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Total number of records: 95393
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 1378 |
| Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968) | 1113 |
| Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016) | 946 |
| Silkin, Jon (1930-1997) | 751 |
| Sala, George Augustus | 505 |
| Great Britain | 447 |
| Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum | 442 |
| Great Britain. Parliament | 402 |
| Amsterdam (Netherlands) | 400 |
| Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) | 365 |
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Art (Brotherton Collection)
Miscellaneous collection relating to art, chiefly published in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with a few of earlier date. Amongst the more notable groups of works are books illustrated by Thomas R...
Incunabula (Brotherton Collection)
Leeds University Library holds over 300 incunabula, that is, books printed in Europe before 1501. The incunabula contain a variety of subject matter. Classical writing, theology, philosophy and mediev...
Safe (Brotherton Collection)
The safe collection is an artifical gathering of rare printed books and individual manuscripts.
Medieval Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)
1100-1499
Leeds University Library holds medieval manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 15th century.
Hervey (Brotherton Collection)
A collection of the works of the Rev. James Hervey (1714-1758), including numerous editions of his popular “Meditations and Contemplations”. Some of these editions were issued in places such as Co...
Politics (Brotherton Collection)
Most of the items were published between the early-to-mid-17th century and the middle of the 18th century. As well as covering political philosophy and the political and constitutional issues and even...