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Fors clavigera : letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain / by John Ruskin.

Accession number
PML 133502-10
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Published
Orpington : George Allen, 1871-1887.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
First ed.; 96 letters, originally issued separately, in 2 series, but subsequently collected into 8 v. of 12 letters each, to which general title-pages were prefixed. Each letter was in original paper covers, with title upon the front; only letters 1-20 of first series and 4-12 of "New series" were issued with special title-pages. The first 36 letters are paged separately, the remainder, by volume.
Vols. II and IV contain a "Supplementary number" (Index to v. I-II and III-IV respectively).
Imprint of letters varies.
Illustrations in v. 8 by Kate Greenaway.
The index is based on the 2nd ed. of the earlier letters which vary in their pagination from the first edition. Cf. Ruskin's Works, ed. by E.T. Cook, v. 29, p. 605-606.
Description
8 v. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of Charles Henry Lord Hillingdon; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco by the Doves Bindery.
Classification
Department