The Pre-Raphaelites and their World, William Michael Rossetti, Edited by Thirlwell, Angela. Published by The Folio Society, London, 1996. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 234pp., Frontis-portrait of William Michael Rossetti; black and white and colour plates; sources, index; Introduction and Epilogue by Angela Thirwell. Dark mauve cloth over gilt and colour decorative boards designed by David Eccles; gilt spine titles. Housed in a red slipcase. Volume is in fine, unread condition; rear panel of slipcase has a few light and small marks.
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, formed in London in 1848, was Britain’s first modern art movement. They rebelled against the Royal Academy’s rigid teachings, advocating for vivid colors, intense realism, and a return to the detailed, nature-focused aesthetic of the 15th-century Italian art that predated Raphael.
