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Total number of records: 375

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Brotherton Collection29
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English Literature16
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society11
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection4
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society4
Herbert Read Collection4
Liddle Collection3
Quaker Collection3
Leeds Russian Archive3

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biography375
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anecdotes6
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Michaud, J. Fr85
Michaud, Louis Gabriel (1773-1858)85
Michaud, Louis Gabriel85
Michaud, J Fr (1767-1839)85
Hoefer, Johann Christian Ferdinand46
Hoefer, Johann Christian Ferdinand (1811-1878)46
Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706)37
Desmaizeaux, Pierre (1673?-1745)22
Feller, F.-X De (1735-1802)14
Moreri, Louis, 1643-168014

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Fuller Maitland, John Alexander to Patteson, J. S. C.

1909

Three handwritten letters from the music critic John Alexander Fuller Maitland to J.S.C. Patteson, concerning the manuscript and publication of Valeria Gigliucci's biography of her mother Clara Anasta...

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Smith, Elder and Co. to Gigliucci, Valeria

1909

Four handwritten letters from the publishers Smith, Elder and Co. to Valeria Gigliucci, regarding the publication of her biography of her mother, 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences', which they decline.

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Emily Ford: a painter of religious pictures, by Harriet M. Ford

Ford, Harriet M (1909)

190-?

Original foliation is incorrect

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A memoir of John William Wade, son of John Wade, wool merchant of Leeds, by his mother, Anna, together with transcripts of letters written by him to his parents during his tour through Germany and Austria in 1860

Wade, Anna

c.1875-1900

Includes two bound copies and one typescript copy of the memoir of John William Wade. Bound copy 1, memoir pp. 1-53, letters, pp. 55-123, one autograph letter, mounted, p. 125 and bound copy 2, memoi...

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A memoir of John Deakin Heaton, M.D. of Leeds

Reid, T Wemyss (1842-1905)

1883

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The gallery of portraits : with memoirs (v.1-2)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833-6

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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The gallery of portraits : with memoirs (v.3-4)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833-6

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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The gallery of portraits : with memoirs (v.5-6)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1833-6

Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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