The stones of Venice / by John Ruskin ; with illustrations drawn by the author.
Published / Created:
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 1851-1853.
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts NA1121.V4 R87 1851Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:582758
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 135Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).BAC: Plates engraved by Thomas Shotter Boys, R.P. Cuff, Thomas Goff Lupton, James Charles Armytage, and John Henry Le Keux; after John Ruskin.BAC: Bound in gold-stamped dark brown publisher's cloth (as described in Wise).BAC: Binder's ticket: Westley's & Co., Friar St., LondonBEIN Ruskin 851s: Original dark brown cloth binding. Bookplate of Robert Emmott Large. Fully described in Wise.BEIN 2000 +202: Advertisements, dated February 1851, at end of v. 1; advertisements, dated June 1853, at end of v. 2; advertisements dated October 1853, at end of v. 3. Bookseller's label in v. 1: Kelly, bookseller, 8,Grafton Street, Dublin. Binder's ticket: Bound by Westleys & Co., Friar Street,London. Stamp: Rosstrevor House Library. Possibly from the collection of F.J. Sharp.BEIN 2000 +203: Advertisements, dated October 1853, at end of v. 1-2; advertisements, dated March 1854, at end of v. 3. Bookplate of Thomas Oldfield in v. 1-2. Binder's ticket in v. 2-3: Bound by Westleys & Co., Friar Street, London. Bookplate of Caxton Book Society mounted on front pastedown of v. 3, with blanks filled in with ms. list of borrowers. Possibly from the collection of F.J. Sharp.Wise, T.J. Ruskin, 291, 293, 295
Contents:
v.1. The foundations -- v.2. The sea-stories -- v.3. The fall
Exhibition History:
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
Subject Terms:
Stephens, Stephen Lyne, 1801–1860 -- Bookplate. | Large, Robert Emmott -- Bookplate | Smith, Elder, and Co. -- Printer. | Spottiswoode and Shaw -- Printer. | Westley's & Co. -- Bookbinder. | Architecture -- Italy -- Venice. | Architecture. | Rosstrevor House Library -- Stamp. | Sharp, F. J. -- Ownership. | Oldfield, Thomas -- Bookplate. | Caxton Book Society -- Bookplate.
