The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . light and compHcated; everyconceivable and often incongruous element of decoration isintroduced, from cupids to dragons, from flowerets to Chinesepagodas. During the early part of George reign there isa return to greater sobriety of ornamentation, and a style moretruly national, which may be called the urn style, makes itsappearance. Book-plates of this period have invariably aphysiognomy which at once recalls the decorative manner madepopular by architects and designers such as Chambers, the
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . light and compHcated; everyconceivable and often incongruous element of decoration isintroduced, from cupids to dragons, from flowerets to Chinesepagodas. During the early part of George reign there isa return to greater sobriety of ornamentation, and a style moretruly national, which may be called the urn style, makes itsappearance. Book-plates of this period have invariably aphysiognomy which at once recalls the decorative manner madepopular by architects and designers such as Chambers, theAdams, Josiah Wedgwood, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Theshield shows a plain spade-like outline, manifestly based uponthat of the pseudo-classic urn then so much to the fore. The 232 BOOK-PLATES ornamental accessories are symmetrical palms and sprays,wreaths and ribands. The architectural boss is also an im-portant factor. In many plates, indeed, the shield of arms takesquite a subsidiary position by the side of the predominantlyarchitectural urn. From the beginning of the i gth century, until. JEjc Z,ibrui Petri ylhlonilCoiwerj LaadonensLS N° Fig. 4.^Book-plate of P. A. Convers, 1762. comparatively recent days, no special style of decoration seemsto have established itself. The immense majority of examplesdisplay a plain shield of arms with motto on a scroll below, andcrest on a fillet above. Of late years, however, a rapid impetusappears to have been given to the designing of ex-libris; a newera, in fact, has begun for the book-plate, one of great main styles of decoration (and these, other data being a ^(^ancif ^wun of/aruiarior in tAeCintnti^-\:ord::Jbhy inth^ -f ^ County of CD eur,n%f{,ffs&- Fig. 5.—Book-plate of Francis Gwyn of Lansanor, 1698. absent, must always in the case of old examples remain thecriteria of date) have already been noticed. It is, however,necessary to point out that certain styles of composition werealso prevalent at cer
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