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![[ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / ORNAMENT]. Les maitres ornemanistes. Dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs. Ecoles Francaise, - Italienne, - Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande & Hollandaise)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/291/333/797333291.0.b.2.jpg)
[ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / ORNAMENT]. Les maitres ornemanistes. Dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs. Ecoles Francaise, - Italienne, - Allemande et des Pays-Bas (Flamande & Hollandaise)
by Guilmard, Desire
Paris: E. Plon, 1881. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very good. Two vols. in one. Large thick quarto: xvi, 560 pp.; [vi],180 plates. Bound in very sturdy and handsome contemporary red half morocco over red cloth boards, rebacked with original spine laid down, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. ¶ First edition of the indispensable bibliography of ornament from the 16th to the 18th century, featuring artists from France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. There are two volumes in one; in our copy...
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$750.00
Grammar of Ornament - Italian No 4
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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A$165.00
Grammar of Ornament - Moresque No 3
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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A$165.00
Knight's Ornamental Designs: A Self-Explanatory Manual With A Treatise on Ornamental Art
by SCOTT, William Bell
London: Fullarton. hardcover. very good(+). 78 fine engravings of ornamental decoration printed on heavy stock. Tall 4to, 3/4 maroon calf, spine and covers faded. London: Fullarton, no date. ca. 1865. Very good (+).<br/> <br/>
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$500.00
The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts
by Jones, Owen
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. VG+/VG. Black boards with gilt design. Color-illustrated dust jacket with brick red and orange lettering. 496 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Originally published in 1856 by Day & Son, London.
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$40.00
Grammar of Ornament - Hindoo No 3
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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A$165.00
The Grammar of Ornament
by Owen Jones
New York: Dover Publications, 1987 Covers and spine chipped, creased and worn. Reference book only. Size: 9" X 12"
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€20.00
Over the Door: The Ornamental Stonework of New York
by Yang, John
NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1995. First edition. Small octavo. 171 pp; profuse b/w photographs. Black cloth with embossed lettering on cover & spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket shows minor scuffing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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$20.00
Faces in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City
by King, Robert Arthur
NY: W.W. Norton, 2008. First edition. Oblong octavo. 144 pp; 250 b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy. A delightful collection of quirky faces and figures that appear on New York City buildings, most built during the years between the Civil War and World War I. Designed for entrances, around doorways, on cornices, and in lobbies, they include beautiful women's faces, frightening grotesques, and natural elements such as acanthus leaves, vines, and flowers.. First...
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$20.00
La Decoration Arabe: Decors Muraux, Plafonds, Mosaiques, Dallages, Boiseries, Vitraux, Etoffes, Tapis, Reliures, Faiences, Ornaments Divers
by PRISSE D'AVENNES, Emile
Paris: Savoy, 1885. First. hardcover. very good(+). Extraits du Grande Ouvrage L'Art Arabe de Prisse d'Avesnes [sic]. Choisis, classes et arranges par les editeurs. Half title, title, and 4pp list Beautifully illustrated with 110 numbered plates (actually 98 as the 12 double-page plates are counted as two), 87 of which are vivid chromolithographs. Folio, leather backed mottled boards with gilt-lettered spine (boards rubbed ; inner front hinge repaired; interior quite clean). Paris: J. Savoy...
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$3000.00
Grammar of Ornament - Savage Tribes No 1
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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A$165.00
The grammar of ornament : the Victorian masterpiece on Oriental, primitive, mediaval and renaissance / design and decorative art
by Jones, Owen (1809-1874)
London : Omega Books Ltd, 1987. Later Edition (reprint). Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 1 volume, 103 unnmbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm. First published in 1856 by Day & Son. Reprinted in 1986. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Decoration and ornament. Decoration and ornament History.
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$86.25
Grammar of Ornament
by JONES, Owen
New York: Gramercy Books, 1988. Hardcover. Some light toning to sheets, some wear at top of spine, lacks dust jacket. 13.5 x 9 inches. Boards.
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$40.00
The Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Folio Edition of the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design
by Jones, Owen
Dover Publications, 1987. Good oversize softcover, slight wear. 100 color plates reproduced from 1856 edition.. Paperback. Good.
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$15.00
Grammar of Ornament - Celtic No 2
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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A$165.00
Grammar of Ornament - Italian No 5
by Owen Jones (1809-1868)
1868. Chromolithograph. 560mm by 360mm (sheet). From Owen Jones' 'Grammar of Ornament', 1868. Welshman Owen Jones first published his monument to design, the Grammar of Ornament, in instalments for subscribers. For his lushly illustrated plates, Jones's design motifs drew from nineteen different cultures including the ornament of Oceania, ancient Greece and Rome, Byzantium, Renaissance Italy, and Moorish Spain. Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, the Grammar remained an influential...
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A$165.00
The Grammar of Ornament: Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament
by Jones, Owen
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1982. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x8x10. VG red boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges. 157pp. 112 plates, reprint. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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$49.40
Methode de Composition Ornementale
by GRASSET, Eugene
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Volume 1: Elements Rectilignes; Volume 2: Elements Courbes. Profusely illustrated in black & white + 12 full page color plates. Folio, green cloth (soiled & rubbed). Rubricated title. Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, ca. 1900. First Edition. Scarce. A good copy.<br/><br/> One of the founders of the Art Deco movement. With the ownership signature of art histrian Meyer Schapiro in each...
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$1250.00
Student's Design Notebook plus Additional Watercolored Designs on Separate Sheets
by Lebrun, S
Hardcover. Cloth spine. Marbled paper pasted onto boards. . Good. Well executed, impressive assortment of designs done by a capable, advanced French student. N.d., circa 1900. Folio, 35.5 by 22.5 cm. Notebook with 41 pages of content, plus 21 loose sheets with watercolored designs, filling out pen-and-ink or penciled outlining. Notebook pages ruled vertically down middle, with French descriptive text on left, designs described on right. 28 pages of the notebook have more or less fully realized...
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$975.00
The grammar of ornament : illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament
by Jones, Owen
London : Herbert, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 504 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 17 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Decoration and ornament History. Genre: Design. Language: English.
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$25.24
