Ruskin (John), Modern Painters, six volume set, large paper ...

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Ruskin (John), Modern Painters, six volume set, large paper copy, Orpington: George Allen, 1888, black-ruled title-pages, broad margins, presentation bindings finely bound in blue morocco over boards, rubbed, the upper-covers blocked in gilt with the arms of the University of Oxford, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo; idem., The Seven Lamps of Architecture, fifth edition, Oprington: George Allen, 1886, black-ruled title-page, full-page lithographed plates, contemporary blue panelled calf over boards, sunned spine, boards scuffed and rubbed in placed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporaneous ink manuscript inscription, 8vo, (7)

Provenance: 1st: Provenance: Sir Frederic George Kenyon GBE, KCB, TD, FBA, FSA (1863-1952), President of The British Academy (1917-21), Director and Principal Librarian of The British Museum (1909-30); his Chancellor's English Essay Prize, 1889, while fellow at Magdalen College, inscribed ffep and recto blank.