Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century

Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century

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John Ruskin | Passport, signed, 1872

Lot Closed

December 14, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

300 - 500 GBP

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John Ruskin


Passport signed


issued to Ruskin for travel on the Continent, 1 page, folio, 10 April 1872, stamped and signed by the French consulate in London on the same date, folded in a green leather gilt custom wallet by J.W. Adams, passport agent, of Fleet Street, with notebook (unused) and pencil, Ruskin's name lettered in gilt, tongue of wallet cracked and fragile

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