Jones, Owen (1809-74; Welsh) The Grammar of Ornament (London, 1856) Acquired 1857 State Library of Victoria [RARESF 745 J72] This famous book featured 112 chromo-lithographed plates surveying the history of design, with a view to distilling principles that contemporaries could use to create their own original designs. The plates, prepared by Francis Bedford and printed
Illustrated Books acquired for the Melbourne library by 1861: Humphreys & Jones (O.) Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages 1849 {1860} SLV [IB] Jones (O.) Designs for Mosaic and Tesselated Pavements 1842 {by 1861} SLV [IB] Jones (O.) & Goury Alhambra 1842-45 {1858} SLV [IB] Jones (O.) The Grammar of Ornament 1856 {1857} SLV [IB]
Wyatt, Matthew Digby (1820-77; British) Views of the Crystal Palace and Park Sydenham: from drawings by eminent artists and photographs by P.H.Delamotte (London: Day & Son, 1854) Acquired 1859 State Library of Victoria [RARE SF 725.91 W97] Wyatt, who practised as an architect, was appointed secretary of the Great Exhibition of 1851, and supervised the