Ruskin, John
Seven Lamps of Architecture; Stones of Venice; Modern Painters
£1,386
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1849, 1858-53-53, 1857-56-56-56-60. 3 works in 9 volumes, large 8vo (25 x 16.5cm), finely bound c.1900 by Riviere & Son in red crushed morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments, French fillet borders gilt to sides, inner dentelles gilt, blue-green coated endpapers, all edges gilt, Seven Lamps with half-title, 14 etched plates, extra-illustrated with a duplicate of each plate (possibly photolithographic), Stones of Venice with half-titles, 53 plates (etched, aquatint or lithographic, the latter with additional hand-colouring), Modern Painters with half-titles, 87 engraved plates including frontispieces (several colour-printed; one hand-coloured and heightened with gold), 8 wood-engraved plates, the set bound without errata slips and advertisements, a few very light scuffs and marks to sides
Footnote
Note: First edition of Seven Lamps of Architecture, mixed editions of Stones of Venice (second edition of volume one, first editions of volumes two and three) and of Modern Painters (sixth and fourth editions of volumes one and two, first editions of the remaining volumes).