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Total number of records: 14

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Books and printed items9
Archives5

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Art and Antique Market5
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History5

Top 10: Subject

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architecture6
geometry3
building2
alphabets1
architecture, classical1
architecture, domestic1
architecture, gothic1
art1
authors, english1
constructions de jardins1

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England2
Great Britain1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)9
Langley, Batty (1696-1751)7
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-15804
Bree, Thomas2
I. Langley2
Langley2
Bernard Quaritch, London1
Coster, David (1752)1
Hadden, Best and Company Limited1
Harris, John (1931-2022)1

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I. Langley billhead

I. Langley

11 Jan 1899-19 Jan 1899

Simple billhead of I. Langley for an order of frame repairs for Lady Musgrave. Trader details written on reverse.

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I. Langley billhead

I. Langley

17 Apr 1899

Simple billhead of I. Langley for an order of gilt screen repairs for Lady Musgrave. Trader details written on reverse.

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Langley, [Batty] B and T

c.1900 - c.2010

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A sure guide to builders: or, the principles and practice of architecture geometrically demonstrated, and made easy, for the use of workmen in general.... By B. Langley

Langley, Batty (1696-1751); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Margetton, G W

1729

Pages [19-20], which contain a divisional titlepage, are sometimes found used as a half-title Indexed in: ESTC Indexed in: Goldsmiths',

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Some famous English country homes : from the time of Henry VIII to the Regency

Whiteman, G W; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Hadden, Best and Company Limited

1951

Compton Wynyates -- Sutton Place -- The President's Lodge -- Corsham Court -- Longford Castle -- Ham House -- Castle Ashby -- Audley End -- Boughton House -- Drayton House -- Langleys -- Ditchley -- W...

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Killick trade card
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Killick trade card

Killick; Langley

c.1820

Simple 19th century letterpress trade card of Killick. Trader details in a variety of typefaces.

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A garden alphabet

Harris, John (1931-2022); Coster, David (1752); Robins, Thomas (1715?-1770); Langley, Batty (1696-1751); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Octopus Books Limited; Victoria and Albert Museum

[1979]

"Researched and written by John Harris, designed by Helen Hamlyn. Alphabet drawn by David Coster."--Title page verso. "This book contains 24 original engravings from Batty Langley's Pomona or The Fr...

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Gothic architecture, improved by rules and proportions. In many grand designs of columns, doors, windows, chimney-pieces, arcades, colonades, porticos, umbrellos, temples, and pavillions &c. With plans, elevations and profiles; geometrically explained. By B. & T. Langley. To which is added an historical dissertation on Gothic architecture

Langley, Batty (1696-1751); Langley, T (1702-1751); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1790?]

The titlepage is engraved. A re-issue, with a new titlepage, of the plates of 'Ancient architecture, restored, and improved', London, 1742. I. and J. Taylor at the Architectural Library ca. 1789-1...

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Richard Sayer trade card
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Richard Sayer trade card

Richard Sayer; Langley

c.1838

Simple 19th century letterpress trade card of Richard Sayer. Trader details in a variety of typefaces.

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Horace Walpole : the great outsider

Mowl, Tim; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1996

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index. Contetns -- Introduction: A warning to readers -- The first clear object of his wishes -- Brideshead half-visited -- Waiting for Lincol...

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