ROSSETTI DANTE GABRIEL Sir Hugh the Heron a Legendary Tale i

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ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL. Sir Hugh the Heron, a Legendary Tale, in Four Parts. [2], 24 pages. 8vo, rebound in evergreen gilt, by Bedford, spine darkened, minor discoloration and rubbing; browning to endpapers with light offsetting to title which also bears one professionally repaired clean marginal tear; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; lacking original wrappers. London: G. Polidori's Private Press, 1843

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scarce first edition of rossetti's first book. Only a handful of privately printed copies of this ballad have survived and OCLC lists fewer than 12 copies. Rossetti began this work when he was twelve years old and finished it when he was fourteen. It was printed at the private press of his grandfather, Gaetano Polidori, who encouraged Rossetti to bring it to print. The print run was distributed privately, limiting the readership for this ballad. Later in life, this juvenile effort embarrassed the author; Rossetti asked his brother William to destroy the extra copies. The work has never been included in any of the collected editions of Rossetti's works. Peattie, R. W. The Selected Letters of William Michael Rossetti. Philadelphia, 1990.