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Lot 117
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
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$2,125
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Lot Description
[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of the Stones of Venice. Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press for George Allen, 1892.
8vo. Woodcut border and initials, line-block diagrams in-text; original prospectus laid in. (Minor offsetting of Kelmscott device to text opening.) Original stiff vellum, green silk ties (covers very slightly bowed, some very minor soiling).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 unnumbered copies on paper (no vellum copies were issued), the fourth book of the Kelmscott Press, printed in Golden type. Peterson A4.
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi