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Total number of records: 142

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items141
Indexes1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection26
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society23
Herbert Read Collection12
English Literature8
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society4
Cookery Collection2
Leeds Russian Archive1
Letters Database1
Ripon Cathedral1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
vases, greek11
beetles6
cleridae6
sculpture, greek5
bookbinding4
elgin marbles4
incunabula4
manuscripts, english (old)4
manuscripts, latin4
rare books4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England5
Egypt4
Great Britain4
Hod Hill Site (England)2
Iceland2
London (England)2
Dorset (England)1
Greece1
Iraq1
Israel1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
British Museum142
British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities16
Coldstream, J N (1927-2008)11
Coldstream, J. N11
Cook, R M11
Cook, R. M11
Forsdyke, Edgar John11
Forsdyke, Sir Edgar John (1883-)11
Pryce, F N11
Pryce, F. N11

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17002
From 180056
From 190080
From 20003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17992
Up to 189956
Up to 199979
Up to latest4

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The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick : reproduced in facsimile from the Cottonian ms. Julius E. IV, in the British museum

Rous, John (1411?-1491); Carysfort, William Proby earl of (1836-1909); Roxburghe Club; British Museum

1908

"A series of drawings representing scenes or 'pagents' in the life of the earl... As to the origin of the manuscript ... there has been a persistent tradition that its author was John Rous ... there i...

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The Guthlac roll : scenes from the life of St. Guthlac of Crowland by a twelfth-century artist : reproduced from Harley roll Y. 6 in the British museum

Warner, Sir George F (1845-1936); British Museum; Roxburghe Club

1928

Presented to the club by George Frederic Warner.

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Catalogue of an exhibition of poetry manuscripts in the British Museum, April-June 1967

Lewis, Jenny; Bridgen, John William; British Museum

1967

Half-title: Poetry in the making.

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Catalogue of the books printed in Iceland from A.D 1578 to 1880 in the library of the British Museum

Lidderdale, Thomas William; British Museum. Department of Printed Books

1885

Compiled by Thomas William Lidderdale.

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Books printed in Iceland, 1578-1844 : First-third supplements to the British Museum catalogue

Fiske, Willard (1831-1904); British Museum. Department of Printed Books

1886-1890

Author's initials given at end of introduction.

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Cataloguing rules : 1. Of the British Museum. 2. Of the Bodleian Library. 3. Of the Library Association

British Museum. Department of Printed Books; Bodleian Library; Library Association

1893

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The Book of the dead : Facsimiles of the papyri of Hunefer, Ȧnhai, Kerāsher and Netchemet, with supplementary text from the papyrus of Nu; with transcripts, translations, etc

Budge, Sir E A Wallis (1857-1934); British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities; British Museum

1899

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The Elgin and Phigaleian marbles in the British Museum (vol.2)

Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869); British Museum; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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The Elgin and Phigaleian marbles in the British Museum (vol.1)

Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869); British Museum; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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The Elgin and Phigaleian marbles (vol.1)

Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869); British Museum; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1846

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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The Elgin and Phigaleian marbles (vol.2)

Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869); British Museum; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1846

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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Egyptian antiquities (vol.1)

Long, George (1800-1879); British Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities

1846

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