ROSSETTI, Christina G.

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Sing-Song. Presentation copy of the second edition, inscribed by the poet on the front free endpaper, "Henry Edward Stewart, Xmas 1893, from Christina G. Rossetti". The recipient was the infant son of the Rossetti family's doctor, Sir Edward Stewart, who especially attended on Christina.Rossetti's illustrated book of nursery rhymes was first published in 1872, but was enlarged for the present edition, retaining the charming illustrations of Arthur Hughes.

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