Modern Painters. Volume I. Containing Parts I and II. / Volume II. Containing Part III. Sections 1. and 2. Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties. / Volume III. Containing Part IV. Of Many Things. / Volume IV. Containing Part V. Of Mountain Beauty. / Volume V. Completing the Work, and Containing Parts VI. Of Leaf Beauty. VII. Of Cloud Beauty. VIII. Of Ideas of Relation. 1. Of Invention Formal. IX. Of Ideas of Relation. 2. Of Invention Spiritual.

By A Graduate of Oxford (Vol. 1 and 2) / Ruskin, John.

Published by London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1846, 1846, 1856, 1856, 1860., 1860

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Vol. 1: Third Edition - Revised by the Author. Volumes 2-5 First Editions. Five Volumes - Complete Set. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: lxiii, 422 pages plus 32 pages publishers list / Vol.2: xvi, 217 pages plus 3 pages publishers list / Vol.3: xix, 348 pages plus 16 pages publishers list and 18 Plates / Vol. 4: xii, 411 pages. With 35 Plates / Vol.5: xvi, 384 pages plus 32 pages publishers list and 34 Plates. Also small illustrations in text. Green cloth with elaborate blind decorations to boards. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Small binder label in volume 1: 'Westleys & Clark, London'. Very good condition. All bindings are rubbed, bumped and some are stained. Various degrees of fraying to spine ends. Spines age darkened / browned. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally dust dulled and occasionally mildly foxed. All Plates are present, a few are lose. Bindings sound. A nice complete set of this important publication. Please note: This is a heavy set of five books weighing close to 7 kg. Additional shipping charges may apply of shipped outside the UK or Ireland. Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 103343AB

Bibliographic Details

Title: Modern Painters. Volume I. Containing Parts ...

Publisher: London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1846, 1846, 1856, 1856, 1860.

Publication Date: 1860

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition