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Rossetti, Christina
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Verses . . . Dedicated to her mother. London: privately printed at G. Polidori's, No. 15, Park Village East, Regent's Park, 1847.
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo (160 x 103 mm). Full green morocco, gilt, spine and inner dentelles gilt, t.e.g., by Riviere; joints a little tender.
Literature
Fredeman 44.2; Hayward 267; Ashley IV, p. 99; Tinker 1784; CBEL III, 497; CBEL (3) IV, 659.
Catalogue Note
first edition of Christina Rossetti's first book, issued privately when she was only sixteen; the poems had been written between the ages of 12 and 16. The collection, dedicated to her mother, consists of 42 poems, of which 40 are in English and two in Italian, a significant achievement for sixteen years and Christina's formal literary début.
Bound in is a charming autograph letter signed from Christina Rossetti to a Mr. Howell, written just before this book was circulated (she speaks of it as still being "in loose sheets"). She thanks Mr. Howell for a collection of stamps he had given her, and speaks of an unfortunate letter she has receivced from Mrs. Cottle.