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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 39312 |
| English Literature | 8098 |
| Letters Database | 2172 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 1602 |
| Incunabula | 1341 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 1204 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 642 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 259 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 184 |
| Rudolf Laban Collections | 12 |
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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 1218 |
| Sala, George Augustus | 429 |
| Great Britain. Parliament | 359 |
| Great Britain | 347 |
| Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) | 327 |
| Church of England | 307 |
| Stoker, Bram | 297 |
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 292 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 267 |
| Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) | 261 |
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Thēsauros. Keras amaltheias, kai kẽpoi Adōnidos. = Thesavrvs. Cornu copiæ. & Horti Adonidis
Varinus Camers, Bishop of Nocera (1450-1537); Antinori, Carlo (1496-1540); Poliziano, Angelo (1454-1494); Valeriano Bolzani, G P (1477-1558?); Manuzio, Aldo (1515); Adam, Paul (1849-1931); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
Mense Augusto M. IIII.D [August 1496]
Signatures: *¹⁰ a-z⁸ &⁴ A-D⁸ E⁶ F-G⁸ H⁶ I⁸ K⁶ L⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on L8r reads: Venetiis in domo Aldi Romani summa cura laboréq[ue] præmagno. Mense Augusto M. ...
The poetical works of Edmund Spenser (v. 5)
Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599); Gilfillan, George (1813-1878)
1859
Hudibras. In three parts. Written in the time of the late wars. Corrected and amended: with large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.1)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766)
1744
Cuts by Hogarth. By Samuel Butler.
Hudibras. In three parts. Written in the time of the late wars. Corrected and amended: with large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.2)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766)
1744
Cuts by Hogarth. By Samuel Butler.
Hudibras : in three parts, written in the time of the late wars: corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.1)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766); Vertue, George (1684-1756)
1744
Vol. 2 imprint reads printed in London by J. Bettenham (for the same booksellers as vol. 1). Frontispiece is an engraved portrait of the author by George Vertue; the illustrations are engraved by J....
Hudibras : in three parts, written in the time of the late wars: corrected and amended. With large annotations, and a preface, by Zachary Grey. Adorn'd with a new set of cuts (v.2)
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Grey, Zachary (1688-1766); Vertue, George (1684-1756)
1744
Vol. 2 imprint reads printed in London by J. Bettenham (for the same booksellers as vol. 1). Frontispiece is an engraved portrait of the author by George Vertue; the illustrations are engraved by J....
Science : an epistle on it's decline and revival : with a particular view to the seats of learning and a virtuous, philosophical life
Fortescue, James (1716-1777)
1750
First edition. Poem.
Double falshood : or, The distrest lovers. A play, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
Theobald, Mr Lewis (1688-1744); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625); Shirley, James (1596-1666)
1728
First edition. Authorship disputed; variously attributed to Shakespeare, Fletcher, Shirley, and others.
A summary of the principles of socialism, written for the Democratic Federation
Hyndman, H M (1842-1921); Morris, William (1834-1896)
1884
The Instructing gipsy, or, Mother Bridget's wheel of fortune : in secret writing-palmestry [sic]; to choose a husband; the dumb cake-birth of children-mutual love; fortune-telling tablets; good and bad fortune, on magic, physiognomy, charms, spells, &c.... the whole of the contents will be found in the index, page 24
[1823]
Cohn cites a variant which includes Hodgson's address on t.p. There is no index on p. 24, which is blank; there is a detailed table of contents on p. [2], cf. NUC pre-1956, 268:379. Anon.
The girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines : in a series of fifteen tales (pt.12)
Clarke, Mary Cowden (1809-1898)
1850-1852
Pagination is continuous.