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Total number of records: 357

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	97
English Literature	38
Ripon Cathedral	9
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	5
Herbert Read Collection	4
Incunabula	2

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
political science	357
law	55
history	42
sociology	30
encyclopedias and dictionaries, french	30
monarchy	28
political ethics	27
state, the	22
ethics	17
philosophy	16

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Great Britain	43
France	38
Florence (Italy)	15
United States	12
Europe	6
Italy	2
Rome	2
Holy Roman Empire	2
Guyana	2
Turkey	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Mably, Gabriel Bonnot De (1709-1785)	39
Robinet, Jean Baptiste (1735-1820)	30
Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527)	23
Brizard, Gabriel (1793)	15
Arnoux, Guillaume	15
Paine, Thomas (1737-1809)	13
Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)	12
Livy	12
Montesquieu, Charles De Secondat Baron De (1689-1755)	11
Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)	11

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1400	2
From 1500	11
From 1600	83
From 1700	182
From 1800	79

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1499	1
Up to 1599	11
Up to 1699	84
Up to 1799	181
Up to 1899	80

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Economics B-0/SIM

Études sur les constitutions des peuples libres

Sismondi, J.-C.-L Simonde de (1773-1842)

1836

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Law C-0/BUR

The principles of natural and politic law

Burlamaqui, J J (1694-1748); Nugent, Thomas (1700?-1772)

1817

Translated by Thonas Nugent.

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Slavonic F-0.03 TCH [81]

The man versus the state : containing "The new toryism," "The coming slavery," "The sins of legislators" and "The great political superstition

Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903)

1894

Articles "Reprinted from The Contemporary Review [vols 45-6, Feb.-July, 1884] with a postscript".

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YAS 0283

Thoughts on civil government : addressed to the disfranchised citizens of Sheffield

Yorke, Henry Redhead (1772-1813)

1794

6 leaves per gathering; no chainlines.

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YAS 0377

A collection of articles, injunctions, canons, orders, ordinances and constitutions ecclesiastical, : with other publick records of the Church of England, chiefly in the times of K. Edward VI., Q. Elizabeth, K. James, & K. Charles I. : published to vindicate the Church of England, and to promote uniformity and peace in the same

Sparrow, Anthony (1612-1685); Church of England

1671

Compiled by Anthony Sparrow in 1661 and republished in 1671, 1675 and 1684. Cf. DNB, v. 18, p. 722. Signatures: A² B-2L⁴ 3A-3O⁴. Title within ornamental border. Each part has special t.p. ...

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YAS 0492

An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament : for keeping of scandalous persons from the sacrament of the Lords supper, the enabling of congregations for the choice of elders, and supplying of defects in former ordinances and directions of Parliament concerning church-government. Die Sabbathi, 14. Martii. 1645. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com

Husband, Edward; England and Wales. Parliament

March 16. 1645. [i.e. 1646]

Publication year is given according to Lady Day dating. Title page enclosed in a plain double rule-border. Printed chiefly in black-letter type. Indexed in: Wing (CD Rom 1996) E1895 Indexed in...

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Modern History G-4.06/CHE

Dissertatio de ratione status in Imperio nostro Romano-Germanico. In qua, tum, qualisnam reverà in eo status sit; tum, quae ratio status observanda quidem, sed magno cum patriae libertatis detrimento, neglecta hucusque fuerit; tum denique, quibusnam mediis antiquus status restaurari ac firmari possit, dilucidè explicatur

Chemnitz, Bogislav Philipp von (1605-1678)

1647

Fictitious imprint; printed in Amsterdam by Louis Elsevier. Cf. Willems. In this copy p. 583 numbered. Cf. Rahir. Added engraved t.p.; initials; tailpieces. Title vignette.

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German G-1/ABB

Vom Tode für das Vaterland

Abbt, Thomas (1738-1766)

1761

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German G-1/MOS

Ueber Regenten, Regierung und Ministers : Schutt zur Wege-Besserung des kommenden Jahrhunderts

Moser, Friedrich Carl Freiherr von (1723-1798)

1784

Anonymous, by Friedrich Carl von Moser.

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Law L-1/PUF

S. Pufendorfii De officio hominis & civis juxta legem naturalem libri duo : selectis variorum notis, maximeq; propriis illustravit... Buddei Historiam juris naturalis notis adauctam præmisit, indicemq; rerum subjunxit Tho. Johnson

Pufendorf, Samuel Freiherr von (1632-1694); Budde, Johann Franz (1667-1729); Johnson, Thomas (1703-1737)