FORS CLAVIGERA. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain.

RUSKIN, JOHN

Published by Orpington. George Allen. 1871-1887, 1871

9 volumes octavo 9 1/4 x 6 inches. Complete with the index volume. All first editions. HANDSOMELY LEATHER BOUND IN FULL PERIOD VELLUM- bound by Mansell successor to Hayday. Simple gilt tooling and two leather lettering labels. Top edges gilt. Rare to find the eight volumes with the additional index volume. Illustrated. Some spotting, mainly to the endpapers and titles- as usual. John Ruskin (1819 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. Fors Clavigera was the name given by Ruskin to a series of letters addressed to British workmen during the 1870s. They were published in the form of pamphlets. The letters formed part of Ruskin's interest in moral intervention in the social issues of the day on the model of his mentor Thomas Carlyle. Each volume contains the book plate of Constance Flower (1843-1931) originally Constance de Rothschild- also known as Lady Battersea, who was a society hostess and philanthropist in London who established the Jewish Association for the Protection of Girls, Women and Children. Seller Inventory # 6607

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Title: FORS CLAVIGERA. Letters to the Workmen and ...
Publisher: Orpington. George Allen. 1871-1887
Publication Date: 1871
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good