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ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel (1828–1882). Poems. London: Ellis & White, 1881.
8vo. Half–title; 1pp. advertisement at end. Full contemporary olive embroidered silk with gilt floral and spiral weave recreating Rossetti’s own design on both covers, embroidered lettering on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut, silk endpapers with floral designs (some edges slightly fraying, silk partially detached from front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER ISSUE (“A New Edition”), ONE OF 31 COPIES on handmade paper watermarked “Whatman”. Colbeck, A Bookman’s Catalogue, II:695.