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Total number of records: 2192

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Record typeCount
Books and printed items1760
Archives427
Indexes5

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection703
English Literature270
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society98
Quaker Collection63
Incunabula59
Ripon Cathedral40
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History28
Medieval Manuscripts22
Cookery Collection17
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections12

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manuscripts, hebrew -- 18th century -- texts.115
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.92
manuscripts, hebrew -- 17th century -- texts.56
theology47
illustrated works (manuscripts).34
decoration and ornament31
piyutim -- texts.31
society of friends29
ethics28
islamic law28

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PlaceCount
Great Britain89
Italy52
France50
Europe28
Verona (Italy)23
Belgium22
England16
Netherlands16
Provence (France)14
America12

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)89
Cecil Betsalel Roth84
Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)84
בצלאל ססיל רות84
רות, בצלאל84
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)54
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)50
Church of England36
Baron Brotherton34
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton34

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Catalogue

nd [17th and 18th century]

A catalogue of 13 bailiwicks with payments. [West Riding of Yorkshire]

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Catalogue of books

Jan 1799

Compiled by Thomas Collins, arranged by subject; probably the books ownded by Collins himself as five entries are annotated 'Lord Ribblesdale's book, returned to Gisburn Park'

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Catalogue of books in the library at Stockeld

27 Nov 1718

List of 342 books arranged according to size: folios, quartos, octavos, giving some dates of publication; the whole valued at £30

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[Catalogue of metal and wooden tools]

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Smith, J (fl. 1818)

[approximately 1750 to 1850?]

Trade catalogue of metal and wooden tools for engravers, carvers, carpenters, coopers, builders, farmers [plantations], gardeners etc. 803 black and white designs, several to a page, engraved. The fir...

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A CATALOGUE OF GEORGE LAWSON'S BOOKS

1727

Left for the use of the curate of East Harlsey. Witnessed by Wm Mauleverer. Annotated on flyleaf 'Tickhill November 9 1811 H. Bower.'

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Catalogue of the library of Thomas Lister, esquire

Jul 1748

Inventory taken by Hopkins; arranged by folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, with list of items wanting Attached at front: bookplate of Thomas Lister of Westby; at back: poem by 'A.B.' to 'Dear Madam' a...

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A catalogue of books belonging to Walter Stanhope

Spencer Stanhope, Walter (1749-1821)

c.1770

Only stubs remain of ff.36 and 46; ff.32-46 are blank

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A catalogue of Friends books wanted to complete the collection

Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting

1789

The collection referred to is the collection of the London Yearly Meeting's Library.

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Catalogue of Mr Mountegu Garrard Drake's books

Drake, Mountegu Garrard

1730

Comprises a booklist arranged broadly alphabetically by author or title with dates and places of publication and shelfmarks. Within each letter of the alphabet there is a subdivision of books into fol...

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Catalogue of the library of Thomas Lister, esquire, of Gisburn Park

Dec 1761

Taken by William Stuart, at the death of Thomas Lister Inventory arranged by folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, with list of prints and music, books wanting, and books taken to Oxford by Thomas Lister...

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