Part III

.: 17th and 18th Centuries. The Three Series Complete, each containing 18 large folio Plates, with descriptive letterpress. Folio, in portfolios, price 12_s._ each net; or handsomely bound in one volume, L2 5_s._ net.

"Students of the Art of Wood Carving will find a mine of inexhaustible treasures in this series of illustrations of French Wood Carvings.... Each plate is a work of art in itself; the distribution of light and shade is admirably managed, and the differences in relief are faithfully indicated, while every detail is reproduced with a clearness that will prove invaluable to the student. Sections are given with several of the plates."--_The Queen._

"Needs only to be seen to be purchased by all interested in the craft, whether archaeologically or practically."--_The Studio._

HINTS ON WOOD CARVING FOR BEGINNERS.--By ELEANOR ROWE. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged, Illustrated. 8vo, sewed, price 1_s._ in paper covers, or bound in cloth, price 1_s._ 6_d._

"The most useful and practical small book on wood-carving we know of."--_Builder._

"... Is a useful little book, full of sound directions and good suggestions."--_Magazine of Art._

HINTS ON CHIP CARVING.--(Class Teaching and other Northern Styles.) By ELEANOR ROWE. 40 Illustrations. 8vo, sewed, price 1_s._ in paper covers, or in cloth, price 1_s._ 6_d._

"A capital manual of instruction in a craft that ought to be most popular."--_Saturday Review._

DETAILS OF GOTHIC WOOD CARVING.--Being a Series of Drawings from original work of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. By FRANKLYN A. CRALLAN. Containing 34 large Photo-lithographic Plates, with introductory and descriptive text. Large 4to, in handsome cloth portfolio, or bound in cloth gilt, price 28_s._, net 22_s._

"The examples are carefully drawn to a large size ... well selected and very well executed."--_The Builder._

PROGRESSIVE STUDIES AND DESIGNS FOR WOOD-CARVERS. By Miss E. R. PLOWDEN. With a Preface by Miss ROWE. Consisting of five large folding sheets of Illustrations (drawn full size), of a variety of objects suitable for Wood Carving. With descriptive text. Second Edition, enlarged. 4to, in portfolio. Price 5_s._ net.

ANCIENT WOOD AND IRONWORK IN CAMBRIDGE.--By W. B. REDFARN, the Letterpress by JOHN WILLIS CLARK. 29 folio Lithographed Plates drawn to a good scale. Cloth gilt, a handsome volume, price 10_s._ 6_d._, net 8_s._ 6_d._

This Work, giving an interesting and useful series of Examples, is but little known. Very few copies remain.

HEPPLEWHITE'S CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE; or Repository of Designs for every article of Household Furniture in the newest and most approved taste. A complete facsimile reproduction of this rare work, containing nearly 300 charming Designs on 128 Plates. Small folio, bound in speckled cloth, gilt, old style, price L2 10_s._ net. (1794.) _Original copies when met with fetch from L17 to L18._

"A beautiful replica, which every admirer of the author and period should possess."--_Building News._

CHIPPENDALE'S THE GENTLEMAN AND CABINET-MAKER'S DIRECTOR.--A complete facsimile of the 3rd and rarest Edition, containing 200 Plates of Designs of Chairs, Sofas, Beds and Couches, Tables, Library Book Cases, Clock Cases, Stove Grates, &c., &c. Folio, strongly bound in half-cloth, price L3 15_s._ net. (1762.)

SHERATON'S CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S DRAWING-BOOK.--A complete Facsimile Reproduction of the scarce Third Edition. With the rare Appendix and Accompaniment complete. Containing in all 434 pages and 122 Plates. 4to, cloth, price L2 10_s._ net.

EXAMPLES OF OLD FURNITURE, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. Drawn and described by ALFRED ERNEST CHANCELLOR. Containing 40 Photo-lithographic Plates exhibiting some 100 examples of Elizabethan, Stuart, Queen Anne, Georgian and Chippendale furniture; and an interesting variety of Continental work. With historical and descriptive notes. Large 4to, gilt, price L1 5_s._, net L1 1_s._

"In publishing his admirable collection of drawings of old furniture, Mr. Chancellor secures the gratitude of all admirers of the consummate craftsmanship of the past. His examples are selected from a variety of sources with fine discrimination, all having an expression and individuality of their own--qualities that are so conspicuously lacking in the furniture of our own day. It forms a very acceptable work."--_The Morning Post._

FURNITURE AND DECORATION IN ENGLAND DURING THE XVIIITH CENTURY.--By J. ALDAM HEATON. Two volumes, each of two parts, bound in four, large folio, cloth, price L7 net. Containing upwards of 150 plates of photographic reproductions from the published designs of R. & J. Adam, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Shearer, Pergolesi, Cipriani, Darly, Johnson, Richardson, and all great English designers and cabinet-makers of the period.

This work forms an encyclopaedic and almost inexhaustible treasury of reference for all Furniture Designers, Painters, Interior Decorators, Cabinet-makers, &c., since no artist of importance is unrepresented, and a fair selection is in every case given of his work.

REMAINS OF ECCLESIASTICAL WOOD-WORK.--A Series of Examples of Stalls, Screens, Book-Boards, Roofs, Pulpits, &c., containing 21 Plates beautifully engraved on Copper, from drawings by T. TALBOT BURY, Archt. 4to, half-bound, price 10_s._ 6_d._, net 8_s._ 6_d._

FLAT ORNAMENT: A PATTERN BOOK FOR DESIGNERS OF TEXTILES, EMBROIDERIES, WALL PAPERS, INLAYS, &C., &C.--150 Plates, some printed in Colours, exhibiting upwards of 500 Historical Examples of Textiles, Embroideries, Paper Hangings, Tile Pavements, Intarsia Work, &c. With some Designs by Dr. FISCHBACH. Imperial 4to boards, cloth back, price L1 5_s._, net 20_s._

EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL FOLIAGE AND COLOURED DECORATION.--By JAS. K. COLLING, Architect, F.R.I.B.A. Taken from Buildings of the XIIth to the XVth Century. Containing 76 Lithographic Plates, and 79 Woodcut Illustrations, with Text. Royal 4to, cloth, gilt top, price 18_s._, net 15_s._ (published at L2 2_s._)

PLASTERING--PLAIN AND DECORATIVE. A Practical Treatise on the Art and Craft of Plastering and Modelling. Including full descriptions of the various Tools, Materials, Processes and Appliances employed. With over 50 full-page Plates, and about 500 smaller Illustrations in the Text. By WILLIAM MILLAR. With an Introduction, treating of the History of the Art, by G. T. ROBINSON, F.S.A. Thick 4to, cloth, containing 600 pages of text, price 18_s._ net.

"This new and in many senses remarkable treatise ... unquestionably contains an immense amount of valuable first-hand information.... 'Millar on Plastering' may be expected to be the standard authority on the subject for many years to come.... A truly monumental work."--_The Builder._

A GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE ORNAMENT AND DESIGN.--Illustrated by 65 Plates, many in Gold and Colours, representing all Classes of Natural and Conventional Forms, drawn from the Originals, with introductory, descriptive, and analytical text. By T. W. CUTLER, F.R.I.B.A. Imperial 4to, in elegant cloth binding, price L2 6_s._, L1 18_s._ net.

DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRONWORK OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES.--By D. J. EBBETTS. Containing 16 large Lithographic Plates, illustrating 70 English examples of Screens, Grilles, Panels, Balustrades, &c. Folio, boards, cloth back, price 12_s._ 6_d._, net 10_s._

_A Facsimile reproduction of one of the rarest and most remarkable Books of Designs ever published in England._

A NEW BOOKE OF DRAWINGS OF IRONWORKE.--Invented and Desined by JOHN TIJOU. Containing severall sortes of Iron Worke, as Gates, Frontispieces, Balconies, Staircases, Pannells, &c., of which the most part hath been wrought at the Royall Building of Hampton Court, &c. ALL FOR THE USE OF THEM THAT WORKE IRON IN PERFECTION AND WITH ART. (Sold by the author in London, 1693.) Containing 20 folio Plates. With Introductory Note and Descriptions of the Plates by J. STARKIE GARDNER. Folio, bound in boards, old style, price 25_s._ net.

Only 150 copies were printed for England, and very few now remain. An original copy is priced at L48 by Mr. Quaritch, the renowned bookseller.

JAPANESE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DESIGN.