[Italy] Ruskin, John. The Stones of Venice. George Allen, Kent, 1886. 3 volumes. 4to. xiv 403; xiv (1) 397; (4) 352 (135) index pp., black half Morocco with tan cloth boards, gilt tooled borders on covers, gilt ruled spine with title and decorative volume emblem, covers age tones and soiled but bindings solid, t.e.g, marbled endpapers, text uncut. Illustrated with a total of 53 engraved plates including several printed in sepia and 6 chromolithographs. Bound by Cedric Chivers (Gay St., Bath) Bookbinder. 53 engraved plates by John Ruskin including several painted in sepia and 6 chromolithographs. Hinges worn. Mild scattered foxing. A few plates slightly foxed.

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