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Total number of records: 16

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English Literature1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1

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SubjectCount
authors, english6
homes4
art3
decoration and ornament2
architecture, gothic1
art objects1
biography1
dwellings1
intellectual life1
lansdown tower (bath, england)1

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England5
France2
Bath (England)1
Great Britain1
Portugal1
Wiltshire (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Beckford, William, 1760-184416
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)11
Fonthill Abbey3
Angouleme, Marie-Therese Charlotte Duchesse D' (1778-1851)2
Audot, L.-E (1783-1870)2
Beckford, William (1760-1844)2
Beckford, William (Schriftsteller)2
Beckford, William 1760-18442
Bickford Family2
Longman, Hurst, and Co.2

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From 18006
From 19008
From 20002

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Up to 19998
Up to latest2

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Views of Lansdown Towers, Bath : the favourite edifice of the late William Beckford, Esqr.; from drawings by Willes Maddox ; on stone by C.J. Richardson (oversize)

English, Edmund Francis; Maddox, Willes (1813-1853); Richardson, C J (1806-1871); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1844

Printed by Moyes and Barclay, Castle Street, Leicester Square. Lithographed and printed at 70 St Martin's Lane London. "To the reader" signed: Edmund Francis English, Jun, Bath October 1st, 1844. ...

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William Beckford, 1760-1844 : an eye for the magnificent

Ostergard, Derek E; Hewat-Jaboor, Philip; McLeod, Bet; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts; Dulwich Picture Gallery

2001

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture (October 2001-January 2002); Dulwich Picture Galler...

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A bibliography of William Beckford of Fonthill

Chapman, Guy (1889-1972); Hodgkin, John (1857-1930)

1930

"Addendum" slip tipped in at p. 89. "This edition is limited to 500 copies"--T.p. verso. "List of books and manuscripts consulted": p. xv-xvi.

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William Beckford : exhibition 1976

Clark, Kenneth (1903-1983); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1976]

"Exhibition design and catalog layout: Humphrey Stone"--verso of front cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 96-98) and index.

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William Beckford: some notes on his life in Bath, 1822-1844

Summers, Peter G; Bishop, Philippa; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Holburne of Menstrie Museum

[1966]

Map on endpaper.

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A description of Fonthill Abbey and demesne, in the county of Wilts; : including a list of its paintings, cabinets, &c

Rutter, John (1796-1851); Higham, Thomas (1796-1844); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Davidson; Longman, Hurst, and Co.; Brodie and Dowding, Sarum

1822

Frontispiece engraving of Fonthill Abbey by T. Higham after John Rutter.

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England's wealthiest son : a study of William Beckford

Alexander, Boyd (1913-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1962

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 268-298), and index.

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William Beckford : composing for Mozart

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

1998

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index. Introduction: The price of a Romantic sensibility -- To the formidable and inaccessible Vathek himself -- Aesthetic education and a sec...

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Beckford of Fonthill

Fothergill, Brian; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1979

Includes bibliography (pages 376-380), and index.

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The life and letters of William Beckford of Fonthill (author of Vathek)

Melville, Lewis (1874-1932); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1910

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Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey

Rutter, John (1796-1851); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Jeudwine, Wynne Rice Hugh (1920-1984); Charles Knight & Co.; Longman, Hurst, and Co.; Hurst, Robinson, and Co.; John and Arthur Arch; Bernard Quaritch Ltd, London; Bloomsbury Book Auctions

MDCCCXXIII [1823]

With hand-coloured engravings; added title page engraved (plate 8): An illustrated history and description of Fonthill Abbey. Genealogical tables "shewing the descent of William Beckford": p. [113-1...

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