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| Collection group | Count |
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| English Literature | 227 |
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| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 121 |
| Quaker Collection | 44 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 16 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 11 |
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| Society of Friends | 142 |
| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 96 |
| Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799) | 93 |
| Beisson, Francois-Joseph-Etienne (1759-1820) | 92 |
| Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794) | 92 |
| Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827) | 92 |
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Letter
30th Oct 1676
Letter to Sir Godfrey Copley from Mr Marwood, regarding his Liberty of Langbergh
Lease for 21 years of a messuage
16 Oct 1600
1 William Myddelton of Stockeld, esquire 2 Thomas Tomlinson of Ilkley, husbandman
Tunstall
1846
Gives name of land owners and occupiers, number referring to plan, description of premises, state of cultivation and acreage
The tryal of Tho. Pilkington, esq: Samuel Shute... Henry Cornish ... Ford lord Grey of Werk ... [and others] for the riot at Guild-hall, on Midsommer-day, 1682 : Being the day for election of sheriffs for the year ensuing
Pilkington, Sir Thomas (1691); Shute, Samuel; Cornish, Henry (1685); Tankerville, Forde Grey earl of (1701); Great Britain. Court of Queen's Bench
1683
Errors in paging: no. 35-38 omitted; no. 27-28, 31-34 duplicated.
More reformation. A satyr upon himself
Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)
1703
Daniel Defoe is identified as the author in an 'advertisement' on the verso of the title-page. Pages 38-39 and 42-43 misnumbered 34-35 and 38-39 in some copies.
More reformation. A satyr upon himself
Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)
1703
Daniel Defoe is identified as the author in an 'advertisement' on the verso of the title-page. Pages 38-39 and 42-43 misnumbered 34-35 and 38-39 in some copies.
The siege of Rhodes : made a representation by the art of prospective in scenes, and the story sung in recitative musick, at the back part of Rutland-House in the upper end of Aldersgate-Street, London
D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)
1656
Part 1 only, no more published at this time. "To the Reader", August 17 1656, is "signed" Will. D'Avenant. Without the music. Errors in paging: p. 34 numbered 38, p. 38-39 numbered 34-35. Anon...
Observations on the present national distress : addressed to the Right Honorable Lord -
Bevan, Joseph Gurney (1753-1814)
1820
Letters signed: Vindex [pseud.]. Pages also numbered [417]-454.
The forc'd marriage, or, The jealous bridegroom : a tragi-comedy : as it is acted at His Highnesse the Duke of Yorks theatre
Behn, Aphra (1640-1689)
1671
Prologue pp. [iii]-[iv]; epilogue p. [v]. Pages 34-35 misnumbered 26-27; pages 38-39 misnumbered 30-31.