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Total number of records: 16916
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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 16842 |
| English Literature | 6809 |
| Incunabula | 1333 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 642 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 176 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 155 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 22 |
| Letters Database | 16 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 10 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 2 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 1065 |
| Great Britain. Parliament | 325 |
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 288 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 266 |
| Great Britain | 249 |
| Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) | 215 |
| Baron Brotherton | 170 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 170 |
| Lord Brotherton | 170 |
| Sir Edward Allen Brotherton | 170 |
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Thēsauros. Keras amaltheias, kai kẽpoi Adōnidos. = Thesavrvs. Cornu copiæ. & Horti Adonidis
Varinus Camers, Bishop of Nocera (1450-1537); Antinori, Carlo (1496-1540); Poliziano, Angelo (1454-1494); Valeriano Bolzani, G P (1477-1558?); Manuzio, Aldo (1515); Adam, Paul (1849-1931); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
Mense Augusto M. IIII.D [August 1496]
Signatures: *¹⁰ a-z⁸ &⁴ A-D⁸ E⁶ F-G⁸ H⁶ I⁸ K⁶ L⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on L8r reads: Venetiis in domo Aldi Romani summa cura laboréq[ue] præmagno. Mense Augusto M. ...
Hudibras. In three parts. Written in the time of the late wars. Corrected and amended: with large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.1)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766)
1744
Cuts by Hogarth. By Samuel Butler.
Hudibras. In three parts. Written in the time of the late wars. Corrected and amended: with large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.2)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766)
1744
Cuts by Hogarth. By Samuel Butler.
Hudibras : in three parts, written in the time of the late wars: corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.1)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766); Vertue, George (1684-1756)
1744
Vol. 2 imprint reads printed in London by J. Bettenham (for the same booksellers as vol. 1). Frontispiece is an engraved portrait of the author by George Vertue; the illustrations are engraved by J....
Hudibras : in three parts, written in the time of the late wars: corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.2)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766); Vertue, George (1684-1756)
1744
Vol. 2 imprint reads printed in London by J. Bettenham (for the same booksellers as vol. 1). Frontispiece is an engraved portrait of the author by George Vertue; the illustrations are engraved by J....
Science : an epistle on it's decline and revival : with a particular view to the seats of learning and a virtuous, philosophical life
Fortescue, James (1716-1777)
1750
First edition. Poem.
Double falshood : or, The distrest lovers. A play, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
Theobald, Mr Lewis (1688-1744); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Shirley, James (1596-1666)
1728
First edition. Authorship disputed; variously attributed to Shakespeare, Fletcher, Shirley, and others.
The poetical works of Geoff. Chaucer : in fourteen volumes. The miscellaneous pieces from Urry's edition 1721, the Canterbury tales from Tyrwhitt's edition 1775 (v.9-10)
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1400); Urry, John (1666-1715); Tyrwhitt, Thomas (1730-1786)
1782-83
Each volume has an additional engraved title-page after a design by Thomas Stothard. The additional engraved title-pages for volumes 1-3 have the imprint: "London, printed for John Bell... 1782"; th...
Medieval Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)
1100-1499
Leeds University Library holds medieval manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 15th century.
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 142-?]
Four gatherings of 12 (Calendar), 8, 8 and 8. Leaves missing after the first two gatherings (Calendar; Gospel Sequences and Obsecro te) and the last two gatherings (Penitential psalms; Penitential psa...
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1480-1500]
Decoration: 4 full-page arched miniatures within borders decorated with flowers, curled leaves, berries and putti. There are fine 3 to 4-line illuminated initials, on gold grounds and infilled with fl...
[Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Louis XI of France]
[ca. 1461-1483]
Decoration: 64 miniatures within roundels with toothed edges, 58-83 mm in diameter. 7-line incipit initial 'C' in blue on decorated gold ground. 4-line initials in gold, on pink and blue grounds patte...