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Total number of records: 3682
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Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 836 |
| English Literature | 447 |
| Quaker Collection | 414 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 252 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 78 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 23 |
| Art and Antique Market | 17 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 11 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 10 |
| Incunabula | 7 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Society of Friends | 329 |
| Great Britain. Parliament | 176 |
| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 161 |
| Great Britain | 138 |
| Voltaire (1694-1778) | 128 |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) | 104 |
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 96 |
| Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799) | 92 |
| Beisson, Francois-Joseph-Etienne (1759-1820) | 92 |
| Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794) | 92 |
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Richard the Third. III. v. 1 - III. vi. 11
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1623
First Folio page number: (190)
Antony and Cleopatra. I. i. 1 - I. ii. 11
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
1623
First Folio page number: (340)
Interest at one view : calculated to a farthing: at 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 per cent. For 1000 £. to 1 £. for 1 day to 96 days, and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 months
Hayes, Richard (fl. 1718-1741)
1761
Edition statement precedes author statement on t.p.
A warning to the inhabitants of England and London in particular : for so it rise often in my heart to write, even a warning
Adams, Mary Quaker
1676
Indexed in: Wing A489; Smith I, 3.
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...
cylinder seal and impressions
c.1800 BCE
A cylinder seal with a hole through it is slightly chipped. It is boxed with a white impression, which had been broken in two pieces and later joined together. A separate pink impression is loose. ...
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
Large notebook 9
Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)
1736-1796
Includes transcripts of various letters, 'A sorrowful account of several young persons who were drowned', a letter from the Governor of the Isle of Man to Richard Reynolds and the report of Thomas Col...