Fors clavigera : letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain / by John Ruskin.
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Description
- Title
- Fors clavigera : letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain / by John Ruskin.
- Creator
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- Published / Created
- 1871-1884.
- Publication Place
- Orpington, Kent :
- Publisher
- George Allen,
- Description
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First edition: 96 letters, originally issued separately, in 2 series, but subsequently collected into 8 vols. of 12 letters each, to which general title-pages were prefixed. Each letter was in original paper covers, with title upon the front; only letters 1-20 of first series and 4-12 of "New series" were issued with special title-pages. The first 36 letters are paged separately, the remainder are paged continuously throughout each volume.
Imprint of letter varies.
Includes some pamphlets: Girdlestone, E.D. Society classified (with letter 63); Girdleston, E.D. Thoughts on luxury and poverty. 2d ed. (letter 64); Girdlestone, E.D. Our misdirected labour (letter 66); Thirlmere defence association and Thirlmere defence fund (letter 83); Abstract of the objects and constitution of St. George's Guild (letter [86], New ser. 2. cf. Wise, I,171). Another pamphlet, not mentioned by Wise, is inserted: The railways of the Lake district (letter 56).
Mixed set, bound in 4 volumes. Letter 91, New ser. 7; 3d thousand; letter 92 New ser. 8: 2d ed; all other letters are of the first edition. Letter 75 has a cancel sheet for p. [57]-58, 71-72; the original form has also been retained. Imperfect: Volumes I-II lack general t.p., and v. I-VI lack table of contents.
Pamphlets by other authors distributed with some letters; cf. Wise.
The slip, "Publisher's notice" with letter 36, the slip with the cancel sheet in letter 75, the slip, "Publisher's notice" with letter [87], New ser. 3, "Note" with letter [88], New ser. 4, "Advice" with letter 96 are present. Paper wrappers are bound in for v. 5-8, letters 49-96, only. Various advertisments are inserted. - Extent
- 8 v. in 96 : ill., ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Ruskin 871f
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
-
Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Title pages - Resource Type
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Aesthetics.
Conduct of life.
Social problems.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Wise, T.J. Ruskin, 164-167
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3417486
- Object ID (OID)
- 16655413
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