Rossetti, William Michael - Shelley, Percy Bysshe
£850
Auction: 8 September 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
Poetical works. London: Charles Daly, [c.1839]. 16mo, 2 volumes in one, inscribed and dated 1844 by William Michael Rossetti on front endpaper "this was the first Shelley wh. Gabriel & I got to read...", frontispiece, engraved title, original publisher's cloth gilt, hinges cracked, rubbed at edges, fold over box
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of William Michael Rossetti, inscription.
This volume was purchased by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, much against his mother's wishes - who considered Shelley's poetry to be quite indecent. In spite of the troubles Gabriel bought the volume and, according to his brother, "surged through its pages like a flame." (Doughty)