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The grammar of ornament (1868)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874, Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893, Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877, Bernard Quaritch (Firm), publisher · London : Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly · leaf 352

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ment freely dashed outis entirely spoilt by the ludicrous object from Avhich it springs. Again in No. 3, the ridiculousmasques seem sneering at the graceful forms which surround them; and in No. 4, nature and theantique are alike maltreated. No. 6 in the same plate points a severe moral. Servile,… … Typographic Ornament fronfone of the productions of the early Parisian Press. (Stephaus Greek Testament.) his running scroll, [which is adapted from one of the commonest patterns of antiquity, betrays atonce G-iulios feebleness of imagination, and his want of taste. The peculiar influence of local…

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