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Recueil d'Alphabets
A Collection of Alphabets Dedicated to Artists is a small pattern book of decorative and ornamented typefaces for alphabets and numbers. Containing variations of common Roman, Gothic, and Italian letter forms, it offers letters of the alphabet formed by human figures, silhouettes of human figures, and animals. Interestingly, it also has a page of the letters formed by hands in sign language alphabet.
The Book of Trades, or, Library of the Useful Arts
Created as an educational occupation guide for young readers, these two volumes contain copper-engraved illustrations with accompanying text explaining the work of the brick maker, the weaver, the paper maker, the printer, the glass-blower, button maker, and other pre-industrial revolution industries. They provide a simple overview of each trade no doubt geared to educate and perhaps inspire young children.
The Grammar of Ornament
This was the first encyclopedic pattern book that examined ornament from a variety of cultures and historic periods. Jones created the Grammar to educate designers and stressed the need for a study of historic styles in order to prepare for an ornamental language suitable to the new industrial age. The Grammar was extremely influential in design schools in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and is still in print today, maintaining its relevance as a source of inspiration for contemporary designers.
