John Ryder's books on Ornaments

John Ryder's books on ornaments and fleurons include Flowers and Flourishes (1976, Bodley Head for Mackays, London) and A Suite of Fleurons (1956, Phoenix House, London). The former book Includes a reprint of the 1956 "third impression revised in the author's hand, 1975" ed. of A suite of fleurons.

The awful scans below were made by Luc Devroye during one of his episodes of mental confusion.
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The title pages.

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Left: 12 Point Primula Ornaments.

Right: ATF 3601 Troyer Ornaments at 36pt.

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Left: ATF 3605 Troyer Ornaments at 36pt.

Middle: ATF Civilité Ornaments.

Right: ATF Cloister Initials, 60pt.

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Amsterdam Typefoundry examples: Crous Vidal Initials (left) and Raffia Initials (right).

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Bauer Typefoundry's Maria Ballé Initials, 54pt.

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Gracia Initials.

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Left: 17th century ornament in use in Oxford in 1674.

Right: Brass by S.E.C. Stephenson, 1797.

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Left: Stephenson Blake's grapes.

Right: Fists and a train by Stevens Shanks Typefoundry.

Contact

Luc Devroye
School of Computer Science
McGill University
Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6
lucdevroye@gmail.com
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc