first edition
1857 · London
by [Pre-Raphaelite Interest] Young, Rev. Edward
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1857. First edition. First edition. Original light peach cloth with superb black-stamped design on both covers and spine, gilt lettering on spine, brick red endsheets. E. T. Cook's Copy, the biographer of Ruskin who edited the 39 volume edition of his writings, from 1902-1911. Written in pencil on front pastedown, "E.T. Cook," and a later bookseller's notation on next page with an arrow labeled "Assn. Copy." 317pp with copious ads at end. Covers slightly faded, a very nice copy of one of the earliest critiques on the burgeoning movement and a great rarity; seldom found in presentable conditon.
(Inventory #: 3703)