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Total number of records: 174

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Brotherton Collection90
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Ripon Cathedral10
Cookery Collection2
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Medical Collections1
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english poetry53
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autograph manuscripts.7
bibliography7
commonplace books -- specimens.6

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Anderson, James (1739-1808)11
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Brunet, Jacques-Charles (1780-1867)6
Cailleau, Andre Charles6
Cailleau, Andre Charles (1731-1798)6
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The young-students-library : containing, extracts and abridgments of the most valuable books printed in England, and in the forreign journals, from the year sixty five, to this time. To which is added, a new essay upon all sorts of learning; wherein the use of the sciences is distinctly treated on

Dunton, John (1659-1733); Athenian Society (London, England)

1692

First edition. Errors in paging: p. 70, 7l, 153 incorrectly numbered 66, 67, 159; no. 288-289 repeated, no. 317-320 omitted in numbering. "... A discourse concerning ... the points, vowels, and ac...

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Beatæ Mariæ Virginis officium

Baroni, Angela; Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (1754); Pitteri, Giovanni Marco (1703-1786); Catholic Church

1740

Morazzoni: Libro illustrato veneziano del settecento, 115-117, 215. Venice (city). Mostra degli incisori veneti del settecento, 1941: Catalogo a cura di Rodolfo Pallucchini, p. 94 and no. 481-488. E...

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Officium beatae Mariae Virginis : Nuper reformatum, et PII V. Pontificis maximi iussu editum

Plantin, Christophe (1520-1589); Borcht, Pieter van der (1540-1608); Huys, Pieter (1519-1581?); Wierix, Jan (1549-1618); Bruyn, Abraham de (1540-1587); Catholic Church

1575

Contains (leaf Ar 2nd series): Hymni per totum annum. Imprint date in roman numerals. Signatures (Lacombe): A-Z⁸, a-g⁸. Woodcut of Assumption on title page, signed "PB.IHW". Title inside bor...

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Historia Von dem Leben und Wandel Ignatii Loiole Anfengers und Stiffters der Religion die Societet Jesu genannt

Ribadeneyra, Pedro de (1526-1611); Jesuits

1590

Ornamental border title page.

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Exemplarie novells : in sixe books... full of various accidents both delightfull and profitable

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); Mabbe, James (1572-1642?)

1640

1st ed. in English. A translation of Novelas ejemplares. Don Diego de Puede-ser is James Mabbe (see NCBEL). R.M. is Ralph Mabb (see STC). Author's preface, referring to women, discusses benefi...

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A Second beacon fired. Humbly presented to the Lord Protector and the Parliament by the publishers of the first. With their humble petition, that they would do what may be expected from Christian magistrates, in suppressing blasphemous books

Fawne, Luke (1666)

1654

This pamphlet was one of a series in a controversy over the publication of seditious or blasphemous works. By the so-called "Six booksellers"; signed (p. 12): Luke Fawne, Samuel Gellibrand, Joshua K...

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