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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
by 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.
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