Gabriele Rossetti (1783-1854) was Professor of Italian at King's College London. William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) was a man of letters and art critic. Details for William Michael Rossetti are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Autobiographical writings of Gabriele Rossette and W.M. Rossetti, consisting of:

• Autobiography of Gabriele Rossetti, in verse, c. 1850
• Printer's copy of the autobiography, translated and supplemented by W.M. Rossetti, published, London, 1901, with the original manuscript of the translation
• Reminiscences of W.M. Rossetti, 1901-3, containing several passages omitted from the published version

The collection was given to the Library by W.M. Rossetti's daughter in 1950.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45349-52.

Autobiography

Rossetti | Gabriele | 1783-1854 | Professor of Italian King's College London

Rossetti | William Michael | 1829-1919 | Man of Letters and Art Critic