Author: BERDEN, J.W.H.,
Title: Ornamentstijlen. Door afbeeldingen met verklarende tekst voorgesteld in historische volgorde. Dutch translation after the german by A. Speltz.
Description: Leiden, s.d.[circa], 1930. thick 8°. cloth, gilt lettered upper boards, with a rectangular col. vignette in centre. (viii),708pp. With c.4500 text-ills & ills on plates, large initials, register. Dutch transl. of a classic on Ornament & ornamental design fr. ancient to modern times, incl. so-called 'primitive', e.g. non-western ornamentation. Fine copy. Rare.

Keywords: ornament design ornamentation textbook treatise primitive design non western