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Total number of records: 236

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Coins111
Books and printed items83
Archives31
Indexes6
Textiles3
People and organisations2

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Coin Collection111
Brotherton Collection50
Quaker Collection28
English Literature14
Art and Antique Market11
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History11
Incunabula10
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society10
Medieval Manuscripts8
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse6

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society of friends15
animals4
birds4
cabinet hardware3
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metal-work3
quakers3
saints3
church and state2
decoration and ornament2

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Rome24
Sisak11
Great Britain7
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Thessaloniki6
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Arles3
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Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Alexander III of Macedon18
Licinius I (310-24)10
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)9
Baron Brotherton8
Bishop, George (1668)8
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton8
Constantine I (306-37)8
Lord Brotherton8
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton8
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton7

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Eagles receipt

Eagles

31 Oct 1817

Receipt of payment to Eagles for an order for Sir Robert Kennedy.

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Eagles receipt

Eagles

09 Feb 1815

Receipt of payment to Eagles for an order for Mr Booth.

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The eagle and the robin : An apologue

H. G (fl. 1709); Aesop

[1709]

The preface signed: Horat Gram; sometimes ascribed to William King - Horat Gram presumably standing for Horace the schoolmaster. There is no evidence that it is translated from Aesop. A piracy (Foxon)...

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Under the black eagle

Hilliard, Andrew; Boucher, William (fl. 1886)

1896

Fiction.

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The dove in the eagle's nest

Yonge, Charlotte M (1823-1901); Hennessy, William John (1839-1917)

1889

Title vignette.

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Paper frame for gold half eagle

17 Jul 1851

Paper frame with the following inscription: 'Robert Balmanno: "The American Enthusiast." Gold Half Eagle received from the hands of Daniel Webster, America's First Statesman; at Astor House, New York,...

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T. F. Eagles trade card
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T. F. Eagles trade card

T. F. Eagles

1812-1820

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card of T. F. Eagles with Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom and motto 'Dieu et mon droit' at top of card. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with dec...

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An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)
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An eagle-lion and a bear (fol. 21v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque in the form of an eagle-lion, and a bear with a roller tied around its neck.

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