Of queens' gardens / by John Ruskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, author.

Contributor:

Ballantyne Press, printer.

George Allen & Company (London, England), publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Education.

Women.

Genre:

Vellum bindings (Binding) -- England -- London -- 20th century.

Silk ties (Binding) -- England -- London -- 19th century.

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Watermarks (Paper) -- England -- 20th century.

Color printing (Printing)

Publishers' devices (Publishing) -- England -- London -- 20th century.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[4], 68, [2] pages ; 21 cm

8vo.

Manufacture:

Edinburgh : Ballantine Press

Place of Publication:

London : George Allen, 1902.

Summary:

Lecture two from the lecture series 'Sesame and lilies'

Notes:

Colophon reads: Here ends Of queens' gardens by John Ruskin, printed at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh, and published by George Allen, London, in the year 1902.

Each page of text within ornamental woodcut border.

Bound in gilt-stamped vellum (Ruskin's seal on upper cover); brown silk ties.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in protective wrapper. Silk ties wanting. Sticker on back cover: John Howell. Importer. San Francisco.

OCLC:

15502892