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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

The Elements of Drawing


This is the newest art book in my collection.  The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin.  I think this is a first edition from 1865.  I am excited to get started on this one but I have to finish The Elements of Compostion by Payne.

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  1. Nice Mike! But not a first edition. It happens that I have been reading a digital copy downloaded from the Gutenberg project where they explain: ["The Elements of Drawing" was written during the winter of 1856. The
    First Edition was published in 1857; the Second followed in the same
    year, with some additions and slight alterations. The Third Edition
    consisted of sixth thousand, 1859; seventh thousand, 1860; and eighth
    thousand, 1861.

    A very lucid writer, don't you think?

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