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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 25 |
| Morisot, J.-M.-R (1767-1821) | 7 |
| Espitallier, M G | 6 |
| Alembert, Jean Le Rond D' (1717-1783) | 5 |
| Benard, Robert | 5 |
| Diderot, Denis (1713-1784) | 5 |
| Henry Sotheran Ltd. | 5 |
| Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798) | 5 |
| Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580 | 4 |
| Academie Royale Des Sciences, Des Lettres Et Des Beaux-Arts De Belgique | 2 |
Rudiments of the art of building : in five sections
Dobson, Edward (1816-1908)
1849
"Illustrated with one hundred and eleven woodcuts."
How to build a house : an architectural novelette
Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel (1814-1879); Bucknall, Benjamin (1895)
1874
Plans, coupes et élévations de diverses productions de l'art de la charpente exécutées tant en France que dans les pays étrangers
Krafft, J Ch (1764-1833)
an XIII.--1805
Several errors in numbering of plates.
The builder's pocket manual, or, Rules and instructions in the art of carpentry, joinery, masonry, & bricklaying : with practical hints and observations for the use of the workman, and a variety of receipts for cements, washes, &c. to which is added, some of the most useful mechanical problems, and a variety of tables, &c
Smeaton, G A; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1825
Printed by Shackell, Arrowsmith, and Hodges, Johnson's-Court, London. Later editions by A.C. Smeaton published in Philadelphia in 1850, 1852, 1853, 1854 and 1856. Cf. Hitchcock. Includes index.
The builder's golden rule, or the youth's sure guide: containing the greatest variety of ornamental and useful designs in architecture and carpentry, with the most ready practical methods of executing the same, from the plan to the ornamental finish, in the most prevailing modern taste. The whole correctly engraved, on 104 copper-plates, with a full explanation in letter-press. To which is added, an estimate of prices for materials and labour, and labour only, with reference to the respective designs
Pain, William (1730?-1790?); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Wharton, JH; Piper & Sons, Bishopsgate St Without City [of London]
1781
An estimate of prices for materials has separate pagination and register.
The practical house carpenter; or, youth's instructor: containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; As Centring for Groins, Niches, &c. Examples for Roofs, Sky-Lights, &c. The Five Orders laid down by a new Scale. Mouldings, &c. at large, with their Enrichments. Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses for Town and Country, Lodges, Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, Stables, &c. Design for a Church, with Plan, Elevation, and Two Sections; an Altar-Piece, and Pulpit. Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Shop-Fronts, Door-Cases. Section of a Dining-Room and Library. Variety of Stair-Cases: with many other important Articles and useful Embellishments. To which is added, A list of prices for materials and labour, labour only, and day prices. The whole illustrated, and made perfectly easy, by 148 copper-plates, with Explanations to each. By William Pain, Author of the Practical Builder, and British Palladio
Pain, William (1730?-1790?); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1799
A list of prices, for materials and labour, and labour only,.. By William Pain .. 1799 has its own pagination and register. Bedford copy A053 has advertisement for A catalogue of modern books on arc...
The builders compleat assistant, or a library of arts and sciences, absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal in whole Numbers and Fractions. II. Geometry, Lineal, Superficial and Solid. III. Architecture, Universal. IV. Mensuration. V. Plain Trigonometry. VI. Surveying of Land, &c. Vii. Mechanick Powers. Viii. Hydrostaticks. Illustrated by above Thirteen Hundred Examples of Lines, Superficies, Solids, Mouldings, Pedestals, Columns, Pilasters, Entablatures, Pediments, Imposts, Block Cornices, Rustick Quoins, Frontispieces, Arcades, Portico's, &c. Proportioned By Modules and Minutes, According to Andrea Palladio. And by Equal Parts. Likewise, great Varieties of Trussed Roofs, Timber Bridges, Centerings, Arches, Groins, Twisted Rails, Compartments, Obelisques, Vases, Pedestals for Busto's, Sun-Dials, Fonts, &c. and Methods for raising heavy Bodies by the Force of Levers, Pulleys, Axis in Peritrochio, Screws, and Wedges; as also Water, by the common Pump, Crane, &c. Wherein The Properties, and Pressure of the Air, on Water, &c. is explained. The whole exemplified by 77 large quarto copper-plates. By B. Langley
Langley, Batty (1696-1751); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bree, Thomas
[1738]
Vol.2 consists of 77 numbered plates, dated 1738. Price from imprint: price 10 s. 6 d. the two Volumes.
The builders compleat assistant, or a library of arts and sciences, absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general. Viz. I. Arithmetick, Vulgar and Decimal in whole Numbers and Fractions. II. Geometry, Lineal, Superficial and Solid. III. Architecture, Universal. IV. Mensuration. V. Plain Trigonometry. VI. Surveying of Land, &c. Vii. Mechanick Powers. Viii. Hydrostaticks. Illustrated by above Thirteen Hundred Examples of Lines, Superficies, Solids, Mouldings, Pedestals, Columns, Pilasters, Entablatures, Pediments, Imposts, Block Cornices, Rustick Quoins, Frontispieces, Arcades, Portico's, &c. Proportioned By Modules and Minutes, According to Andrea Palladio. And by Equal Parts. Likewise, great Varieties of Trussed Roofs, Timber Bridges, Centerings, Arches, Groins, Twisted Rails, Compartments, Obelisques, Vases, Pedestals for Busto's, Sun-Dials, Fonts, &c. and Methods for raising heavy Bodies by the Force of Levers, Pulleys, Axis in Peritrochio, Screws, and Wedges; as also Water, by the common Pump, Crane, &c. Wherein The Properties, and Pressure of the Air, on Water, &c. is explained. The whole exemplified by 77 large quarto copper-plates. By B. Langley
Langley, Batty (1696-1751); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Bree, Thomas
[1738]
Vol.2 consists of 77 numbered plates, dated 1738. Price from imprint: price 10 s. 6 d. the two Volumes.
Palladio Londinensis; or, the London art of building. In three parts.... The whole illustrated with fifty-four copper plates. To which is annexed, the builder's dictionary. By William Salmon
Salmon, William (1703-1779); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Levinge, R
1755
[28]p. = The builder's dictionary, followed by publishers' advertisements. Bedford copy A056 possibly missing some plates.
The British carpenter, or, A treatise on carpentry : containing the most concise and authentick rules of that art, in a more useful and extensive method, than has been made publick
Price, Francis (1753); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Pain, George Richard (1793-1838)
1735
Two plates fold out from pp. 5 and 41 (fourth group). "A supplement to The British carpenter : containing Palladio's orders of architecture, with the ornaments of doors and windows..." (p. [4], 16 a...
Cours raisonné et détaillé du batiment (v.1)
Espitallier, M G
1931-
At head of title: École Spéciale des Travaux Publics du Batiment et de l'Industrie.
Cours raisonné et détaillé du batiment (v.2)
Espitallier, M G
1931-
At head of title: École Spéciale des Travaux Publics du Batiment et de l'Industrie.