RUSKIN'S WORKS, Volumes I-XII
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company. Hardcover. 12 vols. A set of twelve green cloth hardcover books in good condition. Edges worn, most visibly at the tops of the spines, and corners bumped. Early owner's small inscription on each volume's front free endpaper. Signature sprung in MODERN PAINTERS III-IV. Scattered pencil underlining in several volumes. Some page corners turned. PAGES TORN near the end of the volume on A JOY FOREVER / ART OF ENGLAND, etc., affectin only a few index pages and an essay on the Crystal Palace. Binding is tight across the set. Item #324112
Consists of THE STONES OF VENICE, THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE, MODERN PAINTERS, FORS CLAVIGERA, SESAME AND LILIES, and numerous other lectures on art and architecture. Illustrated with numerous plates, mostly in black and white. This vintage set is undated, but the owner's inscription is dated 1886.
Price: $200.00