lvi BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The text only differs from that of the Fourth Edition in that some trifling alterations, made in the new notes in later editions of the “Travellers’ Edition,” were incorporated. (3000 copies printed.)

Reprinted (1900, 1902, 1000 copies each time).

In December 1876, the three volumes of The Stones of Venice were advertised as Vols. x., xi., and xii. of the “Collected Work Series.” The woodcuts were to be included, but not the plates. Ruskin refers to this intended edition in a note on the Ducal Palace in the “Travellers’ Edition.” The intention was, however, abandoned and the advertisement was subsequently withdrawn.

“TRAVELLERS’ EDITION”

The first edition (1879-1881) of this selection from The Stones of Venice, prepared by Ruskin, was issued in two volumes separately published:-

Volume I. (1879).-The title-page was as follows:-

The Stones of Venice: | Introductory Chapters and Local Indices | (printed separately) | for the Use of Travellers | while staying in Venice and Verona. | By John Ruskin, LL.D., | Honorary Student of Christ Church, | and Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford. | Volume I. | George Allen, | Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. | 1879.

Small post 8vo, pp. vi.+299. Preface (see p. 16 in the present volume), pp. v.-vi. Text of the volume, pp. 1-299, with the addition of a Note (on the Ducal Palace and the St. Mark’s Mosaics, reprinted in the next volume of this edition) on two unnumbered pages (pp. 301-302 in later issues). Issued on July 1, 1879, in paper boards. 1000 copies printed. Price 5s. The contents of this volume are:-

Ch. 1.The Quarry (ch. i. of vol. i.).

” 2. The Throne (ch. i. of vol. ii.).

” 3. Torcello (ch. ii. of vol. ii., omitting §§ 4-8).

” 4. St. Mark’s (ch. iv. of vol. ii., omitting part of § 2, §§ 3-7, and part of § 8).

” 5. The Ducal Palace (ch. viii. of vol. ii., omitting §§ 44-64).

Several footnotes were added by the author. In the fourth and later editions of the complete work, these were given as additional Appendices to vols. i. and ii. respectively. The only illustrations are Figs. 26, 27, and 28 in vol. ii. of the complete work.

Volume II. (1881).-The title-page was the same as that of Vol. I., except for the alteration of number and date. Small post 8vo, pp. vii.+360. On p. vii. was the following “Publisher’s Note”:-

In the first of these volumes the reader will please observe that many of the references, and especially those to Appendices, are to the old edition of the work. In the second, they have in most cases been altered to suit the particular edition; but

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