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Total number of records: 1940

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Books and printed items1729
Archives171
Indexes34
Textiles4
Objects1
People and organisations1

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Brotherton Collection139
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society63
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History46
Art and Antique Market37
Cookery Collection33
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse27
English Literature25
Business Archives17
Incunabula17
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society13

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cooking, english20
sermons, english19
theology19
astronomy18
law17
architecture16
latin language15
theology, doctrinal14
furniture13
decoration and ornament12

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Great Britain89
Rome23
France12
London (England)7
Rome (Italy)7
England6
Italy6
Europe5
Spain5
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Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Catholic Church59
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)56
Great Britain. Parliament53
Church of England44
Cicero, Marcus Tullius44
Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)28
Estienne, Henri (1531-1598)28
Great Britain23
Manuzio, Paolo (1512-1574)22
Soyer, Alexis (1809-1858)20

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Archive Item

Note of sizes of rooms

19th century

Sizes of rooms on the ground floor according to the plan proposed by Mr Haydock; sizes of rooms on the ground floor as proposed by Mr Storey on plans 1 and 2

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Herbert Room billhead

Herbert Room

14 Nov 1845-26 Dec 1845

Pictorial billhead of Herbert Room for an order of one japanned leg bath, one japanned wine cooler and spirits for M. Hodgetts Esq. Trader details written on reverse.

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The law's lumber room

Watt, Francis (1849-1927)

1896

"Originally appeared as contributions to the National observer under Mr. W. E. Henley's editorship."--Pref.

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Title: On the York Assembly Rooms

Author: Garrick, David (?)

Attribution: Garrick

Date(s): 178-?

Manuscript: Lt 100

Contents: On the inappropriate location of the York Assembly Rooms, and how their surroundings detract from their design; but praising the architecture

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A journey round my room

Maistre, Xavier comte de (1763-1852); Goldsmid, Edmund

1885

"Of this edition only 75 large-paper and 275 small-paper copies are printed for subscribers."

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The drawing-room table-book

Hall, Mrs S C (1800-1881)

[1848?]

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The drawing-room table-book

Hall, Mrs S C (1800-1881)

[1849?]

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First lessons for the music room

[18--?]

Contents: Waltz, 'Fairy Dell', E. Mack -- Waltz, 'Mary's Pet', E. Mack -- Waltz, 'Bee Hive', Pierre Latour -- Polka, 'Snowdrop', Chas. D. Blake -- Waltz, 'Sadie', E. Mack -- Waltz, 'Evangeline', E.E. ...

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Haddon Hall, drawing room
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Haddon Hall, drawing room

Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)

15/Apr/1890

Photograph taken near Haddon Hall, Derbyshire

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