"L'Ornement Polychrome - Deuxieme Serie - Cent-Vignt Planche en couleur, or et argent - contenant environ de 2000 motifs de tous les styles - Art Anciens et Asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance, XVII & XVIII Siecles " by RACINET M.A.:

Paris: Firmin-Didot, (not dated). Softcover. Fair (missing covers, dampstaining throughout, age toned, it's difficult to determine if all plates are present). Oversized, loose pages with no covers; unpaginated with profuse color plates. Text is in French. The Polychrome Ornament: Duexieme Serie: One Hundred and Twenty Plates in Gold and Silver Color; Ancient and Asian Art Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries.

Stuttgart: Verlag von Paul neff, 1880. Dritte Auflage. Hardbound. VG. Plates are clean and crisp, slight soiling here and there at the extremities. The box itself is held together with old duct tape.. Original cardboard case surrounding the loose sheets, with paper label. (iv), 60, (6) pages, 100 chromolithographic plates with accompanying leaves of text. An astounding set of 100 vividly colored plates and their accompanying text (in German). In this book, we see examples and illustrations of ornamental designs on porcelain, tapestries, enamels, silks, jewellery, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, jewelry, furniture, etc. from Greek, Byzantine, Indian, Renaissance, Celtic, Arab, Persian and many other styles of design. Bookpress (Williamsburg, VA) states: Third German edition. First published in ten parts from 1869-1873, this third German edition uses the same plates as the first, printed by Didot of Paris. Racinet's work, along with Owen Jones's "The Grammar of Ornament", are the two great… Read More

Paris: Firmin-Didot, (not dated). Hardcover. Good (heavy shelfwear and scuffing to the boards, title page has foxing and soiling, internal hinges are broken, pages are lightly age toned but plates are otherwise very clear. It appears all plates are present). Oversized bound in 3/4 burgundy leather boards, 5 raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and design; all edge gilt, marble illustrated end papers; unpaginated with profuse color plates. Text is in French. The Polychrome Ornament: Duexieme Serie: One Hundred and Twenty Plates in Gold and Silver Color; Ancient and Asian Art Middle Ages, Renaissance, 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries.

Paris, France: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1888. Good- (portfolio w/ highly scuffed & scratched; spotted staining. corners bumped rubbed. spine edges rubbed, tears to upper edges. all descriptive sheets & packets will have moderate hued dampstaining to front and back lower edges, staining stretches to near middle of upper edges. plates have instances of scuffs & smudges; chips, tears to edges). green cloth portfolio w/ gilt printing. 220 color plates w/ descriptive inserts, packets, introductory pgs. Tome II, Cinquieme Edition; plates Number 101 through 220. Plates--possibly from their different paper stock--do not exhibit dampstaining; though, there may be a few light instances. Plates are hand numbered in pencil at corners.

London / Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1871. Hardcover. Good+ (ex-library w/ stamp to title pg. boards scuffed, rubbed, stained & darkened; large darkened/discolored area to back board. corners rubbed to boards. spine harshly rubbed at ends; rubbing to compartments & gilt w/ peeling. dampstained hardening to back board & its interior edges; red discolored dampstaining to the edges of the final pg. spotted foxing to pastdowns & endpapers, opening & closing pgs; scattered instances throughout, otherwise plates remain unscathed). red, pebbled cloth boards w/ gilt printing; red leather spine w/ gilt bands. book i, 50 chromolithograhic color plates. Front hinge, pastedown has some splitting; board remains firm.Light smudges, marks to plates, otherwise, remain vivid; a wonderful collection of chromolithography. Pages/plates inspected and there appears to be only one ex-library stamp, that being a oval, purple ink placement to title page. Stamp appears to be from the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow.

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1888-01-01. First edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 6 volumes, complete. Quarto. Cinq Cents planche (500 plates in color). Volume 1, with introduction index of plates, glossary and bibliography. Arranged by Nation and region. Hundreds of colored plates. All boards detached but present. 3/4 brown morocco. One spine chipped, else whole. Volume 5 spine in pieces but complete. Spines lightly dulled. Spectacular and rare.

Paris: Libraire de Firmin-Didot et cie, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition. Folio. Approximately 11.5" x 16". 100 chromolithographic plates. Rebound in half-morocco and cloth. Ex-library copy with spine letters, bookplate, pocket, and some small repairs to the margins of a few pages; top of the spine pulled and corners worn, else about very good. Plates have slight toning in the margins, but are otherwise clean.

Paris: Firmin-Didot. Third. hardcover. The superb series of plates were printed by chromolithography by Firmin Didot, each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Fore edges of the first few pages are rough, the plates are fine and clean. Thick folio, publisher's ornately gilt red pebbled cloth, with gold lettering, a.e.g., extremities of spine rubbed. Paris: Firmim Didot, ca. 1887. Very good (+). Third Edition.<br/> <br/>

Paris: Firmin-Didot. hardcover. very good(+). 2nd series. 8 of 10 volume set. Missing volumes 5 and 9. The superb series of plates were printed in chromolithography by Firmin Didot, each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. There is some scattered foxing in the text but the plates are fine and clean. Slim folio, publisher's red pebbled cloth, with gold lettering. Paris: Firmim Didot, 1885 - 1887. Very good(+).<br/> <br/>

Paris: Libraire de Firmin-Didot et cie, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Approximately 11.5" x 16". 120 chromolithographic plates. Rebound in buckram. Ex-library copy with spine letters, bookplate, pocket, and perforated stamps on the edges of all plates, soiling and bumping on the boards, toning in the margins of the plate, else about very good.