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Total number of records: 43

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Books and printed items31
Archives12

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Brotherton Collection15
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society8
English Literature5
Ripon Cathedral3
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1

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private libraries43
rare books12
early printed books5
art3
art objects3
books3
english drama3
english literature3
auction catalogs2
book collecting2

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England4
Great Britain3
Yorkshire (England)3
Germany2
Wakefield (Yorkshire)2

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)6
Cavendish Family4
Chatsworth (England)4
Devonshire, Dukes of4
Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)4
Devonshire, William Cavendish4
Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891)4
Lacaita, James Phillip4
Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895)4
Cox, E H M (1893-1977)3

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.1)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.2)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.3)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth (v.4)

Devonshire, William Cavendish Duke of (1808-1891); Lacaita, Sir James Phillip (1813-1895); Devonshire, Dukes of. Library (Chatsworth)

1879

Title vignette: Arms of William, 7th duke of Devonshire. Collected by members of the Cavendish family during several generations, more especially by the 6th duke of Devonshire. Catalogued by Sir Jam...

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A catalogue of the library of the Rev. George Holden

Holden, George (1783-1865)

c.1816-1837

The most recently published items are dated 1837. On several of the later folios there is very little written

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A catalogue of books belonging to Walter Stanhope

Spencer Stanhope, Walter (1749-1821)

c.1770

Only stubs remain of ff.36 and 46; ff.32-46 are blank

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Sale catalogue of Dr. Johnson's library : with an essay

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784); Newton, A Edward (1864-1940)

[1925]

Facsimile (28 p.) originally published in London, 1785, under title: A catalogue of the valuable library of books of the late learned Samuel Johnson.

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Alphabetical catalogue of the books of R.A. Hellewell

Hellewell, Richard Alexander

1936

Comprises books bought from Easter 1936 onwards

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A catalogue of books belonging to the Rev. George Holden

Holden, George (1783-1865)

c.1836-1864

The most recently published items are dated 1864. The books listed here formed the nucleus of the Holden Library belonging to the diocese of Ripon

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Catalogue of Mr Mountegu Garrard Drake's books

Drake, Mountegu Garrard

1730

Comprises a booklist arranged broadly alphabetically by author or title with dates and places of publication and shelfmarks. Within each letter of the alphabet there is a subdivision of books into fol...

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[Catalogue of the library of John Waugh of Slackhouse, Bradford]

[18--]

Front cover missing. An ms. note on p.1 identifies this catalogue as that of the library of John Waugh.

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