The leading principles in composition of ornament of every period, from The grammar of ornament
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Type of record: Book
Title: The leading principles in composition of ornament of every period, from The grammar of ornament
Other titles: Principles of ornament; Ornament
Classmark: Bedford Collection A236
Creator(s): Jones, Owen (1809-1874)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Wilkins, John C (Printer); Moore, Francis G (Former owner); Royal Institute of British Architects (Sponsoring body); Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain) (Issuing body)
Publisher: Printed for the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; Printed by John C. Wilkins
Publication city: London
Date(s): [1878?]
Language: English
Size and medium: 54 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/722698
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019794490405181
Description
Title page vignette.
"Owen Jones Prize, awarded by the Council of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, M.DCC.LXXVIII"--Cover.
Leeds University Library copy at A236: Print and MS. award presentation note on page facing title page: Owen Jones Prize, awarded by the Council of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, trustees of the Owen Jones Memorial Fund, to Francis G. Moore for a design executed and submitted by him for examination in the year 1885. H.J. Wood, Secretary, no. 44, 29 day of Oct.br 1885.
Features
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A236: Red goatskin binding, gold-tooled, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A236: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: ORO/50.
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