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Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures by John Ruskin, L.L.D.
by RUSKIN, John
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kent: George Allen, 1888. Good. The ninth edition 'in original form' with a new preface (originally to the small edition of 1882). 8vo, pp. (xii), 180. Full green morocco with gilt stamped lettering to spine and tooling to boards. A.e.g. Spine rubbed, extremities worn. Loss to head of spin (1cm). Ex Libris to front pastedown, pencil POI to ffep. Occasional foxing and some pencil scoring and marginalia to text block. A reading copy of Ruskin's two lectures ('Of Kings' Treasures' and 'Of Queens' Gardens'.
Synopsis
John Ruskin’s Sesame and Lilies (1865) consists of two lectures, “Of Kings’ Treasuries” and “Of Queens' Gardens,” delivered in December 1864 at the town halls at Rusholme and Manchester. While these lectures emphasize the connections between nature, art and society, they are essentially concerned with education and ideal conduct. The first half of the original work, “Of Kings’ Treasuries,” is a critique of Victorian manhood. The second half, “Of Queens' Gardens,” counsels women to be moral guides and urges parents to educate them as such. Although Sesame and Lilies was widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early twentieth century.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 794
- Title
- Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures by John Ruskin, L.L.D.
- Author
- RUSKIN, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kent: George Allen
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Essays
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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- New
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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- Reading Copy
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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