The ethics of the dust
Subtitle: ten lectures to little housewives on the elements of crystallisation / by John Ruskin
Publisher: Smith, Elder
Published: 1866
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Conduct of life; Crystallography
Notes: From the John Ruskin Collection of R. Dyke Benjamin.

Author's presentation inscription on half-title page: "To his nurse, [Sun?] Strahan, John Ruskin, Christmas 1865".

From the John Ruskin Collection of R. Dyke Benjamin.

Author's presentation inscription on half-title page: "Alice Owen, with John Ruskin's sincere regards, Christmas, 1865".

From the John Ruskin Collection of R. Dyke Benjamin.

Author's presentation inscription on half-title page: "Julia Richmond, with the old lecturer's love, Christmas, 1865".

Bookseller's description inserted in volume; removed to Bibliographic File.

Bookseller's description inserted in volume; removed to Bibliographic File.

Bookseller's description and invoice inserted in volume; removed to Bibliographic File.

Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over boards; covers blind-stamped; spine stamped in gilt; front hinge detached; in CMI.

Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over boards, decorated in black and gilt.

Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over boards, decorated in black and gilt.
Table of contents: title: The valley of diamonds.; title: The pyramid builders.; title: The crystal life.; title: The crystal orders.; title: Crystal virtues.; title: Crystal quarrels.; title: Home virtues.; title: Crystal caprice.; title: Crystal sorrows.; title: The crystal rest.; title: Notes.