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Lot 220

[BALLANTYNE PRESS]. RUSKIN, John (1819?1900). [Sesame and L...

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[BALLANTYNE PRESS]. RUSKIN, John (1819?1900). [Sesame and Lilies:] Of King?s Treasuries. ???Of Queen?s Gardens. [London: at the Ballantyne Press for George Allen, 1899]. 2 volumes, 8vo. Text printed in red and black, 6?line and 10?line woodcut initials printed in red, each leaf with a decorative woodcut border. Original vellum gilt, silk ties (one lacking), partially unopened (covers a bit dust soiled as usual). AN ATTRACTIVE SET of Ruskin?s classic lecture on the natures and duties of men and women.