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Ruskin, John; Wise, T.J. (ed.) Letters on Art and Literature by John Ruskin. Privately Printed,...
Letters on Art and Literature by John Ruskin. Privately Printed, 1894. 8vo, org. red cloth.
Notorious forger, bibliographer, and occasional stealer of pages from the British Library Thomas Wise was a significant figure in popularising the collecting of the Romantics. By means, fair or foul, he created an impressive library of material under the Ashley Library name. He also had a sideline in privately printed books of varying splendour and ambiguous print run, both to increase his scholarly reputation and his bank book. This series of letters from one of the leading art theorists of his age shows Ruskin as verifier of authenticity, disliker of pictorial stained glass, and supporter of public hanging.
Sold for £100
Estimated at £50 - £60
Boards a little rubbed and bumped, a little marking to top edges (occasionally affecting upper margins of pages), unfortunate stain to upper corner of upper pastedown, otherwise generally clean internally, bar the odd, very slight, marking.
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