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Total number of records: 1724

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Books and printed items1446
Archives269
Textiles6
Indexes2
Objects1

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Brotherton Collection413
Quaker Collection332
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society201
English Literature32
Ripon Cathedral25
Medieval Manuscripts11
Incunabula7
International Textile Collection6
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse4
Cookery Collection3

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society of friends78
churches, quaker74
sermons, english42
popish plot, 167829
church and state26
persecution25
freedom of religion21
christian life19
oaths18
repentance18

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Great Britain178
London (England)11
Yorkshire (England)9
Ireland7
Scotland7
Egypt6
Hull (England)6
Italy6
Belgium4
Denmark4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends301
Fox, George (1624-1691)160
Great Britain77
Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)71
Great Britain. Parliament62
Charles I, King of England, 1600-164943
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)40
Howgill, Francis (1618-1669)35
Bishop, George (1668)28
Great Britain. Army28

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Richard the Third. III. v. 1 - III. vi. 11

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (190)

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Antony and Cleopatra. I. i. 1 - I. ii. 11

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (340)

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Calendar: January (fol. 1r)
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Calendar: January (fol. 1r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has Janus looking in both directions while dining, and the zodiacal sign of Aquarius (the water carrier). The scenes in the historiated border are: the stoning of St S...

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Lease for 20 years

11 Nov 1296

1. Alice, widow of Giles Paume 2. Sir John Samson

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Order respecting claim to former Kirkstall Abbey land

17 Apr 1619

Court order to Sir Peter Midleton to present himself with a sufficient rejoinder to the replication made by the King's attorney general in the case relating to the disputed lands in Burley

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The life of faith : in three parts. The first is a sermon on Heb. 11.1... The second is instructions for confirming believers in the Christian faith. The third is directions how to live by faith; or how to exercise it upon all occasions

Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)

1670

'A catalogue of books written and published by the same author', [5pp.] follows p.607. Two leaves (frontispiece portrait and engraved title-page), different edition, precede A1 (blank).

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Comedies grecques d'Aristophane

Aristophanes; Dacier, Anne (1654-1720)

1692

Publisher's advertisments: p. [1]-[3] at the end. With additional title-page, engraved.

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Aristophanous kōm̐ōdiai duo Ploutos kai Nephelai : meta scholiōn palaiōn pany ōphelimōn = Aristophanis comoediæ duæ Plutus & Nubes : cum scholiis Græcis antiquis, quibus adjiciuntur notæ quædam, simul cum gemino indice : in usum studiosæ juventutis

Aristophanes; Frischlin, Nicodemus (1547-1590); Leng, John (1665-1727); Aristophanes; Aristophanes; Aristophanes; Aristophanes

1695

Greek and Latin on facing pages. "Vita Aristophanis, a Nicodemo Frischlino conscripta": p. [10]-[18] at front. Edited by John Leng. Cf. BLC.

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A compendium of practical musick : in five parts... : together with lessons for viols, &c

Simpson, Christopher (1669)

1678

Author's name appears after the edition statement. First ed. published as: The principles of practical music. 1655; subsequent editions published as: A compendium of practical musick, and, A compend...

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Johannis Buxtorfi, Filii, Dissertationes philologico-theologicæ

Buxtorf, Johann (1599-1664)

1645

Each part has a separate t.-p. and dates. Various signatures.

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