Effie in Venice : unpublished letters of Mrs John Ruskin written from Venice between 1849-1852 / edited by Mary Lutyens
1965, First Edition. London : John Murray. Very good copy in leather-backed cloth boards with leather label (lifting slightly) to spine. Gilt-tooling to front panel, spine and label. Some faint foxing to prelims and sporadically to margins. Remains tight and well-preserved overall. Item #453103
Physical description; xiv, 354 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm. Contents; Prelude to Venice -- The journey out -- Winter in Venice -- Rawdon Brown -- Paulizza -- Dancing with the military -- The journey home -- London again -- The second journey -- At home in Venice -- Arrival of the Russians -- Kindness of the Austrians -- Radetzky at last -- Shining in society -- End of carnival -- The robbery -- Challenge to a duel. Subjects; Ruskin, Effie (1828-1897) -- Correspondence. Ruskin, John (1819-1900). Venice (Italy) -- Description and travel. Venice (Italy) -- Social life and customs.
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