Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures Delivered at Manchester in 1864; 1. Of Kings Treasures 2. Of Queens Gardens: and An Inquiry into Some of the Conditions at Present Affecting the Study of Architecture in Our Schools.
by Ruskin, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Light wear to cover extremities, owner’s ink name on ffep, otherwise a very good copy.
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John Ruskin’s Sesame and Lilies (1865) consists of two lectures, “Of Kings’ Treasuries” and “Of Queens' Gardens,” delivered in December 1864 at the town halls at Rusholme and Manchester. While these lectures emphasize the connections between nature, art and society, they are essentially concerned with education and ideal conduct. The first half of the original work, “Of Kings’ Treasuries,” is a critique of Victorian manhood. The second half, “Of Queens' Gardens,” counsels women to be moral guides and urges parents to educate them as such. Although Sesame and Lilies was widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early twentieth century.
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- Zephyr Books (US)
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- 241434
- Title
- Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures Delivered at Manchester in 1864; 1. Of Kings Treasures 2. Of Queens Gardens: and An Inquiry into Some of the Conditions at Present Affecting the Study of Architecture in Our Schools.
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, green cloth, blindstamped decorative border, gilt spine title.
- Book Condition
- Used - Light wear to cover extremities, owner’s ink name on ffep, otherwise a very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wiley.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1866
- Pages
- xvi, 119; 29 pp.
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- Literature;
- Size
- 8vo., 20x13 cm.
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