(021350) Abse, Joan. John Ruskin: The Passionate Moralist. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 363 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist.He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political economy ISBN: 039451596X (Ruskin, John, Authors)
