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Part III. (1879).-This, the fourth part in order of publication, contained Title-page and Chapter VIII., pp. 89-125. On the reverse of p. 125 is a Note asking for subscriptions towards defraying the cost of obtaining drawings of the mosaics of St. Mark’s (This Note became § 132 in the edition of 1894: see below, p. 308.) The title-page is the same as in Parts I. and II., except for the substitution of “Part III.” and “1879.” At the foot of the reverse is the imprint “Hazell, Watson & Viney, Printers, London and Aylesbury.” The cover is lettered “St. Mark’s Rest. | Part III. | VIII. The Requiem. | Ruskin.” Issued in July 1879 (3000 copies).

A second edition (1000 copies) was issued in June 1887; a third (500) in June 1889; and a fourth (250) in December 1894. The first edition only is still current.

Second Supplement (1879).-This, the fifth part in order of publication, contained what is now Chapter XI. in the complete work. Half-title, pp. i.-ii.; Title-page, pp. iii., iv.; Preface, pp. v.-x.; “The Place of Dragons” (originally advertised under the title “With Steel and Fire”), pp. 1-38. Imprint as in Part III. The Preface is dated “Brantwood, 26th January 1878”; a valedictory paragraph at the end of p. 38 is dated “Brantwood; 6th March 1879.” Between these two dates Ruskin’s serious illness intervened. The title-page of the Second Supplement is:-

St. Mark’s Rest | Second Supplement. | The Place of Dragons. | James Reddie Anderson, M.A. | Edited by | John Ruskin, LL.D., | Honorary Student of Christ Church, | and Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford | George Allen, | Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. | 1879.

The cover is lettered “St. Mark’s Rest. Second Supplement. The Place of Dragons. Ruskin.” Issued in April 1879 (3000 copies).

A second edition of this Second Supplement was issued (1400) in June 1889, and is still current.

Appendix (1884).-This, the sixth and last part in order of publication, contains what is now Chapter IX. in the complete work. Half-title, pp. i., ii.; Title-page, pp. iii., iv.; “Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,” pp. 127-160; Index to the entire work, pp. i.-xx. The text, as also the index, is by Mr. Wedderburn. At the end is provided the Half-title, Title, and Contents to the whole work, with the Publisher’s Note given below (p. 197). Imprint as in Part III. The title-page of this Appendix is:-

St. Mark’s Rest. | The History of Venice. | Written for the help of the few travellers who | still care for her monuments. | By | John Ruskin, LL.D. | Honorary Student of Christ Church, | and Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford. | Appendix to Chapter VIII. | Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus. | An account of the Mosaics in the Baptistery of | St. Mark’s. | George Allen, | Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. | 1884.

The cover is lettered “St. Mark’s Rest. Appendix to Chapter VIII. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus. Index. Ruskin.” Issued in May 1884 (3000 copies).

A second edition of only 10 copies was issued in December 1894; the first edition is still current.

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