John Ruskin Art of England lectures 1883-1885 fine 1900 leather bound book Bay on Bengal Issued 1851

Issued 1851

by Frederico Soulie

2 lithographed plates

Illustration of Paradoxides Harlani (giant trilobite) at bottom to left of fold line

complete with 15 maps

John Ruskin Art of England lectures 1883-1885 fine 1900 leather bound book Bay on Bengal Issued 1851The Art of England and the Pleasures of England. Lectures Given in Oxford in 1883 1885. Publ. London by George Allen, 1900. 415 pp. Attractive early 20th century full grained leather binding by Mudie, gilt title lettering & stamped compartments, raised bands, board edges and inner dentelles gilt decorated, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. Handsome binding. Book is physically old and shows some mostly light signs of handling and time. Binding gently