Designing from Plant Forms.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. x, 123p, with decoratively patterned endpapers. After the Preface, two pages of Contents, and six pages of introduction, there are 58 openings, each with a formalised art nouveau design (each based on a species of plant) recto, with an explanatory caption facing. The author is keen to encourage the student to follow his principles. The designs are printed in intense black, which is sometimes slightly discernible from the reverse side. Some spotting to the extreme edges of the pages, and the pages which back on to the endpapers are foxed. 10 x 6.75 ins, in the original binding of brown cloth, decorated and titled in black. Firm, clean and bright, corners good, spine ends puckered, and with a small snag to the foot of the upper joint. A good copy. [Five years after the present book was published, Wadsworth became Art Director of the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company.]. Very Good. Item #19102110
Price: £80.00