CATALOG OF DOVER BOOKS 



A HANDBOOK OF EARLY ADVERTISING ART, C. P. Homung. The largest collection of copyright- 

 free early advertising art ever compiled. Vol. I contains some 2,00D illustrations of agri- 

 cultural devices, animals, old automobiles, birds, buildings, Christmas decorations (with 7 

 Santa Clauses by Nast), allegorical figures, fire engines, horses and vehicles, Indians, 

 portraits, sailing ships, trains, sports, trade cuts — and 30 other categories! Vol. II, devoted 

 to typography, has over 4000 specimens: 600 different Roman, Gothic, Barnum, Old English 

 faces; 630 ornamental type faces; 1115 initials, hundreds of scrolls, flourishes, etc. This third 

 edition is enlarged by 78 additional plates containing all new material. "A remarkable 

 collection," PRINTERS' INK. "A rich contribution to the history of American design," GRAPHIS. 

 Volume I, Pictorial. Over 2000 illustrations, xiv + 242pp. 9 x 12. T122 Clothbound $10.00 

 Volume II, Typographical. Over 4000 specimens, vii + 312pp. 9 x 12. T123 Clothbound $10.00 



Two volume set, T121 Clothbound, only $18.50 



THE 100 GREATEST ADVERTISEMENTS, WHO WROTE THEM AND WHAT THEY DID, J. L. Watkins. 



100 (plus 13 added for this edition) of most successful ads ever to appear. "Do You Make 

 These Mistakes in English," "They laughed when I sat down," "A Hog Can Cross the 

 Country," "The Man in the Hathaway Shirt," over 100 more ads that changed habits of a 

 nation, gave new expressions to the language, built reputations. Also salient facts behind 

 ads, often in words of their creators. "Useful . . . valuable . . . enlightening," Printers' Ink. 

 2nd revised edition. Introduction. Foreword by Raymond Rubicam. Index. 130 illustrations. 

 252pp. 73/4 X 103/4. T540 Paperbound $2.25 



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THE DIDEROT PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRADES AND INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURING AND 

 THE TECHNICAL ARTS IN PLATES SELECTED FROM "L'ENCYCLOPEDIE OU DICTIONNAIRE 

 RAISONNE DES SCIENCES, OES ARTS, ET DES METIERS" OF DENIS DIDEROT, edited with 

 text by C. Gillispie. The first modern selection of plates from the high point of 18th century 

 French engraving, Diderot's famous Encyclopedia. Over 2000 illustrations on 485 full page 

 plates, most of them original size, illustrating the trades and industries of one of the 

 most fascinating periods of modern history, 18th century France. These magnificent engrav- 

 ings provide an invaluable source of fresh, copyright-free material to artists and illustrators, 

 a lively and accurate social document to students of cultures, an outstanding find to the 

 lover of fine engravings. The plates teem with life, yvith men, women, and'children performing 

 all of the thousands of operations necessary to the trades before and during the early stages 

 of the industrial revolution. Plates are in sequence, and show general operations, closeups of 

 difficult operations, and details of complex machinery. Such important and interesting trades 

 and industries are illustrated as sowing, harvesting, beekeeping, cheesemaking, operating 

 windmills, milling flour, charcoal burning, tobacco processing, indigo, fishing, arts of war, 

 salt extraction, mining, smelting iron, casting iron steel, extracting mercury, zinc, sulphur, 

 copper, etc., slating, tinning, siiverplating, gilding, making gunpowder, cannons, bells, 

 shoeing horses, tanning, papermaking, printing, dying, and more than 40 other categories. 

 Besides being a work of remarkable beauty and skill, this is also one of the largest collections 

 of working figures in print. 920pp. 9 x 12. Heavy library cloth. T421 Two volume set $18.50 



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THE HANDBOOK OF PLANT AND FLORAL ORNAMENT, R. G. Hatton. One of the truly great col- 

 lections of plant drawings for reproduction: 1200 different figures of flowering or fruiting 

 plants — line drawings that will reproduce excellently. Selected from superb woodcuts and 

 copperplate engravings appearing mostly in 16th and 17th century herbals including the 

 fabulously rare "Kreuter BiJch (Bock), Cruijde Boeck (Dodoens), etc. Plants classified accord- 

 ing to botanical groups. Also excellent reading for anyone interested in home gardening or 

 any phase of horticulture. Formerly "The Craftsman's Plant-Book: or Figures of Plants." 

 Introductions. Over 1200 illustrations. Index. 548pp. 6V8 x 91/4. T649 Paperbound $2.98 



HANDBOOK OF ORNAMENT, F. S. Meyer. One of the largest collections of copyright-free tradi- 

 tional art in print. It contains over 3300 line cuts from Greek, Roman, Medieval, Islamic, 

 Renaissance, Baroque, 18th and 19th century sources. 180 plates illustrate elements of design 

 with networks, Gothic tracery, geometric elements, flower and animal motifs, etc., while 100 

 plates illustrate decorative objects: chairs, thrones, daises, cabinets, crowns, weapons, 

 utensils, vases, jewelry, armor, heraldry, bottles, altars, and scores of other objects. In- 

 dispensable for artists, illustrators, designers, handicrafters, etc. Full text. 3300 illustrations, 

 xiv + 548pp. 53/8 x 8. T302 Paperbound $2.25 



SHAKER FURNITURE, E. D. Andrews and F. Andrews. The most illuminating study on what many 

 scholars consider the best examples of functional furniture ever made. Includes the history 

 of the sect and the development of Shaker style. The 48 magnificent plates show tables, 

 chairs, cupboards, chests, boxes, desks, beds, woodenware, and much more, and are ac- 

 companied by detailed commentary. For all antique collectors and dealers, designers and 

 decorators, historians and folklorists. "Distinguished in scholarship, in pictorial illumination, 

 and in all the essentials of fine book making," Antiques. 3 Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. 

 192pp. 77/8 x 103/4. T679 Paperbound $2.00 



