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A compleat book of ornaments : consisting of variety of compartments, shields, masks, frize-work, moresk-work, &c. being very useful for painters, carvers, watch-makers, gravers &c. / invented & drawn by some of the best artists.

Accession number
PML 53034
Published
London : Printed for & sold by Tho. Bowles, [1750?]
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1962.
Notes
No text.
Not in Brit. Museum.
Title on plate 21: A new book of shields useful for seal gravers, painters, carvers.
Title on plate 26: A new book of ornaments proper for jewellers, painters, gravers, carvers, &c.
Titles on plates 30 and 34: "Berain in et del: Mersonau fecit. Parisis. CPR. Sold by I. Nicholls." In a similar case Weigert. "Jean I Berain" (Paris, 1937), footnote p. 252 says "Ces pièces sont probablement des compositions d'Un auteur inconnu, auquel on a substitué le nom de Berain."
Titles on plates 30 and 34: "Berain in et del: Mersonau fecit. Parisis. CPR. Sold by I. Nicholls." In a similar case Weigert. "Jean I. Berain" (Paris, 1937), footnote p. 252 says "Ces pièces sont probablement des compositions d'Un auteur inconnu, auquel on a substituté le nom de Berain."
Description
37 plates ; 33 cm
Provenance
From the collections of Jane Norton Grew Morgan (Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr.) and her son Henry S. Morgan.
Binding
1/2 red morocco.
Classification
Department