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Delamotte S Works on Illumination & Alphabets. 



A PRIMER OF THE ART OF ILLUMINATION ; for the 

 use of BegWaers : 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, Qj. Elegantly bound, cloth antique. 



A handy book, beautifully illustrated ; the text of which is well written, and cal- 

 culated to be useful. . . . 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, 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. &c. Collected and engraved by F. Delamotte, and 

 printed in Colours. Royal 8vo, oblong, 4J-. cloth. 



"A well-known engraver and draughtsman has enrolled in this useful book the 

 result of many years' study and research. 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." — Athenœum. 



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 ; with several Original 

 Designs, and an Analysis of the Roman and Old English Alpha- 

 bets, large and small, and Numerals, for the use of Draughtsmen, 

 Surveyors, Masons, Decorative Painters, Lithographers, Engravers, 

 Carvers, &c. Collected and engraved by F. Delamotte, and 

 printed in Colours. Royal 8vo, oblong, 4^-. cloth. 



** To artists of all classes, but more especially to architects and engravers, this very 

 handsome book will be invaluable. There is comprised in it every possible shape into 

 which the letters of the alphabet and numerals can be formed, and the talent which 

 feas been expended in the conception of the various plain and ornamental letters is 

 wonderful." — Statidard. 



MEDIEVAL ALPHABETS AND INITIALS FOR ILLUMI- 

 NATORS. 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, 6s. 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, sometimes 

 with a sort of rainbow' arabesque. A poem emblazoned in these characters would be 

 •only comparable to one of those delicious love letters symbolized in a bunch of flowers 

 well selected and cleverly arranged." — Sun. 



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, 2s. 6d, in ornamental boards. 



