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Total number of records: 17

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Books and printed items16
Archives1

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Brotherton Collection8
English Literature8
Herbert Read Collection1
Medical Collections1

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art7
architecture2
conduct of life1
crystallography1
decoration and ornament1
decorative arts1
interest and usury1
literature1

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Ruskin, John (1819-1900)17
Cathedrale D'Amiens5
Ruskin, John3
Crystal Palace (London, England)2
Guild of St. George1
Sillar, Robert George1

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The art of England and The pleasures of England : lectures given in Oxford in 1883-1885

Ruskin, John (1819-1900); Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1898

Includes index.

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The pleasures of England : lectures given in Oxford

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

[1885]

Contents: The pleasures of learning.--Bertha to Osburga.--The pleasures of faith; Alfred to the Confessor.--The pleasures of deed: Alfred to Cœur de Lion.

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"A joy for ever" : (and its price in the market); being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art, delivered at Manchester, July 10th and 13th 1857

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

[1885]

Contents: lecture 1. The discovery and application of art.--lecture II. The accumulation and distribution of art.-- Addenda. --Supplementary additional papers: Education in art. Art school notes. Soci...

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The ethics of the dust : ten lectures to little housewives on the elements of crystallisation

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

[1885]

Contents: The valley of diamonds.--The pyramid builders.--The crystal life.--The crystal orders.--Crystal virtues.--Crystal quarrels.--Home virtues.--Crystal caprice.--Crystal sorrows.--The crystal re...

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Val d'Arno : ten lectures on the Tuscan art directly antecedent to the Florentine year of victories, given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1873

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

[1885]

Contents: Nicholas the Pisan.--John the Pisan.--Shield and apron.--Parted per pale.--Pax vobiscum.--Marble couchant.--Marble rampant.--Franchise.--The Tyrrhene sea.--Fleur de lys.

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The opening of the Crystal Palace : considered in some of its relations to the prospects of art

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1854

Reprinted in: On the old road (1885), v.1, p. 349-370.

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"Our fathers have told us" : sketches of the history of Christendom for boys and girls who have been held at its fonts

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1884

Originally issued in 5 parts, 1880-1885 (chapters 1-4 and appendices).

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"Our fathers have told us" : sketches of the history of Christendom for boys and girls who have been held at its fonts (chapter 1)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1884

Originally issued in 5 parts, 1880-1885 (chapters 1-4 and appendices).

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"Our fathers have told us" : sketches of the history of Christendom for boys and girls who have been held at its fonts (chapter 2)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1884

Originally issued in 5 parts, 1880-1885 (chapters 1-4 and appendices).

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"Our fathers have told us" : sketches of the history of Christendom for boys and girls who have been held at its fonts (chapter 3)

Ruskin, John (1819-1900)

1884

Originally issued in 5 parts, 1880-1885 (chapters 1-4 and appendices).

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