BIB_ID
308697
Accession number
MA 1406.4
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
1884 Oct. 6.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1952.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a small collection of letters from John Ruskin to the mineralogist and dealer in stones Robert Damon. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written from a hotel in London on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Written from a hotel in London on stationery embossed "Brantwood, / Coniston. Lancashire."
Provenance
Listed in a 1910 Maggs catalog (cat. 262, lot 839); and in a 1952 Carnegie Bookshop catalog (cat. 167, lot 374); gift of DeCoursey Fales in 1952.
Summary
Thanking Mr. Damon for his book on mineralogy; indicating he does not have time now to "read it with care" but will read it when he is able to "get again to my mineralogy."
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