Description

Large hardcover, folio bound in burgundy cloth and publisher’s boldly colored dust-jacket. 285 pages. Illustrated with 100 full page color plates and numerous fine line drawings throughout the introduction. This re-issue of the title originally published in 1873 is the first American edition, first printing thus. The book contains over 2,000 ornamental motifs from ancient oriental, medieval and later European sources. Specific styles include: Assyrian, Ancient Greek, Etruscan, Greco-Roman, Chinese, Japanese, Persian, Indian, Arabian, Byzantine and Celtic ornamentation. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked copy. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket. Priority and International shipping not available without prior arrangement.