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ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel (1828–1882). Ballads and Sonnets. London: Ellis and White, 1881. 8vo (220 x 142 mm). Half-title. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES as stated on verso of half-title. This third collection of poems completes “The House of Life” sequence of sonnets first introduced in his Poems of 1870. Early full tan calf double framed in gilt, citron and brown morocco spine labels in gilt, raised bands, compartments with elaborate gilt scrollwork and centerpieces, top edge gilt, others uncut, dentelle turn-ins, marbled endpapers, STAMP-SIGNED BY ZAEHNSDORF BINDERY. [Uniformly bound with:] Poems. London: Ellis and White, 1881. Half-title. 8vo (220 x 142 mm). New edition, FIRST ISSUE, ONE OF 25 LARGE PAPER COPIES. The 1881 edition of Rossetti's Poems includes four poems not included in the 1870 edition (few scuffs to covers, spine darkened, splitting to front joint of Vol. I; contents bright). LARGE PAPER COPIES OF ROSSETTI’S WORKS RARELY SEEN ON THE MARKET. Provenance: From the private library of a local Chicago collector, part one.