Handbook of Designs and Devices – Clarence P. Hornung

A timeless reference for designers, artists, and visual thinkers.

This second revised edition of Clarence P. Hornung's classic compendium presents 1,836 basic geometric designs and their variations — drawn and classified for quick, practical reference across applied and fine arts.

Covering 15 form families — from the Circle, Triangle, Square, and Diamond to the Cross, Hexagon, Scroll, Interlacement, Fret, and Shield — the book distills centuries of decorative motifs from Egyptian, Grecian, Roman, Arabian, and Japanese traditions into a single, clear visual alphabet.

Originally published in 1932 by Harper & Brothers, this Dover Pictorial Archive edition (1946, revised 1959) is an unaltered, unabridged republication with a foreword by Talbot Faulkner Hamlin, Professor of Architectural History at Columbia University.

This copy comes from the Superdot studio library — used as a reference tool in design projects. Now it finds its second life with you.

• Author: Clarence P. Hornung
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Edition: 2nd revised (Dover reprint, 2013)
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-20125-2
• Condition: Good – used, intact
• Language: English
• Pages: 205+ plates