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Auction archive: Lot number 107

KEATS. POETICAL WORKS, 1868, D.G. ROSSETTI'S COPY WITH EXTENSIVE MANUSCRIPT NOTES (1 VOL.)

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,948 - US$5,264
Price realised:
£13,750
ca. US$18,096
Auction archive: Lot number 107

KEATS. POETICAL WORKS, 1868, D.G. ROSSETTI'S COPY WITH EXTENSIVE MANUSCRIPT NOTES (1 VOL.)

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,948 - US$5,264
Price realised:
£13,750
ca. US$18,096
Beschreibung:

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel--Keats, John. THE POETICAL WORKS. MOXON & CO, 1868 8vo, DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI'S COPY WITH HIS EXTENSIVE AUTOGRAPH NOTES, giving his responses to Keats ranging from full-page appreciations of 'Endymion' ("...a magic toy, fit for the childhood of a Divine Poet..."), 'Hyperion' ("...the crown of Keats's genius...") and 'The Eve of Saint Mark', to brief judgemental summaries, not always complimentary ("...Sadly futile...", "...Very poor & puffy..."), as well as occasional specific comments, corrections, and other markings, to about 60 pages altogether, in pencil, ownership inscription of W.M. Rossetti on front free endpaper, dark red cloth, in a red morocco collector's box; text block detached from binding, covers worn

Auction archive: Lot number 107
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel--Keats, John. THE POETICAL WORKS. MOXON & CO, 1868 8vo, DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI'S COPY WITH HIS EXTENSIVE AUTOGRAPH NOTES, giving his responses to Keats ranging from full-page appreciations of 'Endymion' ("...a magic toy, fit for the childhood of a Divine Poet..."), 'Hyperion' ("...the crown of Keats's genius...") and 'The Eve of Saint Mark', to brief judgemental summaries, not always complimentary ("...Sadly futile...", "...Very poor & puffy..."), as well as occasional specific comments, corrections, and other markings, to about 60 pages altogether, in pencil, ownership inscription of W.M. Rossetti on front free endpaper, dark red cloth, in a red morocco collector's box; text block detached from binding, covers worn

Auction archive: Lot number 107
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jul 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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