Dictionnaire raisson de larchitecture franaise du XIe au XVIe sicle

10 volumes, the major source and inspiration for Ruskins The Bible of Amiens, a combination of religious exposition and architectural history. This set was probably taken to France by Ruskin as there is a sketch of tracery in pencil on a flyleaf in volume 6, dated Beauvais 1888. The set has now joined the 300 or so other books owned by Ruskin in the care of the Ruskin foundation at the University

Item author: Eugne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc

Item date: 1867 - 68

Grant Value: 1,000

Item cost: 5,000

Item date acquired: 1999

Item institution: Lancaster University

Town/City: Lancaster

County: Lancashire