Sesame And Lillies
£65.00
Publisher
George Allen, 156, Charing Cross Road.
Place
London
Date
1907
Synopsis
Three lectures by john ruskin, ll.d. complete edition. (one hundred and eighth thousand).
Item Description
8vo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. xxxvi + [ii] + 228 pp. Text in red, pp. 60-64. Bound in half vellum over green boards; spine decorated gilt with contrasting brown title label, gilt. Green marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Bound by Riviere and Son. Minor wear to extremities, but otherwise a fine copy. !909 school prize label. Ruskin examines the nature, duties and education of men and women. Part of the Compete Edition edition of the works of John Ruskin from 1893. Lectures I and II were delivered in Manchester in 1864 and first published in 1865; Lecture III was delivered in Dublin in 1868 and first appeared in the 1871 edition of Sesame and Lillies. A school prize copy handsomely bound by Riviere.
[Stock No. 28156]
