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Total number of records: 141

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Books and printed items138
Archives3

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English Literature141
Brotherton Collection29

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SubjectCount
english literature141
eighteenth century17
english wit and humor12
authors, english10
ballads, english4
english language3
letters3
anglo-norman literature2
anglo-saxon language2
nobility2

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Great Britain9
Cumberland2
Scandinavia1
Jamaica1
France1
Europe1

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Barbauld50
Barbauld, Mrs (Anna Letitia) (1743-1825)50
Nichols, John (1745-1826)17
Nichols, Son, and Bentley9
Bentley, Samuel9
Basire, Isaac (1704-1768)9
Basire, Isaac9
Basire, James, 1730-18029
Bowyer, William, 1663-17379
Collyer, Joseph (1748-1827)9

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From 1800108

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Up to 1899109

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Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

1818-1848

(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...

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Robert Southey, correspondence, literary manuscripts and printed works

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

c.1797-1839

Comprises: (1) A collection of autograph letters written by Robert Southey to John May and others, together with manuscript poems and notes by Robert Southey, and autograph letters to John May from T...

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William Makepeace Thackeray, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related material

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)

c.1835-1860

Comprises: (1) 26 letters and manuscripts dated 1835-1860, guarded in order and bound in 1 vol., accompanied by an annotated typed list of contents by Dr Eric Millar and the bill for the cost of bindi...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.1)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.2)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.3)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.4)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.5)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.6)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.7)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Illustrations of the literary history of the eighteenth century : consisting of authentic memoirs and original letters of eminent persons : and intended as a sequel to the Literary anecdotes (v.8)

Nichols, John (1745-1826); Nichols, J B (1779-1863)

1817-58

Vols. 5-8 have imprint: London, Printed by and for J.B. Nichols and Son. Vols. 5 and 6 were published posthumously; two more volumes (v. 7-8) were added by John Bowyer Nichols in 1848 and 1858. cf. ...

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Biographia Britannica literaria : or, Biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland, arranged in chronological order (v.1)

Wright, Thomas (1810-1877); Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom

1842-1846

"Published under the superintendence of the Council of the Royal Society of Literature." "It is proposed by the Society, in continuing the work, to trace down the stream of British literature, in su...

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