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| Collection group | Count |
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| Brotherton Collection | 665 |
| Quaker Collection | 330 |
| English Literature | 294 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 185 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 163 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 95 |
| Incunabula | 55 |
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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 84 |
| Burrough, Edward (1634-1662) | 61 |
| Great Britain. Parliament | 50 |
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An address to persons of quality and estate
Nelson, Robert (1656-1715)
1715
Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ B-R⁸ S⁴ T² 2A-2C⁸ 2D⁸( -2D8). "Books written by Robert Nelson... ": pages [5]-[7] at end.
Miscellanea Pontefracti collected from records and manuscripts by Thomas Wilson of Leeds
Wilson, Thomas (1702-1761)
c. 1750
1. Charter of Henry VII (1487), ff.3r-7v. 2. List of mayors of Pontefract, 1484-1694 and 1710, ff.8r-9r. 3. Charter of Elizabeth I for Pontefract school (1583), ff.10r-12r. 4. Survey of Pontefract Par...
Account of land at Sheepscar sold by Thomas Pease to Henry Hill, 1875.
1875
1 f. Paper, watermarked 'G Wilmot, Leeds 1873(?)'; note at the foot of f.1r., '1875. 13 May. Cheque remitted to T Pease £188.5.8.'
Notes on the powers and procedures of various courts of the 18th century
c.1750
Comprises: Ff.1r: Of the powers of Justices of Assize and nisi prius, with relation to felony; ff.1v - 3r: Concerning the Commission of Peace, and the power thereof in relation to felonies; f.4: blank...
Recipes without patterns
1839-41
Some accompanied by customer's name. Some recipes dated, 1839-41. ff 16. ff 5v-6r: medical recipes. ff 6v-16r blank. 10" x 8". Paper cover, inscribed on front, "Sundries Colours. Cotton & Woolens".
The revolt of Islam : a poem, in twelve cantos
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
1818
First edition. Largely composed of sheets prepared for 'Laon and Cythna' with the t.p. and 28 leaves of the text cancelled and replaced by new ones: t.p., c3, d1, D5-6, E4, G5, I2, K6, K8, L2, N2-4,...
Abuses stript, and whipt. Or Satirical essayes
Wither, George (1588-1667)
1613
In verse. Collation: A⁸ a⁴ B-V⁸ (A1, V7,8 blank). In this edition A4r line 4 has: quareld. This and STC 25891.5 may have been printed after 25894 (STC).
Physic and delusion! or, Jezebel and the doctors. A farce, in two acts
Pindar, Peter (1738-1819)
[1814]
A satire on Joanna Southcott.
The r---l runaway, or, C-----tte and coachee!! : a poem
Pindar, Peter (1738-1819)
[1814?]
Attributed to C. F. Lawler.
The eldest chick of the R--L brood : a grand R--L fable, of the nineteenth century
Pindar, Peter pseud. [i.e. C. F. Lawler?]; Lawler, C F
[1814?]