THE LAEURNAM. No. 55.—Vol. III. lArf. Saturday,] THE DECORATOR S ASSISTANT. [May 27, 1848. liitral ^rcijitecture. … HE ornamental taste of the age is not con-fined to the metropolis alone — in oursuburban rambles we often, now-a-days,come across some very pretty specimens ofrural architecture ; but while we feel inclinedto praise the meritorious spirit to which theyowe their oi-igin, we cannot, at the same…
Design · Decoration and ornament · Art
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Kunstrichtige Schreibart : allerhand Versalie[n] oder AnfangsBuchstabe[n] der teütschen, lateinischen und italianischen Schrifften aus unterschiedlichen Meistern der edlen Schreibkunst zusammen getragen (1655)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-kunstrichtigesch00fran-52-108.webp)
![An illustration from P. Gasparis Schotti, regis curtani ... Physica curiosa, sive, Mirabilia naturæ et artis libris XII. comprehensa : quibus pleraq[ue], quæ de angelis, dæmonibus, hominibus, spectris, energumenis, monstris, portentis, animalibus, meteoris, &c. rara, arcana, curiosaq[ue] circumferuntur, ad veritatis trutinam expenduntur : variis ex historia ac philosophia petitis disquisitionibus excutiuntur, & innumeris exemplis illustrantur .. (1662)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-pgasparisschotti00scho-14-3.webp)
