28 WORKS IN SCIENCE AND ART, ETC, 



Delamottis Works on Illumination & Alphabets. 



A PRIMER OF THE ART OF ILLUMINATION ; for the 

 use of Beginners : with a Rudimentary Treatise on the Art, Prac- 

 tical Directions for its Exercise, and numerous Examples taken 

 from Illuminated MSS., printed in Gold and Colours. By F. DELA- 

 MOTTE. Small 4to, gs. Elegantly bound, cloth antique. 

 '* The examples of ancient MSS. recommended to the student, which, with much 



good sense, the author chooses from collections accessible to all, are selected with 



judgment and knowledge, as well as taste." Athenceum. 



ORNAMENTAL ALPHABETS, ANCIENT and MEDIEVAL ; 

 from the Eighth Century, with Numerals ; including Gothic, 

 Church-Text, German, Italian, Arabesque, Initials, Monograms, 

 Crosses, &c. Collected and engraved by F. DELAMOTTE, and 

 printed in Colours. New and Cheaper Edition. Royal 8vo, 

 oblong, 2J. 6d. ornamental boards. 

 " For those who insert enamelled sentences round gilded chalices, who blazon shop 



legends over shop-doors, who letter church walls with pithy sentences from the 



Decalogue, this book will be useful." AtJienaum. 



EXAMPLES OF MODERN ALPHABETS, PLAIN and ORNA- 

 MENTAL ; including German, Old English, Saxon, Italic, Per- 

 spective, Greek, Hebrew, Court Hand, Engrossing, Tuscan, 

 Riband, Gothic, Rustic, and Arabesque, &c., &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." Standard. 



MEDIAEVAL ALPHABETS AND INITIALS FOR ILLUMI- 

 NATORS. By F. DELAMOTTE. Containing 21 Plates, and 

 Illuminated Title, printed in Gold and Colours. With an Intro - 

 ductionbyj. WILLIS BROOKS. Small 4to, 6s. cloth gilt. 



THE EMBROIDERER'S BOOK OF DESIGN ; containing Initials, 

 Emblems, Cyphers, Monograms, Ornamental Borders, Ecclesias- 

 tical Devices, Mediaeval and Modern Alphabets, and National 

 Emblems. Collected and engraved by F. DELAMOTTE, and 

 printed in Colours. Oblong royal 8vo, u. 6d. in ornamental boards. 



Wood- Carving. 



INSTRUCTIONS in WOOD-CARVING, for Amateurs; with 

 Hints on Design. By A LADY. In emblematic wrapper, hand- 

 somely printed, with Ten large Plates, 2s. 6d. 



" The handicraft of the wood-carver, so well as a book can impart it, may be learnt 

 from ' A Lady's ' publication." Athenaum. 



Popular Work on Painting. 



PAINTING POPULARLY EXPLAINED; with Historical 

 Sketches of the Progress of the Art. By THOMAS JOHN GULLICK, 

 Painter, and JOHN TIMES, F.S.A. Fourth Edition, revised and 

 enlarged. With Frontispiece and Vignette. In small 8vo, 6s. cloth. 

 %* This Work has been adopted as a Prize-book in the Schools of 

 Art at South Kensington. 



" Contains a large amount of original matter, agreeably conveyed." Builder. 

 " Much may be learned, even by chose who fancy they do not require to be taught, 

 from the careful perusal of this unpretending but comprehensive treatise." Art Journal. 



