Thousand Initial Letters, Used (11 results)

PAP. Condition: Used - Very Good. Used - Like New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: Used - Very Good. Used - Like New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Full original burgundy cloth boards, upper elaborately lettered in gilt. Boards ruled in blind, beveled edges. Spine lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. , Owen Jones (1809 ? 1874) was a British architect. A versatile architect and designer, he was also one of the most influential design theorists of the nineteenth century. He helped pioneer modern colour theory, and his theories on flat patterning and ornament still resonate with contemporary designers today.He rose to prominence with his studies of Islamic decoration at the Alhambra, and the associated publication of his drawings, which pioneered new standards in chromolithography. Jones was a pivotal figure in the formation of the South Kensington Museum (later to become the Victoria and Albert Museum) through his close association with Henry Cole, the museum's first director, and another key figure in 19th century design reform. Jones was also responsible for the interior decoration and layout of exhibits for the Great Exhibition building of 1851, and for its later incarnation at Sydenham. Jones advised on the foundation collections for the South Kensington museum, and formulated decorative arts principles which became teaching frameworks for the Government School of Design, then at Marlborough House. These design propositions also formed the basis for his seminal publication, The Grammar of Ornament, the global and historical design sourcebook for which Jones is perhaps best known today.Jones believed in the search for a modern style unique to the nineteenth century, radically different from the prevailing aesthetics of Neo-Classicism and the Gothic Revival. He looked towards the Islamic world for much of this inspiration, using his studies of Islamic decoration at the Alhambra to develop theories on flat patterning, geometry and abstraction in ornament., Size : Folio (430 x 305 mm), Very good example. Full alphabet of beautifully chromolithographed initials, plus a sheet of numerals, totaling to 28 chromolithographed plates including the title. Boards rubbed at extremities, corners re-clothed, hinges broken, first and last sheets loose, occasional spotting else interior clean.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark maroon cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel, all page edges gilt, bevelled edges. Elephant folio 17'' x 12''. Contains 28 full-page single-sided paper guarded fine colour plates [26 letters, leaf of numbers both Latin and orthodox, title page] of the alphabet each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold. The 'T' leaf has ragged fore and bottom edges, rear end paper cracked and professionally repaired, sporadic foxing to the end papers, title page and some plate margins, very small tide mark to the inside margin of the title page and finally diminishing up to 'K', corners rubbed through to the boards, small areas rubbed through to the boards to the front cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. ARCHITECTURE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jones, Owen (illustrator). 1st Edition. Interesting decorative volume, presumed first edition, folio, l leather-bound with gilt titles on the spine and plain boards with a gilt rule, marbled endpapers, 28 full colour plates including the title, some with small gilt highlights. Binding worn, good internally and water-stained, margins to most plates affected and some contents. Still very good. Bookplates and POS on free blank. Please enquire, we will be glad to send images upon request.

Original chromolithographed print (c. 37.5 x 26 cm) heightened in gold. Mounted. These fine plates by Owen Jones are of the alphabet and each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold.

Original chromolithographed print (c. 37.5 x 26 cm) heightened in gold. Mounted. These fine plates by Owen Jones are of the alphabet and each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold.

Original chromolithographed print (c. 37.5 x 26 cm) heightened in gold. Mounted. Blind-stamp of Leicester Free Library to upper middle portion. These fine plates by Owen Jones are of the alphabet and each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold.

Original chromolithograph (c. 37.5 x 26 cm) heightened in gold. Mounted. Two blind-stamps of Leicester Free Library to upper right corner. These fine plates by Owen Jones are of the alphabet and each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold. A magnificent book and one of the cornerstones of Victorian book production.

Original chromolithograph (c. 37.5 x 26 cm) heightened in gold. Mounted. These fine plates by Owen Jones are of the alphabet and each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold. A magnificent book and one of the cornerstones of Victorian book production.

Original chromolithographed print (c. 37.5 x 26 cm) heightened in gold. Mounted. These fine plates by Owen Jones are of the alphabet and each plate depicts a single letter in different art forms, superbly colour printed by Day & Son and heightened in gold.