![]() ![]() In each case, the engraver's signature appears along with the artist’s at the bottom of the illustration. Rossetti designed the two black-and-white illustrations in pen and ink, then transferred them to woodblocks, where they were engraved for reproduction. The cover's triangle of circles is repeated in the pattern on Laura's dress in the frontispiece, "Buy from us with a golden curl," while the linear rules are recalled in the border around the title-page vignette, "Golden head by golden head." D.G. ![]() Composed of simple horizontal and vertical lines ornamented with a motif of three circles, the binding design is referenced in both frontispiece and title-page, adding to the aesthetic unity of the volume. ![]() ![]() The elegant cover design, a geometric arrangement in gold on dark blue cloth boards, is utterly unlike other bindings of the period. The material format of the book, as well as its contents, indicate that it was aimed at an adult audience in its first publication. Dante Gabriel Rossetti designed his sister Christina Rossetti's collection of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems, in 1862, using the title poem as the subject for his illustrations His distinctive cover, illustrative frontispiece, and a title-page vignette, made the work a Pre-Raphaelite collaboration of art and poetry. ![]()
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