Seven Lamps of Architecture: Lectures on Architecture and Painting

Ruskin, John

Published by Thomas Y, Crowell & Co. Publishers, New York

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Frontis: Plate IX Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto (only illustration). Preface. Introductory. Seven Lamps: Sacrifice, Truth, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory and Obedience. "These are the foundations for building with integrity, at least to the mind of John Ruskin." (Joffre Essley) 202 pp. plus: Notes, Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November, 1853., Preface dated 16th of April, 1854 at Denmark Hill, Addenda to Lectures I and II, Addenda to Fourth Lecture, An Inquiry into Some of the Conditions at Present Affecting The Study of Architecture in Our Schools. (Read at the Ordinary General Meeting of The Royal Institute of British Architects, May 15, 1865. 358 pp. in toto. Book has gilt text/decorations on front and spine, top edge gilt. Edge worn and scuffed, gauze showing at rear hinge, fon with date 1902 ffep, some margin markings. Bookseller's Inventory # 154408.

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• Title: Seven Lamps of Architecture: Lectures on Architecture and Painting
• Publisher: Thomas Y, Crowell & Co. Publishers, New York
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: No Edition Stated
• Condition: Very Good
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