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The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art
by John Ruskin
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and Co. , 1859 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of this collection of lectures on art and its application by art critic John Ruskin. First edition of The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art, and its Application to Decoration and Manufacture, Delivered in 1858-9, in the original publisher's cloth binding. John Ruskin was an English writer and art critic during the Victorian era, who wrote on the connections between art, nature, and society. This work includes five lectures, being The Deteriorative Power of Conventional Art over Nations, The Unity of Art, Modern Manufacture and Design, The Influence of Imagination in Architecture and The Work of Iron, in Nature, Art and Policy.Illustrated with two plates, one as the frontispiece and one to face page 187. Collated, complete. With twenty four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, sound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some slight loss to the head and tail of the spine. There are some light marks to the boards. The hinges are strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some odd spots. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 856W36
- Title
- The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- John Ruskin Two Paths Art Two Paths
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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