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Total number of records: 17

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Books and printed items14
Archives3

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Brotherton Collection5
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Leeds Russian Archive3
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1
English Literature1

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travel17
diplomatic relations2
receipts1
roads1
travel writing1
witchcraft1
voyages and travel1
travelers1
poetry1
ethics1

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France5
Paris (France)4
Soviet Union3
China2
Asia2
Marly-Le-Roi (France)1
London (England)1
Versailles (France)1
Great Britain1
Dresden, Germany1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Brice, Germain (1652-1727)3
Bell, John (1691-1780)2
Lange, Lorenz2
Eidous, Marc Antoine2
Locke, John, 1632-17041
Paterson, Daniel (1738-1825)1
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1671-17131
Piganiol De La Force, Jean-Aimar (1673-1753)1
Lister, Martin, 1638?-17121
Palmer, Sir Thomas (1540-1626)1

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Poems by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin

1739

Three handwritten poems on German themes by Sir Warwick Hele Tonkin. The first is titled ‘Song on leaving Berlin’ and dated November 1739.

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كتاب القرنوي kitāb ālqārnāwy

17th century

The volume relates to duties such as praying and fasting, travelling etcetera. Author: محمد بن احمد بن سعيد القرنوي. muḥammad bin ʾaḥmad bin saʿīd ālqārnāwī The ...

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Arcana curiosa ex autoribus variis collecta |cby D. Disney Senr. 1743.

Disney, Daniel

1743

Also known as:Illustrated travels in France in 1743.

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Voyage philosophique, politique et litteraire : fait en Russie pendant les années 1788 et 1789 (v.2)

Chantreau, Pierre Nicolas (1741-1808)

1794

Title on added t.p.: Voyage en Russie.

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An essay of the meanes how to make our travailes into forraine countries the more profitable and honourable

Palmer, Sir Thomas (1540-1626)

1606

Dedication signed: Thomas Palmer. pp.33-40 lacking, pp.25-32 inserted twice. Running title reads 'The travailer'. Indexed in: References: STC (2nd ed.) : 19156.

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Three diatribes or discourses : first, of travel, or a guide for travellers into forein parts; secondly, of money or coyns; thirdly, of measuring of the distance betwixt place and place

Leigh, Edward (1602-1671)

1671

Each diatribe has separate part-title. Mentions many important books on travel and economics pulished before 1670. Indexed in: References: Goldsmiths' Lib. cat : 1985. Indexed in: References: Wi...

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