The Nature of Gothic. A Chapter of the Stones of Venice.

By John Ruskin. The Kelmscott Press, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, 1892.

One of 500 copies on paper (no vellum copies). 20.8 x 14.8 x 2.3 cm; pp. (4) + v + 128. Golden type on Batchelor hand-made paper. One full page woodcut border, and numerous woodcut initials. Original full stiff vellum; title gilt on spine.Ties Complete. With the Single-leaf Flyer advertising the book’s publication loosely inserted.

The Nature of Gothic…A chapter from ‘The Stones of Venice’…Morris, who wrote the preface praising the book, had been greatly inspired by Ruskin whose writings influenced the Arts and Crafts movement by encouraging the revival of Gothic art and architecture.

Peterson A4.