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THE PRE-RAPHAELITES & THEIR WORLD: A PERSONAL VIEW

by William Michael Rossetti; Angela Thirlwell

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 1995

Very good condition. From Some Reminiscences and other writings of William Michael Rossetti. Introduction and Epilogue by Angela Thirlwell. Purple cloth with elaborate gilt decorations to front. Colour photos. xvii and 234 pages including index.

Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned to text block (very minor). Pale foxspots to last page. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is in Very Good condition, having some pale marks and stains.

Stock no. 1831253

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • PART ONE
  • The Rossetti Family
  • Early Years. My Brothers and Sisters. Our Childhood. Family Life. My Brother and Myself
  • PART TWO
  • The Pre-Raphaelite World
  • The Beginnings of the Brotherhood. First Exhibitions. The PRB Journal. A Postscript to The Germ. Christina and Collinson. 'The Round Table is Dissolved'. Artistic and Literary Acquaintances. John Ruskin. Dante Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal.
  • PART THREE
  • A Wider Acquaintanceship
  • Burne-Jones, Morris, Swinburne, and Others. The American Exhibition. The Brownings, Landor, Tennyson. Cheyne Walk Days. Mr Whistler and Other Artists. Editing Shelley. My Marriage. Rossetti's Poems and The Fleshly School of Poetry. Illness and Death.
  • Epilogue
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Sources
  • Index

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