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Total number of records: 183

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decoration and ornament50
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decoration and ornament, architectural15
metal-work13
patents12
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)183
Catton Printing, Norwich10
Alembert, Jean Le Rond D' (1717-1783)5
Benard, Robert5
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)5
Henry Sotheran Ltd.5
Panckoucke, Charles Joseph (1736-1798)5
Richardson, C J (1806-1871)5
Chippendale, Thomas (1718-1779)4
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-17794

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Wrinch's red book : of garden requisites and garden furniture

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Wrinch & Sons

1910

Trade catalogue. Contains index.

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Manual of wood carving : with practical illustrations for learners of the art, and original and selected designs

Bemrose, William (1831-1908); Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William (1816-1886); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1865?]

Title page printed in brown, red and black; title page and all other pages with red border. Plates printed in brown.

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The decorative arts ecclesiastical and civil of the Middle Ages

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

1851

Title printed in red and black. Printer's device in red and black on title page. 23 of the plates are chromolithographs. "Corrigenda": first unnumbered page.

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Illustrated designs of cabinet furniture : engraved from photographs of stock at their new premises and manufactory, 8, Pall Mall East and 1,2,3, Dorset Place, Charing Cross, London

Nicholls, C F; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Hampton & Sons

[186-?]

At head of title: Established 1830. Hampton & Sons. T.p. and text printed in red and black; t.p. has red and black ornamental border; text pages have red single-ruled borders. Illustrations accomp...

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Specimens of antique carved furniture and woodwork : measured and drawn

Marshall, Arthur architect; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1888

Ornamented title page, engraved in black and red.

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The modern builder's assistant; or, a concise epitome of the whole system of architecture; In which The various Branches of that excellent Study are establish'd on the most familiar Principles, And rendered adequate to every Capacity; Being useful to the Proficient, and easy to the Learner. Divided into three parts. Containing I. A Correct View of the Five Orders, explained in several Sheets of Letter-Press. II. Consisting of Regular Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses, in the most elegant and convenient Manner, either for the Reception of Noblemen, Gentlemen or Tradesmen with large or small Families, adapted to the Taste of Town or Country. To which Part is added, A great Variety of other Plans for Offices or Out-Houses adjoining to them of different Dimensions for Domestic Uses; Such as Kitchens, Wash-Houses, Malt-Houses, Bake-Houses, Brew-Houses, Dairies, Vaults, Stables, Coach-Houses, Dog-Kennels, &c. &c. Together with the Estimates of each Design, and Proper Instructions to the Workmen how to execute the same. III. Exhibiting (ornamental as well as plain) a Variety of Chimney-Pieces, Windows, Doors, Sections of Stair-Cases, Rooms, Halls, Saloons, &c. Skreens for Rooms, also Cielings, Piers, and Gate-Roofs, &c. &c. The whole beautifully engraved on eighty five folio copper plates, from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, Architects and Carpenters, Robert Morris, Surveyor, and and T. Lightoler, Carver

Halfpenny, William (1755); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sayer, Robert (1725-1794)

MDCCVLII [1757]

Titlepage in red and black.

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Ancient coffers and cupboards : their history and description from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century

Roe, Fred (1864-1947); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1902

Title in red and black.

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An account of the Kenilworth buffet : with elaborately carved relievos, illustrative of Kenilworth Castle, in the Elizabethan period, designed and executed by Messrs Cookes and Sons, of Warwick, for the Grand Exposition of Industry of all Nations

Jones, William of Warwickshire, Eng; Masters, Joseph (1795-1863); Cooke, H T; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Cundall & Addey

1851

Text printed in double columns. Title in red and black within double line border.

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Designs for coloured ornamental windows : from the glass works of Chance Brothers & Co. near Birmingham

Giniez, Jean Étienne Frédéric (1813-1867); Lemercier, Alfred; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Chance Brothers and Co.

1853

"Executed by F. Giniez for Chance Brothers & Co., Chromolith Lemercier, Paris"--Plate XXVIII. Title page printed in red and black.

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