By John Ruskin
Kent   George Allen
7.5" by 5" xv, [5], 244pp.
A smartly bound early edition of John Ruskin's lectures on geology and minerals to a girls school.
By John Ruskin

1886 The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallization

Kent   George Allen
7.5" by 5" xv, [5], 244pp.
A smartly bound early edition of John Ruskin's lectures on geology and minerals to a girls school.
£140.00
: 0.75kgs / : 897Q5

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Early Edition, Leather Binding, Uncommon

Bound in a smart, half calf, with marbled boards.

An early edition of this work.

Comprised of lectures given by John Ruskin, honorary student of Christ Church and honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to an all girls' school on the topic of geology and minerals. The lectures are written in the format of conversational plays, which Ruskin intended to be performed and interacted with.

Written by English writer, philosopher and critic, John Ruskin, who was known for his varied writings of many different topics, including architecture, geology, botany and the economy.

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Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, very smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound, with bright, clean pages.

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