RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Stones of Venice. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1851-53. [Together with, by the same author:] Modern Painters. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1851-1860. [And:] The Seven Lamps of Architecture. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1849. 3 works in 9 volumes, 8° (255 x 178 mm.). (Occasional light soiling.) Uniformly bound in green morocco by Zaehnsdorf (a few small scuff marks). Provenance: Gerald Edward Coke (book label); sold Christie's London, 17 October 1996, lot 166.
RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Stones of Venice. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1851-53. [Together with, by the same author:] Modern Painters. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1851-1860. [And:] The Seven Lamps of Architecture. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1849. 3 works in 9 volumes, 8° (255 x 178 mm.). (Occasional light soiling.) Uniformly bound in green morocco by Zaehnsdorf (a few small scuff marks). Provenance: Gerald Edward Coke (book label); sold Christie's London, 17 October 1996, lot 166.

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RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Stones of Venice. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1851-53. [Together with, by the same author:] Modern Painters. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1851-1860. [And:] The Seven Lamps of Architecture. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1849. 3 works in 9 volumes, 8° (255 x 178 mm.). (Occasional light soiling.) Uniformly bound in green morocco by Zaehnsdorf (a few small scuff marks). Provenance: Gerald Edward Coke (book label); sold Christie's London, 17 October 1996, lot 166.
together with REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua (1723-92). Engravings from the Works of. London: Herny Graves, 1865. 3 volumes, 2° (465 x 320 mm.). 194 (of 200) engraved plates by Sir Joshua Reynolds. (Some spotting and light staining.) Red morocco by Henry Sotheran (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Edward Henry Scott. Gerald Edward Coke; sold Christie's London, 17 October 1996, lot 163. (12)

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