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Total number of records: 166

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	165
Archives	1

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	30
Ripon Cathedral	8
Cookery Collection	6
Incunabula	3
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	1
English Literature	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
latin language	154
english language	26
greek language	14
latin language, medieval and modern	13
french language	10
hebrew language	8
german language	6
persian language	4
semitic languages	4
arabic language	3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Hoole, Charles (1610-1667)	10
Ainsworth, Robert (1660-1743)	8
Lily, William (1468?-1522)	8
Patrick, Samuel	8
Patrick, Samuel (1684-1748)	8
Comenius, Johann Amos (1592-1670)	7
Walker, William (1623-1684)	7
Young, William (1757)	7
Adelung, Johann Christoph	6
Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806)	6

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1400	4
From 1500	22
From 1600	58
From 1700	82

Count of Latest date

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Up to 1499	4
Up to 1599	21
Up to 1699	59
Up to 1799	82

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A practial grammar, or, The easiest and shortest way to initiate young children in the Latin tongue : by the help whereof, a child of seven years old may learn more of the grounds of that language in three months, than is ordinarily learn'd in one year's space by those of greater age, in common grammar schools

Philomath, J; Walker, William (1623-1684)

1682

J. Philomath is a pseudonym.

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A short introduction of grammar : generally to be used: compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attain to the knowledge of the Latine tongue

Lily, William (1468?-1522); Colet, John (1467?-1519); Robertson, Thomas (fl. 1520-1561)

anno Dom. 1653

A compilation of texts, primarily by William Lily, with contributions by John Colet, Thomas Robertson, and others. Portions of the text also published separately in various editions. Revised from "A...

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A short introduction of grammar : Generally to be vsed. Compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attaine to the knowledge of the Latine tongue

Lily, William (1468?-1522); Colet, John (1467?-1519); Robertson, Thomas (fl. 1520-1561)

1641

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Gradus ad Parnassum; sive, novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus, Smetium, Januam Musarum, delectum epithetorum, parnassum poëticum, elegantias poëticas, thesaurum Virgilii aliosque omnes id genus libros ad poësim necessarios complectens

Aler, Paul (1656-1727)

1766

By Paul Aler.

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The peculiar use and signification of certain words in the Latin tongue, or, A collection of observations wherein the elegant and commonly unobserv'd sense of very near nine hundred common Latin words (besides the various senses of the same word) is fully and distinctly explain'd in proper Englishes, translated from the truest copies of the purest Latin writers : and intended either to be read or translated back again into the original language. Usui & Latini & Anglici sermonis studiosæ juventutis

Willymott, William (1737)

1713

Advertisement on p.[2].

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Rudimentum Anglo-Latinum grammaticæ literalis & numeralis. In usum Scholæ Regiæ Westmonasteriensis

Busby, Richard (1606-1695); Westminster School

1688

Attributed by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints to Richard Busby.

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A practical grammar of the Latin tongue : Wherein all the rules for understanding that language, are given in English... : To which is added a vocabulary... : Being a collection from those very learned masters, Sanctius, and Perizonius

Milner, John (1718-1779)

1729

Titlepage in red and black.

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Laurentii Vallæ De linguæ Latinæ elegantia libri sex, unà cum libello de reciprocatione sui & suus, cum optimis editionibus summâ curâ & diligentíâ recogniti & collati

Valla, Lorenzo (1406-1457)

1688

Includes index.

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Grammatica Latina in usum scholarum adornata : Grammatices Lilianæ verbis, quantum fieri licuit) retentis; multis ejus erroribus emendatis: minus-necessariis amputatis; pluribus, quæ deficerent, suppletis; & omnibus methodo faciliori ad tenellæ ætatis captum conformata dispositis

Hoole, Charles (1610-1667); Lily, William (1468?-1522)

1659

With an additional title page in English facing Latin title page: Latine grammar fitted for the use of schools. English and Latin on facing pages. List of Hoole's other works on Y2v. With a half...

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