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Total number of records: 3238
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 516 |
| English Literature | 186 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 116 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 93 |
| Quaker Collection | 26 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 14 |
| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 10 |
| Cookery Collection | 9 |
| Coin Collection | 8 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 8 |
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Top 10: Place
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| France | 207 |
| Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982) | 121 |
| La Place, Pierre Antoine De | 111 |
| La Place, Pierre Antoine De (1707-1793) | 111 |
| Marmontel, Jean-Francois | 108 |
| Marmontel, Jean-Francois (1723-1799) | 108 |
| Bastide, Jean Francois De | 107 |
| Bastide, Jean Francois De (1724-1798) | 107 |
| Academie Des Sciences | 70 |
| Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610 | 57 |
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The politicks of France
Hay, Paul (1630-); Du Moulin, Pierre (1601-1684)
1680
The Reflections on the 4th and 5th chapters has also a title-page: The politicks of France... London: printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Orrell, 1680.
Title: On the K. of France
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 168- ?
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: Satire on Louis XIV, supposing him dead
Title: In France, 06
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1706 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 52
Contents: Satire attacking the corrupt state of the court, law, finances, trade and church in France
Title: Dictum franc (?)
Author: Fairfax, William ?
Date(s): 1620 ?
Manuscript: Lt q 22
Contents: Warning against unstable government, translated from preceding French verses
The history of France
Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo conte (1606-1678); Monmouth, Henry Carey Earl of (1596-1661); Brent, William (1691)
1676
First edition of this translation. Signatures: [A]²2, B-T⁴4, V²2, Aa-Zz⁴4, aaa⁶6, Aaa-Xxx⁴4. Pages 211, 297, 324-325 incorrectly numbered 215, 397, 320, 313, respectively; no. 149-200, 3...
Title: In comendation of the King of France
Author: Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester
Date(s): 1669 ?
Manuscript: Lt 55
Contents: Condensed paraphrase of 8 lines of preceding Latin verse,
satirising Louis XIV's expansion of his empire
France painted to the life
Heylyn, Peter (1600-1662)
1657
The first edition of this piracy of Books 1-4 of Heylyn's 'Full relation' appeared in 1656 and preceded the first authorized edition, also published in that year. The piracy adds five chapters (nos. 1...
The history of the revolution in France
Rabaut, Jean-Paul (1743-1793); White, James (1799); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)
M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]
"A chronological table of the principal decrees which have been passed, and of the most remarkable events which have taken place during the sitting of the Constituent national assembly": pages [305]-3...
The history of the Revolution of France
Rabaut, Jean-Paul (1743-1793); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982); White, James William (1826-1891)
M.DCC.XCII. [1792]
Includes: 'A chronological table of the principal decrees which have been passed, and of the most remarkable events which have taken place during the Sitting of the constituent National Assembly' whic...
Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes
Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste seigneur (1544-1590); Sylvester, Josuah (1563-1618); Hudson, Thomas; Lownes, Humphrey (1629); Hole, William (1624)
[1611]
8 leaves per gathering, horizontal chainlines. Engraved t.-p. by W. Hole; title within architectural border. Colophon gives Arthur Iohnson as bookseller and 1611 as publication date. "The histor...