Part 36

FURNITURE AND DECORATION IN ENGLAND DURING THE XVIIITH CENTURY.--By J. ALDAM HEATON. Two volumes, each of two parts, bound in four, large folio, cloth, price £7 net. Containing upwards of 150 plates of photographic reproductions from the published designs of R. & J. Adam, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Shearer, Pergolesi, Cipriani, Darly, Johnson, Richardson, and all great English designers and cabinet-makers of the period.

This work forms an encyclopædic and almost inexhaustible treasury of reference for all Furniture Designers, Painters, Interior Decorators, Cabinet-makers, &c., since no artist of importance is unrepresented, and a fair selection is in every case given of his work.

REMAINS OF ECCLESIASTICAL WOOD-WORK.--A Series of Examples of Stalls, Screens, Book-Boards, Roofs, Pulpits, &c., containing 21 Plates beautifully engraved on Copper, from drawings by T. TALBOT BURY, Archt. 4to, half-bound, price 10s. 6d., net 8s. 6d.

FLAT ORNAMENT: A PATTERN BOOK FOR DESIGNERS OF TEXTILES, EMBROIDERIES, WALL PAPERS, INLAYS, &C., &C.--150 Plates, some printed in Colours, exhibiting upwards of 500 Historical Examples of Textiles, Embroideries, Paper Hangings, Tile Pavements, Intarsia Work, &c. With some Designs by Dr. FISCHBACH. Imperial 4to boards, cloth back, price £1 5s., net 20s.

EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH MEDIÆVAL FOLIAGE AND COLOURED DECORATION.--By JAS. K. COLLING, Architect, F.R.I.B.A. Taken from Buildings of the XIIth to the XVth Century. Containing 76 Lithographic Plates, and 79 Woodcut Illustrations, with Text. Royal 4to, cloth, gilt top, price 18s., net 15s. (published at £2 2s.)

PLASTERING--PLAIN AND DECORATIVE. A Practical Treatise on the Art and Craft of Plastering and Modelling. Including full descriptions of the various Tools, Materials, Processes and Appliances employed. With over 50 full-page Plates, and about 500 smaller Illustrations in the Text. By WILLIAM MILLAR. With an Introduction, treating of the History of the Art, by G. T. ROBINSON, F.S.A. Thick 4to, cloth, containing 600 pages of text, price 18s. net.

"This new and in many senses remarkable treatise ... unquestionably contains an immense amount of valuable first-hand information.... 'Millar on Plastering' may be expected to be the standard authority on the subject for many years to come.... A truly monumental work."--The Builder.

A GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE ORNAMENT AND DESIGN.--Illustrated by 65 Plates, many in Gold and Colours, representing all Classes of Natural and Conventional Forms, drawn from the Originals, with introductory, descriptive, and analytical text. By T. W. CUTLER, F.R.I.B.A. Imperial 4to, in elegant cloth binding, price £2 6s., £1 18s. net.

DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRONWORK OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES.--By D. J. EBBETTS. Containing 16 large Lithographic Plates, illustrating 70 English examples of Screens, Grilles, Panels, Balustrades, &c. Folio, boards, cloth back, price 12s. 6d., net 10s.

A Facsimile reproduction of one of the rarest and most remarkable Books of Designs ever published in England.

A NEW BOOKE OF DRAWINGS OF IRONWORKE.--Invented and Desined by JOHN TIJOU. Containing severall sortes of Iron Worke, as Gates, Frontispieces, Balconies, Staircases, Pannells, &c., of which the most part hath been wrought at the Royall Building of Hampton Court, &c. ALL FOR THE USE OF THEM THAT WORKE IRON IN PERFECTION AND WITH ART. (Sold by the author in London, 1693.) Containing 20 folio Plates. With Introductory Note and Descriptions of the Plates by J. STARKIE GARDNER. Folio, bound in boards, old style, price 25s. net.

Only 150 copies were printed for England, and very few now remain. An original copy is priced at £48 by Mr. Quaritch, the renowned bookseller.

JAPANESE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF DESIGN.

BOOK I.--Containing over 1,500 engraved curios, and most ingenious Geometric Patterns of Circles, Medallions, &c., comprising Conventional Details of Plants, Flowers, Leaves, Petals, also Birds, Fans, Animals, Key Patterns, &c., &c. Oblong 12mo, fancy covers, price 2s. net.

BOOK II.--Containing over 600 most original and effective Designs for Diaper Ornament, giving the base lines to the design, also artistic Miniature Picturesque Sketches. Oblong 12mo, price 2s. net.

These books exhibit the varied charm and originality of conception of Japanese Ornament, and form an inexhaustible field of design.

A DELIGHTFUL SERIES OF STUDIES OF BIRDS, IN MOST CHARACTERISTIC AND LIFE-LIKE ATTITUDES, SURROUNDED WITH APPROPRIATE FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS.--By the celebrated Japanese Artist, BAIREI KONO. In three Books, 8vo, each containing 36 pages of highly artistic and decorative Illustrations, printed in tints. Bound in fancy paper covers, price 10s. net.

"In attitude and gesture and expression, these Birds, whether perching or soaring, swooping or brooding, are admirable."--Magazine of Art.

A NEW SERIES OF BIRD AND FLOWER STUDIES. BY WATANABE SIETEI, the acknowledged leading living Artist in Japan. In 3 Books, containing numerous exceedingly Artistic Sketches in various tints, 8vo, fancy covers. Price 10s. net.

ARTISTS' SKETCH BOOKS.--A SERIES OF FIVE VOLUMES.--Vol. I.: Birds, Flowers, and Plants, drawn in a Decorative Spirit. Vol. II.: Sketches of Insects, Plants, &c., drawn for Designers. Vol. III.: Drawings of Fishes and Marine Animals. Vol. IV.: Natural Scenery, Landscapes, &c. Vol. V.: Scenes from Japanese Life, &c. 8vo, fancy covers. 7s. 6d. net.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY.--A General View for the Use of Students and Others. By W. J. ANDERSON, A.R.I.B.A., Director of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Containing 64 full-page Plates, mostly reproduced from Photographs, and 100 Illustrations in text. Large 8vo, cloth gilt, price 12s. 6d. net.

"A delightful and scholarly work ... very fully illustrated."--Journal R.I.B.A.

"It is the work of a scholar taking a large view of his subject.... The book affords easy and intelligible reading, and the arrangement of the subject is excellent, though this was a matter of no small difficulty."--The Times.

"Should rank amongst the best architectural writings of the day."--The Edinburgh Review.

"We know of no book which furnishes such information and such illustrations in so compact and attractive a form. For greater excellence with the object in hand there is not one more perspicuous."--The Building News.

A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE FOR THE STUDENT, CRAFTSMAN AND AMATEUR.--Being a Comparative View of the Historical Styles from the Earliest Period. By BANISTER FLETCHER, F.R.I.B.A., Professor of Architecture in King's College, London, and B. F. FLETCHER, A.R.I.B.A. Containing 300 pages, with 115 Collotype Plates, mostly from large Photographs, and other Illustrations in the text. Third Edition, revised. Cr. 8vo, cloth gilt, price 12s. 6d., net 10s.

"We shall be amazed if it is not immediately recognised and adopted as par excellence the student's manual of the history of architecture."--The Architect.

"The general reader will read the book with not less profit than the student, and will find in it quite as much as he is likely to retain in his memory, and the architectural student in search of any particular fact will readily find it in this most methodical work.... As complete as it well can be."--The Times.