BOOK I., “THE COURSE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP”; BOOK II., “THE COURSE OF

DESIGN”; BOOK III., “BY THE WAY.” Containing 410 pages, including 50 full-page Plates, and upwards of 200 Illustrations in the Text, all of Old Examples. Large 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 21_s._ net.

“Contains a more complete popular account--technical and historical--of stained and painted glass than has previously appeared in this country.”--_The Times._

“The book is a masterpiece in its way ... amply illustrated and carefully printed; it will long remain an authority on its subject.”--_The Art Journal._

“All for whom the subject of stained glass possesses an interest and a charm, will peruse these pages with pleasure and profit.”--_The Morning Post._

“Mr. Day has done a worthy piece of work in more than his usual admirable manner ... the illustrations are all good and some the best black-and-white drawings of stained glass yet produced.”--_The Studio._

_In Preparation. To be published shortly._

A HANDBOOK OF EMBROIDERY.--By LEWIS F. DAY and MISS MARY BUCKLE. Being a handbook on the Art for Designers, Needleworkers, Students, Teachers, &c. Both artistic and practical sides of the subject are thoroughly treated, and the work is illustrated with Photographs of Stitches, and Historic Examples, &c.

_Now published, the most handy, useful, and comprehensive work on the subject._

ALPHABETS, OLD AND NEW.--Containing 150 complete Alphabets, 30 Series of Numerals, Numerous Facsimiles of Ancient Dates. Selected and arranged by LEWIS F. DAY. Preceded by a short account of the Development of the Alphabet. With Modern Examples specially designed by WALTER CRANE, PATTEN WILSON, A. BERESFORD PITE, the Author, and others. Crown 8vo, art linen. Second Impression, completing Fifth Thousand. Price 3_s._ 6_d._ net.

“Mr. Day’s explanation of the growth of form in letters is particularly valuable.... Many excellent alphabets are given in illustration of his remarks.”--_The Studio._

“Every one who employs practical lettering will be grateful for ‘Alphabets, Old and New.’ Mr. Day has written a scholarly and pithy introduction, and contributes some beautiful alphabets of his own design.”--_The Art Journal._

“A practical resumé of all that is to be known on the subject, concisely and clearly stated.”--_St. James’s Gazette._

“It goes without saying that whatever Mr. Batsford publishes and Mr. Day has to do with is presented in a good artistic form, complete, and wherever that is possible, graceful.”--_The Athenæum._

A HANDBOOK OF ORNAMENT.--With 300 Plates, containing about 3,000 Illustrations of the Elements and Application of Decoration to Objects. By F. S. MEYER, Professor at the School of Applied Art, Karlsruhe. Second English Edition, revised by HUGH STANNUS, F.R.I.B.A., Lecturer on Applied Art at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. Thick 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top. Price 12_s._ 6_d._ Net 10_s._

“A library, a museum, an encyclopædia, and an art school in one. To rival it as a book of reference, one must fill a book case. The quality of the drawings is unusually high, the choice of examples is singularly good.... The work is practically an epitome of a hundred works on Design.”--_Studio._

“The author’s acquaintance with ornament amazes, and his three thousand subjects are gleaned from the finest which the world affords. As a treasury of ornament drawn to scale in all styles, and derived from genuine concrete objects, we have nothing in England which will not appear as poverty-stricken as compared with Professor Meyer’s book.”--_Architect._

“The book is a mine of wealth even to an ordinary reader, while to the student of art and archæology it is simply indispensable as a reference book. We know of no one work of its kind that approaches it for comprehensiveness and historical accuracy.”--_Science and Art._

THE HISTORIC STYLES OF ORNAMENT.--Containing 1,500 examples from all countries and all periods, exhibited on 100 Plates, mostly printed in gold and colours. With historical and descriptive text translated from the German of H. DOLMETSCH. Folio, handsomely bound in cloth, gilt. Price £1 5_s._ net.

This work has been designed to serve as a practical guide for the purpose of showing the development of Ornament, and the application of colour to it in various countries through the epochs of history. The work illustrates not only Flat Ornament, but also many DECORATIVE OBJECTS, such as METAL-WORK, POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, LACE, ENAMEL, MOSAIC, ILLUMINATION, STAINED GLASS, JEWELLERY, BOOKBINDING, &c. showing the application of Ornament to Industrial Art.

_A small remainder, just reduced in price._

ANIMALS IN ORNAMENT.--By Professor G. STURM. Containing 30 large Collotype Plates, printed in tint, of Designs suitable for Friezes, Panels, Borders, Wall-papers, Carving, and all kinds of Surface Decoration, &c. Large folio in portfolio. Price 18_s._ net (published £1 10_s._).

A new and useful series of clever designs, showing how animal form may be adapted to decorative purposes with good effect.

A HANDBOOK OF ART SMITHING.--For the use of Practical Smiths, Designers and others, and in Art and Technical Schools. By F. S. MEYER, Author of “A Handbook of Ornament.” Translated from the Second German Edition. With an Introduction by J. STARKIE GARDNER. Containing 214 Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth. Price 6_s._ Net 5_s._

Both the Artistic and the Practical Branches of the subject are dealt with, and the Illustrations give selected Examples of Ancient and Modern Ironwork. The Volume thus fills the long-existing want of a Manual on Ornamental Ironwork, and it is hoped will prove of value to all interested in the subject.

“Charmingly produced.... It is really a most excellent manual, crowded with examples of ancient work, for the most part extremely well selected.”--_The Studio._

“Professor Meyer’s work is a useful historical manual on Art Smithing, based on a scientific classification of the subject, that will be of service to all smiths, designers, and students of technical and art schools. The illustrations are well drawn and numerous.”--_Building News._

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

A NEW BOOKE OF DRAWINGS OF IRON WORKE.--Invented and Designed 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 Royal 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 an 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 but 20 now remain. Early application is therefore necessary to secure copies.

An original copy is priced at £48 in a recent catalogue of Mr. Bernard Quaritch, the renowned bookseller.

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._

_Just Published._

A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF BRASS REPOUSSÉ FOR AMATEURS.--By GAWTHORP (Art Metal Worker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales). Second and Enlarged Edition. With 32 Illustrations, many from photographs of executed designs. Crown 8vo, in wrapper. Price 1_s._ net.

EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH MEDIÆVAL 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 £2 2_s._).

_Published with the Sanction of the Science and Art Department._

FRENCH WOOD CARVINGS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS.--A Series of Examples printed in Collotype from Photographs specially taken from the Carvings direct. Edited by ELEANOR ROWE. Part I. Late 15th and Early 16th Century Examples; Part II. 16th Century; 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 half bound, in one volume, price £2 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 archæologically or practically.”--_The Studio._

HINTS ON WOOD CARVING FOR BEGINNERS.--By ELEANOR ROWE, with a Preface by J. H. POLLEN. 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, with a Preface by T. R. ABLETT. 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 14th and 15th Centuries. By FRANKLYN A. CRALLAN. Containing 34 large Photo-lithographic Plates, illustrating some of the finest specimens of Gothic Wood Carving extant, with Introductory and Descriptive Text. Large 4to, in handsome cloth portfolio, or bound in cloth gilt. Price 28_s._ Net 24_s._

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

“This admirable work is one of great interest and value.... Every variety of Gothic detail is here illustrated. Hitherto no full-sized details have been published, so that the present work will be invaluable to the wood carver, as the drawings possess all the strength and vigour of the original work.”--_Education._

PROGRESSIVE STUDIES AND DESIGNS FOR WOOD CARVERS.--By MISS E. R. PLOWDEN. With a Preface by MISS ROWE. Consisting of seven 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.

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._

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 £2 10_s._ net. (1794.) _Original Copies when met with fetch from £15 to £18._

“A beautiful replica, which every admirer of the author and the period should possess.”--_The Building News._

CHIPPENDALE’S THE GENTLEMAN AND CABINET-MAKER’S DIRECTOR.--A complete Facsimile of the Third 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 £3 15_s._ net. (1762.)

THE DECORATION OF HOUSES.--By EDITH WHARTON, and OGDEN CODMAN, Architect. 204 pages of text, with 56 full-page Photographic Plates of Views of Rooms, Doors, Ceilings, Fireplaces, various pieces of Furniture, &c., from the Renaissance period. Large square 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

“ ... has illustrations which are beautiful ... because they illustrate the sound and simple principle of decoration which the authors put forward.... The book is one which should be in the library of every man and woman of means, for its advice is characterised by so much common sense as well as by the best of taste.”--_The Queen._

OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS.--By F. J. BRITTEN, Secretary of the Horological Institute. Being an Account of the History of Clocks and Watches, with a List of 8,000 Old Makers, with descriptive Notes. Containing over 400 Illustrations, many from photographs, of choice and curious examples, of Clocks and Watches of the past, including the finely-ornamented Bracket Clocks of the XVIIth Century, and the tall cases of the XVIIIth Century. 512 pages. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt. Price 10_s._ net.

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 Examples of Textiles, Embroideries, Paper Hangings, Tile Pavements, Intarsia Work, &c. By DR. FISCHBACH. Imperial 4to boards, cloth back. Price 25_s._ Net 20_s._

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 £1 5_s._ Net £1 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._

PLASTERING: PLAIN AND DECORATIVE.--A Practical Treatise on the Art and Craft of Plastering and Modelling. Including full description 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 of the History of the Art, by G. T. ROBINSON, F.S.A. Second Edition. 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 £2 6_s._ Net £1 18_s._

_NATIVE PRINTED JAPANESE ART BOOKS._

JAPANESE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF DESIGN.