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Mr Ruskin's Illustrations of "The Stones of Venice"

Now in course of publication, in Parts, of Folio Imperial size, 1l. 1s. each.

EXAMPLES OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF VENICE, Selected and Drawn to Measurement from the Edifices, by John Ruskin, Author of

"The Stones of Venice," &c. &cc.

Each Part contains Five Plates, engraved by the first artists, and as nearly as possible fac-similes of Mr. Ruskin's original Drawings j and a short explanatory text.

Parts One to Three are published.

Fifty India Proofs only are taken on Atlas Folio, price 2l. 2s. each Part.

Plate Contents of Part I. The Ducal Palace. Twentieth Capital. Mezzotint. Arabian Windows, in Campo Santa Maria Mater Domini. Mezzotint. Byzantine Capitals, from Torcello and St. Mark's. Tinted Lithograph. Cornice Moulding, from a Tomb. Tinted Lithograph. The Ducal Palace. Compartments of Central Balcony. Line Engraving. The Ducal Palace. Sections of the Southern Balcony. Line Engraving.

Contents of Part II. Plate 6. Saint Mark's. Southern Portico. Mezzotint. 7. Saint Marx's, Details of the Lily Capitals. Line Engra-ving. 8. Byzantine Ruin, in Rio di Ca' Foscari. Line Engra-ving. 6. Byzantine Ruin, in Rio di Ca' Foscari. Coloured Lithograph. 10. Palace in Rio di Ca' Foscari. Conjectural Restoration. Line Engraving.

Contents of Part III. Plate. 11. Door Heads, from Ca' Contarini, &c. Meszzotint. 12. Door Heads. Coloured Lithograph. 13. Door Heads. Line Engraving. 14. Ca' Bernardo Mocenigo. Capital of Window Shafts. Tinted Lithograph. 15. The Ducal Palace. Renaissance Capitals of the Loggia. Tinted Lithograph.