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Total number of records: 416

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Books and printed items406
Archives10

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Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection37
English Literature17
Liddle Collection16
Ripon Cathedral16
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society11
Herbert Read Collection6
Leeds Russian Archive6
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society4
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection4
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3

Top 10: Subject

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biography416
mythology88
history73
bio-bibliography48
geography13
history of medicine9
surgery9
anecdotes6
characters and characteristics6
encyclopedias and dictionaries5

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France49
Great Britain29
Greece6
Rome6
Africa5
America5
England3
Europe3
Romania2
Austria1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Michaud, J Fr (1767-1839)85
Michaud, J. Fr85
Michaud, Louis Gabriel85
Michaud, Louis Gabriel (1773-1858)85
Hoefer, Johann Christian Ferdinand46
Hoefer, Johann Christian Ferdinand (1811-1878)46
Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706)37
Chaudon, L M (1737-1817)23
Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745)22
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)20

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From 170082
From 1800251
From 190043
From 20001

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Up to 1899249
Up to 199944
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Archive Series

Personalia

1923-2015

Material documenting the life of Maurice de Sausmarez, including his family history and education, personal effects and biography, financial records and posthumous recognition.

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Fuller Maitland, John Alexander to Patteson, J. S. C.

1909

Three handwritten letters from the music critic John Alexander Fuller Maitland to J.S.C. Patteson, concerning the manuscript and publication of Valeria Gigliucci's biography of her mother Clara Anasta...

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Smith, Elder and Co. to Gigliucci, Valeria

1909

Four handwritten letters from the publishers Smith, Elder and Co. to Valeria Gigliucci, regarding the publication of her biography of her mother, 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences', which they decline.

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Emily Ford: a painter of religious pictures, by Harriet M. Ford

Ford, Harriet M (1909)

190-?

Original foliation is incorrect

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A memoir of John William Wade, son of John Wade, wool merchant of Leeds, by his mother, Anna, together with transcripts of letters written by him to his parents during his tour through Germany and Austria in 1860

Wade, Anna

c.1875-1900

Includes two bound copies and one typescript copy of the memoir of John William Wade. Bound copy 1, memoir pp. 1-53, letters, pp. 55-123, one autograph letter, mounted, p. 125 and bound copy 2, memoi...

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A memoir of John Deakin Heaton, M.D. of Leeds

Reid, T Wemyss (1842-1905)

1883

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The gallery of portraits : with memoirs (v.1-2)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833-6

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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The gallery of portraits : with memoirs (v.3-4)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833-6

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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The gallery of portraits : with memoirs (v.5-6)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833-6

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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