Part 35

A HANDBOOK OF ORNAMENT.--With 300 Plates, containing about 3,000 Illustrations of the Elements and Application of Decoration to Objects. By F. S. MEYER, Professor at the School of Applied Art, Karlsruhe. Third English Edition, revised by HUGH STANNUS, Lecturer on Applied Art at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. Thick 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, price 12s. 6d., net 10s.

"A Library, a Museum, an Encyclopædia and an Art School in one. To rival it as a book of reference, one must fill a bookcase. The quality of the drawings is unusually high, the choice of examples is singularly good.... The work is practically an epitome of a hundred Works on Design."--Studio.

"The author's acquaintance with ornament amazes, and his three thousand subjects are gleaned from the finest which the world affords. As a treasury of ornament drawn to scale in all styles, and derived from genuine concrete objects, we have nothing in England which will not appear as poverty-stricken as compared with Professor Meyer's book."--Architect.

"The book is a mine of wealth even to an ordinary reader, while to the Student of Art and Archæology it is simply indispensable as a reference book. We know of no one work of its kind that approaches it for comprehensiveness and historical accuracy."--Science and Art.

A HANDBOOK OF ART SMITHING.--For the use of Practical Smiths, Designers and others, and in Art and Technical Schools. By F. S. MEYER, Author of "A Handbook of Ornament." Translated from the Second German Edition. With an Introduction by J. STARKIE GARDNER. Containing 214 Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth, price 6s., net 5s.

Both the Artistic and Practical Branches of the subject are dealt with, and the Illustrations give selected Examples of Ancient and Modern Ironwork. The Volume thus fills the long-existing want of a Manual on Ornamental Ironwork, and it is hoped will prove of value to all interested in the subject.

"Charmingly produced.... It is really a most excellent manual, crowded with examples of ancient work, for the most part extremely well selected."--The Studio.

"Professor Meyer's work is a useful historical manual on art smithing, based on a scientific classification of the subject, that will be of service to all smiths, designers, and students of technical and art schools. The illustrations are well drawn and numerous."--Building News.

Published with the Sanction of the Science and Art Department.

FRENCH WOOD CARVINGS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS.--A Series of Examples printed in Collotype from Photographs specially taken from the Carvings direct. Edited by ELEANOR ROWE. Part I.: Late 15th and Early 16th Century Examples; Part II.: 16th Century Work; Part III.: 17th and 18th Centuries. The Three Series Complete, each containing 18 large folio Plates, with descriptive letterpress. Folio, in portfolios, price 12s. each net; or handsomely bound in one volume, £2 5s. net.

"Students of the Art of Wood Carving will find a mine of inexhaustible treasures in this series of illustrations of French Wood Carvings.... Each plate is a work of art in itself; the distribution of light and shade is admirably managed, and the differences in relief are faithfully indicated, while every detail is reproduced with a clearness that will prove invaluable to the student. Sections are given with several of the plates."--The Queen.

"Needs only to be seen to be purchased by all interested in the craft, whether archæologically or practically."--The Studio.

HINTS ON WOOD CARVING FOR BEGINNERS.--By ELEANOR ROWE. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged, Illustrated. 8vo, sewed, price 1s. in paper covers, or bound in cloth, price 1s. 6d.

"The most useful and practical small book on wood-carving we know of."--Builder.

"... Is a useful little book, full of sound directions and good suggestions."--Magazine of Art.

HINTS ON CHIP CARVING.--(Class Teaching and other Northern Styles.) By ELEANOR ROWE. 40 Illustrations. 8vo, sewed, price 1s. in paper covers, or in cloth, price 1s. 6d.

"A capital manual of instruction in a craft that ought to be most popular."--Saturday Review.

DETAILS OF GOTHIC WOOD CARVING.--Being a Series of Drawings from original work of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. By FRANKLYN A. CRALLAN. Containing 34 large Photo-lithographic Plates, with introductory and descriptive text. Large 4to, in handsome cloth portfolio, or bound in cloth gilt, price 28s., net 22s.

"The examples are carefully drawn to a large size ... well selected and very well executed."--The Builder.

PROGRESSIVE STUDIES AND DESIGNS FOR WOOD-CARVERS. By Miss E. R. PLOWDEN. With a Preface by Miss ROWE. Consisting of five large folding sheets of Illustrations (drawn full size), of a variety of objects suitable for Wood Carving. With descriptive text. Second Edition, enlarged. 4to, in portfolio. Price 5s. net.

ANCIENT WOOD AND IRONWORK IN CAMBRIDGE.--By W. B. REDFARN, the Letterpress by JOHN WILLIS CLARK. 29 folio Lithographed Plates drawn to a good scale. Cloth gilt, a handsome volume, price 10s. 6d., net 8s. 6d.

This Work, giving an interesting and useful series of Examples, is but little known. Very few copies remain.

HEPPLEWHITE'S CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE; or Repository of Designs for every article of Household Furniture in the newest and most approved taste. A complete facsimile reproduction of this rare work, containing nearly 300 charming Designs on 128 Plates. Small folio, bound in speckled cloth, gilt, old style, price £2 10s. net. (1794.) Original copies when met with fetch from £17 to £18.

"A beautiful replica, which every admirer of the author and period should possess."--Building News.

CHIPPENDALE'S THE GENTLEMAN AND CABINET-MAKER'S DIRECTOR.--A complete facsimile of the 3rd and rarest Edition, containing 200 Plates of Designs of Chairs, Sofas, Beds and Couches, Tables, Library Book Cases, Clock Cases, Stove Grates, &c., &c. Folio, strongly bound in half-cloth, price £3 15s. net. (1762.)

SHERATON'S CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S DRAWING-BOOK.--A complete Facsimile Reproduction of the scarce Third Edition. With the rare Appendix and Accompaniment complete. Containing in all 434 pages and 122 Plates. 4to, cloth, price £2 10s. net.

EXAMPLES OF OLD FURNITURE, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. Drawn and described by ALFRED ERNEST CHANCELLOR. Containing 40 Photo-lithographic Plates exhibiting some 100 examples of Elizabethan, Stuart, Queen Anne, Georgian and Chippendale furniture; and an interesting variety of Continental work. With historical and descriptive notes. Large 4to, gilt, price £1 5s., net £1 1s.

"In publishing his admirable collection of drawings of old furniture, Mr. Chancellor secures the gratitude of all admirers of the consummate craftsmanship of the past. His examples are selected from a variety of sources with fine discrimination, all having an expression and individuality of their own--qualities that are so conspicuously lacking in the furniture of our own day. It forms a very acceptable work."--The Morning Post.