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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)121
Georgian Group (London, England)33
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Harris, John (1931-)4
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Carter, John (1748-1817)2
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)2
Cook, Andrew George2
Fuhring, Peter2
Gloag, John (1896-1981)2

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The Regency style : 1800 to 1830

Pilcher, Donald; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)

[1947]

Includes bibliographical references.

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Designs of Inigo Jones and others published by I: Ware

Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Ware, Isaac (1766); Fourdrinier, Paul (1698-1758); Kent, William (1685-1748)

[1733]?

Engraved throughout by P. Fourdrinier after Isaac Ware. The designs are by Inigo Jones and William Kent with one each by Lord Burlington and Isaac Ware. Harris has date of publication as 1731? On v...

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The antique and modern embellisher : consisting of ornamented architraves, frizes, imposts, frets, cymas, astragals, &c. &c. with sundry curious and useful Moresque, Gothic, Indian and French borders: collected from antique reliques, ancient authors, original drawings from the best Italian, French, and English architects

Willson, Alexander; Roberts, J (1765-1780); Pettit, W; Sayer, Robert (1725-1794); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Colvin, Howard Montagu (1919-2007); Bloomsbury Book Auctions

1766

Bedford Collection A124 is incomplete: wanting plates 1, 2, 40, 41, 50.

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The builder's magazine, and complete architectural library for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. : As well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building. Consisting of designs in architecture, in every stile and taste, from the most magnificent and superb structures, down to the most simple and unadorned. Together with the plans, sections, and elevations, serving as an unerring assistant in the construction of any building, from a palace to a cottage. In which will be introduced, grand and elegant designs for chimney-pieces, ceilings, doors, windows, &c. proper for halls, saloons, vestibules, state rooms, dining rooms, parlours, drawing rooms, anti rooms, dressing rooms, bed rooms, &c. Together with designs for churches, hospitals, and other public buildings. Also plans, elevations, and sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste, calculated to embellish parks, gardens, forests, woods, canals, mounts, vistos, islands, extensive views, &c. Exclusive of the new and elegant designs, ample instructions are given in the letter-press concerning all the terms of art used in every branch of building. Also, under proper heads, the laws for the regulation of buildings-the substance of the Builders Act, &c.-and a list of the prices allowed by the most eminent surveyors in London to the several artificers concerned in building. The whole forming a complete system of architecture in all its branches, and so disposed as to render the surveyor, carpenter, bricklayer, mason, &c. equally capable to erect a cathedral, a mansion, a temple, or a rural cot.... Embellished with upwards of three hundred elegant quarto and folio engravings. By a Society of Architects, each having undertaken the department in which he particularly excels. Revised, corrected, and superintended, by Andrew George Cook, architect and builder (Vol 2)

Carter, John (1748-1817); Cook, Andrew George; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Ison, Leonora (1904-1996); Ison, Walter (1908-1997); Harris, John (1931-); Stone, Reynolds (1909-1979)

[between 1794 and 1817]

Society of Architects = John Carter. The second volume consists of the plates and their explanatory notes. Originally issued in monthly parts between 1774 and 1778 as: The builder's magazine: or Mon...

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The builder's magazine, and complete architectural library for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. : As well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building. Consisting of designs in architecture, in every stile and taste, from the most magnificent and superb structures, down to the most simple and unadorned. Together with the plans, sections, and elevations, serving as an unerring assistant in the construction of any building, from a palace to a cottage. In which will be introduced, grand and elegant designs for chimney-pieces, ceilings, doors, windows, &c. proper for halls, saloons, vestibules, state rooms, dining rooms, parlours, drawing rooms, anti rooms, dressing rooms, bed rooms, &c. Together with designs for churches, hospitals, and other public buildings. Also plans, elevations, and sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste, calculated to embellish parks, gardens, forests, woods, canals, mounts, vistos, islands, extensive views, &c. Exclusive of the new and elegant designs, ample instructions are given in the letter-press concerning all the terms of art used in every branch of building. Also, under proper heads, the laws for the regulation of buildings-the substance of the Builders Act, &c.-and a list of the prices allowed by the most eminent surveyors in London to the several artificers concerned in building. The whole forming a complete system of architecture in all its branches, and so disposed as to render the surveyor, carpenter, bricklayer, mason, &c. equally capable to erect a cathedral, a mansion, a temple, or a rural cot.... Embellished with upwards of three hundred elegant quarto and folio engravings. By a Society of Architects, each having undertaken the department in which he particularly excels. Revised, corrected, and superintended, by Andrew George Cook, architect and builder (Vol 1)

Carter, John (1748-1817); Cook, Andrew George; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Ison, Leonora (1904-1996); Ison, Walter (1908-1997); Harris, John (1931-); Stone, Reynolds (1909-1979)

[between 1794 and 1817]

Society of Architects = John Carter. The second volume consists of the plates and their explanatory notes. Originally issued in monthly parts between 1774 and 1778 as: The builder's magazine: or Mon...

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Stylistic cold wars : Betjeman versus Pevsner

Mowl, Tim; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2000

Includes index.

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Modern architecture, mythical landscapes & ancient ruins

Curtis, William J R; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1997

Given April 9, 1977 at the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields.

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Eileen Gray : designer 1879-1976

Johnson, J Stewart; Strong, Roy C; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Victoria & Albert Museum; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

[1979]

Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

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British architects and craftsmen : a survey of taste, design, and style during three centuries, 1600 to 1830

Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell (1897-1988); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1945]

Includes index.

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The Georgian Group journal (v.xxi, 2013)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Georgian Group (London, England)

Description based on: 1987; title from cover.

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The Georgian Group journal (v.xiii, 2003)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Georgian Group (London, England)

Description based on: 1987; title from cover.

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The Georgian Group journal (v.xii, 2002)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Georgian Group (London, England)

Description based on: 1987; title from cover.

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