London: B. T. Batsford, 1896. 3rd English edition. hardcover. near very good. With 300 plates, containing about 3000 illustrations of the elements, and the application of decoration to objects. Octavo, olive green cloth covers, stamped in black and gilt, top edge gilt. xvi [2] 518 pages. Some abrasion where a bookplate was removed from the front paste-down endpaper; covers have a little scuffing and a small spot on top cover, near very good. No dust jacket. 100704A

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Bookseller: Alkahest Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000021113
Title: A HANDBOOK OF ORNAMENT.
Author: Meyer, Franz Sales. Revised by Hugh Stannus
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - near very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 3rd English edition
Publisher: B. T. Batsford
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1896
Bookseller catalogs: Art & Design;

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Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...