[Rarebooks] FS: Jones. Grammar of Ornament

[Clare Murphy]

JONES, OWEN.  GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT. London: Day and Sons, 1856 (1865). 
Illustrated by Illustrated by examples from various styles of 
ornament ... Chromolithographed half-title page. 110 plates present, 
Plate #85 missing, probably not bound-in originally. Plate # 35 comes 
after plate # 38. 3/4 brown leather with brown cloth boards. Gilt 
lettering and gilt shelf number to spine. Folio (19 1/2 x 13 1/2"). 
[157 pgs] Very good. Bookplate of private library at Bromley House. 
Plates are nearly fine. Two have impeccable repairs to the margin at 
foredge. A few light spots in margins,  a mild crease to one plate, a 
corner chipped on one plate. A gorgeous example of chromolithography 
at its earliest and best.  $1450.00
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