Poems / by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882.

Contributor:

Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, Publisher.

Turner, Albert Morton., Former owner.

Turner, Evan H., Donor.

Brodie, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Collins), Sir, 1817-1880., Former owner.

G.H. Last (Firm)., Former owner.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Genre:

Poems -- 1870.

Publishers' advertisements -- 1870.

Binders' tickets (Provenance).

Physical Description:

xi, [1], 282, [22] p. ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London: : F.S. Ellis, 33 King Street, Covent Garden., 1870.

Notes:

First issue of first trade edition with [4] p. publisher's advertisements followed by [16] blank pages at end.

Half title.

Ordinary paper copy; another copy also issued on large paper format.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of: Evan H. Turner (2006) from the collection of Albert Morton Turner (1890-1976).

Athenaeum copy bound in original blue publisher's cloth with blue floral endpapers; boards decorated in gilt flower and trellis pattern.has bookplate of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart.; also with clipped entry from bookseller's catalog, inscribed: G.H. Last, England. Oct. 1940.

Cited in:

Orr, Lynn. The cult of beauty, [228]