A Manual of Historic Ornament Treating upon the Evolution, Tradition, and Development of Architecture & Applied Arts Prepared for the Use of Students and Craftsmen by Richard Glazier. Sixth edition, Revised and enlarged with 700 illustrations by the author and from photographs, etc. Dover Publications, INC. New York. 184 pages, indexed. Green hardback book with gold lilt lettering on spine. Book is very clean and solid with no previous owner markings. Dust jacket is complete and is protected with a removeable plastic dust jacket  protector. Exceptionally comprehensive, easy-to-use guide surveys the evolution of historic ornament in architecture and the applied arts — from primitive ornaments of Oceania, Egypt, and Assyria to a Gothic doorway in Amiens, the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, and a classic early-19th-century sofa by Thomas Hope.