Author: Wise, Thomas J[ames. 1859 - 1937] - Editor. Ruskin, John [1819 - 1900]. Cheneau, Ernest [1833 - 1890]
Title: LETTERS From JOHN RUSKIN To ERNEST CHESNEAU. Edited by Thomas J. Wise
Description: London: Privately Printed, 1894. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1354; Pariser 156; Todd 213d). "The impression of this book is limited to a few copies for private circulation only."-- Page [v]; according to Pariser & Todd, this 33 cc on Whatmann paper. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Bevelled boards. xiii, [1 (Errata)], 57, [3] pp (including Index). Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 8vo. Minor wear. Bookseller ticket to front paste-down. A VG+ - Nr Fine copy. "Ernest Chesneau was the author of La Peintre Anglaise, which was published in England in 1885 as The English School of Painting, with a preface by John Ruskin. Ruskin’s twenty letters to Chesneau were written between 1867 and 1883, and contain many interesting passages devoted to Ruskin’s philosophy of art, and his opinions of various painters." [as quoted on RBH].

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