Rossetti Critical Essay by Hueffer Ford Madox, First Edition (4 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 192pp with 30 really lovely illustrations, green cloth cover with gilt decor, front cover a little faded, but lovely and clean inside tight and sound throughout.No date of publication, but feels around 1900`.

First edition. His second Pre-Raphaelite study, following his 1896 his work on Rossetti's teacher and Ford's grandfather, Ford Madox Brown. Published in the "Popular Library of Art" series (later printing copies are in the "Masters of Painting" series). In an unrecorded, variant binding of brown paper boards with 3 pages of ads at rear, as called for. Harvey A10 calls for limp green leather and notes copies in coarse green cloth and smooth red cloth but makes no mention of copies with paper boards. However, we presume most copies were in various covers other than leather, as the publisher's ads for this series are headed "Boards gilt, 1s. net; green canvas and red cloth gilt, 2s. net; limp lambskin, 2s. 6d. net. Several titles can also be had in the popular Persian yapp [i.e., limp leather] binding, in box, 2s. 6d. net each." Cover edges lightly rubbed, gilt on spine dulled but readable, and front cover gilt medallion shows slight discoloration, still very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 245 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 192 pages. First English edition, first printing. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. Part of the "Library of Art" series with three pages of advertisements for the other books in this series at the end of the book as well as many illustrations of his art. His second Pre-Raphaelite biography. The first was his 1896 book about Rossetti's teacher and Ford's grandfather, Ford Madox Brown. Near fine book with brown covers and gilt medallion on the front cover. The spine is slightly darkened. A beautiful copy!