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Total number of records: 459

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	446
Archives	13

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	110
Ripon Cathedral	71
English Literature	32
Incunabula	23
Cookery Collection	3
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	2
Quaker Collection	2

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
church history	21
history, ancient	18
zoology	18
natural history	17
botany	12
reformation	9
historiography	6
patriarchs (bible)	6
europe	5
history, modern	5

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Rome	38
Great Britain	27
France	11
Venice (Italy)	10
Greece	8
Spain	7
Europe	6
Italy	4
Netherlands	4
Scotland	4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)	18
Gaius Plinius Secundus	14
Pliny the Elder	14
Baron Brotherton	13
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton	13
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton	13
Gruterus, Janus (1560-1627)	13
Lord Brotherton	13
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton	13
Cicero, Marcus Tullius	12

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1400	36
From 1500	130
From 1600	293

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1499	33
Up to 1599	131
Up to 1699	295

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Lombardica historia

Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa (1229-1298)

1485

By Jacobus de Voragine.

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Historia ecclesiastica

1479

Place of publication: Mantua, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: One; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully aligned; initial occurs midway down left-hand side. Catchwords appear in...

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Historia ecclesiastica

1479

Place of publication: Mantua, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: Three; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text in one column. Each new chapter begins with initial. Catchwords in bottom ri...

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Historia ecclesiastica

1476

Place of publication: Rome, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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Historia ecclesiastica

1476

Place of publication: Rome, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None, although space has been left. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified. Subtitles introduce new sections.

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[Historia ecclesiastica]

Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea (260-340); Rufinus of Aquileia (345-410); Schall, Johann (1475-1479); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Quom datus est finis. referebat Iulius annos Mille quater centum septuaginta nouem. [not before 15 July 1479]

Imprint from colophon. Colophon in verse on leaf [171v] reads: Explicit liber ecclesiastic hystorie. Transtulit Ausonias istud Rufinus ad aures Eusebii clarum Caesariensis opus. Schallus Ioannes cel...

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[Historia Fiorentina]

Bracciolini, Poggio (1380-1459); Bracciolini, Jacopo (1441-1478); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

neli anni di Cristo M. CCCCLXXVI a octo di marzo. [8 March 1476]

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-c⁸ d-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on n7r reads: Finito loctauo & ultimo libro della historia fiorentina di Messer Poggio tradocta di lingua l...

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Scriptores historiae Augustae

Rosso, Giovanni (1480-1519); Boncristianus, Franciscus

M.cccc.lxxxx.die.xv.Iulii. [15 July 1490]

Signatures: a-c⁸ d-k⁶ A⁸ B-Q⁶ R⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on R8r reads: Habes candide lector Cæsarum uitas paruo ære... Quæ omnia accuratissime Venetiis impressa sunt per Ioan...

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