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Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706)10
Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745)10
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Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, 1594-163210
Languet, Hubert, 1518-158110
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The poverty of historicism

Popper, Karl R (1902-1994)

1957

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Sound Recordings, Isle of Wight, Wiltshire and Berkshire

Kylstra, Henk E; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1959-1960

[Collector announcement]; Mr. M. Sheath, recorded in Whitwell (Isle of Wight) in April 1959, by Henk Kylstra; talks about the uses for farm waggons and carts; the decline in the use of horses; ploughi...

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Sound Recording, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Harry Welshman, recorded in Duloe; talks about his time in the village; agricultural work and wages; leaving school aged fourteen; father's work as a gamekeeper; Army service during World War One; tak...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Mr. N. Cox, recorded in St Cleer; talks about animal (bullock) husbandry; winter feed; lambing time; moor cattle, allowed to roam free within certain boundaries, owned by commoners who pay for commone...

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Books of notes taken by Maurice Warwick Beresford from lectures in history whilst an undergraduate at Cambridge, 1938-1941

Beresford, Maurice (1920-2005)

1938-1941

(1) Bernard Lord Manning annd Zachary Nugent Brooke on early medieval European history: session 1938-1939. ii, 97 ff. (2) Michael Mo?ssey Postan on medieval English economic history: session 1938-39. ...

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Historical Events

1969-1975

This file contains Theo Brown's pamphlet, 'Trojans in the West Country' (St. Peter Port: Toucan Press, 1970), 16 pp.; L. V. Grinsell's pamphlet on the folklore of Stanton Drew (St. Peter Port: Toucan ...

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The dictionary historical and critical of Mr. Peter Bayle (v.1)

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745); Tricaud, Anthelme de (1671-1739); Gaudin, Alexis (1650-1708?)

1734-1738

Engraved frontispiece. Each vol. with half-title: Mr. Bayle's historical and critical dictionary. Title-pages in red and black; title vignettes; head- and tail-pieces and initials. Published in ...

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The dictionary historical and critical of Mr. Peter Bayle (v.2)

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745); Tricaud, Anthelme de (1671-1739); Gaudin, Alexis (1650-1708?)

1734-1738

Engraved frontispiece. Each vol. with half-title: Mr. Bayle's historical and critical dictionary. Title-pages in red and black; title vignettes; head- and tail-pieces and initials. Published in ...

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The dictionary historical and critical of Mr. Peter Bayle (v.3)

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745); Tricaud, Anthelme de (1671-1739); Gaudin, Alexis (1650-1708?)

1734-1738

Engraved frontispiece. Each vol. with half-title: Mr. Bayle's historical and critical dictionary. Title-pages in red and black; title vignettes; head- and tail-pieces and initials. Published in ...

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The dictionary historical and critical of Mr. Peter Bayle (v.4)

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745); Tricaud, Anthelme de (1671-1739); Gaudin, Alexis (1650-1708?)

1734-1738

Engraved frontispiece. Each vol. with half-title: Mr. Bayle's historical and critical dictionary. Title-pages in red and black; title vignettes; head- and tail-pieces and initials. Published in ...

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The dictionary historical and critical of Mr. Peter Bayle (v.5)

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745); Tricaud, Anthelme de (1671-1739); Gaudin, Alexis (1650-1708?)

1734-1738

Engraved frontispiece. Each vol. with half-title: Mr. Bayle's historical and critical dictionary. Title-pages in red and black; title vignettes; head- and tail-pieces and initials. Published in ...

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Miscellaneous Folklore Papers

1964-1979

Pamphlet by Charles Phythian-Adams, 'Local History and Folklore: A New Framework' ([London]: Standing Conference for Local History, 1975), 39 pp.; reprint from the 'Journal of the Folklore Institute',...

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