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RUSKIN, John. Lectures on Architecture and Painting, delivered at Edinburgh in November, 1853. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1854. 8 o (185 x 123 mm). 15 engraved plates. Later green half morocco and marbled boards, top edge gilt. Provenance : purchased from A.W. Laywood, Lincolnshire, England, 23 August 1971. FIRST EDITION. Wise Ruskin 31. The Elements of Drawing, in three Letters to Beginners. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1857. 8 o (188 x 125 mm). 16 page advertisement dated June 1857 bound in at end, woodcut illustrations in text. Original blind ruled cloth, spine gilt lettered (½ in. tear to upper spine end). Provenance : purchased from Robert Minkoff, 12 July 1976. FIRST EDITION. Wise Ruskin 66. The Elements of Perspective arranged for the use of Schools. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1859. 8 o (188 x 125 mm). 24 page advertisments dated November 1859 bound in at end, woodcut diagrams. Original blind ruled cloth, spine gilt lettered. Provenance : purchased from Ximenes, New York, 19 December 1975. FIRST EDITION. Wise Ruskin 94. "Unto this Last:" Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy. London, 1862. 8 o (168 x 104 mm). Original blind ruled green cloth, spine gilt lettered. Provenance : purchased from Thomas Taylor Austin, 15 March 1973. Sesame and Lilies. Two Lectures delivered at Manchester. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1865. 8 o (168 x 115 mm). Original gilt ruled cloth, gilt edges. Provenance : Lance Marshall, Devon, 1948 (ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper) -- purchased from Charles W. Traylen, Guildford, England, 23 July 1976. FIRST EDITION. Wise Ruskin 104. Lectures on Art, delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1870. 8 o (219 x 143 mm). 12 page advertisment dated May 1870 bound in at end. Original cloth gilt (fading to spine). Provenance : Edward Whitaker, August 1870 (ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper) -- Lance Marshall, Devon 1948 (ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Wise Ruskin 151. St. Mark's Rest. The History of Venice. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent: George Allen 1884. [ First and Second Supplement . Kent, 1877 and 1879]. 3 parts in one. 8 o (180 x 121 mm). Contemporary cloth, paper label on spine. Provenance : purchased from Thomas Taylor Austin, 19 April 1974. FIRST EDITION. Wise Ruskin 215. Praeterita. Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts perhaps worthy of Memory in my Past Live. [ Dilecta. Correspondence, Diary Notes, and extracts from Books, illustrating Praeteria .] Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent: George Allen 1886-1900. 4 parts bound in 3 volumes. 8 o (236 x 147 mm). Steel engravings. Original green cloth, spines gilt lettered (minor rubbing to joints and spine ends). Provenance : purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 14 December 1972. FIRST EDITION. Wise Ruskin 258. Verona and other Lectures. Sunnyside, Orpington, London: George Allen 1894. 4 o (278 x 215 mm). 12 plates. (First plate loose.) Original half vellum, uncut. Provenance : John Needels Chester (bookplate) -- purchased from J.J. Cohane, 7 February 1972. FIRST EDITION. Letters from John Ruskin to Rev. F.A. Malleson. London, 1896. 8 o (203 x 126 mm). Original cloth. Provenance : Stephen Robert Parks (bookplate) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 18 January 1973. Letters to M.G. & H.G. Edinburgh and London, 1903. 8 o (191 x 131 mm). Original green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance : purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 18 January 1973. FIRST EDITION. (13)