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Total number of records: 109

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	108
Archives	1

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	109
English Literature	83
Herbert Read Collection	5
Incunabula	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
pastoral poetry, latin	8
poetry	7
country life	6
epic poetry	6
epic poetry, latin	4
pastoral poetry	4
legends	3
agriculture	2
criticism	2
drama	2

Count of Place

Place	Count
Rome	2
Tunbridge Wells (Kent)	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Virgil	109
Dryden, John (1631-1700)	11
Cotton, Charles (1630-1687)	7
Homer	6
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)	5
Dacier, Andre (1651-1722)	5
Le Bossu, Rene (1631-1680)	5
Martyn, John (1699-1768)	5
Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)	5
Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)	5

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1400	1
From 1500	3
From 1600	37
From 1700	47
From 1800	5
From 1900	13

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1499	1
Up to 1599	3
Up to 1699	36
Up to 1799	48
Up to 1899	5
Up to 1999	13

Archive Collection

Keown (Anna Gordon), literary papers with related material, including some correspondence

Keown, Anna Gordon (1902-)

1934-1959

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of some of Anna Gordon Keown's literary works, including at least 9 short stories or plays, dated ca. 1948-1955, and held in a red folder; at ...

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Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica; Georgica ; et Æneis

Virgil; Livie, John (1654-1659); Baskerville, John (1706-1775)

1766

Sigs. D5, E4, G2, G4, I3 and I8 are cancels.

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P. Virgilii Maronis Opera : Mauri Seruii Honorati grammatici in eadem commentarii, ex antiquis exemplaribus suæ integritati restituti. Index eorum quæ à Seruio explicantur, ita copiosus ut vel dictionarii instar esse possit

Virgil

1532

The "Castigationes" have separate title-page (Parisiis: ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1529), signatures and pagination.

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The xiii. bukes of Eneados of the famose poete Virgill

Virgil; Douglas, Gawin (1474?-1522); Vegio, Maffeo (1458)

1553

Book 13 is by Maffeo Vegio. In verse. Signatures: A (-A1) B-U⁸ x⁸ (x3 + chi (=A1?)) y-z⁸ a-2b⁸. Numerous errors in foliation. A leaf (printed as A1?) is inserted after x3; the last lea...

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Publii Uirgilii maronis opera

Virgil; Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521); Servius; Donatus, Aelius; Landino, Cristoforo (1424-1504); Mancinelli, Antonio (1452-1505); Calderini, Domizio (1478); Vegio, Maffeo (1458)

[1502]

Panzer, VI, 27, no. 12. Schmidt, I, 60. Muther 557. Kristeller: Strassburger Bücher-Illustration, 99 and p. 32 ff. Roman, Gothic and Greek type (Proctor 9888); 31-34 lines of text, 71-74 lines of c...

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L'opere di Vergilio : cioè la Bucolica, Georgica, & Eneida

Virgil; Porcacchi, Thomaso (1530-1585?); Lori, Andrea; Daniello, Bernardino (1565); Sansedoni, Alessandro; Medici, Hippolito de (1511-1535); Borghesi, Bernardin; Martelli, Lodovico (1499-1527); Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1578); Betussi, Giuseppe (1512-1573); Ghini, Leonardo (1589); Minerbetti, Bernardo (1574); Domenichi, Lodovico (1515-1564); Mini, Paolo

1613

Leaves are printed on both sides. Woodcut illustrations. Printer's device on t.p.; initials, head-pieces;. Dedication by Farri, dated 1567: Alla molto magnifica, & honorata signora la sig. Angel...

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