The works of John Ruskin / edited by E.T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn [Complete in 39 volumes]

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1903-1912, 1st Library Edition. London New York : George Allen ; Longmans, Green, and Co. Good set in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #477791

Physical description: 39 volumes : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, plans, portraits. Contents: Vol. 1. Early prose writing -- v. 2. Poems -- v. 3-7. Modern painters -- v. 8. The seven lamps of architecture -- v. 9-11. The stones of Venice -- v. 12. Lectures on architecture and painting -- Other papers, 1844 -- v. 13. Turner -- The harbours of England -- Catalogues and notes -- v. 14. Academy notes -- Notes on Prout and Hunt -- Other art criticisms, 1855-1888 -- v. 15. The elements of drawing -- The elements of perspective -- The laws of Fésole -- v. 16. "A joy for ever" -- The two paths -- Letters on the Oxford Museum and various addresses -- v. 17. Unto this last -- Munera pulveris -- Time and tide -- other writings on political economy, 1860-1873 -- v. 18. Sesame and lilies -- The ethics of the dust -- The crown of wild olive -- Letters on public affairs, 1859-1866 -- v. 19. The cestus of Aglaia The queen of the air -- Other papers and lectures on art and literature, 1860-1870 -- v. 20. Lectures on art -- Aratra pentelici -- v. 21. The Ruskin art collection at Oxford : catalogues, notes, and instructions -- v. 22. Lectures on landscape -- Michael Angelo & Tintoret -- The eagle's nest -- Ariadne Florentina -- v. 23. Val d'Arno -- The schools of Florence -- Mornings in Florence -- The shepherd's tower -- v. 24. Giotto -- The Cavalli monuments, Verona -- Guide to the Academy, Venice -- St Mark's rest -- v. 25. Love's meinie -- Proserpina -- v. 26. Deucalion, and other studies in rocks and stones -- v. 27-29. Fors Clavigera : letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain -- v. 30. Guild and Museum of St. George -- v. 31. Bibliotheca pastorum : The economist of Xenophon -- Rock honeycomb -- The elements of prosody -- A knight's faith -- v. 32. Studies in peasant life : The story of Ida -- Roadside songs of Tuscany -- Christ's folk in the Apennine -- Ulric the farm servant -- v. 33. "Our fathers have told us" : The Bible of Amiens -- Valle Crucis -- The art of England -- The pleasures of England -- v. 34. The storm-cloud of the nineteenth century -- v. 35. Praeterita and dilecta -- v. 36-37. Letters of John Ruskin -- v. 38. Bibliography -- Catalogue of Ruskin's drawings -- Addenda et corrigenda -- v. 39. General index. Subjects: Ruskin, John 1819-1900. Art critics Great Britain 19th century. Economics and art Philosophy. Aesthetics, Modern 19th century. English prose literature 19th century.

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