Styles of Ornament Exhibited in Designs and Arranged in Historical Order with Descriptive Text

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-lib., stamps at top and bottom page edges and title page, labels at spine and inside front and back covers; Binding tight; Pages clean). Brown cloth over boards with gilt titling at spine and front cover; 647 pp.; 400 bw plates. Described as "A handbook for architects, designers, painters, sculptors, wood-carvers, chasers, modellers, cabinet-makers and artistic locksmiths as well as also for technical schools, libraries and private study"; Translated from the second German edition by David O'Conor; Provides a wide array of ornamentation styles, including gothic, Celtic, Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance, Chinese, Byzantine, Scandinavian Romanesque, and much more. (Inventory #: 116723)