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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History5
Brotherton Collection2
Herbert Read Collection2

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building24
carpentry10
furniture making7
interior decoration7
ironwork7
architecture6
cabinetwork5
decoration and ornament5
geometry5
gilding5

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People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)18
Morisot, J.-M.-R (1767-1821)7
Alembert, Jean Le Rond D' (1717-1783)5
Benard, Robert5
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)5
Henry Sotheran Ltd.5
Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798)5
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-15804
Academie Royale Des Sciences, Des Lettres Et Des Beaux-Arts De Belgique2
Bree, Thomas2

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Rudiments of the art of building : in five sections

Dobson, Edward (1816-1908)

1849

"Illustrated with one hundred and eleven woodcuts."

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 1)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 2)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 5)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 4)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres (Vol 3)

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798); Benard, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Henry Sotheran Ltd.

[between 1751-1777]

Bedford Collection B440 is a selection of plates, descriptive text and articles on different subjects taken from Denis Diderot, Recueil de planches (completed 1772), Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclo...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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Tableaux détaillés des prix de tous les ouvrages de batiment (Vol 4)

Morisot, J.-M.-R (1767-1821); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1814-1824

Vols. 5-7 were published in 1814, no edition statement [there never was a second edition of the plate volumes or glossary vol 5]. Vols. 1-4 were published 1820-1824. Volumes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 have impri...

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