Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New / 3rd ed.
by Walter Crane
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Contents
- Chapter I. Of the Evolution of the Illustrative and Decorative Impulse from the Earliest Times; And of the First Period of Decoratively Illustrated Books in the Illuminated Mss. Of the Middle Ages
- Chapter II. Of the Transition, and of the Second Period of Decoratively Illustrated Books, from the Invention of Printing in the Fifteenth Century Onwards
- Chapter III. Of the Period of the Decline of Decorative Feeling in Book Design After the Sixteenth Century, and of the Modern Revival
- Chapter IV. Of the Recent Development of Decorative Book Illustration and the Modern Revival of Printing as an Art
- Chapter V. Of General Principles in Designing Book Ornaments and Illustrations: Considerations of Arrangement, Spacing, and Treatment