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Total number of records: 53

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Books and printed items49
Archives4

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture4
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History3

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architecture53
decoration and ornament12
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interior decoration8
decoration and ornament, architectural6
vases6
geometrical drawing5
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agriculture4

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)47
Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682)5
Leighton, Son & Hodge, London4
Myers & Co, London4
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-15804
Richardson, C J (1806-1871)4
Christie, Manson & Woods3
Langley, Batty (1696-1751)3
Sheraton, Thomas (1751-1806)3
Wenzel, Gottfried Traugott3

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A book of towers and other buildings of southern Europe : a series of dry-points engraved by Richard Wyndham

Wyndham, Richard; Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell (1897-1988)

1928

"Of this edition, printed.. on Zanders hand-made paper, 350 numbered copies are for sale ... ".

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Kylstra, Henk E

1961

Francis Foyle and Edward Scammell, recorded in Fovant; talk about farm implements (forks/prongs); fruit and vegetable growing for market; informants' places of birth; corn, barley and other crop growi...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1950s-1975

The first two [?radio broadcast] recordings on this tape relate to working and community life in Luton. The first, with an introduction by Ron Hall and possibly recorded in the late 1950s, is entitled...

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Sound Recordings, Kent

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1958-1959

[Collector announcement]; Charles Joiner, recorded in Staple in December 1958; talks about storing apples in earth; first thatching job, aged fifteen/sixteen; describes thatch sewn onto barn roofs; hi...

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Sound Recordings, Salop, Cheshire and Staffordshire

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1966

Mr. R. Morris, recorded in Llanymynech (Salop) on the 26 September 1966; talks about types of plough; waggoners; ploughing (matches); corn stacks; haymaking - use of horse mower, turning, making cocks...

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Views in Paris

Couché, François-Louis (1782-1849); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

[1818?]

Spine title.

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A booke of sundry draughtes : Principaly serving for glasiers: and not impertinent for plasterers, and gardeners: besides sundry other professions

Gedde, Walter; Shaw, Henry (1800-1873); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sandys, George Owen (1884-1973)

1848

From the edition of 1615, with additions. Edited by Henry Shaw. "The present work is almost wholly copied from a small volume entitled. A book of sundry draughts [by Walter Gidde]... London, 1615." ...

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A booke of sundry draughtes : Principaly serving for glasiers: and not impertinent for plasterers, and gardeners: besides sundry other professions

Gedde, Walter; Shaw, Henry (1800-1873); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sandys, George Owen (1884-1973)

1848

From the edition of 1615, with additions. Edited by Henry Shaw. "The present work is almost wholly copied from a small volume entitled. A book of sundry draughts [by Walter Gidde]... London, 1615." ...

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Le guide de l'ornemaniste : ou, de l'ornement pour la décoration des batiments tels que frises, arabesques, panneaux, rosaces, candelabres, vases, etc

Normand, Charles Pierre Joseph (1765-1840); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1847

Engraved half-title. Plates engraved by Ph. Keppel.

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