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Total number of records: 15

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decoration and ornament, architectural15
architecture7
decoration and ornament7
fireplaces3
furniture2
garden structures2
interior decoration2
palaces2
urns2
architecture, classical1

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Italy4
Europe1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)15
Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682)3
Adair, William2
Albertolli, Giocondo (1742-1839)2
Androuet Du Cerceau, Jacques (1549-1584)2
Babel, P E2
BéRain, Jean (1640-1711)2
Bosse, Abraham (1602-1676)2
Callot, Jacques (1592-1635)2
Christie'S London2

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Box of loose printed single sheets comprising plates of furniture and ornamental designs from a variety of publishers (12 items)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682); Huet, Jean-Baptiste (1745-1811); Faber, John (1695?-1756); Göz, Gottfried Bernhard (1708-1774); Cramer, J B (1771-1858); Wyman & Sons; Marsh, Jones & Cribb (Leeds); Laurie & Whittle

between 1650 and 1899

A box of 12 loose printed single sheets including plates of furniture, architectural designs, portraits, a cover for sheet music, some of which are taken from publications. Title supplied by catalogu...

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Examples of ornamental sculpture in architecture : drawn from the originals of bronze, marble, and terra cot[ta] in Greece, Asia Minor, and Italy (oversize)

Vulliamy, Lewis (1791-1871); Moses, Henry (1782?-1870); Prowett, Septimus (179-?-1867); Jennings, Robert (fl. 1812-1831?); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Architectural Library; Priestley and Weale; Chatfield & Coleman

[1823-1827]

Engraved title page. Plates drawn by Lewis Vulliamy, architecture, and engraved by Henry Moses. Plates dated 1823 to 1827.

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Scelta di ornati antichi e moderni

Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1766-1839); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1801

Engraved throughout.

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Original designs in architecture (oversize)

Thomas, William (1800); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1783

With a 2-page list of subscribers. Plates by J. Roberts, E. Malpas, and T. Miller, after the author. Plates dated 1781

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The encyclopaedia of ornament

Shaw, Henry (1800-1873); Pickering, William (1796-1854); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1842

Added illustrated title page.

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The British architect: or, the builder's treasury of stair-cases. Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious Method of drawing the Five Orders, than has hitherto been published, by a Scale of Twelve equal Parts, free from those troublesome Divisions call'd Aliquot Parts. Shewing also how to giue up their Columns and Capitals. II. Likewise Stair-Cases, (those most useful, ornamental, and necessary Parts of a Building, though never before sufficiently described in any Book, Ancient or Modern); shewing their most convenient Situation, and the Form of their Ascending in the most grand Manner: With a great Variety of curious Ornaments, whereby any Gentleman may fix on what will suit him best, there being Examples of all Kinds; and necessary Directions for such Persons as are unacquainted with that Branch. III. Designs of Arches, Doors, and Windows. IV. A great Variety of New and Curious Chimney-Pieces, in the most elegant and modern Taste. V. Corbels, Shields, and other beautiful Decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary Rules of Carpentry; with the Manner of Truss'd Roofs, and the Nature of a splay'd circular Soffit, both in a streight and circular Wall, never published before. Together with Raking Cornices, Groins, and Angle Brackets, described. The Whole being illustrated with upwards of One Hundred Designs and Examples, curiously engraved by the best Hands on Sixty Folio Copper-Plates. By Abraham Swan, Architect (oversize)

Swan, Abraham; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sainsbury, Montagu Ely (1905-1998?)

M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]

In some copies the names of Meadows and Hitch and Hawes have been erased and replaced in ink with Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Buckland. Bedford Collection K086 has imprint with Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Buc...

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Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); Kent, William (1685-1748); Vardy, John (1718-1765); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Shafto, Robert; Adair, William; Johnson, Francis

1744

Title within ornamental border. Engraved throughout by John Vardy. Edited by William Kent.

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Opera ornamentale di Giuseppe Borsato

Borsato, Giuseppe (1771-1849); Vallardi, Giuseppe (1784-1861); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Accademia di belle arti di Venezia

MDCCCXXXI [1831]

Issued in 10 fascicles of 6 plates each. Includes index. Plates engraved by Comirato, F Pirona, Annibale and others.

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Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent (oversize)

Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); Kent, William (1685-1748); Vardy, John (1718-1765); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Shafto, Robert; Adair, William; Johnson, Francis

1744

Title within ornamental border. Engraved throughout by John Vardy. Edited by William Kent.

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Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti (oversize)

Albertolli, Giocondo (1742-1839); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Mercoli, Giacomo (1745-1825)

1787

Engraved title page and dedication (to comte de Wilzeck). [2] pages of letterpress. Bedford Collection K008 (another copy) is first item in a bound volume of 3 items. Bedford Collection K008 bound...

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Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti

Albertolli, Giocondo (1742-1839); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Mercoli, Giacomo (1745-1825)

1787

Engraved title page and dedication (to comte de Wilzeck). [2] pages of letterpress. Bedford Collection K008 (another copy) is first item in a bound volume of 3 items. Bedford Collection K008 bound...

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