  A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z A LIST OF STANDARD BOOKS NATURE IN ORNAMENT. By Lewis F. Day. With 123 full-page Plates and 192 Illustrations in the Text. Third Edition, revised (Fifth Thousand). Thick crown 8vo, in handsome cloth binding, richly gilt, from a special design by the Author. Price 12s. 6d. Net 10s. Contents:—I. Introductory. II. Ornament in Nature. III. Nature in Ornament. IV. The Simplification of Natural Forms. V. The Elaboration of Natural Forms. VI. Consistency in the Modification of Nature. VII. Parallel Renderings. VIII. More Parallels. IX. Tradition in Design. X. Treatment. XI. Animals in Ornament. XII. The Element of the Grotesque. XIII. Still Life in Ornament. XIV. Symbolic Ornament. “Amongst the best of our few good ornamental designers is Mr. Lewis F. Day, who is the author of several books on ornamental art. ‘Nature in Ornament’ is the latest of these, and is probably the best. The treatise should be in the hands of every student of ornamental design. It is profusely and admirably illustrated, and well printed.”—Magazine of Art. “A book more beautiful for its illustrations, or one more helpful to students of art, can hardly be imagined.”—Queen. SOME PRINCIPLES OF EVERY DAY ART.—Introductory Chapters on the Arts not Fine. Forming a Prefatory Volume to the Series of Text Books. Second Edition (Fourth Thousand), revised, containing 70 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, art linen. Price 3s. 6d. Net 3s. “Authoritative as coming from a writer whose mastery of the subjects is not to be disputed, and who is generous in imparting the knowledge he acquired with difficulty. Mr. Day has taken much trouble with the new edition.”—Architect. “A good artist, and a sound thinker, Mr. Day has produced a book of sterling value.”—Magazine of Art. THE ANATOMY OF PATTERN.—Fourth Edition (Ninth Thousand), revised, with 41 full-page Illustrations. Crown 8vo, art linen. Price 3s. 6d. Net 3s. Contents:—I. Introductory. II. Pattern Dissections. III. Practical Pattern Planning. IV. The “Drop” Pattern. V. Skeleton Plans. VI. Appropriate Pattern. “ ... There are few men who know the science of their profession better or can teach it as well as Mr. Lewis Day; few also who are more gifted as practical decorators; and in anatomising pattern in the way he has done in this manual—a way beautiful as well as useful—he has performed a service not only to the students of his profession, but also to the public.”—Academy. THE PLANNING OF ORNAMENT.—Third Edition (Fifth Thousand), further revised, with 41 full-page Illustrations, many of which have been re-drawn. Crown 8vo, art linen. Price 3s. 6d. Net 3s. Contents:—I. Introductory. II. The use of the Border. III. Within the Border. IV. Some Alternatives in Design. V. On the Filling of the Circle and other Shapes. VI. Order and Accident. “Contains many apt and well-drawn illustrations; it is a highly comprehensive, compact, and intelligent treatise on a subject which is more difficult to treat than outsiders are likely to think. It is a capital little book, from which no tyro (it is addressed to improvable minds) can avoid gaining a good deal.”—AthenÆum. THE APPLICATION OF ORNAMENT.—Third Edition (Sixth Thousand), further revised, with 48 full-page Illustrations and 7 Woodcuts in the Text. Crown 8vo, art linen. Price 3s. 6d. Net 3s. Contents:—I. The Rationale of the Conventional. II. What is implied by Repetition. III. Where to stop in Ornament. IV. Style and Handicraft. V. The Teaching of the Tool. VI. Some Superstitions. “A most worthy supplement to the former work, and a distinct gain to the art student who has already applied his art knowledge in a practical manner, or who hopes yet to do so.”—Science and Art. ORNAMENTAL DESIGN.—Comprising the Three Books, “Anatomy of Pattern,” “Planning of Ornament,” and “Application of Ornament,” handsomely bound in one volume, cloth gilt. Price 10s. 6d. Net 8s. 6d. WINDOWS.—A BOOK ABOUT STAINED AND PAINTED GLASS. By Lewis F. Day. Book I., “The Course of Craftsmanship”; Book II., “The Course of Design”; Book III., “By the Way.” Containing 410 pages, including 50 full-page Plates, and upwards of 200 Illustrations in the Text, all of Old Examples. Large 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 21s. net. “Contains a more complete popular account—technical and historical—of stained and painted glass than has previously appeared in this country.”—The Times. “The book is a masterpiece in its way ... amply illustrated and carefully printed; it will long remain an authority on its subject.”—The Art Journal. “All for whom the subject of stained glass possesses an interest and a charm, will peruse these pages with pleasure and profit.”—The Morning Post. “Mr. Day has done a worthy piece of work in more than his usual admirable manner ... the illustrations are all good and some the best black-and-white drawings of stained glass yet produced.”—The Studio. In Preparation. To be published shortly. A HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY.—By Lewis F. Day and Miss Mary Buckle. Being a handbook on the Art for Designers, Needleworkers, Students, Teachers, &c. Both artistic and practical sides of the subject are thoroughly treated, and the work is illustrated with Photographs of Stitches, and Historic Examples, &c. Now published, the most handy, useful, and comprehensive work on the subject. ALPHABETS, OLD AND NEW.—Containing 150 complete Alphabets, 30 Series of Numerals, Numerous Facsimiles of Ancient Dates. Selected and arranged by Lewis F. Day. Preceded by a short account of the Development of the Alphabet. With Modern Examples specially designed by Walter Crane, Patten Wilson, A. Beresford Pite, the Author, and others. Crown 8vo, art linen. Second Impression, completing Fifth Thousand. Price 3s. 6d. net. “Mr. Day’s explanation of the growth of form in letters is particularly valuable.... Many excellent alphabets are given in illustration of his remarks.”—The Studio. “Every one who employs practical lettering will be grateful for ‘Alphabets, Old and New.’ Mr. Day has written a scholarly and pithy introduction, and contributes some beautiful alphabets of his own design.”—The Art Journal. “A practical resumÉ of all that is to be known on the subject, concisely and clearly stated.”—St. James’s Gazette. “It goes without saying that whatever Mr. Batsford publishes and Mr. Day has to do with is presented in a good artistic form, complete, and wherever that is possible, graceful.”—The AthenÆum. 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. Second English Edition, revised by Hugh Stannus, F.R.I.B.A., 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 book case. 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. THE HISTORIC STYLES OF ORNAMENT.—Containing 1,500 examples from all countries and all periods, exhibited on 100 Plates, mostly printed in gold and colours. With historical and descriptive text translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. Folio, handsomely bound in cloth, gilt. Price £1 5s. net. This work has been designed to serve as a practical guide for the purpose of showing the development of Ornament, and the application of colour to it in various countries through the epochs of history. The work illustrates not only Flat Ornament, but also many Decorative Objects, such as Metal-Work, Pottery and Porcelain, Lace, Enamel, Mosaic, Illumination, Stained Glass, Jewellery, Bookbinding, &c. showing the application of Ornament to Industrial Art. A small remainder, just reduced in price. ANIMALS IN ORNAMENT.—By Professor G. Sturm. Containing 30 large Collotype Plates, printed in tint, of Designs suitable for Friezes, Panels, Borders, Wall-papers, Carving, and all kinds of Surface Decoration, &c. Large folio in portfolio. Price 18s. net (published £1 10s.). A new and useful series of clever designs, showing how animal form may be adapted to decorative purposes with good effect. 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 the 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. A Facsimile reproduction of one of the rarest and most remarkable Books of Designs ever published in England. A NEW BOOKE OF DRAWINGS OF IRON WORKE.—Invented and Designed 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 Royal 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 an 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 but 20 now remain. Early application is therefore necessary to secure copies. An original copy is priced at £48 in a recent catalogue of Mr. Bernard Quaritch, the renowned bookseller. 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. Just Published. A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF BRASS REPOUSSÉ FOR AMATEURS.—By Gawthorp (Art Metal Worker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales). Second and Enlarged Edition. With 32 Illustrations, many from photographs of executed designs. Crown 8vo, in wrapper. Price 1s. net. 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.). 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; 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 half bound, in one volume, price £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, with a Preface by J. H. Pollen. 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, with a Preface by T. R. Ablett. 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 14th and 15th Centuries. By Franklyn A. Crallan. Containing 34 large Photo-lithographic Plates, illustrating some of the finest specimens of Gothic Wood Carving extant, with Introductory and Descriptive Text. Large 4to, in handsome cloth portfolio, or bound in cloth gilt. Price 28s. Net 24s. “The examples are carefully drawn to a large size ... well selected and very well executed.”—The Builder. “This admirable work is one of great interest and value.... Every variety of Gothic detail is here illustrated. Hitherto no full-sized details have been published, so that the present work will be invaluable to the wood carver, as the drawings possess all the strength and vigour of the original work.”—Education. PROGRESSIVE STUDIES AND DESIGNS FOR WOOD CARVERS.—By Miss E. R. Plowden. With a Preface by Miss Rowe. Consisting of seven 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. 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. 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 £15 to £18. “A beautiful replica, which every admirer of the author and the period should possess.”—The Building News. CHIPPENDALE’S THE GENTLEMAN AND CABINET-MAKER’S DIRECTOR.—A complete Facsimile of the Third 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.) THE DECORATION OF HOUSES.—By Edith Wharton, and Ogden Codman, Architect. 204 pages of text, with 56 full-page Photographic Plates of Views of Rooms, Doors, Ceilings, Fireplaces, various pieces of Furniture, &c., from the Renaissance period. Large square 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 12s. 6d. net. “ ... has illustrations which are beautiful ... because they illustrate the sound and simple principle of decoration which the authors put forward.... The book is one which should be in the library of every man and woman of means, for its advice is characterised by so much common sense as well as by the best of taste.”—The Queen. OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS.—By F. J. Britten, Secretary of the Horological Institute. Being an Account of the History of Clocks and Watches, with a List of 8,000 Old Makers, with descriptive Notes. Containing over 400 Illustrations, many from photographs, of choice and curious examples, of Clocks and Watches of the past, including the finely-ornamented Bracket Clocks of the XVIIth Century, and the tall cases of the XVIIIth Century. 512 pages. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 10s. net. 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 Examples of Textiles, Embroideries, Paper Hangings, Tile Pavements, Intarsia Work, &c. By Dr. Fischbach. Imperial 4to boards, cloth back. Price 25s. Net 20s. 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. PLASTERING: PLAIN AND DECORATIVE.—A Practical Treatise on the Art and Craft of Plastering and Modelling. Including full description 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 of the History of the Art, by G. T. Robinson, F.S.A. Second Edition. 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. Net £1 18s. NATIVE PRINTED JAPANESE ART BOOKS. JAPANESE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF DESIGN. Book I.—Containing over 1,500 engraved Curious 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, fancy covers. 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. These books are of the greatest value to Artists, Screen and China Painters, Decorators, and Designers in all branches of Art Manufacture, and of much interest to the admirers of Japanese Art. “In attitude and gesture and expression, these birds, whether perching or soaring, swooping or brooding, are admirable.”—Magazine of Art. JAPANESE STUDIES OF BIRDS AND FLOWERS, A NEW SERIES OF.—By Watanabe Sietei, the acknowledged leading living Artist in Japan. 3 volumes, containing numerous exceedingly Artistic Sketches in various tints, 8vo, fancy covers. Price 10s. net. “Contain a wealth of exquisite xylographic impressions, which cannot be beaten by any European attempts.”—The Studio. 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 74 full-page Plates, mostly reproduced from Photographs, and 98 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 upwards of 300 pages, with 115 Collotype Plates, mostly reproduced from large Photographs, and other Illustrations in the Text. Third Edition, revised. Crown 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 ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE: GREEK, ROMAN AND ITALIAN.—Selected from Normand’s Parallels, &c. With 4 new Plates specially prepared. Edited, with Notes, by R. PhenÉ Spiers, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. Third Edition, with 2 new Plates. Containing in all 26 Plates. 4to, cloth. Price 10s. 6d. Net 8s. 6d. “A most useful work for architectural students.... Mr. Spiers has done excellent service in editing this work, and his notes on the plates are very appropriate and useful.”—British Architect. ARCHITECTURE AMONG THE POETS.—By H. Heathcote Statham. With 13 Illustrations. Square 8vo, artistically bound. Price 3s. 6d. net. “This little work does for architecture in relation to English poetry what Mr. Phil Robinson has done for the birds and beasts. The poet’s appreciation of architecture is a delightful subject with which Mr. Statham has become infected, not only illustrating his points with quotations and his judgments with his reasons, but the whole with a series of fanciful or suggestive sketches which add considerably to the attractiveness of the book.”—The Magazine of Art. RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENT IN SPAIN.—A Series of Examples selected from the purest executed between the years 1500-1560. By Andrew N. Prentice, A.R.I.B.A. Containing 60 beautiful Plates, reproduced by Photo-lithography and Photo Process, from the Author’s Drawings, of Perspective Views and Geometrical Drawings, and Details, in Stone, Wood, and Metal. With short Descriptive Text. Folio, handsomely bound in cloth, gilt. Price £2 10s. Net £2 2s. “For the drawing and production of this book one can have no words but praise.... It is a pleasure to have so good a record of such admirable architectural drawing, free, firm and delicate.”—British Architect. B. T. BATSFORD, 94, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. FOOTNOTES:
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