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Author Hatton, Richard G. (Richard George), 1864-1926.

Title Handbook of plant and floral ornament; selected from the herbals of the sixteenth century, and exhibiting the finest examples of plant-drawing found in those rare works, whether executed in wood-cuts or in copperplate engravings, arranged for the use of the decorator with supplementary illustrations and some remarks on the use of plant-form in design.

Publication Info. New York : Dover Publications [1960]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  745.44 H366H    Check Shelf
Description ix, 539 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents The old herbals -- The use of plants as elements in design -- Jacobean floral ornament -- Some considerations governing the use of plants in design -- The general form of plants -- The classification of plants -- Table of the natural system -- Figures of plants.
Note "Formerly titled: The craftsman's plant-book; or, Figures of plants."
Bibliography "List of the chief ancient herbals": pages 49-50.
Subject Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms.
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
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