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RUSKIN, John SKU: 18874 Barcode:
Stock No. 18874
Authors: John, RUSKIN (1819-1900)
Printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh, and published by George Allen, London, in the Year 1902 1902.
Vellum-bound with gilt lettering to the spine and circular gilt printer's device at bottom right of front board. pp 68 + [1] Four pink cloth ties to fore-edge, complete. Printed on hand-made paper with ornate floral borders and illuminated initial letters printed in red. Spots of foxing to endpapers an half-title page. Boards clean and unbowed. A near fine copy of this exquisitely produced book. A lecture delivered by Ruskin in 1864 in which he discusses the correct education of women, among other things. Taking examples from literature and poetry, from the work of romantic poets like Dante Rosetti and playwrights like William Shakespeare, Ruskin argues for the moral superiority of females.Including A Memoir of the Life of Sir William Chambers; Principal Terms Employed in the Science of Architecture; Index.
