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Orpington: George Allen, 1898 [Vol I to IV], Second Edition in Small Form, and 1897 [Vol V and Index] New Editions in Small Form. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Six full blue morocco leather bound volumes by Bumpus in an art nouveau binding, with gilt titles and decoration to the spine compartments, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, some marks and scratches to the leather with a small 'ding' to the top of the frint board of Vol V, some darkening to the to rear board of Vol II. Internally sporadically foxed see photos. With silk book marks, most detached, leather turn-ins to both paste downs with gilt corner decor and the binder's stamp to the front. Six volumes. Volume I IV Second Editions in Small Form [1898]; Vol V and General Index New Edition in Small Form [1897]. HANDSOME 19TH CENTURY BLUE FULL MOROCCO, raised bands, compartments with gilt rules and gilt titles. Volumes III-V each with frontispiece plus a total of 87 engravings on steel and wood, and several wood-engraved illustrations in the text by the author, J. M. W. Turner, and others. All the volumes have vellum and paper end papers with some waviness. John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, philosopher, prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, five raised gilt bands, marks and scratches. Joints good condition gently rubbed and worn, creased with very minor loss of colour to some of the top of the joints. Corners good condition bumped and worn to Vol II, others crisp and straight. Boards good condition leather, dent to the to the top of the front board of Vol V see photos. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, slightly darkened, remainder untrimmed and gently tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact. Paste downs good condition leather turn-ins with gilt corner decoration and the binder's stamp to the bottom of the front paste down. End papers good condition vellum and paper, some waviness. Title good condition lightly tanned, some foxing. Pages good condition lightly tanned, some foxing, illustrated to Vols III-V. Binding good condition. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1898, 1897 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1600962810502
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