JONES (OWEN): THE GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT, London, Day and Son, 1856, first edition, lge. folio, chromolithographed frontispiece and 100 plates, illustrations, by Owen Jones (printed title torn and repaired, several preface leaves torn, one quite extensively, and repaired), modern black half morocco with original gilt label laid down on upper cover, g.e.

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JONES (OWEN): THE GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT, London, Day and Son, 1856, first edition, lge. folio, chromolithographed frontispiece and 100 plates, illustrations, by Owen Jones (printed title torn and repaired, several preface leaves torn, one quite extensively, and repaired), modern black half morocco with original gilt label laid down on upper cover, g.e.

拍品專文

Following the success of architectural and ornamental museum in the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, Jones produced this book, creating the framework for a characteristically nineteenth-century style of ornament, inspiring William Morris, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.