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Total number of records: 2053

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Books and printed items1781
Archives267
Objects3
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Brotherton Collection1086
Herbert Read Collection924
English Literature254
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive101
Leeds Russian Archive76
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History66
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture58
Art and Antique Market21
LGBTQ21
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society9

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art2053
art, modern313
modernism (art)205
english poetry203
anarchism201
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aesthetics94
advertisements82
decoration and ornament74
furniture62

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England119
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)420
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)185
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)128
Perry, Thomas Aloysius (1820-1907)82
Worrall, A82
Christie, Manson & Woods54
Sotheby'S (Firm)52
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)41
Victoria and Albert Museum23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)21

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The tomb of two sculptors at Thebes

Davies, Norman de Garis (1865-1941); Metropolitan Museum of Art

1925

At head of title: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Of this book five hundred copies were printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper in the month of May, MCMXXV." Each plate accompanied by guard sheet w...

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Gli Uffizi : catalogo generale

Galleria degli Uffizi

c1979

Includes bibliographies and index.

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The monuments of Nineveh : from drawings made on the spot

Layard, Sir Austen Henry (1817-1894)

1849

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Atlas zur Archäologie der Kunst... [etc.]

Sittl, Karl (1862-1899)

1897

In portfolio. Sittl's name appears at the end of the 'Vorwort'.

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The Fine Art Society 2006 : paintings, works on paper, sculpture, furniture & decorative arts

Fine Art Society

2006

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Fine Art Society, London, 28 June to 27 July 2006.

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Chris Beetles Summer show 2002

Wooton, David; Chris Beetles Limited

2002

Published on the occasion of the annual Summer exhibition held at Chris Beetles Limited in 2002. Pricelist included. Includes bibliographical references (page 52).

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Glasgow University's pictures: a selection of paintings, drawings, prints, and other works from the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow

Hunterian Museum (University of Glasgow); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co

[1973]

Stamped on t.p.: Supplied by World Wide Books, Boston, Mass. Catalog of an exhibition held at P. and D. Colnaghi, 4th Sept.-5th Oct. 1973.

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Vienna Secession. Art nouveau to 1970. (Exhibition.) Royal Academy of Arts, London. 9 Jan.-7 March 1971

Wiener Secession; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

1971)

Leeds University Library copy at Albert Dawson Trust Collection: Inscription - Price of item (50p) written in pencil on half title page.

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20th century portraits : [cataglogue of an] exhibition at 15 Carlton House Terrace, S.W.1

Gibson, Robin; National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)

1978

"Published for the exhibition held from 9 June to 17 September 1978 at the National Portrait Gallery."

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Made at the Slade : a survey of mature works by ex-students of the Slade School of Fine Art, 1892-1960

Slade School of Fine Art; Brighton Polytechnic

[1979]

"The Gallery, Brighton Polytechnic... 1st-29th November 1979. The Royal Museum ... Canterbury, Kent, 8th December 1979-5th January 1980. The Museum & Art Gallery ... Reading, Berks, 12th January-2nd F...

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