1001 Illuminated Initial Letters: 27 Full-Color Plates
1001 Illuminated Initial Letters: 27 Full-Color Plates
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1001 Illuminated Initial Letters: 27 Full-Color Plates by Owen Jones
The illuminated letters in this volume by the great Victorian designer Owen Jones, many taken from an illustrated edition of>The Psalms of David, represent popular alphabet motifs that have been copied by artists and designers for more than a century throughout Europe and North America.Each page of this versatile archive contains approximately 40 magnificently embellished individual letters of the alphabet. (There's also an additional page of equally attractive Arabic and Roman numerals.) Foliated and filigreed designs--ranging from small to large, simple to spectacular--display the meticulous craftsmanship and attention to detail that have become synonymous with Victorian design.
Commercial artists, graphic designers, and craftspeople will find this elegant and versatile treasury of copyright-free decorative letters an excellent and indispensable sourcebook for graphic projects calling for old-fashioned Victorian charm.Republication of the edition published by Day & Son, London, and Ludwig Denicke, Leipzig, 1864.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780486256078 |
| ISBN 10 | 0486256073 |
| Title | 1001 Illuminated Initial Letters: 27 Full-Color Plates |
| Author | Owen Jones |
| Series | Dover Pictorial Archive |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 1988-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |