Search Special Collections
Results
Total number of records: 8987
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 313 |
| Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) | 287 |
| Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) | 264 |
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 160 |
| Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) | 151 |
| Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729) | 118 |
| Horace | 115 |
| Dryden, John | 110 |
| Bell, John (1745-1831) | 105 |
| Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764) | 103 |
Count of Earliest date
Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript verses on the slave trade
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
1792
Manuscript of ‘Sors misera servorum in insulis Indiae occidentalis’ (Ode on The West-Indian Slave Trade) submitted by Coleridge for the Browne Medal for classical composition in his first year at ...
Long Family Receipts
Jan 1691 - 21 Oct 1702
Three manuscript receipts for items purchased by the Long family of Draycott. Purchases include fuel [Jan 1691]; a hat [10 Jan 1693]; and candles/spices [21 Oct 1702].
New Malton Manuscript
7 Jan 1641
Manuscript relating to the seizure of arms held by recusants in the neighbourhood of New Malton. Addressed to John Agar of Stockton, Thomas Wayte of Haxbie, Richard Harland of Sutton, and signed by Th...
Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining, in poetry; from the most approved authors: disposed under proper heads, with a view to the improvement and amusement of young persons
Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)
1791
Edited by Vicesimus Knox. The title page is engraved.
Ioannis Wallisii grammatica linguae anglicanae : cui praefigitur, de loquela; sive, De sonorum omnium loquelarium formatione: tractatus grammatico-physicus
Wallis, John (1616-1703)
1765
'Catalogus librorum apud A. Millar' - 2 pages at end.
Poems by eminent ladies : particularly, Mrs. Barber... [et al.]
Colman, George (1732-1794); Barber, Mary (1690?-1757); Thornton, Bonnell (1724-1768)
1757
Poems by: Mrs. [Mary] Barber; Mrs. [Aphra (Amis)] Behn; Miss [Elizabeth] Carter; Lady Chudleigh; Mrs. [Catherine (Trotter)] Cockburn; Mrs. Grierson; Mrs. [Mary] Jones; Miss Killigrew; Mrs. Leapor; Mrs...
The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical (v.1)
Anderson, Robert (1750-1830)
1795
Each volume has added engraved title page: A complete edition of the poets of Great Britain. The works of the individual poets, v. 1-11, each has special title page dated 1792-1795, with imprint: Ed...