The Stones of Venice, Three Volumes
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Company, No Date. Hardbound. Green cloth with gold lettering; Vol. 1 - 431 pp. with 21 plates and 72 bw figures; Vol. 2 - 396 pp. with 20 plates and 38 bw figures; Vol. 3 - 431 pp. with 20 plates and 72 bw figures;. Very clean and tight but with art museum library markings, including spine stickers and bookplates. Item #116749
Ruskin's classic about the intricacies of Venice's architectural specifics, from the foundations to ornamentation, over the Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance periods. Subtitles of the three volumes are The Foundations, The Sea-Stories, and The Fall. Included is an interesting news clipping from 1890, laid into Volume 1.
OCLC: 829224016
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