The grammar of ornament
Owen Carter Jones (London 1809 - London 1874)
Category
Books
Date
1856
Materials
Measurements
347 x 245 x 54 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3143338
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: machine-made white wove paper Ink/Pigment: black and red printing ink; coloured lithographic inks Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Adhesive binding, cased Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: tipped single fold cream coated paper followed by a single thin machine-made wove paper Structure: English Edges: all edges gilt Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, glued and lined with canvas End Bands: None Bookmark: None Boards: 4.5mm rope fibre board, full external bevel on all four edges Covering: plum-coloured coarse pebble grain bookcloth Tooling Spine: old-blocked title towards head and author, date publihser at tail within double fillets, and greek key ornament with large formalised papyrus plant in centre. Tooling Sides: blind-blocked thick/thin fillet border with rectangular panel in centre, with greek key border containing the title GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT and formalised flower and leaf design in centre. Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes: bookplate of William Gibbs
Bibliographic description
[1], 157p., plates . ill. col . fol.. With pencil ms on pastedown: "O/E/G". - Perfect binding, pages loose. Provenance: Crest bookplate: "William Gibbs.", with motto "En Dios Mi Amparo y Esperanza." [i.e. William Gibbs (1790-1875)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full red cloth; gold-tooling on spine and left board; blind tooling on right board.
Makers and roles
Owen Carter Jones (London 1809 - London 1874)