[ORNAMENT/DESIGN - MIDDLE AGES] A group of 4 works on ornament and design in the Middle Ages, comprising: AUDSLEY, W. & G. Polychromatic Decoration as Applied to Buildings in the Medieval Styles. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1882. Folio. Half-title, numerous plates. Publisher's red cloth gilt (joints rubbed, chipping to head and foot of spine, scant staining). -- SHAW, Henry. Alphabets, Numerals and Devices of the Middle Ages. London: William Pickering, 1845. 4to. Half-title, title printed in red and black; 48 chromolithographic or lithographic plates. Contemporary brown half morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION. -- Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages. London: William Pickering, 1843. 2 volumes, 4to. 94 color-printed plates, some finished by hand. Original olive morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- TYMMS, W.R. and M.D. WYATT. The Art of Illuminating as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times. London: Day and Son, Limited, [ca 1866]. 8vo. Chromolithographic title, 95 chromolithographic plates. Publisher's embossed brown cloth. FIRST EDITION. -- Together 4 works in 5 volumes, condition generally good.