EDITOR'S PREFACE
EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
CONTENTS
INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
APPENDIX ON THE ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE
A CHAPTER ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME FIGURES AND CURVES IN PRACTICAL PLANE GEOMETRY USEFUL IN ORNAMENT.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN ORNAMENT
Contents. Appendix Glossary of Terms Used in Ornament
Index of Illustrations (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.)
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THE PRINCIPLES OF ORNAMENT
Patera in silver from the Hildesheim treasure.
Frontispiece.
BY JAMES WARD HEAD-MASTER OF THE MACCLESFIELD SCHOOL OF ART EDITED BY GEORGE AITCHISON, A.R.A. PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 153-157 Fifth Avenue 1896 Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London & Bungay.