Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851
Published 1851
346 pages
Free design books
Design books cover the look and feel of the made world. Graphic design, typography, product design, interiors and illustration are all here, with histories, showcases of great work and practical guides. For working designers, students and anyone who cares how things look and function. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.
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Barn Plans and Outbuildings
Byron David Halsted
Published 1893
256 pages
Carving and Serving
Mary Johnson Lincoln
Published 1886
68 pages
Theory and Practice of Design, and Advanced Text-book on Decorative Art
Frank G. Jackson
Published 1894
244 pages
A Hand-book to Hampton Court with Illustrations
Henry Cole
1887 · 1892 edition
130 pages
The Workshop
Published 1870
294 pages
The Journal of Decorative Art
Published 1899
412 pages
A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture
John Henry Parker
1879 · 1896 edition
366 pages
Caxton Celebration, 1877
George Bullen
Published 1877
526 pages
Japanese Marks and Seals
James Lord Bowes
Published 1882
412 pages
Wolsey, the Cardinal, and His Times
George Howard
Published 1824
618 pages
First Lessons in Metal-working
Alfred George Compton
Published 1894
204 pages
Reports on the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867 ... Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty
Great Britain. Royal Commission for the Paris Exhibition (1867)
Published 1868
334 pages
French Book-plates
Walter Hamilton
Published 1896
384 pages
Dutch Etchers of the Seventeenth Century
Laurence Binyon
Published 1895
96 pages
Manual of wood carving
William Bemrose
Published 1897
90 pages
Art Decoration Applied to Furniture
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
Published 1878
252 pages
The Secret of Pictorial Art, Or Self Instructor in Painting on Glass, China, Satin, and Paper ...
D. D. Morse
Published 1879
138 pages
Specimens ...
Cincinnati Type Foundry Co
Published 1878
144 pages
The Workshop
Published 1875
322 pages
Collotype and Photo-lithography
Julius Schnauss
Published 1889
194 pages
The Early Printers of Spain and Portugal
Konrad Haebler
Published 1897
266 pages
Art Foliage, for Sculpture and Decoration
James Kellaway Colling
Published 1877
656 pages
A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles ...
William Theodore Brannt, Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt
Published 1888
758 pages