Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Title:
Deucalion. Collected studies of the lapse of waves, and life of stones. By John Ruskin ... Volume I.
Published / Created:
Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent : G. Allen, 1879.
Physical Description:
vi, 290 p. front., illus., plates (part col.) 25 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5261 D4 1879
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Covers and special title pages are wanting in British Art Center copy.

Plates engraved by George Allen and John Rapkin; after John Ruskin, George Allen, J. Clifton Ward, and Lawrence Hilliard.

Vol. I was originally issued in 6 parts, 1875-79. Parts VII-VIII (Vol. II, p. 1-88) were issued in 1880-83, but never as a volume in any authorized edition.

The parts were issued in paper covers, each with special t.p.
Exhibition History:
Unto this Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-09-05 - 2019-12-08)
Subject Terms:
George Allen -- Publisher. | Hazell, Watson, & Viney -- Printer. | Geology. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1879. | Steel engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1879.
Contributors:
Allen, George, 1832–1907, engraver. | Rapkin, John, engraver. | Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, ill. | Ward, J. Clifton, ill. | Hilliard, Lawrence, fl. 1876–1887, ill.