By John Ruskin
London   George Allen
7.5" by 5" xviii, 444pp.
A beautifully bound copy of this extended essay on the principles of architecture from English art critic John Ruskin.
By John Ruskin

1903 The Seven Lamps of Architecture

London   George Allen
7.5" by 5" xviii, 444pp.
A beautifully bound copy of this extended essay on the principles of architecture from English art critic John Ruskin.
£140.00
: 0.75kgs / : 910T12

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Twenty-fifth thousand. Illustrated with fourteen plates. Collated complete. An extended essay on the principles of architecture, codifying some of the contemporary thinking behind the Gothic Revival. The work proved a great popular success and received the approval of the ecclesiologists typified by the Cambridge Camden Society. Written by John Ruskin, an English writer, philosopher, art historian, art critic and polymath. Bound by Riviere & Son.

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Bound in half vellum with green cloth boards. Externally, smart with minor wear and light bumping to the extremities. Minor discolouration as is typical with ageing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting predominantly to the first and last few pages. Bound by Riviere & Son.

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