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Total number of records: 29

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Archives15
Books and printed items14

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture14
Brotherton Collection3
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Leeds Russian Archive1
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1
Ripon Cathedral1

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architecture29
buildings15
occupations14
community life12
agriculture10
food9
nature9
animals8
food crops8
handicraft8

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England2
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Genoa, Italy1
London (England)1
Moscow (Russia)1
Rome (Italy)1
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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)8
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Kylstra, Henk E3
Baldwin, Robert2
Byrne, William2
Byrne, William (1743-1805)2
Hearne, Thomas (1744-1817)2
Heath, James2
Heath, James (1757-1834)2
Landseer. John2

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Archive Print Item

Antiquities of Great Britain : illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing (v.1)

Hearne, Thomas (1744-1817); Byrne, William (1743-1805); Heath, James (1757-1834); Landseer. John (1769-1852); Middiman, Samuel (1750-1831); Medland, Thomas; Sparrow, J; Lowry, Wilson (1762-1824)

1807

Printer statement from t.p. versos and colophons. Added engraved full pictorial t.p. in v. I, dated 2 Feb. 1786, engraved by J. Heath and J. Landseer after T. Hearne. Vol. I: [6] p., LI numbered l...

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Antiquities of Great Britain : illustrated in views of monasteries, castles, and churches, now existing (v.2)

Hearne, Thomas (1744-1817); Byrne, William (1743-1805); Heath, James (1757-1834); Landseer. John (1769-1852); Middiman, Samuel (1750-1831); Medland, Thomas; Sparrow, J; Lowry, Wilson (1762-1824)

1807

Printer statement from t.p. versos and colophons. Added engraved full pictorial t.p. in v. I, dated 2 Feb. 1786, engraved by J. Heath and J. Landseer after T. Hearne. Vol. I: [6] p., LI numbered l...

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A critical review of the public buildings, statues, and ornaments, In and about London and Westminister. Originally written by - Ralphk, architect, and now reprinted with very large additions. The whole being digested into a six days tour, in which every thing worthy the attention of the judicious enquirer, is pointed out and described

Ralph, James (1762); Ralph, Benjamin; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Burleigh, C; Mittford, J

1783

Generally attributed to James Ralph, sometimes ascribed to Benjamin Ralph. With an index and two final advertisement leaves.

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Cruck-Framed Building
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Cruck-Framed Building

[1970s]

Derelict stone, cruck-framed farm building with a thatched roof, at a unidentified location. The roof has largely collapsed, leaving the cruck timbers exposed.

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Barn at Wadworth

[1960s]

Board-mounted photograph of a stone barn at Wadworth (near Doncaster, South Yorkshire). The roof slates are incomplete, leaving the timber frame of the roof exposed.

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Pami︠a︡tniki arkhitektury Moskvy

Posokhin, M V; Moskovskiĭ gorodskoĭ sovet narodnykh deputatov. Ispolnitelʹnyĭ komitet

1982

On leaf preceding title page: Ispolnitelʹnyĭ komitet Moskovskogo gorodskogo soveta narodnykh deputatov... Four col. maps on 2 folded leaves inserted.

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The plans, elevations, and sections; chimney-pieces, and cielings of Houghton in Norfolk; the seat of the Rt. Honourable Sr. Robert Walpole; first Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer; and Knt. of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Ware, Isaac (1704?-1766); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Earle, Augustine (1762); Van Neck, Sir Joshua (1777)

MDCCXXXV. [1735]

Engraved titlepage. The single leaf of letterpress contains the dedication. The plates are engraved by Fourdrinier from drawings by Isaac Ware. Architects: William Kent, T Ripley With 35 plates num...

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Exemplars of Tudor architecture, adapted to modern habitations : with illustrative details, selected from ancient edifices; and observations on the furniture of the Tudor period

Hunt, T F; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

M.DCCC.XLI. [1841]

Reprint. Originally published: London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830. The etched plates retain the original imprint, with date 1829. Collation: [A]⁴ B-2C⁴ [$1 signed]; 104 leaves,...

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The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.

1969-1979

This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...

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Topping Out Ceremony

July 1967

Topping out ceremony at a new block of flats near Swiss Cottage, London. The ceremony is traditional in the building industry, and marks either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in t...

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