JONES, Owen (1809-1874) The Grammar of Ornament London: Day ...

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Lot 171 | JONES, Owen (1809-1874) The Grammar of Ornament London: Day ...
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JONES, Owen (1809-1874). The Grammar of Ornament. London: Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 1856.

First edition of Jones’s most enduring and influential work. This monumental book contains his principles of good design, illustrated and expounded in twenty chapters, each of which presents examples of ornamentation and pattern from a particular geographical area or historical period. Brunet III, 565.

Folio (553 x 363mm). Chromolithographed title-page and 100 plates interleaved with guards (chips and toning to lithographed title, small corner repair and dustsoiling to printed title; repaired tears, large tears, and reinforced margins to many text leaves; lithographs with some dustsoiling and chipping). Modern maroon half morocco. Provenance: Stoke-on-Trent Free Library (stamps on title and reverse of lithographed title).
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