Rossetti Family.- Rossetti (Gabriele) Cracovia, first edition, presentation inscription by the author to his daughter Christina to front inside wrapper, later dedication inscription by William Rossetti to half-title, Lausanne, 8vo, 1847.

Rossetti Family.- Rossetti (Gabriele) Cracovia, first edition, presentation inscription by the author to his daughter Christina to front inside wrapper, later dedication inscription by William Rossetti to half-title, publishers' advertisements, scattered faint soiling and foxing, a little nicked and creased at fore corners, original wrappers, a little soiled and with a few creases and closed tears, upper wrapper detached, preserved in custom-made cloth chemise and slip-case, the former with ex libris of Donald Sigmund Stralem, Lausanne, 8vo, 1847. ***Gabriele Rossetti (1783-1854), poet, critic, political exile, progenitor of Italian nationalism; his daughter Christina (1830-94), poet; his son William Michael (1829-1919), prime mover of The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The inscriptions: "Christina G. Rossetti | from her Father | 1847": "Presented to | the Rev. R. Wilkins Rees | by W.M. Rossetti | March 1900". Donald Sigmund Stralem (1903-76) investment banker and collector. Provenance: sold as lot 1013 in Anderson Galleries' 1929 sale 'The Library of Jerome Kern'; sold again in Sotheby's 'Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Americana' sale in the section 'Property from the Collection of Donald and Jean Stralem': this in a lot with a proof copy of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Poems.