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[Kelmscott Press] Ruskin, John (1819-1900) The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of The Stones of Venice, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892 image 1
[Kelmscott Press] Ruskin, John (1819-1900) The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of The Stones of Venice, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892 image 2
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[Kelmscott Press] Ruskin, John (1819-1900) The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of The Stones of Venice, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892 image 4
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[Kelmscott Press] Ruskin, John (1819-1900)
The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of The Stones of Venice, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892

31 October 2023, 12:00 EDT
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[Kelmscott Press] Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of The Stones of Venice, 8vo, publisher's stiff vellum with ribbon ties, title and author gilt to spine, first page of text with wide floral woodcut border, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, one of 500 copies, in custom black-cloth-covered box (slight bowing to covers), 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.
Colophon states that the book was printed for publisher George Allen.,
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892

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