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Total number of records: 2539

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Books and printed items1914
Archives622
Art items3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1105
Medieval Manuscripts599
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society141
English Literature113
Ripon Cathedral61
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society20
Quaker Collection19
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections17
Liddle Collection12
Incunabula11

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
saints173
christ110
virgin mary100
birds67
fabulous animals66
animals59
angels55
fruits45
insects42
passion of christ42

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain65
Belgium22
France19
England12
Rome11
Italy8
Scotland5
Gaul4
London (England)3
Verona (Italy)3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
C F Lawler74
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)64
Pindar, Peter (1738-1819)63
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge39
Great Britain. Parliament37
Great Britain34
Holyoake, George Jacob (1817-1906)27
Brothers, Richard, 1757-182426
Hopkins, John24
Hopkins, John (1570)24

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From 1400503
From 1500116
From 1600216
From 1700859
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From 1900198
From 20003

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A Collection of state flowers

1734

In verse. "Politicians satirized as flowers" - cf. Foxon C285.

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A collection of anthems for voices and instruments

Rimbault, Edward F (1816-1876)

[1845]

Originally composed for voices doubled by viols, with organ. Figured bass added by the editor. Cover title: Collection of anthems by composers of the madrigalian era.

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The Brotherton Collection of books and manuscripts

University of Leeds. Library

1936

The collection includes manuscripts, incunabula, first editions of English and French authors, and other items.

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Directions for collecting and preserving insects

Banks, Nathan (1868-1953)

1909

Bibliography: p.129-131.

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A select collection of modern poems

1713

Reissued as "Poetical miscellanies", Dublin, 1714. Consists of 12 pieces, 8 having separate title-pages. The final item, Philips' "Blenheim" is the only one included in Foxon (P236), with note: "Whe...

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Dale's collection of reels and dances

Dale, Joseph (1750-1821)

[1800?]

Contents: The chantreuse. -- I'll gang nae mair to yon town. -- Richer's hornpipe. -- I'll make ye be fain to follow me. -- Lady Harriet Hope's reel. -- Merrily danced the Quaker's wife. -- Neil Gow. ...

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Photograph of transfer of the Romany Collection to Leeds

Vowles, Alfred Charles

2nd Mar 1950

Photograph showing the removal van at the home of DUR, moving the Romany Collection to the University.

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A collection of selected melodies harmonized for voices

Webbe, Samuel (1740-1816)

[ca. 1805]

Contents: Donald -- The rose had been wash'd.

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A collection of fifty waltzes for the piano forte

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

[ca. 1845]

At head of title: In four books.

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On microscopic objects collected in India, &c

Wallich, George Charles (1815-1899)

1858

Catalogued from caption-title.

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