Author: RUSKIN, JOHN
Title: The Stones of Venice: Volume One: The Foundations
Description: London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1851. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by John Ruskin. Custom full burgundy morocco, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands and gilt borders, gilt title in one compartment, triple gilt borders on covers, gilt dentelles with floral and triple gilt borders, marbled endpapers, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Generously illustrated with some 72 in-text drawings and 21 full-page plates by the author, who had this to say about the illustrations: "... I have used any kind of engraving which seemed suited to the subjects - lime and mezzotint, on steel, with mixed lithographs and woodcuts, at considerable loss of uniformity in the appearance of the volume, but, I hope, with advantage, in rendering the character of the architecture it describes." Bound in near the end of the volume is an original hand-written and signed four-page letter from William Challinor to John Sleigh, Esq. concerning the deaths of Mary Elizabeth Challinor and William Edward Challinor. At the end of the volume is a two-page prospectus regarding the potential publication of a volume two, which would contain a set of illustrations by Ruskin in Imperial Folio size. Former owner's printed armorial bookplate (Sapere Aude - SLEIGH) on fep, former owner's name and date (Jan. 19, 1892) on reverse of ffep, hand-written dedication on a red bound-in page (Mary Elizabeth Challinor, 1880) by John Sleigh, else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, bright, and clean. A large, heavy book (five pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. Drawings, Lithographs, and Woodcuts. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xii, (ii), 413, (4), 2 pp. Signed by Associated. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
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Title: The Stones of Venice: Volume One: The Foundations
Description: London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1851. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by John Ruskin. Custom full burgundy morocco, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands and gilt borders, gilt title in one compartment, triple gilt borders on covers, gilt dentelles with floral and triple gilt borders, marbled endpapers, t.e.g, fore-edge deckle. Generously illustrated with some 72 in-text drawings and 21 full-page plates by the author, who had this to say about the illustrations: "... I have used any kind of engraving which seemed suited to the subjects - lime and mezzotint, on steel, with mixed lithographs and woodcuts, at considerable loss of uniformity in the appearance of the volume, but, I hope, with advantage, in rendering the character of the architecture it describes." Bound in near the end of the volume is an original hand-written and signed four-page letter from William Challinor to John Sleigh, Esq. concerning the deaths of Mary Elizabeth Challinor and William Edward Challinor. At the end of the volume is a two-page prospectus regarding the potential publication of a volume two, which would contain a set of illustrations by Ruskin in Imperial Folio size. Former owner's printed armorial bookplate (Sapere Aude - SLEIGH) on fep, former owner's name and date (Jan. 19, 1892) on reverse of ffep, hand-written dedication on a red bound-in page (Mary Elizabeth Challinor, 1880) by John Sleigh, else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, bright, and clean. A large, heavy book (five pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. Drawings, Lithographs, and Woodcuts. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xii, (ii), 413, (4), 2 pp. Signed by Associated. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Art Art History John Ruskin Illustrated Books Illustrated Books Architecture Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 500.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 29819
- Book number: 29819
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