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W.M. Rossetti Signature : Genuine?
Hello, I recently picked up some books from local auction (mostly Victorian trash) however one book appears to contain the signature of William Michael Rossetti and a charming inscription to his daughter Olive? The book is titled: 'La Poesie Napoleon III Paris 1853' I wonder if there is anyone who can help me confirm that the signature is indeed his? There is a book in the Rosetti archive that appears to have a very similar signature (See first link) but although I have sent them details of my book with pictures etc as yet I have not heard back from them. I have also offered them the book so maybe that's the reason! To my eyes it looks genuine but I would appreciate other opinions. Thanks for your time Signature from the Rosetti archive: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/img/1-1841.1.jpg Signature from my book: http://www.katyandjason.co.uk/Rosetti.jpg Information on Rosetti: http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Ross_WM.htm http://www.rossettiarchive.org/ |
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W.M. Rossetti Signature : Genuine?
TIA wrote:
I recently picked up some books from local auction (mostly Victorian trash) however one book appears to contain the signature of William Michael Rossetti and a charming inscription to his daughter Olive? The book is titled: 'La Poesie Napoleon III Paris 1853' That fits. He was interested in both literature and history. I think you will find the following reference germane: "French Revolution Mélange de Litterature, Politique etc. Manuscript written by a contemporary hand with list of contents written by W.M. Rosetti, brother of Dante." (Lion Feuchtwanger's Autograph Collection, http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/arc/...utographs.html) Signature from the Rosetti archive: http://www.rossettiarchive.org/img/1-1841.1.jpg Signature from my book: http://www.katyandjason.co.uk/Rosetti.jpg Looks genuine. The "ss" in Rossetti is very distinctive. I would be surprised if this is a fake. W.M. Rossetti spent his life modestly playing second fiddle to Dante and Christina, and I doubt anyone of that period would particularly have thought his signature sufficiently worth forging. The signature "looks old" (as the eBay sellers like to say), and it seems unlikely a later forger would have found it worth going to the trouble of artificially aging it so convincingly, especially with the time difference between the signature and the inscription. Looks like a nice find to me. Congratulations! -- John http://rarebooksinjapan.org |
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