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Total number of records: 3047

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Cookery Collection	1695
Brotherton Collection	301
English Literature	32
Incunabula	22
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	11
Herbert Read Collection	4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	3
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	2
Ripon Cathedral	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
cooking, english	402
cooking	252
home economics	178
medicine	107
cooking, french	82
gastronomy	72
confectionery	71
menus	64
recipes	57
food	54

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Great Britain	12
England	5
France	5
Sheffield (England)	4
London (England)	2
Rome	2
Europe	2
Porter, River (England)	2
Vienna (Austria)	1
Yorkshire (England)	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)	59
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)	58
Raffald, Elizabeth (1733-1781)	29
Careme, M A (1784-1833)	29
Acton, Eliza (1799-1859)	24
Soyer, Alexis (1809-1858)	23
Senn, Charles Herman (1862-1934)	22
Francatelli, Charles Elme (1805-1876)	22
Glasse, Hannah (1708-1770)	21
Lady	16

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1400	21
From 1500	13
From 1600	96
From 1700	500
From 1800	1969
From 1900	435
From 2000	2

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1499	20
Up to 1599	13
Up to 1699	97
Up to 1799	438
Up to 1899	1890
Up to 1999	578
Up to latest	2

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English A-0.033/ENG

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1766?]

Bound in volume with overall title page: "The English theatre in eight volumes, containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage. Vol. VIII".

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Folio Art C-0/GIL

The works of James Gillray, from the original plates : with the addition of many subjects not before collected (v.1)

Gillray, James (1756-1815); Bohn, Henry G (1796-1884)

[1851]

Vol. 1 consists of 582 copper-plate engravings; v. 2, without t.p., is supplementary and contains 45 additional engravings.

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Modern History P-0.06/SOC

A collection of ordinances and regulations for the government of the royal household, made in divers reigns. From King Edward III. to King William and Queen Mary. Also receipts in ancient cookery

Society of Antiquaries of London

1790

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Yorkshire H-Lee-0.7/PAR

General and commercial directory of the borough of Leeds : including the out-townships of Armley, Beeston... and several of the principal neighbouring villages ... A copy of the Factories' Regulation Act, and an abstract of the Leeds and Selby Railway Act ... illustrated with a map of the borough of Leeds

Parson, William

1834

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Large Yorkshire A-0.52 WAL

The costume of Yorkshire : illustrated by a series of forty engravings, being fac-similes of original drawings. With descriptions in English and French

Walker, George (1781-1856)

1814

Plates inscribed: Geo. Walker del. Added t.-p.: Costumes du comté d'York, représentés dans une série de quarante planches. 40 col. aquatint pl., incl. 6 showing uniform. The plates (when dated)...

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English A-0.01 LON

The London mercury

Squire, Sir John Collings (1884-1958)

v.1-39, no.234 1919/20-1938/39 Edited by J.C. Squire.

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Modern History P-9.03/BUX

Instructions relative to self-preservation during the prevalence of contagious diseases

1801

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YAS 0555

The Kings Maiesties speach to the Lords and Commons of this present Parliament at Whitehall, on Wednesday the xxj of March anno Dom. 1609

Barker, Robert (1645); England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I)

[1609]

Indexed in: STC (2nd ed.)