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I had this book. It was published tiny. Like 5x6. Not good. If you buy it you need a big one. Like 12". Great book tho. A feast, truly.

• masfuerte 3y ago
  The Princeton University Press edition looks nice but one of the Amazon reviews slates the printing quality. That said, reviews are often attached to the wrong edition so it might be fine. Can anyone recommend a good edition?
  • omsimun 3y ago
    If you're just curious, you might not need a glossy physical copy. The Met recommends (https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2018/grammar-of-ornament https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2018/grammar-...) this scanned version of the 1856 edition at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/grammarornament00Jone/ https://archive.org/details/grammarornament00Jone/ As someone with a training in architecture and architectural history, I'd think twice before paying money for an edition of this. Any plate from the book is very recognizable. It's marginally useful as a sourcebook, but you won't learn much from it, and its limitations start to grate pretty quickly.
    • mistrial9 3y ago
      .. as others have mentioned, current practices rival Soviet design .. we are at an all time low in some ways. Anyone who is interested ought to be encouraged IMHO ref: 1900 architecture texts from Columbia University -- Greek revival at the time