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Total number of records: 878

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Books and printed items863
Archives13
People and organisations2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection344
English Literature105
Quaker Collection95
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society18
Ripon Cathedral14
Cookery Collection8
Incunabula4
Medieval Manuscripts2
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
churches, quaker36
society of friends30
popish plot, 167826
sermons, english25
persecution16
christian life13
freedom of religion12
church and state11
conduct of life8
dissenters, religious8

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PlaceCount
Great Britain80
France4
London (England)4
Germany3
Ireland3
Netherlands3
Wakefield (England)3
Italy2
New England2
Nobility2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends179
Whitehead, George (1636?-1723)31
Fox, George (1624-1691)30
Penn, William (1644-1718)26
Church of England22
Catholic Church20
Bugg, Francis, 1640-1724?19
Great Britain. Parliament19
Great Britain18
Dryden, John (1631-1700)16

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Archive Collection

W T LANCASTER COLLECTED MANUSCRIPTS: YORKSHIRE NOBILITY AND GENTRY

15th century-17th century

Comprising a collection of family trees of the Nobility and Gentry, including Yorkshire and North Country pedigrees including Bulmer 1586, Hedworth of Harraton, Richard Lord Lumley, Earl of Scarborou...

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The Alarum, or, An Hue-and-cry after Sir Pa----t W--d

1683

Caption title. Imprint from colophon. "Sir P----t W--d is Sir Patience Ward."--NUC pre-1956 imprints.

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A mild but searching expostulatory letter from the poor and plain-dealing farmers of the neighbouring villages, to the men of Buckingham

S. T

[1679]

Signed S.T., R.W., etc. An attack on Sir Richard Temple, M.P. for Buckingham.

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Paradise regain'd : A poem. In IV books. To which is added Samson Agonistes

Milton, John (1608-1674); Milton, John (1608-1674)

1671

Samson Agonistes (101 p.) has special t.p. Wing M2152.

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The counter-rat, or, Oats sifted and sack't up in the counter and since removed to the Kings-Bench : in a letter to W.C., Esq

M. T

1684

Signed at end: M.T. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

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Lamiyat al-ajam = Lamiato'l Ajam, carmen Tograi : poetæ arabis doctissimi : unà cum versione latina & notis praxin illius exhibentus

al-Ṭughrāʼi, al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAlī; Pococke, Edward (1604-1691)

1661

"Tractatus" preceded by special t.p.: Ilm al-arud wa-al-qawafi [romanized] = Scientia metrica & rhythmica, seu, Tractatus de prosodia Arabica, ex authoribus probatissimus eruta, opera Samuelis Clerici...

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Aminta : the famous pastoral

Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595); Dancer, John (fl.1660-1675)

1660

Publisher's booklist [8pp] at end.

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