Sesame and Lilies : Three Lectures>>ART NOUVEAU RIVIERE BINDING<<

George Allen, London., 1902 The Complete Edition: (Fifty-sixth Thousand). xxxvi, 228 printed pages. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Former owner's signature on blank preliminary page, dated "The Study, 1904". First and last few leaves lightly foxed. 13.5 x 19.5 cm. Contemporary half vellum binding signed by Riviere and Son. Spine with inlaid gilt-lettered, brown morocco panel with pointille and leaves in gilt tooling surrounded by single fillet curved border. Below lies a similar rhomboid design of tulip flowers that extends above and below in stylish naturalistic gilt tooled design (very slightly rubbed and dust stained in some places). Green cloth boards a trifle marked and extremely slightly worn on the leading edges). Includes index. Contents: Lecture 1. Of king's treasuries. -- Lecture 2. Of queen's gardens. -- Lecture 3. The mystery of life and its arts. [ Subject: Social problems. Conduct of life. Books and reading. Women ] Provenance:-Marjorie Brown Douglas (1890-1947) a distant descendant of King Henry vii; m.1917 James Phayre de Hailes (1891-) a 2nd Lieutenant in 1914 WWI. John Ruskin (1819-1900) was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft. William Morris and C. R. Ashbee (of the Guild of Handicraft) were keen disciples, and through them Ruskin's legacy can be traced in the arts and crafts movement. A beautiful hand-made contemporary Arts and Crafts binding, by a world recognised bindery.. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.