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RUSKIN, John. The Seven Lamps of Architecture.London : 1849
First edition of the first of Ruskin's works to carry his name and the first to be illustrated. This copy is extra-illustrated with a later portrait of Ruskin as frontispiece.
His purpose was to "both secularize and make protestant the movement of the Gothic revival, drawing it away from the Roman Catholic influence of August Wegin Pugin" (ODNB).... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 142792
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RUSKIN, John. The Elements of Drawing.Sunnyside, Orpington, and London : 1892
An attractive copy, from the library of Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), carpet manufacturer, with his fine armorial bookplate; Tomkinson "collected rare books and manuscripts, and acquired a national reputation as a collector of Japanese ivories and lacquer work" (ODNB). With the initials CJHC to the front cover; the architect C. J. Harold Cooper (d.... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 142188
