Accession number
PML 145843-45
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Published
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 1851-1853.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First edition.
Illustrated with 53 engraved, lithograph, and mezzotint plates, and wood engraved illustrations within the text, all after drawings by Ruskin.
Pagination: Vol. 1: xv, 413 p., 21 leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 394 p., 20 leaves of plates; v. 3: 362 p., 12 leaves of plates.
Plates protected by guard tissues.
"London : Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street-Square."--Colophon.
Illustrated with 53 engraved, lithograph, and mezzotint plates, and wood engraved illustrations within the text, all after drawings by Ruskin.
Pagination: Vol. 1: xv, 413 p., 21 leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 394 p., 20 leaves of plates; v. 3: 362 p., 12 leaves of plates.
Plates protected by guard tissues.
"London : Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street-Square."--Colophon.
Description
3 v. : ill. (part col.) ; 27 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf of v. 1: From G. Smith Esq. to Mrs. Ruskin.
Provenance
Presentation inscription from the publisher George Smith to Mrs. [Euphemia?] Ruskin; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Brown morocco stamped in gold and blind in a pattern reproducing that of the publisher's cloth binding, by Westleys & Co.
Classification
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