The Encyclopedia Of Ornament.
by RACINET, A.:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Studio Editions. London. 1988 reprint.. 13.25 x 9.0 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. With Illustrated dustwrapper. Maroon endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly creased along edges. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Colours clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. 285 pp. With many colour plates and b/w illustrations in text. Reprint from 1873 original, published under the title Polychromatic Ornament. The author describes textiles, ceramics, metalwork, and painted decoration. Lavishly illustrated with full page colour plates.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88790
- Title
- The Encyclopedia Of Ornament.
- Author
- RACINET, A.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Studio Editions. London. 1988 reprint.
- Keywords
- Art a.racinet, encyclopedia, ornament, polychromatic, textiles, ceramics, metalwork, painted, reprint, illustrated, dustwrapper,
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Reprint
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....