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Total number of records: 172

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items157
Archives14
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection160
Incunabula157
English Literature1
Medieval Manuscripts1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
sermons, latin5
canon law4
apologetics3
encyclopedias and dictionaries3
astronomy2
christian saints2
chronology, historical2
church history2
exempla2
geography, medieval2

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PlaceCount
Europe1
Florence (Italy)1
Great Britain1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Baron Brotherton172
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)172
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton172
Lord Brotherton172
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton172
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton156
Koberger, Anton15
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)15
Husner, Georg9
Husner, Georg (1505)9

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From 1400153
From 15007
From 17001
From 18002
From 19009

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Up to 1499152
Up to 15996
Up to 18991
Up to 199911
Up to latest2

Archive Sub-Series

Manuscript volumes

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

c.1933

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Manuscript items and objects from the Brotherton Collection

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

c.1760-c.1925

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Archive File

Press cuttings re. Purchase of Edward Gosse manuscripts by Lord Brotherton

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

1928

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Archive Item

Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts and Early Printed Books in the Brotherton Library, Leeds,

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

1931

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Catalogue of Brotherton Collection of Books and Manuscripts and booklet on University Development Scheme

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

1936

On the Opening of the Brotherton Library (2 copies)

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"The Brotherton Collection": Its contents described with illustrations of fifty books and manuscripts

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

1986

With inserted press cutting

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Hardback book of manuscript acquisitions from the 1400s with black and white photographs

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

c.1925

On Chas J Sawyer headed paper, most likely put together by J.A. Symington

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Isabella Augusta Gregory, original autograph manuscript of 'The golden apple', with related correspondence with Lord Brotherton.

Gregory, Lady

1913-1928

Comprises 2 notebooks containing the original autograph manuscript of Lady Gregory's play 'The golden apple', dated 1913, together with correspondence between Lord Brotherton and Lady Gregory concerni...

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A Century of Benefactors booklet

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

1974

A booklet on the exhibition of manuscripts and printed books commemorating gifts made to the libraries of the University of Leeds 1874-1974, containing inserted correspondence to Sir Eric from Dennis ...

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Sotherby's Catalogue of The Towneley Mysteries and The York Missal

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

08 Feb 1922

Sotherby's Catalogue of The Towneley Mysteries (the first book Brotherton bid on and didn't win, but that sparked his interest in collecting manuscripts) and The York Missal, the property of the late ...

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Archive Print Item

Gabriel Appolonius Andree Brentio S.D. feci: ut me amantissime monuisti preceptor optime. Nam hunc inscriptionum libellum quem Jacobus Zacharius... composuerat ... bibliopole efflagitanti imprimendum concessi ... [etc.]

Zacharias, Jacobus; Appolonius, Gabriel; Brenta, Andrea (1460-1485); Plannck, Stephan; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1490]

Imprint from ISTC. No signatures, foliation or catchwords. Indexed in: ISTC no. iz00012500.

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Archive Object Item

Book cover from Prick of Conscience (BC MS 500)

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

1896-1920

Rebound in 1896, labelled Sotheby 30 Jan 1920 [presumably bought from Sotheby's in 1920]. It is from BC MS 500 [Brotherton Collection Medieval Manuscripts 500], currently bound in brown goatskin by Do...

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