The Two Paths: Being Lectures On Art, And Its Application to Decoration and Manufacture Delivered in 1858-9
by Ruskin, John
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- first
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- Recased, two-toned boards. Fine
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley, 1859. 1st American edition. Boards. Recased, two-toned boards. Fine. 217 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Two full-page plates, and illustrations in the text. Also bound in are three other works by Ruskin: PRE-RAPHAELITISM -- John Wiley: NY, 1860 [originally published 1851]. NOTES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHEEPFOLDS -- John Wiley: NY, 1860 [originally published 1851]. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART: BEING THE SUBSTANCE (WITH ADDITIONS) OF TWO LECTURES DELIVERED AT MANCHESTER, JULY 1OTH AND 13TH,1857]. John Wiley, NY, 1860. Ex-library, small rubber stamps title page and verso. Marbled endpapers and matching edges. Nick with slight loss fore-edge of title page, last few leaves creased at upperand lower corners; only two are text leaves. Interior exceptionally clean.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
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- 11686
- Title
- The Two Paths: Being Lectures On Art, And Its Application to Decoration and Manufacture Delivered in 1858-9
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Recased, two-toned boards. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- Art Criticism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Art Reference; Design; Applied Art;
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