DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE ORK 
260 Magnifitently Colored Plates. Pablished 2t $200.00, 
Now becoming scarce. 
COLLINOT (E.) exd BEAUMONT (A. de)... Encycio- 
REDIE DES ARTS DECORATIFS DE L’ORIENT—Recueil 
de Dessins—(the Six Series Complete). Z/ustrated 
with 260 plates either chromo lithographed in goid and 
colors ov are eichiigs on INDIA PAPER, some being 
double plates. Square maximo, loose in six cloth port- 
folios with ties. — —- Paris, 1880-83 
Limited Edition-de-Luxe of 500 Numbered Copies.~ This magnificent 
work, which is full of polychromatic decoration as well as of other 
designs of the greatest utility for the ornamental and usetul arts, is 
ihe latest authority, and is divided into six series, as follows : 
First Series—“ Ornements deja Perse.” $35.00. This contains 60 
plates, of which 66 are in chromo-lithography. They exhibit ex- 
amples of illuminations taken from the most precious:manu- 
scripts of Persian paleographic art. Glassware, ceramics, arms, 
bindings, MSS., and views of buildings still standing, form a 
collection of the richest subjects most useful to artistic study. 
Second Series—“ Ornemenis du Japon.”’ $25.00. 40 chromo-litho- 
graphic plates heightened with gold and silver. The Japanese; 
more than any other nation of the Orient, understand the pro- 
found and innermost sentiments of Nature. “Nothing is more 
varied and gay than'their fancies. The forty designs comprised 
in this album, exhibiting flowers, birds, brocades, paintings, 
lacquers and porcelains, recommend themselves to the artist 
by their brilliant originality and coloring. 
Third |Spries—— Orneniénts de la Chine.”” $26.00. 40 plates in colors 
‘and metals. The designs which the Chinese artists have lett us 
are almost inexhaustible. The most necessary point in a work 
of this nature is to be able to make a good choice of examples, 
and to exhibit nothing but what is of the purest style and most 
assured authenticity. M. Adalbert de Beaumont has given 
