THOMAS CARLYLE'S COPY
Frondes agrestes. Readings in 'modern painters'.
Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent.
George Allen, 1875.
First edition.
8vo.
vii, [1], 184pp. Original publisher's gilt-tooled brown limp morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Paper label to upper board with manuscript note: 'This volume contains the bookplate of Thomas Carlyle'. Bookplate of Thomas Carlyle to FEP, manuscript biographical note (on Ruskin and Carlyle) to recto of front blank fly-leaf, later bookplate and inked ownership inscription of William Wade Porteous to REP.
The provincially published first edition of this selection of extracts from John Ruskin's (1819-1900) Modern Painter's, the contents decided upon by 'the author's friend, the younger lady of the Thwaite, Coniston', amateur natural historian and artist Susanna Beever (1805-1893).
The present copy was once in possession of Scottish historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), a close friend of Ruskin. In 1854, Ruskin made his first public acknowledgement that Carlyle was the author to whom he 'owed more than to any other living writer'. After reading Ruskin's Unto This Last (1860), Carlyle felt that they were 'in a minority of two', a feeling which Ruskin shared. From the 1860s onward, Ruskin frequently referred to Carlyle as his 'master' and 'papa', writing after Carlyle's death that he was 'throwing myself now into the mere fulfilment of Carlyle's work'.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 24539
The present copy was once in possession of Scottish historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), a close friend of Ruskin. In 1854, Ruskin made his first public acknowledgement that Carlyle was the author to whom he 'owed more than to any other living writer'. After reading Ruskin's Unto This Last (1860), Carlyle felt that they were 'in a minority of two', a feeling which Ruskin shared. From the 1860s onward, Ruskin frequently referred to Carlyle as his 'master' and 'papa', writing after Carlyle's death that he was 'throwing myself now into the mere fulfilment of Carlyle's work'.
