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Total number of records: 1992

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	1396
Archives	585
Art items	10
Objects	1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	519
Brotherton Collection	271
Herbert Read Collection	126
Leeds Russian Archive	100
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History	68
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	48
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection	33
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive	32
Cookery Collection	21
English Literature	21

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
architecture	1236
buildings	552
agriculture	305
dwellings	298
occupations	274
architecture, domestic	202
church architecture	191
nature	174
quarries and quarrying	159
animals	144

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
England	174
Great Britain	55
Ireland	39
Rome (Italy)	29
Wales	28
France	19
Italy	17
London (England)	16
London, United Kingdom	15
Russia (Federation)	15

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	511
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)	137
Brunk, Wille	58
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)	55
Britton, John (1771-1857)	39
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)	39
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)	31
Brewer, James Norris (1829-)	30
Britton, John	30
Brayley, E W (1773-1854)	29

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1400	1
From 1500	7
From 1600	22
From 1700	156
From 1800	446
From 1900	1359

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1499	1
Up to 1599	7
Up to 1699	21
Up to 1799	133
Up to 1899	445
Up to 1999	1385

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A complete body of architecture. Adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs. By Isaac Ware, Esq. of His Majesty's board of works. In which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones, never before published (oversize)

Ware, Isaac (1704?-1766); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Guest, John; Scott, Arthur Finley

MDCCLXVII. [1767]

Titlepage in red and black. Comprises books I-X [1-10]. The last 2 leaves contain the index. A re-issue of the sheets of the Osborne and Shipton 1756 edition, with a different titlepage, and sig...

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Goths and Vandals : a study of the destruction, neglect and preservation of historical buildings in England

Briggs, Martin S (1882-1977); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1952

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index.

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Arkhitekturnye teorii XIX veka v Rossii

Kirichenko, E I

1986

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-344).

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Architectural turned woodwork of the 16th, 17th, & 18th centuries : a portfolio of full-size details

Small, Tunstall; Woodbridge, Christopher; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Billing and Sons

[1931?]

Loose sheets in portfolio. "AD 23"--Spine.

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A history of architecture on the comparative method : for the student, craftsman and amateur

Fletcher, Sir Banister (1833-1899); Fletcher, Sir Banister (1866-1953)

1901

Running title: Comparative architecture. Publisher's catalogue (16 pages) at end.

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The architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794) (v.ii)

Bolton, Arthur T (1864-); Spiers, Walter L; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1922]

Volume 2 includes "The topographical index to the collection of Adam drawings now in the Sir John Soane Museum... / made and classified by the late Walter L. Spiers ... sixth curator of the Sir John S...

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