Written by the eminent Victorian critic John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice ranks among literature's most influential studies of art and architecture. We offer hardbound editions of the complete three-volume set--the only unabridged editions in print, with all of Ruskin's original drawings--at30 off the total price of the individual books. The shrink-wrapped three-book set consists of:Volume I, a discussion of architecture's functional and ornamental aspects. 21 plates. 72 figures.Volume II, an examination of the Venetian Gothic period. 20 plates. 38 figures.Volume III, a trenchant examination of the city's decline during the Renaissance. 12 plates. 5 figures.