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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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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,...
The chimney-piece-maker's daily assistant, or, a treasury of new designs for chimney-pieces, for the year 1769: containing, grand and elegant designs, proper to be executed in halls, salones, vestibules, guard rooms, state rooms, parlours, dining rooms, drawing rooms, anti rooms, music rooms, cabinets, bed rooms, dressing rooms, &c. Together with six plates of mouldings at large, ornamented with curious new enrichments. The whole neatly engraved on 32 copper-plates, from original drawings, by Robert Baldwin, architect. Vol. II
Baldwin, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sainsbury, M
1769
Consists largely of plates with a letterpress titlepage and two final advertisement leaves. Bedford Copy A090 [another copy] is first item in a bound volume of 2 items. Bedford Copy A090 [another ...
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...
The chimney-piece-maker's daily assistant, or, a treasury of new designs for chimney-pieces, for the year 1769: containing, grand and elegant designs, proper to be executed in halls, salones, vestibules, guard rooms, state rooms, parlours, dining rooms, drawing rooms, anti rooms, music rooms, cabinets, bed rooms, dressing rooms, &c. Together with six plates of mouldings at large, ornamented with curious new enrichments. The whole neatly engraved on 32 copper-plates, from original drawings, by Robert Baldwin, architect. Vol. II
Baldwin, Robert; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sainsbury, M
1769
Consists largely of plates with a letterpress titlepage and two final advertisement leaves. Bedford Copy A090 [another copy] is first item in a bound volume of 2 items. Bedford Copy A090 [another ...
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...