Max Beerbohm — Rossetti and His Circle

London, William Heinemann, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a collection of amusing caricatures on Gabriel Rossetti and his fellow pre-Raphaelites, created by eminent caricaturist Max Beerbohm. The first edition of Rossetti and His Circle, a collection of caricatures on the pre-Raphaelites, created by eminent parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm.In the publisher's original blue cloth, with a colour frontispiece, and all twenty-two other colour plates. Collated complete.Often considered his masterpiece, Beerbohm was said to be fascinated by the pre-Raphaelites, particularly Rosetti for his flamboyance compared to drab contemporaries in the Victorian era. Caricatures include those of Oscar Wilde, Rosetti and John Ruskin among many others, illustrating them in his quintessential muted watercolours. In the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd faint mark to boards. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Slight offsetting to free end papers and browning to pastedown extremities. Internally, firmly bound, with very minor wear to hinge between plates 8 and 9. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning. Very Good . Ill.: Max Beerbohm. Very Good .