John Ruskin
The Works of John Ruskin, XV: The Elements of Drawing, The Elements of Perspective and the Laws of Fésole.
London/New York: George Allen/Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. Library edition. Edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. xxxi/501 pages.
Antique volume, measuring approximately 7.25" x 10.25", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering and emblem stamped in gold on front cover. Book displays shelfwear, with sunning to spine. Binding is firm. Antique bookplate is affixed to front pastedown. Partially-uncut pages are clean and bright. Work is illustrated with tissue-guarded plates, including color frontispiece, textual illustrations and facsimiles.
"Two thousand and sixty-two copies of this edition - of which two thousand are for sale in England and America."
"In this volume we take up the third branch of work which mainly occupied Ruskin during the years 1856-1860 -- namely, the teaching of drawing. In connexion with this work he published in 1857 "The Elements of Drawing," and in 1859 "The Elements of Perspective." To those two books are added, in this volume, the revised lessons in drawing, which he entitled "The Laws of Fésole." This book belongs to a much later date (1877-1878), but is here included on account of its topical connexion with the earlier books."