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Ornaments of the XVth & XVIth centuries : Ancient timber houses at Rouen, Caen, Bauvais, &c. Gothic furniture of the XVth century. Designs for gold & silver ornaments, and Designs for iron and brass-work in the style of the XVth & XVIth centuries. One hundred & two plates, drawn and etched

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection A636

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Type of record: Book

Title: Ornaments of the XVth & XVIth centuries : Ancient timber houses at Rouen, Caen, Bauvais, &c. Gothic furniture of the XVth century. Designs for gold & silver ornaments, and Designs for iron and brass-work in the style of the XVth & XVIth centuries. One hundred & two plates, drawn and etched

Other titles: Ornaments of the 15th and 16th centuries; Details of antient timber houses of the 15 & 16 centuries; Gothick furniture in the style of the 15th century; Designs for gold and silversmiths; Designs for iron and brass work in the style of the xv and xvi centuries

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection A636

Creator(s): Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812-1852)

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)

Publisher: Ackermann & Co., [96, Strand]

Publication city: [London]

Date(s): [1837?]

Language: English

Size and medium: [2], 21, [1], 24, [1], 27; 27 leaves of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729177

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019873257505181

Description

Title page lithographed in gold and colours.


The four titles in this collection were originally published separately; each is preceded by a special engraved title page.


Plates dated 1835-1837 [Details of antient timber houses of the 15 & 16 cent.ries].


Contents: [1]. Details of antient timber houses of the 15 & 16 cent.ries -- [2]. Gothick fvrnitvre in the style of the 15th cent:y -- [3]. Designs for gold & silversmiths -- [4]. Designs for iron & brass work in the style of the xv and xvi centuries.

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Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A636: contemporary half sheep, marbled paper over boards, gold tooled on spine, marbled endpapers.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A636: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference FEO/32.

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