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Total number of records: 226

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	214
Archives	12

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	226
English Literature	43
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	27
Incunabula	18
Herbert Read Collection	12

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
romanies	20
history, ancient	15
english drama	12
spanish language	7
natural history	6
zoology	5
inquisition	4
materia medica	4
botany	3
church history	3

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Place	Count
Rome	13
Great Britain	12
Greece	7
France	6
Europe	5
Scotland	4
Italy	3
Spain	3
Venice (Italy)	3
Brazil	2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)	18
Baron Brotherton	13
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton	13
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton	13
Lord Brotherton	13
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton	13
Collier, John Payne	12
Collier, John Payne (1789-1883)	12
Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764)	12
Gilchrist, Octavius	12

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Earliest date	Count
From 1400	30
From 1500	23
From 1600	57
From 1700	27
From 1800	46
From 1900	39
From 2000	1

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Latest date	Count
Up to 1499	28
Up to 1599	25
Up to 1699	57
Up to 1799	27
Up to 1899	46
Up to 1999	36
Up to latest	4

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Verldsliteraturens historia (v.1)

Ahnfelt, Arvid Wolfgang Nathanael (1845-1890)

1875-1876

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Verldsliteraturens historia (v.2)

Ahnfelt, Arvid Wolfgang Nathanael (1845-1890)

1875-1876

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Historia ecclesiastica

1479

Place of publication: Mantua, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: One; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully aligned; initial occurs midway down left-hand side. Catchwords appear in...

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Historia ecclesiastica

1479

Place of publication: Mantua, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: Three; hand-drawn Illustrations: None. Layout: Text in one column. Each new chapter begins with initial. Catchwords in bottom ri...

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Historia ecclesiastica

1476

Place of publication: Rome, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified.

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Historia ecclesiastica

1476

Place of publication: Rome, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None, although space has been left. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully justified. Subtitles introduce new sections.

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[Historia ecclesiastica]

Eusebius of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea (260-340); Rufinus of Aquileia (345-410); Schall, Johann (1475-1479); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Quom datus est finis. referebat Iulius annos Mille quater centum septuaginta nouem. [not before 15 July 1479]

Imprint from colophon. Colophon in verse on leaf [171v] reads: Explicit liber ecclesiastic hystorie. Transtulit Ausonias istud Rufinus ad aures Eusebii clarum Caesariensis opus. Schallus Ioannes cel...

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[Historia Fiorentina]

Bracciolini, Poggio (1380-1459); Bracciolini, Jacopo (1441-1478); Le Rouge, Jacques (1473-1490); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

neli anni di Cristo M. CCCCLXXVI a octo di marzo. [8 March 1476]

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-c⁸ d-h¹⁰ i-k⁶ l-m¹⁰ n⁸. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on n7r reads: Finito loctauo & ultimo libro della historia fiorentina di Messer Poggio tradocta di lingua l...

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