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(8vo) 21x13 cm (8¼x5½"), finely bound in later blue calf by George Watson & Son, Glasgow, red spine label, gilt decorations and lettering, top edge gilt, others untrimmed.

A collection of pamphlets by John Ruskin, several of which are related to prominent Pre-Raphaelite artists and art. The two pamphlets about Ruskin by William Smart, President of the Ruskin Society of Glasgow, are uncommon. Finely bound.

Includes:

• Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds.... Sunnyside: George Allen, 1875. Second Edition..
• Inaugural Address Delivered at the Cambridge School of Art. Sunnyside: George Allen, 1879. A New Edition;
• Notes on the Pictures of Mr. Holman Hunt ... London: William Reeves, 1866. First edition;
• Notes on Some of the Principal Pictures of Sir John Everett Millais . . . London: William Reeves, 1886. First edition.
• John Ruskin: His Life and Work... by William Smart. Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, [1880]. First edition. And
• A Disciple of Plato. A Critical Study of John Ruskin by William Smart. Glasgow: Wilson & McCormick, 1883. First edition.