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Total number of records: 2727

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1691
Books and printed items1035
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1661
Brotherton Collection238
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society46
English Literature45
Cookery Collection33
Herbert Read Collection28
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections21
Ripon Cathedral18
Leeds Russian Archive6
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
nature1690
animals1117
occupations1096
natural history778
agriculture731
culture661
community life571
land use456
buildings381
english language - dialects355

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Egypt12
Ethiopia12
Nile River12
Yorkshire (England)11
Russia9
Selborne (England)9
South America9
Soviet Central Asia9
Iceland8
England7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)622
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1788)166
Brunk, Wille97
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)97
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)82
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie81
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie (1716-1799)81
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)77
Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert72
Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert (1720-1785)72

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From 15006
From 160070
From 1700425
From 1800338
From 19001879
From 20007

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Up to 1799379
Up to 1899373
Up to 19991885
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The life of the fields

Jefferies, Richard (1848-1887)

1912

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Air for sleeping fish

Ferguson, Gillian

1997

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Etudes de la nature (v.1)

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de (1737-1814)

1796

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Etudes de la nature (v.2)

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de (1737-1814)

1796

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Reflections on the expediency of a law for the naturalization of foreign Prostestants

Tucker, Josiah (1712-1799)

1751-52

Contents: v.1. Historical remarks on the disposition and behaviour of the natives of this island, in regard to foreigners; occasioned by the rejection of the late Naturalization Bill. -- v.2. Importan...

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De la contingence des lois de la nature

Boutroux, Émile (1845-1921)

1913

Catalogue for Alcan's publications, 36 pages at end.

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Observation of nature

Ingham, William

[19--]

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Yorkshire Naturalists' Union Archive

Yorkshire Naturalists' Union

1876-1904

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