412. Audsley (George Ashdown & Maurice Ashdown) The Practical Decorator and Ornamentist, title, 2 diagrams and 100 plates, with accompanying text, chromolithographs, each c.380 x 230mm., restored half-title and last plate repaired with tape affecting image towards gutter, foxed and dusty, half tan morocco over red buckram sides, folio, Glasgow, Blackie & Son, [1892].
est. £600 – £800
The last great collection of Victorian ornament. The authors, well known Liverpool architects, drew on Pugin, Owen Jones, Dresser, Hulme and Japan. The plates heightened with gold and printed by Firmin-Didot, are of the highest quality.
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