Praeterita : outlines of scenes and thoughts perhaps worthy of memory in my past life.
John Ruskin (1819-1900).
Category
Books
Date
1899
Materials
Place of origin
Orpington
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3206445
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed in vol. 1: "To Philip Yorke [i.e. Philip Yorke II of Erddig (1849-1922), son of Simon Yorke III of Erddig and Victoria Mary Louisa Cust] with W.M. Myddelton's [compiler of Chirk Castle accounts] best wishes. 23rd April 1902". Binding: Nineteenth-century full grained maroon morocco, gilt panel on covers, lettered direct in gilt on spine. Patterned endpapers, gilt edges. Upper board of vol. 3 detached.
Makers and roles
John Ruskin (1819-1900). , author