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Total number of records: 464

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	342
Books and printed items	122

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	343
Brotherton Collection	28
Herbert Read Collection	12
English Literature	9
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	6
Leeds Russian Archive	4
Ripon Cathedral	2
Quaker Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
language and languages	464
culture	342
english language - dialects	342
nature	121
animals	100
persons	34
food	33
buildings	29
human body	26
occupations	26

Count of Place

Place	Count
Egypt	5
Africa	1
Afrique	1
Europe	1
Taiwan	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)	158
North, David J	27
Wakelin, Martyn F	12
Rohrer, Fritz	11
Green, Anthony E (1943-)	9
Adelung, Friedrich Von (1768-1843)	6
Smith, Adam (1723-1790)	6
Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812)	6
Adelung, Friedrich Von	5
Adelung, Johann Christoph (1732-1806)	5

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	12
From 1700	32
From 1800	41
From 1900	372

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	12
Up to 1799	30
Up to 1899	43
Up to 1999	372

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Epea pteroenta, or, The diversions of Purley (v.1)

Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812)

1798-1805

Vol.2 has no edition statement.

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Epea pteroenta, or, The diversions of Purley (v.2)

Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812)

1798-1805

Vol.2 has no edition statement.

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Epea pteroenta, or, The diversions of Purley (v.1)

Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812); Taylor, Richard (1781-1858)

1829

"Wholesale and retail list of books, published and sold by Mr. Tegg, no. 73, Cheapside, London" inserted before title page.

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Epea pteroenta, or, The diversions of Purley (v.2)

Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812); Taylor, Richard (1781-1858)

1829

"Wholesale and retail list of books, published and sold by Mr. Tegg, no. 73, Cheapside, London" inserted before title page.

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Die Classification der Sprachen dargestellt als die Entwicklung der Sprachidee

Steinthal, Heymann (1823-1899)

1850

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Die Classification der Sprachen dargestellt als die Entwicklung der Sprachidee

Steinthal, Heymann (1823-1899)

1850

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The theory of language : in two parts

Beattie, James (1735-1803)

1788

Contents: Part. I. Of the Origin and General Nature of Speech -- Part. II. Of Universal Grammar.

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The theory of moral sentiments : or, An essay towards an analysis of the principles by which men naturally judge concerning the conduct and character, first of their neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is added, a dissertation on the origin of languages (v.1)

Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

1797

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The theory of moral sentiments : or, An essay towards an analysis of the principles by which men naturally judge concerning the conduct and character, first of their neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is added, a dissertation on the origin of languages (v.2)

Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

1797

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Exercitationes de lingua primæva ejusque appendicibus : in quibus multa S. Scripturae loca, diversæ in linguis mutationes, multiplices nummorum Israelitarum, & Samaritanorum species, atque variæ veterum consuetudines exponuntur

Morin, Étienne (1624-1700)

1694

Added title-page, engraved.

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A philosophicall discourse concerning speech : conformable to the Cartesian principles

Cordemoy, Géraud de (1684)

1668

"Dedicated to the most Christian King". "Englished out of French".

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A dissertation on the influence of opinions on language, and of language on opinions, which gained the Prussian royal academy's prize on that subject. Containing many curious particulars in philology, natural history and scriptural phraseology : Together with an enquiry into the advantages and practicability of an universal learned language

Michaelis, Johann David (1717-1791)

1769