tho. Taylor. In this issue the final line of the colophon reads "Grand, 1660".

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Testimony for the Lord God, and his work in the earth

Taylor, Thomas (1618-1682)

1660

Caption title. Signed at end: Tho. Taylor. In this issue the final line of the colophon reads "tins le Grand, 1660".

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Some animadversions upon a book intituled, The theory of the earth

Croft, Herbert (1603-1691)

1685

Errata, recto final leaf. In answer to "Telluris theoria sacra" by Thomas Burnet, 1684.

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The theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things

Burnet, Thomas (1635?-1715); Burnet, Thomas (1635?-1715)

1684-90

Epistle dedicatory signed: Thomas Burnet. Each vol. has added t.p., engraved, with title: The sacred theory of the earth. Vol. 1, pt. 2 and v. 2, pt. 2 have special t.p.s. English version, revis...

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Christs victorie and triumph in heaven and earth, over and after death

Fletcher, Giles (1588?-1623)

1632

By Giles Fletcher the younger. "Christs triumph" (p. [47]-84) has separate t.p. with imprint: "Printed by the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [T. and J. Buck]. Ann. Dom. 1632." First leaf...

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An essay on the certainty and causes of the earth's motion on its axis, &c

Sheeres, Sir Henry (1710)

1698

Attributed to Sir Henry Sheeres. cf. NUC pre-1956.

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A review of The theory of the earth, and of its proofs: especially in reference to scripture

Burnet, Thomas (1635?-1715); Kettilby, Walter (1717); Norton, Roger (fl. 1662-1691)

1690

Attributed to Thomas Burnet. "Books printed for Walter Kettilby" -- [1]p. at end.

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The theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things. The two last books, concerning the burning of the world, and concerning the new heavens and new earth

Burnet, Thomas (1635?-1715); Kettilby, Walter (1717); Norton, Roger (fl. 1662-1691)

1690

Dedication signed: T. Burnet. Added engraved t.p., ill., with title: The sacred theory of the earth. Book 4 has own t.p.

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An essay toward a natural history of the earth: and terrestrial bodies, especially minerals: as also of the sea, rivers, and springs : With an account of the universal deluge: and of the effects that it had upon the earth

Woodward, John (1665-1728)

1695

First edition. Errata: p. [16] (preliminary sequence). With booklist of R. Wilkin (2 pp.) at end. Title within double line border. Imprimatur: A1v. Signatures: A-S⁸ T⁴.

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