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Total number of records: 1204

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Archives925
Books and printed items278
Objects1

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture931
Leeds Russian Archive25
Brotherton Collection21
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society13
Cookery Collection5
English Literature5
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections5
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History5
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive4
Herbert Read Collection2

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manners and customs1204
culture730
social life and customs470
community life449
holidays337
occupations327
folklore326
english language - dialects316
rites and ceremonies307
play252

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England83
Great Britain75
France40
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Paris (France)18
Russia12
Russia (Federation)9
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Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)114
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)38
Harrop, Peter K34
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)33
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)33
Dunn, Ginette26
Sullivan, Keith Frederick24
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)22
Voitl, Herbert16
Green, Anthony E (1943-)15

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Traditional food east and west of the Pennines

Brears, Peter C D; Wilson, C Anne; Hunter, Lynette; Pollard Helen; Stead, Jennifer

1994

"First published in 1991 by Edinburgh University Press"--Title page verso. "Based on papers from The Third Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions, April 1988, with additional chapters. This i...

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The search after hapiness [sic.] : a tale

Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855); Dinan, Carolyn; Burnett, T A J (1937-)

1969

Edited by T.A.J. Burnett.

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La France au milieu du XVIIIe siècle (1747-1757) d'après le Journal du marquis d'Argenson

Argenson marquis d', René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy (1694-1757); Brette, Armand (1848-1912); Champion, Edmé (1836-1915)

1898

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Curious church customs and cognate subjects

Andrews, William (1848-1908)

1895

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Reminiscences of court and diplomatic life

Bloomfield, Georgiana Liddell Bloomfield baroness (1822-1905)

1883

"New edition."

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Reminiscences of court and diplomatic life (v.1)

Bloomfield, Georgiana Liddell Bloomfield baroness (1822-1905)

1883

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Reminiscences of court and diplomatic life (v.2)

Bloomfield, Georgiana Liddell Bloomfield baroness (1822-1905)

1883

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Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an heiress (v.2)

Burney, Fanny (1752-1840)

1809

By Fanny Burney. Vol. 1: 317, [3] p.; v. 2: 326, [3] p.; v. 3: 318 p.; v. 4: 335, [1] p.

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English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century

Clinch, George (1860-1921)

[1909]

"First published in 1909."

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Pictures of German life in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries (v.2)

Freytag, Gustav (1816-1895)

1862-1863

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Italian letters of a diplomat's wife, January-May, 1880, February-April, 1904

Waddington, Mme Mary Alsop King (1923)

1905

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The manners, lawes, and customes of all nations

Boemus, Joannes (1485-1535)

1611

Signatures: [par.]⁴; A-B⁴; C-2N⁸; ([par.]1 verso, [par.]2 verso blank).

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