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Total number of records: 54

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	50
Coins	4

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	19
Coin Collection	4
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	2
English Literature	1
Ripon Cathedral	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
geography	10
biography	5
voyages and travels	5
history	5
physical geography	2
slave-trade	2
travel	1
treasure troves	1
missions	1
prester john (legendary character)	1

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Africa	54
America	9
Asia	8
Iran	2
Latin America	2
Middle East	2
Gambia River	2
Great Britain	2
Europe	2
Nile River	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Moreri, Louis (1643-1680)	5
Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706	4
Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844)	3
Owen, John (1766-1822)	3
British and Foreign Bible Society	3
Hutton, Catherine (1756-1846)	3
Association For Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa	2
Ledyard, John	2
Ledyard, John (1751-1789)	2
Leyden, John	2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From earliest	4
From 1600	10
From 1700	11
From 1800	29

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	4
Up to 1699	10
Up to 1799	11
Up to 1899	29

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Economics G-0.061/CON

Considerations on the present peace, as far as it is relative to the colonies, and the African trade

MDCCLXIII [1763]

Includes table of statistics. Errata: p. 68. Anonymous.

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Geography H-0/RIT

Die Erdkunde im Verhältniss zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen, oder, Allgemeine, vergleichende Geographie : als sichere Grundlage des Studiums und Unterrichts in physikalischen und historischen Wissenschaften (v.1)

Ritter, Carl (1779-1859)

1817-1818

Consists of the 1.-3. Buch of the 12 planned.--v. 1, p. [v]. No more published of this edition. Errata: v. 2, p. 934-939. Includes bibliographical footnotes.

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Geography H-0/RIT

Ritter, Carl (1779-1859)

1817-1818

Consists of the 1.-3. Buch of the 12 planned.--v. 1, p. [v]. No more published of this edition. Errata: v. 2, p. 934-939. Includes bibliographical footnotes.

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Geography J-0.5/MAV

The geographical magazine; or, New system of geography : With beautiful and correct views, maps, and globes (v.2)

Mavor, William Fordyce (1758-1837)

MDCCXCIV. [i.e. 1793-1794]

Martyn is the pseudonym of William Fordyce Mavor (cf. DNB). Vol. 2 printed in 1793. Maps by J. Bayly, geographer. Title pages in red and black. v. 1. Asia. Africa -- v. 2. Europe. America.

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Strong Room for. 4to 1618/BOT

Le relationi universali di Giovanni Botero Benese, divise in sette parti : alle quali vi sono aggiunte nuouamente i Capitani dell'istesso auttore, con le Relationi di Spagna, del Stato della chiesa, & di Sauoia... con le figure, & due copiosissimi tauole. Inoltre vi s'aggiunge nell'ultimo un breue racconto di mostri, & usanze di quelle Indie, con le sue figure al naturale, d'Alessandro de Vecchi. Nuovamente ristampate, & ricorrette

Botero, Giovanni (1540-1617); Vecchi, Alessandro de (fl. 1602-1630)

1618

Part one, with general title page as above, is divided into two volumes separatly paged; the "Aggiunta alla quarta parte dell'Indie" and parts 2-7 have separate title-pages. Parts five and seven dat...

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Anglo-French 5 1674/JUS

Recueil de divers voyages faits en Afrique et en l'Amerique, qui n'ont point esté encore publiez : contenant l'origine, les moeurs, les coûtumes & le commerce des habitans de ces deux parties du monde. Avec des traitez curieux touchant la haute Ethyopie, le débordement du Nil, la mer Rouge, & le Prete-Jean... [etc.]

Justel, Henri (1620-1693)

1674

Edited by Henri Justel. Head and tail-pieces; initials. Each part has a special half-title.

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BC For C17/18/BEN

Masaʻot shel Rabi Benyamīn = Itinerarium D. Beniaminis

Benjamin of Tudela; L'Empereur, Constantijn (1591-1648)

1633

Latin translation based on Friburg edition of 1583. Hebrew and Latin texts in parallel columns. Printer's mark: le Solitaire; headpiece; initials.

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Anglo-French 4 1804/LED

Voyages de... Lédyard et Lucas en Afrique, entrepris et publiés par ordre de la Société anglaise d'Afrique : avec le plan de fondation de cette société ... suivis d'extraits de Voyages faits à la rivière de Gambie, par ordre de la Compagnie anglaise d'Afrique, et d'un mémoire écrit sous le règne de Charles II, concernant la grande quantité d'or qu'on trouve près de cette rivière ... Traduit de l'anglais par A.J.N. Lallemant ... [etc.] (v.1)

Lallemant, A J N; Lucas, William (fl. 1789); Moore, Francis (fl. 1744); Ledyard, John (1751-1789); Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

an XII (1804)

Pagination is continuous. "Suivis d'extraits de voyages faits à la rivière de Gambie, par ordre de la Compagnie anglaise d'Afrique, et d'un Mémoire écrit sous le regne de Charles II, concernant ...

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Anglo-French 4 1804/LED

Lallemant, A J N; Lucas, William (fl. 1789); Moore, Francis (fl. 1744); Ledyard, John (1751-1789); Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa

an XII (1804)

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Theology H-2 OWE

The history of the origin and first ten years of the British and Foreign Bible Society (v.1)

Owen, John (1766-1822)

1816[-1820]

Title of volume 3 reads: The history of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The origin and first ten years of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

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Theology H-2 OWE

The history of the origin and first ten years of the British and Foreign Bible Society (v.2)

Owen, John (1766-1822)

1816[-1820]

Title of volume 3 reads: The history of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The origin and first ten years of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

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Theology H-2 OWE

The history of the origin and first ten years of the British and Foreign Bible Society (v.3)

Owen, John (1766-1822)

1816[-1820]

Title of volume 3 reads: The history of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The origin and first ten years of the British and Foreign Bible Society.