The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)

Items marked 'M' are drawings "by my own Hand" (by Ruskin), P are photographs, E engravings and A by Ruskin's Assistant, Arthur Burgess.

Rudimentary 4 Cover

Bibliography

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883 vol. VII, pl. 1094

John Guillim A display of heraldrie manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge therof then hath hitherto been published by any, through the benefit of method; herein it is now reduced by the study and industry of John Guillim late pursuivant at armes. Interlaced with much variety of history suitable to the severall occasions or subjects Francis Nower 4th edition London Jacob Blome 1660

The “Douce Apocalypse”Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 180

Jost Amman Philippus Lonicerus Insignia Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis, Principum Electorum, ac aliquot illustrissimarum, illustrium ... et aliarum familiarum, formis artificiossimis expressa Additio cuique peculiari symbolo et carmine octasticho, quibus cum ipsum insigne tum symbolum, ingeniose, ac ... liberaliter explicantur Frankfurt-am-Main 1579

Adam von Bartsch Le triomphe de l'Empereur Maximilian I Une suite en 135 planches Vienna A. Schmidt London J. Edwards 1796

The “Ormesby Psalter”Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366

The “Douce Apocalypse”Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 180

The “Ormesby Psalter”Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366

Ippolito Rosellini I monumenti dell’Egitto e della Nubia disegnati dalla spedizione scientifico-letteraria toscana in Egitto: distribuiti in ordine di materie 9 vols Pisa Presso N. Capurro 1832-44 Tavole, vol. II, pl. 2, no. 2

John Gould The Birds of Great Britain 5 vols London John Gould 1862-1873

John Gould The Birds of Great Britain 5 vols London John Gould 1862-1873

Baron Georges Cuvier Le Règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée 262 livraisons 3rd ("Disciples'") edition Paris Fortin, Masson et Cie 1836-1849

François Le Vaillant Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis et des Rolliers suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus 2 vols Paris Denné & Perlet 1806

John Gould The Birds of Great Britain 5 vols London John Gould 1862-1873

François Le Vaillant Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis et des Rolliers suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus 2 vols Paris Denné & Perlet 1806

François Le Vaillant Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis et des Rolliers suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus 2 vols Paris Denné & Perlet 1806

Cornelis Nozeman Nederlandsche vogelen vogens hunne huishouding, aert 5 vols Amsterdam J.C. Sepp 1770-1829 vol. I, pl. 20

John Gould The Birds of Great Britain 5 vols London John Gould 1862-1873 vol. IV, pl. 23

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883 vol. II, pl. 236

Jane Webb (Mrs J.C. Loudon) The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants London William Smith 1841 pl. 39

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883 vol. III, pl. 494

Jane Webb (Mrs J.C. Loudon) The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants London William Smith 1841 pl. 1

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883 vol. II, pl. 320; vol. II, pl. 307; vol. XV, pl. 2582; Supplement, pl. 64; and vol. XIII, pl. 2164

James Sowerby English Botany or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth 36 vols London J. Davis 1790-1814 vol. IX, pl. 580

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883

John Ray Catalogus plantarum Angliæ, et insularum adjacentium: tum indigenas, tum in agris passim cultas complectens In quo præter synonyma necessaria facultates quoque summatim traduntur, unà cum observationibus & experimentis novis medicis & physicis London J. Martyn 1670 p. 180

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883 vol. VII, pl. 1094

John Sibthorp James Edward Smith Flora graeca sive Plantarum rariorum historia, quas in provinciis aut insulis Graeciae 10 vols London Richard Taylor 1806-1840 vol. 4, p. 7

Jane Webb (Mrs J.C. Loudon) The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants London William Smith 1841 pl. 39

John Ruskin Enquiries on the Causes of the Colour of the Water of the Rhine London George Allen 1903 The Works of John Ruskin Library Edition E.T. Cook Alexander Wedderburn vol. I, pp. 191-192 First published in Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, vol. VII, no. 41 (Sepetmber 1843), pp. 438-439.

George Christian Oeder Jens Wilken Hornemann Johan Martin Christian Lange Frederik Michael Liebmann Otto Fredrik Müller Martin Vahl Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiæ: ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis ... Floræ Danicæ nomine inscriptum 23 vols Copenhagen Claudius Philibertus 1764-1883 vol. III, pl. 494

Jane Webb (Mrs J.C. Loudon) The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants London William Smith 1841 pl. 1

John Guillim A display of heraldrie manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge therof then hath hitherto been published by any, through the benefit of method; herein it is now reduced by the study and industry of John Guillim late pursuivant at armes. Interlaced with much variety of history suitable to the severall occasions or subjects Francis Nower 4th edition London Jacob Blome 1660 p. 362

The “Douce Apocalypse”Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 180

The “Ormesby Psalter”Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366

The “Douce Apocalypse”Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 180

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