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Total number of records: 28

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Books and printed items22
Archives4
Indexes2

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Brotherton Collection13
English Literature10
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture5
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse2

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physical geography4
zoology4
history, ancient1
natural history1

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England4
Essex4
Netteswell4
Scotland2
Spain2
Great Britain1

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Brown, Thomas28
Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)10
Brown, Thomas (1785-1862)7
Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774)4
Loewe, Sergius4
Olshausen, Hermann (1796-1839)4
Wright, Peter4
Ainslie, John Land-Surveyor2
Aulnoy Madame D' (1705)2
Brown, Harold2

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The complete modern farrier : a compendium of veterinary science and practice

Brown, Thomas

1904

Section I. Of the horse, its diseases and structure. -- Section II. Diseases of cattle. -- Section III. Diseases of sheep. -- Section IV. Diseases of swine. -- Section V. Diseases of dogs.

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Scotland [cartographic material] : Drawn and engrav'd from a series of angles and astronomical observations

Ainslie, John land-surveyor; Brown, Thomas (1785-1862); Faden, William (1750?-1836)

[ca. 1800]

"Published according to Act of Parliament with improvements till 1800 by Thomas Brown... and William Faden ... [etc.]". Inset maps: "Shetland Islands laid down upon a less scale than the map..."; "A...

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Netteswell Response Book - 29Ess11
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Netteswell Response Book - 29Ess11

Wright, Peter

18 Apr 1952 - 22 Apr 1952

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Title: Thanks to a nun

Author: Brown, Thomas

Attribution: Scarron; [French]

Date(s): 1700 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 15

Contents: Witty reply to a nun, thanking her for a present, from Brown's translation of

Paul Scarron's Letter to Madam St Denis

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Title: Advice about marriage. An imitation of a French satyr

Author: Brown, Thomas

Attribution: Mr Tho. Brown [in Miscellany of Poems by Charles Gildon ... 1692]

Date(s): 1692 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 71

Contents: Satirical advice against marriage and women, with bawdy comment about the sexual demands made by wives

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Scotland [cartographic material] : Drawn and engrav'd from a series of angles and astronomical observations

Ainslie, John land-surveyor; Brown, Thomas (1785-1862); Faden, William (1750?-1836)

[ca. 1800]

"Published according to Act of Parliament with improvements till 1800 by Thomas Brown... and William Faden ... [etc.]". Inset maps: "Shetland Islands laid down upon a less scale than the map..."; "A...

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A history of the earth and animated nature (v.1)

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Brown, Thomas (1785-1862)

1832

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A history of the earth and animated nature (v.2)

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Brown, Thomas (1785-1862)

1832

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A history of the earth and animated nature (v.3)

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Brown, Thomas (1785-1862)

1832

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A history of the earth and animated nature (v.4)

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Brown, Thomas (1785-1862)

1832

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The anti-weesils : a poem : giving an account of some historical and argumental passages happening in the lyon's court

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1691

Anon. In vindication of William Sherlock, against the satire attributed to Thomas Brown entitled, The weesils. Collation: A-C4 D-E2. The text of the poem begins on A4 recto (p.[7]). Sig. B is pa...

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The weesil trap'd : a poem, being a reflection on the late satyrical fable

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704); Browne, Thomas (1654?-1741); D'Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723)

1691

Vindication, in verse, of "The weesils", by its author. Authorship variously attributed to Thomas Brown, Thomas D'Urfey, and Thomas Browne, B.D. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.); Wing (2nd ed.); and Camb...

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