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RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Ethics of the Dust. Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1866.
8o (182 x 122 mm). 19th-century brown morocco elaborately gilt, sides stamped with an interwoven pattern of leaves and Tudor roses, spine in six compartments, gilt lettered in second by THE DOVES BINDERY; green morocco pull-off case. Provenance: ERMC (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. [Laid in:] Autograph letter signed by Ruskin on "Denmark Hill" stationary, dated 14 July 1868 to Dr. Willis, thanking him for sending him a "most interesting book of Lessing... the only German writer whose words - so far as they can be received through translation - have always had my perfect sympathy..." One page, 8vo.
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FIRST EDITION. [Laid in:] Autograph letter signed by Ruskin on "Denmark Hill" stationary, dated 14 July 1868 to Dr. Willis, thanking him for sending him a "most interesting book of Lessing... the only German writer whose words - so far as they can be received through translation - have always had my perfect sympathy..." One page, 8vo.