Lot #1019 - Books On Decorative Arts (4)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1019
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Lot Description:Books On Decorative Arts (4)
JONES, Owen, The Grammar of Ornament. Illustrated by Examples from Various Styles of Ornament, London, Quaritch, 1910. [re-issue 1928], 112 fine chromolitho plates, & 157pp. with numerous line illustrations in text, all edges gilt, large 4to., publisher's ornamented gilt cloth with a small area of light flecking on front board which is very slightly bowed. Fine internally. An excellent copy; First issued in folio in 1856 and then in 4to. in 1865-8, this re-issue of the 1910 edition [which was remainder sheets from the 1865 edition with a new title page] is the last to be printed in chromolithography, preserving the rich original colouring. AUDSLEY, W. & G., Polychromatic Decoration as applied to Buildings in the Mediaeval Styles, London, Sotheran, 1882, 36 chromolitho plates, many heightened with gold, with interleaved descriptions, +(8),32pp., folio, publisher's cloth gilt, some wear to tips and spine-ends, re-cased preserving original binding and endpapers. A nice crisp copy inter -
Estimate:A$600 - 800
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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