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The grammar of ornament / by Owen Jones.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints Oversize 1868 Jones
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Owen, 1809-1874.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decoration and ornament.
- Decoration and ornament--History.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
- Genre:
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Gilt edges (Binding).
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1868.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1868.
- Bevelled edge boards (Binding) -- 1882.
- Physical Description:
- 157 p., 100 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 35 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bernard Quaritch, 1868.
- Notes:
- Added t.p. in colors.
- "Illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred and twelve plates."
- With contributions by J.B. Waring, J.O. Westwood and M.D. Wyatt.
- "Preface to the Folio Edition" dated Dec. 15, 1856
- "London: Printed by James Strangeways, Castle St., Leicester Sq."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in maroon cloth with gilt floral design inside a border over beveled-edge boards.
- Athenaeum's copy bears bookplate: "Arthur Stannard Vernay."
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Marguerite Bierman in honor of Samuel J. Dornsife.
- OCLC:
- 3049703
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