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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)31
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Riley, NoëL2
Smith, George (1786-1826)2
Taylor, J (1761-1834)2
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Practische Zeichnungen von Meubles : im neusten und geläutertsten Geschmacke mit beigefügtem Maasstab : für architekten, tischler, vergolder, bildhauer unde überhaupt für alle sich diesem fache widmenden Künstler; mit besonderer Rücksicht auf leichte ausführbarkeit, auch als vorlegeblatter fur sonntags- und industrie-schulen anwendbar (vol. 2)

Mercker, Friedrich Wilhelm; Andrä, Friedrich; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Technical Museum Library, Czech Republic

1830-1844

Second part is dated 1830, 3-5 1831, 6-8 1832, 9-10 1833, 11-12 1834, 13-14 1835, 15-16 1836, 17-19 1837, 20 1838, 21-23 1839, 24-25 1840, 26--27 1841, 28 1842, 29 1843, 30 1844.

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Practische Zeichnungen von Meubles : im neusten und geläutertsten Geschmacke mit beigefügtem Maasstab : für architekten, tischler, vergolder, bildhauer unde überhaupt für alle sich diesem fache widmenden Künstler; mit besonderer Rücksicht auf leichte ausführbarkeit, auch als vorlegeblatter fur sonntags- und industrie-schulen anwendbar (vol. 1)

Mercker, Friedrich Wilhelm; Andrä, Friedrich; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); National Technical Museum Library, Czech Republic

1830-1844

Second part is dated 1830, 3-5 1831, 6-8 1832, 9-10 1833, 11-12 1834, 13-14 1835, 15-16 1836, 17-19 1837, 20 1838, 21-23 1839, 24-25 1840, 26--27 1841, 28 1842, 29 1843, 30 1844.

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New designs for cabinet and upholstery furniture (oversize)

King, Thomas furniture pattern designer; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[after 1820]

Price £ 1. 6 coloured. Bedford Collection K091 has no plate numbered 15. Plates 1, 9, 14 & 16 are watermarked J Whatman 1820. A note by John Bedford dates this work as c.1825, probably the earliest...

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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill

Snodin, Michael; Roman, Cynthia E; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Lewis Walpole Library; Yale Center for British Art; Victoria and Albert Museum

[2009]

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art, 15 Oct. 2009-3 Jan. 2010 and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, 6 Mar.-4 July 2010. "This publication accompani...

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The ladies amusement; or, Whole art of japanning made easy. : Illustrated in upwards of fifteen-hundred different designs, on two hundred copper plates; consisting of flowers, shells, figures, birds, insects, landscapes, shipping, beasts, vases, borders, &c. All adapt
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The ladies amusement, or, Whole art of japanning made easy : Illustrated in upwards of fifteen-hundred different designs, on two hundred copper plates; consisting of flowers, shells, figures, birds, insects, landscapes, shipping, beasts, vases, borders, &c. All adapted in the best manner for joining in groupes, or being placed in single objects

Sayer, Robert (1725-1794); Pillement, Jean (1728-1808); Fenn, C; Rösel von Rosenhof, August Johann (1705-1759); Benoist, A (1721-1770); Walker, Anthony (1726-1765); Hemmerich, Cornelius Heinrich; June, John (fl. 1740-1770); Hancock, Robert (1730-1817); Benazech, Peter (1730?-1798); Elliot, William (1727-1766); Roberts, James (1725-1799); Stevens, H; Couse, J; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Landsbergs Bokhandel

[1762?]

Date of publication taken from ESTC. Oblong folio; horizontal chain lines. "The art of japanning made easy": pages 3-6. "A collection of curious insects": plates 83-95. Plates 137-142, 154 and 158...

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Restoration London

Picard, Liza (1927-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1997

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-318) and index.

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Album of eighteenth-century plates of ornamental designs for trophies, shields, vases, print rooms etc
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Album of eighteenth-century plates of ornamental designs for trophies, shields, vases, print rooms etc

Vivares, François and others (1709-1780); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Charpentier, Francois-Phillipe? (1734-1817); Angier, Paul (1725-1757); Benoist, Antoine (1721-1770?); Le Pautre, Jean (1618-1682); Delafosse, Jean Baptiste? (1721-1806); Eisen, Charles-Doinique-Joseph (1720-1778); Darly, Matthew (1721-1780); Le Romain, Jacques Dumont (1701-1781); Edwards, George (1694-1773); Peyrotte, Alexis (1699-1769); Brunetti, Gaetano? (1758); Babel, Pierre Edme (1775); Nilson, Johann Esaias (1721-1788); Hemerick; Sympson, Samuel (1751); Vivares, Thomas (1744-1783)

[approximately 1754-1798]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Album or scrapbook containing eighteenth-century ornamental plates.

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Le guide du fabricant de meubles et du décorateur album de sièges, contenant une grande collection de modèles variés (oversize)

Jansen, M; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Guilmard, Désiré (1810-1889); Quétin, Victor; Coste Frères, Montpellier

[1840-1850]

Bedford Collection K128 is a pattern book comprising plates of furniture designs from several other publications by Jansen, Guilmard and Quetin. 1. Le guide du fabricant de meubles et du décorateur...

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The accomplished lady : a history of genteel pursuits c. 1660-1860

Riley, Noël; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2017

Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-453) and index. Introduction -- 1. A woman's lot -- 2. educating a lady -- 3. Reading and literary pursuits -- 4. Cards, indoor games and theatricals -...

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The accomplished lady : a history of genteel pursuits c. 1660-1860 (c.2)

Riley, Noël; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2017

Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-453) and index. Introduction -- 1. A woman's lot -- 2. educating a lady -- 3. Reading and literary pursuits -- 4. Cards, indoor games and theatricals -...

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