Owen Jones Publishing Activities.
The work by Flores,
Carol A Hrvol. Owen Jones. Design, ornament, architecture, and theory in an
age of transition (2006), has an Appendix A, ‘Publication Activities [of
Owen Jones]’. This lists fifty-four works: ‘Authored, Edited, Designed, or
Containing Plates, Pages, Endpapers, or Bindings (Covers) by Owen Jones’,
published between 1836-1867. The List below follows
the sequence of citation as given by Flores.
I began an
exercise to find contemporary descriptions of the books, on which Owen Jones
worked, to a greater or lesser extent; using the online resource, the British
Newspaper Archive, to search for sale advertisements (or book reviews)
which were placed in contemporary newspapers, normally by the publisher, or a
bookseller. The majority of works had advertisements, giving the book format,
the type of binding, and the price of the book after its binding. Some
advertisements cite the role of Owen Jones in the book’s production. There are
also book reviews.
There are
two remarkable features about the information offered: firstly, publishers and
booksellers purchased space in newspapers either just before or just after the
book’s publication. This may seem normal to us today, but it is interesting to
see how publishers then sought to maximise sales. Sometimes, advertisements
would be taken out considerably later than the original date, possibly to clear
stock. Secondly, it is notable how many
of the advertisements were placed in newspapers published all over the United
Kingdom, including Ireland. It may have been misplaced optimism on the part of
publishers to place advertisements in English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish
provincial, and city newspapers. However, publishers and booksellers must have
hoped to extend their market for sales, in order to re-coup some of their
capital outlay. They must have had some foreknowledge that wealthy people in
rural areas had monies enough to buy expensive books.
City
booksellers offered discounts on some books, quite soon after publication. This
may indicate that they purchased copies from publishers at wholesale prices.
Appealing to would-be customers to buy a book as a gift, or ‘for the drawing
room table’ shows publishers’ intention to exploit class sensibilities.
Purchasers could give the book away to others, or confirm their status to their
own social circle by display, reinforcing that they could afford to purchase
the book. In the case of organisations, purchase was for the purpose of
presenting the book as a prize.
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1836.
Wilkinson, J. G. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. John
Murray. [3 vols.]
Carlisle Patriot 27 January
1838 page 4. ‘Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. On Wednesday next
with 450 illustrations 3 vols. 8vo. £3 3s. John Murray Albemarle Street.’
Carlisle Patriot 3 February
1838 page 1. ‘Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. On Wednesday next
with 450 illustrations 3 vols. 8vo. £3 3s. John Murray Albemarle Street.’
The Atlas 12 May 1838 page
16. ‘New Books Just Published by Mr. Murray. IV. Wilkinson’s Manners and
Customs of the Ancient Egyptians. With 4350 engravings on Wood and Stone, and
many colour plates. 3 vols. 8vo. 3l. 3s.’
1840. Hay,
Robert. Illustrations of Cairo.
John Bull 5 December 1840 page
11. ‘Just published, imperial folio, half morocco, 4l. 4s. Illustrations of
Cairo, by Robert Hay Esq., of Linplum. Drawn on stone by J. C. Bourne, under
the superintendence of Owen B. Carter, Architect. Printed in the new tinted
style; with Descriptive Notices. Tilt and Bogue, Fleet-street.’
Liverpool Mail 5 December
1840 page 1. ‘Splendidly illustrated works. Wareing Webb, Bookseller and
Stationer Castle-street … respectfully invites the attention of the Nobility,
Clergy, and Gentry of Lancashire and the neighbouring counties, to his
extensive stock of Illustrated Works, of recent publication, which are
particularly suited to the Drawing-room Table. Among them will be found Hay’s
Illustrations of Cairo (just published) …’
Hampshire Chronicle 8 May 1847
page 3. ‘A List of Books. A portion of the Stock of Jacob and Johnson, on Sale
at the Office of this Paper, Wednesday …Hay’s Illustrations of Cairo, drawn on
stone, by J. C. Bourne, under the superintendence of O. B. Carter, hf. bd.
morocco £2 5s. 0d.’
1842. Owen
Jones. Designs for mosaic and tessellated pavements; with
an essay on their materials and structure by F. O. Ward.
Globe 27 January
1843 page 3. ‘Fine Arts. Tessellated Pavements… Encouraged by the success which
has attended upon this discovery, Mr. Blashfield, of the house of Wyatt, Parker
and Co. [ceramic tile suppliers], has produced a work of exquisite illustrations
in corroboration of the great advances the art has made. It would be impossible
to give an idea of the beauty and order displayed in these designs: Mr. Owen
Jones has been entrusted with their execution, and admirably has he acquitted
himself. The text is appropriate and concise, and in a clear an explicit style
furnished the history of the ancient and modern tessellated pavements…Mr. Weale,
of High Holborn, is the publisher.’
1842-1845. Plans, elevations, sections and details of the
Alhambra. From drawings taken on the spot by J. Goury and O. Jones. With a
complete translation of the Arabic inscriptions and an historical notice of the
Kings of Granada by Pasqual de Gayangos.
The Atlas, 21 March 1840,
p. 15: ‘Parts VIII and IX Just Published. Folio Colombia £1 5 0.’
1841. Lockhart, J. G. Ancient Spanish Ballads.
Worcester
Journal. 10 March 1842, page 1. ‘…with original and appropriate
Embellishments, 4to., £2 2s.’
1842. Henry Gally Knight. Ecclesiastical Architecture of
Italy. H. Bohn.
Evening
Mail 14 April 1843 page 6. [Review] ‘The Ecclesiastical Architecture of
Italy. We have great pleasure in giving our unqualified approbation to this
very beautiful and elaborate work, recently published by Mr. H. Bohn. Such a
work has long been a desideratum among the lovers of classical architecture and
we are satisfied that its execution could not have been entrusted to better
hands. The present volume contains a number of highly finished drawings and
plans of Italian churches… The Introduction and text are contributed by Mr.
Gally Knight, M. P., a name so familiar to readers of architectural antiquities
to require any commendation from us.’
Sun
(London) 9 January 1845 page 7. [Review] ‘… the magnificent book of Mr.
Gally Knight “On the Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy…” presents copious
evidence that the placing of the altar at the eastern end [of a church] was by
no means uniformly the practice of remote antiquity.’
1842. The Musical Bijou. D’Almaine & Co.
Warder
and Dublin Evening Mail 18 September 1841 page 1. ‘The Musical Bijou for
1842. An annual of music & poetry. The embellishments, executed in Gold and
Colours, in a style of unrivalled beauty, and containing upwards of 120
contributions…’
1843. Jones, Owen. Encaustic Tiles.
[No advertisement found.]
1843. Views on the Nile: from Cairo to the Second Cataract:
drawn on stone by George Moore, from sketches taken in 1832
and 1833 by Owen Jones and the late Jules Goury. With historical
notices of the monuments by Samuel Birch. pl. 30.
Illustrated
London News. 29 July 1843, page 16. ‘… Half-Morocco £4 4s. Coloured and
Mounted £10 10s. London: Published by Graves and Warmsley, 6, Pall-mall.’
1843-1845. Westwood, J. O. Paleographia Sacra Pictoria.
Leeds intelligencer 12 July
1845 page 7. ‘Paleographia Sacra Pictoria. By J. O. Westwood, F. L. S. (W.
Smith, London)…is a series of illustrations of ancient illuminated manuscripts
versions of the Bible… This volume is a welcome and beautiful addition to the
library of the palaeontologia, and we think one of the cheapest, considering
the expensive nature of the illuminated illustrations.’
1844. Calabrella, E. C. Prism of Imagination.
Salisbury
and Winchester Journal 6 January 1844, page 1. ‘Sold be Messrs Brodie and
Co., Salisbury… Illustrated by Owen Jones and Henry Warren. Post 8vo.,
handsomely bound in morocco and gilt £1 1s. 0d.’
Naval
and Military Gazette. 16 December 1843, page 14. ‘…the binding is at once
gorgeous and chaste… in orange morocco and gold.’
1844. Catherwood, Frederick. Views of Ancient Monuments
in Central America and Yucatan.
Morning
Post 17 May 1844 page 6. ‘Fine Arts. Catherwood’s Views in Central
America.- The views …just publisher by Mr. Catherwood, cannot fail to excite
great interest for the light they throw on the architectural remains of a
people of whose history no traces now exist. … The drawings are on a scale of
magnitude, and admirably executed on stone…’
The
Atlas 25 May 1844 page 16 ‘ Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America,
Chiapas, and Yucatan. By F. Catherwood, Architect. Twenty-five Plates and Map
with descriptive letter-press. Imperial folio, half bound in morocco… £5 5 0;
coloured and mounted, in a portfolio …£12 12 0’. Published by F. Catherwood at
No. 9, Argyll-place, London; and to be had of the principal Print and
Booksellers.’
1844. Fox Talbot, W. H. The Pencil of Nature.
The
Globe 11 June 1844 page 1. [Advertisement by Longman] ‘With five photographic
plates, royal, 4to., 12s. The Pencil of Nature by H. Fox Talbot Esq., F. R. S.
, etc. etc. This is the first work ever published with photographic plates –
that Is to say, executed by the Sun’s light alone, and consequently not
requiring for their formation any knowledge of the art of drawing. The first
number will be published this week.’
1844- 1849. Humphreys, H. N. The Illuminated Books of the middle ages;
an account of the development and
progress of the art of illumination ...
from the IVth to the XVIIth centuries ... Illustrated by a
series of examples ... executed on stone and printed in colours by
Owen Jones.
London Daily News 20 May
1846 page 8. ‘Humphreys – The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. A History
of Illuminated Books, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century. By Henry Noel
Humphreys. Illustrated by a Series of Fac-simile Specimens, each consisting of
an entire Page, of the exact size of the Original, from the most celebrated and
splendid MSS. In the Imperial and Royal Libraries of Vienna, Moscow, Paris,
Naples, Copenhagen, and Madrid, - from the Vatican, Escurial, Ambrosian, and
other great libraries of the Continent; - and from the rich Public, Collegiate,
and Private Libraries of Great Britain. In Course of publication, in Parts.
Parts 1 and 2, imperial 4to., each containing Three Plates, splendidly printed
in gold, silver, and colours, in imitation of the originals, as accurate as can
be produced by mechanical means, with descriptions, price 12s. Large Paper, on
Half Imperial (21¼ in. by 13), to prevent folding the large plates, 21s. ***
Six parts to form a Volume, Four volumes completing the work.’
1844. The Sermon on the Mount.
[No advertisement found.]
1844. Weale, John. [Weale’s] Quarterly Papers on
Architecture. Vol. II.
Banbury
Guardian 8 February 1844 page 4. ‘Literary. List of New Works. Weale’s
Quarterly Papers on Architecture. Vol. I. 4to. 24s. half bound.’
The
Era 18 February 1844 page 3. [Review] ‘Weale’s Quarterly Papers on
Architecture – Parts I and II. The great hiatus in architectural literature has
been filled up by these papers, being, as they are, entirely devoted to
architecture and the arts… [Conclusion] Mr. Weale has given us may
illustrations of splendid specimens of painting on glass, and indeed these
volumes promise to form a gallery of all the celebrated works of art of this
description… No pains nor expense seems to have been spared, either as to matter
or manner, and we seldom seen a work so deserving of the success which every
artist must hope will attend its publication.’
1845. The Book of Common Prayer. John Murray.
The
Globe 30 April 1845, page 1. ‘The Illuminated and Illustrated Edition of
the Book of Common Prayer . Part I.,
royal 8vo., 5s. 6d. is published this day. John Murray, Albemarle Street.’
1845. Essex, William R. H. Illustrations of the
Architectural Ornaments and Embellishments and painted glass, of the Temple
Church.
[No advertisement found.]
1845. Humphreys, Henry Noel. The Illuminated Calendar and
Home Diary for 1845.
London
Daily News 20 May 1846 page 8. ‘*** The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary
for 1845; copied from the MS, of the “Hours of Anne of Brittany.” Imp 8vo, 42s.
in emblazoned printing and binding.’
1846. The Floral Almanack.
Sun
(London) 1 December 1845 page 7. ‘This, without exception, the most
beautiful of printing in colours that has yet been presented to the public, is
executed by Owen Jones, and published by the De La Rue... This exquisite
production, on once useful and ornamental, should find a place in every boudoir
or drawing room.’
The
Morning Post 15 December 1845 page 1 [Advertisement by De La Rue] ‘The
Floral Almanack. Price 5s.’
1846. Gray, Thomas. Gray’s Elegy.
The
Globe 17 December 1846, page 1; and The Morning Post 19 December
1846, page 1. ‘Richly illuminated Christmas Gift. Just Published in imperial
8vo. 31s. 6d. elegantly bound in patent relievo leather.’
1846. Humphreys, Henry Noel. The Illuminated Calendar and Home
Diary for 1846.
1846. Moore, Thomas. Irish Melodies.
Globe
4 October 1845 page 4. [Advertisement by Longman] ‘Moore’s Irish Melodies.
Illustrated by D. Maclise, R. A. In on vol. imp. 8vo. With 160 designs on
steel, 3l. 3s; or Proof Impressions 6l. 6s. The above may be had, bound in
morocco, by Hayday. Price 4l. 4s.’
1846. Adams, Edward. The Polychromatic Ornament of Italy.
Nottingham
Review 7 May 1847 page 4. ‘Government School of Design. – J. H. Manners
Esq., has just presented the first part of a valuable work, entitled “Adams’
Polychromatic Ornament of Italy”, a series of Examples of the Interior
Decorations and Frescoes of the 16th century. Drawn from the
originals by Edward Adams, Architect, and printed in colours by Owen Jones. Now
Rready, 1 vol., royal 4to., half bound, with an Ornamental enamel wrapper,
price 30s. G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street.’
1846. Weale, John. Divers Works of the Early Masters in
Christian Decoration.
Banbury
Guardian 18 June 1846 page 1. ‘List of New Works. Works of the Early
Masters in Christian Decoratoin, 2 vols. Imp. Folio, 75 illustrations, £10 10s.
hf. mor.’
1847. Carleton, William. The Black Prophet.
The
Globe 13 March 1847 page 1. ‘The Black Prophet Complete; Now ready, price
1s. 320pp., bound. The Parlour Library, Vol. I. The Black Prophet: a Tale of
Irish Famine. By William Carleton, Esq. …Simms & M’Intyre, 13, Paternoster
Row, London, and Donegal-street, Belfast.’
1847. Bacon, M. A. Flowers and their Kindred Thoughts.
John
Bull. 17 December 1849 page 2. ‘Flowers and their Kindred Thoughts, with
beautiful Illustrations in colours by Owen Jones. Imperial 8vo., 31s. 6d.
elegantly bound.’
1847. English Hexameter Translations. John Murray.
[No publisher advertisements, which give a price.]
1847. Leigh Hunt. A jar of honey from Mount Hybla.
Morning
Advertiser 27 December 1847 page 1. ‘Leigh Hunt’s Christmas Book now ready
price 14s., A jar of honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt. Illustrated by
Richard Doyle. Square demy 8vo., in an Ornamental Binding. [Quotes from other
newspapers.] London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.’
1848. Miller, Thomas A. A Treatise on Water Colour Painting,
as applied to the landscape and the figure ... illustrated by eight plates,
etc.
Birmingham
Journal. 22 January 1848 page 3. ‘List of New Books. Miller’s T. Treatise
on Water Colour Painting, plates 21s. cl.’
Staffordshire
Advertiser 22 January 1848 page 3. ‘List of New Books. Miller’s T. Treatise
on Water Colour Painting, plates 21s. cl.’
1849. The Arabian Nights Entertainments.
Dublin
Weekly Nation 29 December 1849 page 1. Advertisement by Charles Hedgelong,
90, Grafton Street. ‘ Arabian Nights Entertainments the complete edition in one
large vol., illustrated with five plates, neatly bound in cloth, gilt, 7s. 6d.
pub at 14s.’
1849. Ashley, Alfred. The art of etching on copper.
King’s
County Chronicle 15 August 1949 page 1. ‘Shields and Son, Country Printing
Establishment and Paper and Stationery Warehouse, Cumberland Square,
Parsonstown. … The following New Works may be had to order. The art of etching
on copper. By Alfred Ashley. Illustrated with 14 etchings by the Author. 10s.
6d.’
1849. Horace. The works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus/
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera.
[Review
of the book in] The Morning Chronicle, 31 January 1849, page 6. ‘The
works of Horace. Illustrated chiefly from the Remains of Ancient Art. With a
life by the Rev. H. H. Milman. John Murray. 1849. … Altogether the volume is
unique in idea and execution: no pains, no expense, and no degree of executive
skill seems to have been spared in getting it up. The Messrs. Vizetelly have
long been known as artist in everything relating to lithograph and taste in
preparing ornamental works; but the present volume is one of the greatest
triumphs which they have achieved , uniting as it does, splendour of ornament
with pure and classic taste in its appreciation.’
1849. The Song of Songs.
John
Bull 4 and 18 November 1848. ‘New Present book, in illuminated printing, by
Owen Jones. Just published, in imperial 16mo., elegantly bound in relievo leather,
price 21s. The Song of Songs. From the Holy Scriptures. Being the Eight
Chapters of the Song of Solomon, richly illuminated in the Missal Style, by
Owen Jones. London: Longman…’
1849. The Preacher.
Banbury
Guardian 28 December 1848 ‘Preacher (The). Illuminated by Owen Jones. Imp.
8vo. 42s carved bds [boards].’
Morning
Post 19 December 1849 page 1. ‘The Preacher. Illuminated by Owen Jones.
Imperial 8vo., 31s. 6d. calf; carved covers 42s.’
Manchester
Courier 22 December 1849 page 12. ‘The Preacher. Illuminated by Owen Jones.
Imperial 8vo., 31s. 6d. calf; carved covers 42s. Longman…’
1849. The Song of Solomon.
The
Morning Post 19 December 1849 page 1. ‘Illuminated by Owen Jones. Imperial
16mo., 21s. elegantly bound.’
Manchester
Courier 22 December 1849 page 12. [Longman advertisement] ‘The Song of
Solomon. Illuminated by Owen Jones. Imperial 16mo., 21s. elegantly bound.’
1849. The Song of Songs.
Carlisle
Patriot 13 January 1849 page 1. ‘Elegant Christmas Gifts. The Song of Songs
from the Holy Scriptures; being the Six Chapters of the Book of the Song of
Solomon, richly illuminated in the Missal style, by Owen Jones; elegantly bound
in relieve leather, imperial 16mo. 21s.’
1849. A Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young children.
Manchester
Courier 29 December 1849 page 8. [Advertisement by Grant and Griffith] ‘
New and popular present books for the young. A treasury of pleasure books for
young children; with 160 [illustrations] by J. Absolon and H. Weir. Bound in a
beautiful cover, designed by Owen Jones. Fcap 8vo., 7s. 6d. plain; 12s.
coloured.’
1850. Bacon, M. A. Fruits from the Garden and the Field.
The
Morning Post. 13 December 1849, page 1. ‘With beautiful Illustrations in
Colours by Owen Jones. Imperial 8vo., 31s. 6d.’
1850. Bacon, M. A. Little Goody Two-shoes.
Manchester Courier 21
December 1850 page 2. [Advertisement of Cundall & Addey: series] ‘Pleasure
books for young children’ no.12] ‘6 pictures. Price sixpence, plain; one
shilling, coloured.’
1851. Bacon, M. A. Winged Thoughts
1851. James Clarke Roberts. A few words to schoolboys about Christmas.
Morning Chronicle
26 December 1850 page 7 [Review] ‘Winged Thoughts. Longman. The trio concerned
in this publication merits the warmest praise; The names of them … are Owen
Jones, E. L. Bateman, and M. A. Bacon. The first of these worthies has invented
the whole, the second has drawn the illustrations on stone, and the third has
expressed his conception in verse. The idea of the work is that the birds are
the types of our “Winged Thoughts”, and each bird accordingly has a portrait as
illustrative of the thought conveyed by the accompanying verses. … The verses,
though somewhat mechanical in structure, have throughout a moral tone, and are
of equable merit. But the engravings (in colours) are superb, and deserve to be
accompanied with poems printed, as these are, in gold. Of all the Christmas
books this is the most fanciful, and appeals, with peculiar attractions to the
enthusiastic and the imaginative.’
The Cornish Telegraph
3 January 1851 page 3. ‘Owen Jones’s New Christmas Book. Winged Thoughts. By
Mary Ann Bacon. With Illustrations of Birds, designed and printed in Colours by
Owen Jones. Imperial 8vo. 31s. 6d. elegantly bound.’
Reviews also printed in The
Morning Post, 15 January 1851, page 6; The Examiner 28 December 1850
page 6.
1851. James Clarke Roberts. A few words to schoolboys about Christmas.
[No advertisement found.]
1852. Society of Arts. Transactions.
[No advertisement found]
1856. The Grammar of Ornament
Birmingham
Journal 5 March 1856 page 2. ‘Two parts of the work are now before us.’
Staffordshire Sentinel 22
March 1856 page 9. [Advertisement of] ‘Cornish Brothers 37, New Street,
Birmingham. Owen Jones Grammar of Ornament. Part II., 4s. 6d.’
Birmingham Journal 5 May
1856 page 2. ‘Art and Science. Parts 3, 4 and 5 are now before us… it is a
repository of the ornament of all ages and countries, a treasure-house wherein
is brought together and shown at a glance much of what previously even the best
ornamentalists were comparatively ignorant. It is a work we think should only
be known in order to ensure its purchase, which we most cordially recommend.’
North & South Shields
Gazette 10 December 1857 page 5. ‘Just published, extra half-bound, morocco
£19 12s. The Grammar of Ornament. By Owen Jones. 3,000 examples from various
styles; 101 imperial folio plates, by F. Bedford, printed in colours, with text
interspersed with wood engravings. Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen.’
1860. Moore, T. Paradise and the Peri.
Morning
Post 8 December 1860 [Review] ‘New Illustrated Books. … an exception must
be made in favour of Mr. Owen Jones and Mr. Henry Warren’s edition of Moore’s
“Paradise and the Peri”. A more perfect example of its kind it is impossible to
conceive; and, regarded in connection with the poem it adorns and illustrates,
its great unity of design will be freely acknowledged. For invention in the
designs of the borders, vigour and power in the drawing of the figures, and
perfect harmony of colouring, the work is unsurpassed.’
Aris’s
Birmingham Gazette 22 December 1860 page 2. ‘Illustrated Christmas Books. –
Cornish Brothers have now on sale all the new Illustrated Christmas Books.
Paradise and the Peri beautifully illuminated. Offered at £1.15.0; Published at
£2.2.0.’
1861. The Sunday Alphabet
Soulby’s
Ulverston Advertiser 8 August 1861 page 1. ‘Price five shillings. Sunday
Alphabet, beautifully illuminated by Owen Jones. Embodying simple Scriptural
Lessons in Verse. May be had of Stephen Soulby, Bookseller, King Street.’
1861. The Victoria Psalter
Frome
Times 21 August 1861 page 1. ‘The Victoria Psalter… One Hundred and Four
Folio Pages in Colours and Gold… every page of which will be enriched with
initial letters and borders by Mr. Owen Jones… It will consist of one hundred
and four folio pages, and it will be published fortnightly in parts, [each]
containing three magnificent folio plates, for 5s. Six parts now published.’
Illustrated
London News 6 December 1862 page 13. ‘New Books at less than half the
published prices. Victoria Psalter by Owen Jones, £4, pub. At £12 12s.’
Sporting
Gazette 6 December 1862 page 16. ‘100 Folio pages, in Colours and Gold,
price £12. 12s. The Victoria Psalter… Every page of this work is enriched with Initial
Letters and borders. A binding of extraordinary beauty has been prepared for
this work…’
1862. The Holy Bible. [Published by Ward, Lock]
Sheffield
Daily Telegraph 27 November 1861 page 1.
‘The best gift book of the season, Price One guinea, a Beautiful Edition
of the Holy bible, with illustrations from Raphael’s Picture, freely adopted by
Robt. Dudley, superbly printed in Tints, with gold border, Magnificently bound
in Relievo Leather from a Design by Owen Jones. Thos. Rogers, Post-office Corner.’
1862. Foster, Birket. Pictures of English Landscape.
Routledge.
Dublin
Evening Mail 18 December 1862 page 2. ‘Handsome Gift Books. Hodges, Smith
& Co. have just received the following: Birket Foster’s Pictures of English
Landscape. Cloth 21s.; morocco antique, or elegant £1. 14s. 6d.’
1863. Tennyson, Alfred. A Welcome to H. R. H. the
Princess of Wales…
Hertford
Mercury and Reformer 23 January 1864 page 2. ‘The only new illuminated
gift-book this season and the most beautiful ever produced. By permission of
the Poet Laureate, Illuminated by Owen Jones. A Welcome to H. R. H. The
Princess Alexandra, By Alfred Tennyson, Esq., D. C. L., etc. Appropriately
Illuminated by Owen Jones. Price 21s. To be had of Stephen Austin, Bookseller,
Hertford.’
Shields
Daily News 13 August 1867 page 4. ‘A Welcome to H. R. H. the Princess of
Wales, written by Alfred Tennyson and brilliantly illuminated by Owen Jones
chastely bound in inlaid cloth, gilt edges, 7s 5d; pub at 21s.; postage 10d.’
1864. The History
of Joseph and his Brethren.
Friend
of India and Statesman 24 November 1870 page 26. ‘The History of Joseph and
his Brethren. Illuminated by Owen Jones and Henry Warren. Most elaborately
printed on thick toned paper in gold and colours, handsomely bound in cloth.
(10 0) 12 0.’
Shields
Daily News 7 January 1865 page 4. ‘Fifty two plates, 4to., in an elegant
binding, £2 2s.; a limited number of 250 large paper copies, superbly finished
at £5 5s.’
1864. One Thousand and One Initial Letters. Day &
Son.
Shields
Daily News 7 January 1865 page 4. ‘Illustrated Gift Books. Just published,
edition limited, and stones destroyed, 28 folio plates, elaborately printed in
colours and in gold, containing 1001 entirely new designs, price, half bound,
£3 10s. One thousand and one initial letters. Designed and illuminated by Owen
Jones…’
1864. Seven Hundred and Two Monograms.
London
city Press 20 August 1864 page6. ‘We have received from the Messrs De La
Rue a book of 702 monograms, designed by Mr. Owen jones. The publication is a
great curiosity, illustrating the multitudinous forms in which initial letters
may be placed; but it has a higher value in the artistic and graceful treatment
of the monograms at the hand of the talented designer.’
1865. The Grammar of Ornament [Second edition.]
London
Evening Standard 1 April 1865. ‘The Grammar of Ornament. By Owen Jones. A
Cheap Edition of the whole of this great Work, executed with all the beauty of
the original. Folio Edition. Part I., 3s. 6d., containing four plates in
Chromolithography (to be completed in 28 parts of plates, and two parts of Text
only, 30 parts in all, to be published fortnightly), on April 1st. London
Day & Son (Limited), 6, Gate -Street, W. C.’
Croydon’s Weekly Standard
10 December 1865 page 1. ‘The Grammar of Ornament By Owen Jones, containing 112
plates in gold and colours, and upwards of 3,000 examples from various styles; £5
5s. – in parts 3s. 6d. ‘
1866. Scenes from The Winter’s Tale. Day & Son.
Sun
(London) 28 December 1865 page 2. [Review; conclusion] ‘It is a work of poetic
and artistic voluptuousness luscious in the glow and grace of it – in the grace
of the outlines and in the glow of the colouring – alike in tone though unlike
in degree to the sense of the more educated and the less educated among its
purchasers. Opening the book anywhere – merely to see it is to accord it our
instant admiration.’
Friends of India and Statesman 3 May 1866 page 29. ‘ Thacker, Spink
and Co. – Calcutta. New Illuminated and Illustrated Gift Books. Adapted for
Presents, or for the Drawing Room. Scenes from “The Winter’s Tale” embellished
with 24 plates and 24 pages of letter press, most richly and elegantly
illuminated with ornamental colored borders, all different in design. The
illuminations by Owen Jones and Henry Warren, and the designs on stone by A.
Warren, in handsome and emblematic cover, 4to., credit Rs. 28-12; cash 24-2.’
1867. Owen Jones Examples of Chinese Ornament.
Lady’s
Own Paper 28 December 1867 page 13. ‘Books. Companion volume to “The
Grammar of Ornament” by Owen Jones. Now ready, Examples of Chinese ornament,
selected from objects of Porcelain, Enamel, and Woven Fabrics, in the South
Kensington Museum, and other collections. Comprising one hundred elaborate
plates … small folio, handsomely bound, crimson cloth, gilt edges, price £4 4s.
…Published by S. and T. Gilbert, 4 Copthall Buildings, London, E. C.’
1867. Simpson, William. India, ancient and modern :
a series of illustrations of the country and people
of India and adjacent territories / executed in
chromo-lithography from drawings by William Simpson ; with
descriptive literature by John William Kaye.
London
Evening Standard 6 April 1864. [Review of exhibition of 158 watercolours by
Simpson in the German Gallery, Bond Street.]
Edinburgh
Evening Courant 10 January 1866 page 1. ‘ Fine Arts. Hill’s Galleries, 67
Princes Street. Now on view, Mr. Simpson’s magnificent collection of
water-colour drawings of India Ancient and Modern Taken on the spot. Open 10
a.m. till eight p.m.; Admission Sixpence. Season Tickets. Half a-Crown.’
Times
of India 14 November 1868 page 1. Now Ready Part I. & II. Price
[Rupees?] 21 each cash. India, Ancient and Modern; delineated in a series of
water colour drawings, made on the spot by William Simpson, the literary
portion of the work by J. W. Kaye… fifty [sketches] have been selected for the
present work and will be issued in Ten Parts at £2 2s. each. The Whole Work is
now in a very advanced state of preparation. Two numbers are ready for delivery,
and the remaining parts will be issued as soon as ready, without reference to
any stated intervals. The above price does not include Postage or Packing.
Parts I. and II. Will be supplied in Bombay at Rs. 21 each for CASH ONLY by the
undersigned. Rampart Row. Thacker Vining & Co.’
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