Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
Title:
So this then is The house of life : being a collection of sonnets / by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Alternate Title(s):
House of life
Published / Created:
East Aurora, N.Y. : Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop, [1899]
Physical Description:
114, cxv-cxvi p. ; 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR5244 .H68 1899
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title: The house of life.

"Illumined by Anna McMillan."

Limited edtion of 925 copies.

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 862 of 925, signed and numbered by Elbert Hubbard. Also inscribed: "Illumined by Anna McMillan". Bound in original half tan calf and dark green boards. Bookplate: Elbert Hubbard. Inscription: May Lisbette Aldrich to Agnes Graham Treaf, June 20, 1900.
Contents:
pt. I. Youth and Change--pt. II. Change and fate.
Subject Terms:
Roycrofters -- Publisher. | Hubbard, Elbert -- Bookplate. | Hubbard, Elbert -- Autograph. | McMillan, Anna -- Autograph. | Aldrich, May Lisbette -- Pres. insc. to Agnes Graham Treaf, June 20– 1900. | Treaf, Agnes Graham -- Pres. insc from May Lisbette Aldrich, June 20–1900. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Historiated initials.
Contributors:
Roycroft Shop, printer. | McMillan, Anna, illuminator. | Hubbard, Elbert, 1856–1915, book designer.