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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- I “THE STORY OF IDA: EPITAPH ON AN ETRURIAN TOMB.” BY FRANCESCA ALEXANDER. EDITED WITH PREFACE BY JOHN RUSKIN (1883)
- II “ROADSIDE SONGS OF TUSCANY. TRANSLATED AND ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCESCA ALEXANDER, AND EDITED BY JOHN RUSKIN” (1885)
- III “CHRIST'S FOLK IN THE APENNINE. REMINISCENCES OF HER FRIENDS AMONG THE TUSCAN PEASANTRY. BY FRANCESCA ALEXANDER. EDITED BY JOHN RUSKIN” (1887)
- IV “ULRIC THE FARM SERVANT. A STORY OF THE BERNESE LOWLAND. BY JEREMIAS GOTTHELF. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN BY JULIA FIRTH. REVISED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY JOHN RUSKIN” (1886–1888)
- APPENDIX: “FRANCESCA'S BOOK” A DRAWING-ROOM LECTURE (JUNE 19, 1883)
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III - “CHRIST'S FOLK IN THE APENNINE. REMINISCENCES OF HER FRIENDS AMONG THE TUSCAN PEASANTRY. BY FRANCESCA ALEXANDER. EDITED BY JOHN RUSKIN” (1887)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- I “THE STORY OF IDA: EPITAPH ON AN ETRURIAN TOMB.” BY FRANCESCA ALEXANDER. EDITED WITH PREFACE BY JOHN RUSKIN (1883)
- II “ROADSIDE SONGS OF TUSCANY. TRANSLATED AND ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCESCA ALEXANDER, AND EDITED BY JOHN RUSKIN” (1885)
- III “CHRIST'S FOLK IN THE APENNINE. REMINISCENCES OF HER FRIENDS AMONG THE TUSCAN PEASANTRY. BY FRANCESCA ALEXANDER. EDITED BY JOHN RUSKIN” (1887)
- IV “ULRIC THE FARM SERVANT. A STORY OF THE BERNESE LOWLAND. BY JEREMIAS GOTTHELF. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN BY JULIA FIRTH. REVISED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY JOHN RUSKIN” (1886–1888)
- APPENDIX: “FRANCESCA'S BOOK” A DRAWING-ROOM LECTURE (JUNE 19, 1883)
- Plate section
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[Bibliographical Note.—This work has been issued in three forms:—(1) in seven Parts, Parts i.–vi. forming volume i.; and the seventh Part being Part i. of an intended volume ii. (2) The first six Parts were bound together as a volume. (3) The whole seven Parts were, after Ruskin's death, collected into a volume.
ORIGINAL ISSUE IN PARTS
Part I. First Edition (March 2, 1887).—The title-page of the Part was as follows:—
Christ's Folk | in the Apennine. | Reminiscences | of her friends | among the Tuscan Peasantry. | By | Francesca Alexander. | Edited by | John Ruskin, D.C.L., | Honorary Student of Christ Churchy and Honorary Fellow of | Corpus Christi College, Oxford. | I. | The Peace of Polissena. | George Allen, | Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. | 1887.
Foolscap 8vo, pp. viii. + 46. Half-title (with blank reverse), pp. i.–ii. Title-page (with imprint on the reverse, “Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, London and Aylesbury”), pp. iii.–iv. Preface, pp. v.–viii. Text, pp. 1–46.
Issued in pale grey paper wrappers, with a title-page (omitting the subtitle and adding the Rose) repeated upon the front, enclosed in a single ruled frame—the words “Price One Shilling” being added below the frame.
These descriptions apply mutatis mutandis to all the other Parts. 2000 copies.
Second Edition (January 1896).—300 copies.
Part II. First Edition (March 2, 1887).—Pp. 47–70: “Pensatevi Voi!” 2000 copies.
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- The Works of John Ruskin , pp. 249 - 336Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1903