[Bibliographical Note.-The first edition (1851) has the following title-page:-

Pre-Raphaelitism. | by the Author | of | “Modern Painters.” | London: | Smith, Elder, & Co., 65, Cornhill, | 1851.

Octavo, pp. 68, Imprint on the reverse of title-page and at the foot of last page: “London: Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-Street Square.” On p. iii. the following Dedication:-

To Francis Hawkesworth Fawkes, Esq., of Farnley, These pages, which owe their present form to advantages granted By his kindness, Are affectionately inscribed, By his obliged friend, John Ruskin.

Preface, pp. v.-vi. (here p. 339); text, pp. 7-68. Issued on August 13, 1851, at the price of Two Shillings. Some copies were issued without wrappers, and with untrimmed edges; others in pale-blue coloured wrappers, with cut edges and the title-page (enclosed within a rule) reproduced upon the front cover.

Pre-Raphaelitism.| By | John Ruskin, M.A., | Author of “Modern Painters,” “Stones of Venice,” “Seven Lamps of Architecture,” etc. etc. | A New Edition, |London: | Smith, Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill. | M.DCCC.LXII.

Octavo, pp. 67. Imprint upon the reverse of p. 67: “London: Printed by Smith, Elder & Co., Little Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, E.C.” The Dedication was withdrawn. Preface, p. 3; Text, pp. 5-67. Issued on April 13, 1862, at the same price, in pale-blue wrappers, with the title-page (enclosed within a double rule) repeated on the front. For differences of text, see below.

The pamphlet was reprinted verbatim from the second edition in On the Old Road, 1885, vol. i. pp. 238-309 (§§ 166-225); and again, in the second edition of that work, 1899, vol. i. pp. 241-313 (§§ 166-225);

The headline in both editions of the pamphlet was “Pre-Raphaelitism” throughout. In the reprints it was “Pre-Raphaelitism” on left-hand pages, and “Its Principles” on right-hand pages.

The publication of the pamphlet produced the following replies:-

Obsoletism in Art. A reply to the Author of “Modern Painters,” in his defence of “Pre-Raphaelitism,.” By E. V. Rippingile. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, M.DCCC.LII. 8VO, pp. 56.

What is Pre-Raphaelitism? By John Ballantyne, A.R.S.A. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 1856. 8VO, pp. 44.

Varić Lectiones.-The variations (other than those already described) between the different editions are very slight, being mainly of punctuation, spelling, etc., which are not worth enumerating. In this edition, in § 7 the mark of interrogation at the end of the quotation from Young (wrongly introduced in ed. 2 and thence repeated in On the Old Road) is altered; in § 24 the spelling of “Mallard” in Turner’s name (in all previous editions) is corrected to “Mallord”; in § 36 the spelling of “Brignal” is altered to “Brignall”; and a correction is made in § 43 (see p. 378 n).]

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