The grammar of ornament / by Owen Jones. Illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred folio plates, drawn on stone by F. Bedford, and printed in colours by Day and Son..

Added engraved t.p. (chromolithograph) in illuminated style, in gilt and red and blue.

With contributions by J.B. Waring, J.O. Westwood, and M.D. Wyatt.

Each chapter paged separately.

Head and tail-piece illustrations. Plates are chromolithographs.

Plates II-II include Māori designs from New Zealand (including carved paddle handle, and mere).

Pages 58, 72, and 78 are blank.

Binding: 1/2 imitation black morocco, brown sand grain cloth boards, central plaque on upper cover with gilt plant (lotus) design within geometric border and title "Grammar of ornament." Spine tooled in gilt with raised bands and lotus design, marbled (combed) endpapers, gilt text edges. Plates protected with interleaved blank sheets.

Brunet, III, pt. I, col. 565

Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2007

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy lacks t.p. and only retains fragment of 1st page of preface. Provenance: annotation by William Colenso on p. 4. bookplate and cover stamp of General Assembly Library, transferred from the Mangaroa Collection 2008. Some foxing of plates. Acc. 365749.

Digital image available: "Moresque No.5", Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy, plate 43. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

Digital image available: "Persian No.3", Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy, plate 46. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

Digital image available: "Italian No.5", Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy, plate 90. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

Digital image available: "Leaves and flowers from nature No.8", Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy, plate 98. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

Includes bibiliographical references.