Christina Rossetti Poems
Blackie & Son Ltd., 1910.
First edition, deluxe issue Number 226 of 350 copies signed by Florence Harrison and printed on lovely hand made paper. 4to. Sumptuously bound in full white vellum with both spine and upper cover decorated with Art Nouveau designs in gilt. Top edge gilt and others are uncut. This book has 36 beautiful colour illustrations mounted onto grey art paper and protected by tissue guards with printed captions. In addition there are 34 tipped in black and white plates printed on vellum, plus a large number of small decorative line drawings accompanying the verse and as chapter headings. The introduction is written by Alice Meynell. This very good copy, with the contents clean and bright, covers a little dusty and rear board bumped.
Not only does this book contain most of Rossetti's best loved poetry, it is especially appealing because of the lovely decoration. The illustrations have a mixture of influences, the Pre-Raphaelite period is represented by the use of warm rich colours and the Art Nouveau style is evident in the stylised line drawings. The combination works very well indeed. The poetry is presented in two sections, beginning with a large selection entitled, "General Poems", including: Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Dreamland; and concluding with a section of "Devotional Poems".
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