Bibliographical Note.-The bibliography of The Stones of Venice, volume iii., as part of the complete work, has already been given (Vol. IX. p. liii.). Here it remains to give that of separate editions of the volume, reprints from it, and of Examples of the Architecture of Venice, which is now included with it.

SEPARATE EDITIONS OF VOLUME III

Volume III.-First Edition (1853).-The title-page (enclosed in a plain ruled frame) is as follows:-

The | Stones of Venice. | Volume the Third. | The Fall. | By John Ruskin, | Author of “The Seven Lamps of Architecture,” “Modern Painters,” | etc. etc. | With Illustrations drawn by the Author. | London: | Smith, Elder, and Co., 65 Cornhill. | 1853. [Below, outside the frame:-] [The Author of this work reserves the right of authorizing a Translation of it.]

Imperial 8vo, pp. iv.+362. The Contents (here p. ix.) occupy p. iii.; List of Plates (here p. xi.), p. iv. The headline on the left-hand pages, 1-197, of the principal text is “Third Period”; on the right-hand pages it is the number and title of the chapter. In chapter ii., pp. 35-111, there are additional side-headings at the top of each page, “I. Pride of Science,” “II. Pride of State,” etc. Appendices 1-10 occupy pp. 199-249. Then follow the Indices: “I. Personal Index; II. Local Index; III. Topical Index; IV. Venetian Index.” The first three of these (pp. 257-282) are not here given, their entries being incorporated in the General Index to the edition. The Venetian Index occupies pp. 283-362 (here 353-436). The Indices are preceded by an “Explanatory Note,” pp. 253-256 (here 355-357), and the Venetian Index by another, pp. 283-284 (here 359, 360). The imprint on the reverse of the title-page and at the foot of the last page is “London: Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New Street Square.” On the reverse of a leaf inserted at the end is a list of “Works in the Press,” to be published by Smith, Elder & Co. The first book on the list is referred to in this volume (see p. 265), and is thus announced: “Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII. Being the despatches of Sebastian Giustinian, Venetian Ambassador to England; Illustrating the Court Life and Diplomatic Intercourse of the Period, the Character of Cardinal Wolsey, and the Course of Events, A.D. 1515-1619 (sic). Translated from the Italian by Rawdon Brown.” The third volume of The Stones of Venice was issued on October 2, 1853, in boards similar to those of volumes i. and ii. Price One Guinea and a Half.

A few copies were issued in two parts, the first containing the principal

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