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Total number of records: 29

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Books and printed items22
Archives7

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Brotherton Collection17
Medieval Manuscripts5
English Literature4
Incunabula2
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2
Art and Antique Market1
Cookery Collection1

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voyages and travels6
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)4
books of hours3
botany3
english drama3
architecture, gothic1
art1
art, ancient1
chinoiserie (art)1
cooking1

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Churchill, Awnsham6
Churchill, Awnsham (1728)6
Churchill, John6
Churchill, John (1695-)6
Locke, John6
Locke, John (1632-1704)6
Osborne, Thomas6
Osborne, Thomas (1767)6
Catholic Church4
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)3

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Society for the Encouragement of Arts boxed receipt book

1788- 1791

A colleciton of hand written receipts, each has the subject described and is signed by the presenter. receips include premiums and medal awarded to artists and inventors, salaries, fuel, publishers, b...

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Calendar: October (fol. 10v)
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Calendar: October (fol. 10v)

[ca. 142-?]

The border is historiated with four saints: an unidentified bishop with a mitre and a crosier; St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist as an artist; St Jude Thaddeus holding a book and a sword; and (proba...

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Recipe book for the large scale production of cordials.
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Recipe book for the large scale production of cordials.

1764-1778

Contains 54 manuscript recipes for the large scale production of cordials, dated between 1764 and 1778. They include one for producing 30 gallons of Wormwood cordial, and others for rectifying molasse...

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A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. In six volumes. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history of navigation from its original to this time (v.4)

Churchill, Awnsham (1728); Churchill, John (fl. 1695); Osborne, Thomas (1767); Locke, John (1632-1704)

1744-1746

Dates of publication: 1-2: 1744; 3-4: 1745; 5-6: 1746. Each volume has its own contents list at the end, and there is a contents list to the whole work at the end of vol.6, also a general index. A l...

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A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. In six volumes. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history of navigation from its original to this time (v.6)

Churchill, Awnsham (1728); Churchill, John (fl. 1695); Osborne, Thomas (1767); Locke, John (1632-1704)

1744-1746

Dates of publication: 1-2: 1744; 3-4: 1745; 5-6: 1746. Each volume has its own contents list at the end, and there is a contents list to the whole work at the end of vol.6, also a general index. A l...

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A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. In six volumes. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history of navigation from its original to this time (v.2)

Churchill, Awnsham (1728); Churchill, John (fl. 1695); Osborne, Thomas (1767); Locke, John (1632-1704)

1744-1746

Dates of publication: 1-2: 1744; 3-4: 1745; 5-6: 1746. Each volume has its own contents list at the end, and there is a contents list to the whole work at the end of vol.6, also a general index. A l...

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A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. In six volumes. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history of navigation from its original to this time (v.3)

Churchill, Awnsham (1728); Churchill, John (fl. 1695); Osborne, Thomas (1767); Locke, John (1632-1704)

1744-1746

Dates of publication: 1-2: 1744; 3-4: 1745; 5-6: 1746. Each volume has its own contents list at the end, and there is a contents list to the whole work at the end of vol.6, also a general index. A l...

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A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. In six volumes. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history of navigation from its original to this time (v.5)

Churchill, Awnsham (1728); Churchill, John (fl. 1695); Osborne, Thomas (1767); Locke, John (1632-1704)

1744-1746

Dates of publication: 1-2: 1744; 3-4: 1745; 5-6: 1746. Each volume has its own contents list at the end, and there is a contents list to the whole work at the end of vol.6, also a general index. A l...

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Archive Print Item

A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. In six volumes. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, The whole history of navigation from its original to this time (v.1)

Churchill, Awnsham (1728); Churchill, John (fl. 1695); Osborne, Thomas (1767); Locke, John (1632-1704)

1744-1746

Dates of publication: 1-2: 1744; 3-4: 1745; 5-6: 1746. Each volume has its own contents list at the end, and there is a contents list to the whole work at the end of vol.6, also a general index. A l...

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