Description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title MODERN PAINTERS By JOHN RUSKIN MA [Five Volumes Complete – FINELY BOUND SET – Half Leather Binding by Riviere] ____________ Seventh Edition ~ Half Leather Binding __________ Author John Ruskin ______________________ Year of Publication 1860-69 __________________________ Publisher London: Smith, Elder, and Co. _______________________ For full description see below - after all photographs__________________________________________ Description: London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1860-69 First to Seventh Editions. Approximately 10 ½ inches tall. Five half green morocco leather bound volumes by Riviere, with marbled boards, gilt titles, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, marks and scratches to the spines, some damage to the corners. Scratches to the second compartment of Vol V, raised bands generally rubbed. Internally sporadically foxed – see photos. Five volumes. Volume I – Seventh Edition 1867, Parts I and II. Of General Principles and Of Truth, lxiii, [i], 423pp; Volume II – Fifth Edition 1869, Part III. Sections I and II. Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties, xvi, 224pp; Volume III – Second Edition 1867, Part IV. OF Many Things, xix, [i], 348pp; Volume IV – Second Edition 1868, Part V. Of Mountain Beauty, xii, 411pp; Volume V – FIRST EDITION, 1860, Parts VI. Of Leaf Beauty, VII. Of Cloud Beauty, VIII. Of Ideas of Relation (Formal), IX. Of Ideas of Relation (Spiritual), xvi, 384pp. HANDSOME 19TH CENTURY GREEN HALF MOROCCO, raised bands, compartments with gilt rules and gilt titles. Volumes III-V each with frontispiece plus a total of 100 plates (a few in colour), steel and wood-engraved, and several wood-engraved illustrations in the text by the author, J. M. W. Turner, and others. 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 10 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – fair to good condition – gilt titles, five raised bands, marks and scratches, rubbed and worn.Joints – good condition – gently rubbed and worn.Corners – fair to good condition – bumped and worn, through to the board.Boards – good condition – leather quarters to marbled boards, some scratches and marks – see photos.Page edges – good condition – top edge gilt, slightly darkened, remainder untrimmed, tanned and foxed.See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – intact.Paste downs – good condition – marbled.End papers – good condition – marbled.Title – good condition – lightly tanned, some foxing.Pages – good condition – lightly tanned, some foxing, some a little heavy, illustrated to Vols III-V.Binding – good condition. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1860-69 Binding: Hardback _________________________________________ We take great pride in photographing all our books, maps and prints and in describing every detail. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with your purchase, we offer a 100% money back guarantee provided the item is returned in the same condition as sent. Please e-mail me for extra photographs and with any questions you may have Ruler in picture is 6 inches long. ---------------------------- Please Browse all other books and prints in my Shop Thank you. LOUIS88Books Preserving books for the next generation
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Special Attributes: Illustrated
Illustrator: John Ruskin
Year Printed: 1869
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Binding: Fine Binding
Original/Facsimile: Original
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: The Arts
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Smith Elder and Co
Original/Reproduction: Original
