14 CROSBY LOCK WOOD <^ CO/S CATALOGUE. 



DELAMOTTE'S WORKS on ILLUMINATION & ALPHABETS. 



A PRIMER OF THE ART OF ILLUMINATION, for the Use of 

 Beginners : with a Rudimentary Treatise on the Art, Practical Directions for 

 its exercise, and numerous Examples taken from Illuminated MSS., printed in 

 Gold and Colours, By F. Delamotte. Small 4to, gs. elegantly bound, cloth 

 antique. 

 ". . . . The examples of ancient MSS. recommended to the student, which, with nnicli 



^iTit) sense, the author chooses from collections accessible to all, are selected with judgment and 



kno«ledg'e, as well as taste." — Athenceiiin. 



ORNAMENTAL ALPHABETS, Ancient and Mediaval, from the 

 Eighth Century, with Numerals ; including Gothic, Church-Text, large and 

 small, German, Italian, Arabesque, Initials for Illumination, Monograms, 

 Crosses, &c., &c., for the use of Architectural and Engineering Draughtsmen, 

 Missal Painters, Masons, Decorative Painters, Lithographers, Engravers, 

 Carvers, &c., &c. Collected and Engraved by F. Delamotte, and printed in 

 Colours. New and Cheaper Edition. Royal 8vo, oblong, 2S. 6d. ornamental 

 boards. 



" For those who insert enamelled sentences round j^ikled chalices, who blazon shop legends over 

 shop-doors, who letter church walls -w ith pithy sentences from the Decalogue, this book will be use- 

 ful." — At/unaujii. 



EXAMPLES OF MODERN ALPHABETS, Plain and Ornamental : 

 including German, Old English, Saxon, Italic, Perspective, Greek, Hebrew, 

 Court Hand, Engrossing, Tuscan, Riband, Gothic, Rustic, and Arabesque ; 

 with several Original Designs, and an Analysis of the Roman and Old English 

 Alphabets, large and small, and Numerals, for the use of Draughtsmen, Sur- 

 veyors, Masons, Decorative Painters, Lithographers, Engravers, Carvers, &c. 

 Collected and Engraved by F. Delamotte, and printed in Colours. New 

 and Cheaper Edition. Royal 8vo, oblong, 2s. 6d. ornamental boards. 

 "There is comprised in it every possible shape into which the letters of the alphabet and 



numerals can be formed, and the talent which has been expended in the conception of the various 



IJlain and ornamental letters is wonderful." — Standard. 



"This volume has borne the test of practical use, and is invariably spoken well of by those "ho 



l>ussess it." — ynveller and Metal-iuorker. 



MEDimVAL ALPHABETS AND INITIALS FOR ILLUMI- 

 NA TORS. By F. Delamotte, Illuminator, Designer, and Engraver on Wood. 

 Containing 21 Plates and Illuminated Title, printed in Gold and Colours. 

 With an Introduction by J. Willis Brooks. Small 4to, 65. cloth gilt. 



" A volume in which the letters of the alphabet come forth glorified in gilding and all the colours 

 of the prism interwoven and intertwined and intermingled." — Sior, 



THE EMBROIDERER'S BOOK OF DESIGN. Containing 

 Initials, Emblems, Cyphers, Monograms, Ornamental Borders, Ecclesiastical 

 Devices, Mediasval and Modern Alphabets, and National Emblems. Col- 

 lected by F. Delamotte, and printed in Colours. Oblong royal 8vo, is. 6ci., 

 ornamental wrapper. 



" The designs are practical — not designs that cannot be done in embroidery ; and the book will 

 no doubt be found exceedingly useful in the lady's work-room and in schools." — Newcastle Cotirant. 



"The book will be of great assistance to ladies and young children who are endowed with the 

 art of plying the needle in this most ornamental and useful pretty work." — East A?i£lian Times. 



Wood Carving, 



INSTRUCTIONS IN WOOD-CARVING, foy Amateurs ; with 

 Hints on Design. By A Lady. With Ten large Plates, 2s. 6d. in emblematic 

 wrapper. 



" The handicraft of the wood-carver, so well as a book can impnrt it, may be learnt from ' A 

 Lady's ' publication."- — At/temru^i. 



" The directions given are plain and easily understood." — I'.nglish Mechanic. 



Letter Painting* 



THE ART OF LETTER PAINTING MADE EASY. By 

 James Greig Badenoch. With 12 full-page Engravings of Examples, is. cloth 

 limp. 



"The system is a simple one, but quite original, and well worth the Gftreful attention of letter 

 painters. It can be easily mastered and remembered." — Building News, __ 



