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Collection groupCount
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History646
Brotherton Collection97
Herbert Read Collection17
Cookery Collection16
English Literature13
Liddle Collection12
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society10
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society3
Art and Antique Market2
LGBTQ2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
furniture1035
art420
decoration and ornament343
meubles326
interior decoration262
architecture260
decorative arts246
booksellers' catalogs186
catalogues de librairies182
furniture design180

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England1420
Great Britain673
London (England)283
France104
Ireland99
Europe69
United States35
Scotland33
Wales32
Germany26

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People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)5545
Great Britain. Post Office181
Guildhall Library (London, England)173
Christie, Manson & Woods171
Sotheby'S (Firm)133
Furniture History Society (London, England)109
Perry, Thomas Aloysius (1820-1907)82
Worrall, A82
Victoria and Albert Museum76
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)73

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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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The age of ugliness : showpieces of Dutch decorative art 1835-1895

Kiers, Judikje; Schoemaker, Theo; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)

1995

Catalogued from cover. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Age of Ugliness: Showpieces of Dutch Interior Design 1835-1895 at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 25 November 1995-31 March 1996"--...

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The magazine antiques (v. 157, no. 6, June 2000)

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1971]-

Description based on: May 2006; title from cover.

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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (v.1)

Gell, Sir William (1777-1836); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1832

Added title page, engraved (v. 1) by Moses, dated April 15 1830.

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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (v.2)

Gell, Sir William (1777-1836); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1832

Added title page, engraved (v. 1) by Moses, dated April 15 1830.

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Essai sur l'art des jardins modernes

Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Walpole, Horace (1717-1797); Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini duc de (1716-1798); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

MDCCLXXXV [1785]

Even numbers on rectos. Printed by Edward Yardley, assistant to Kirgate. An edition of 400 copies printed. Indexed in: ESTC

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The country house kitchen 1650-1900: skills and equipment for food provisioning

Sambrook, Pamela; Brears, Peter C D; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Wilson, C Anne; National Trust

[1996]

"Based on papers from the eighth Leeds Symposium on Food History, April 1993, and the ninth, April 1994, with several additional chapters. This is the eighth volume in the series 'Food and society', p...

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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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The industry of all nations, 1851 : the Art journal illustrated catalogue

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1851]

Engraved title-page.

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A letter to H. Repton, Esq. : on the application of the practice as well as the principles of landscape-painting to landscape-gardening: intended as a supplement to the Essay on the picturesque

Price, Sir Uvedale (1747-1829); Repton, Humphry (1752-1818); Price, Sir Uvedale (1747-1829); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1795

Indexed in: ESTC

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Exhibition of art treasures, 1928 : the Grafton Galleries

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Grafton Galleries; British Antique Dealers' Association

1928

Catalogue of an exhibition at the Grafton Galleries, London, April 30 - May 26, 1928.

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An account of some of the statues, bas-reliefs, drawings and pictures in Italy, &c : with remarks

Richardson, Jonathan (1665-1745); Richardson, Jonathan (1694-1771); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Adam, John (1721-1792); Jack, Ian (1923-2008)

1722

With a postscript. Printed by William Bowyer.

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