Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binders and illuminatorsROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882). Hand and Soul.missioned by Gannon and Cassidy of New York, London, c. 1908.A beautiful manuscript of Rossetti’s influential short story, appropriately illuminated in early Italian Renaissance style and in a binding embellished with carved pomegranates and over 450 jewels. Created about 50 years after Rossetti wrote the story, this spectacular Sangorski and Sutcliffe manuscript and binding pays full tribute to his ideals. The relievo pomegranates on the front cover are an unusual and appropriate addition and feature 18 garnets each.Folio (304 x 215mm). Illuminated manuscript on vellum, 18 leaves, plus three blank vellum leaves at front and two at back plus manuscript colophon leaf on vellum, mounted on guards. Richly illuminated on almost every page including two full-page miniatures with illuminated borders in pre-Raphaelite style, and initials of stippled gilt on alternating blue and red penwork; ten border or initial illuminations featuring portraits and landscapes.Full crushed blue-green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, morocco doublures, all edges gilt. The upper cover with sunken panel enclosing the title “Hand & Soul” with two flourishes in relief, all on a richly gilt gold ground in a leaf and berry pattern; panel surrounded by a pattern of pomegranates and pomegranate leaves, the 21 pomegranates individually carved in relief and set with 18 garnets each. The lower cover with an elaborate strapwork design with heart-shaped corner-pieces enclosing a central sunken panel on fine gilt pointillé, the edges decorated with 20 flowers of gold and jewels, set with four topazes each. Inner doublures with a grapevine and strapwork design; the upper doublure with the author’s monogram; the lower doublure with the author’s motto; green morocco flyleaves, silk endleaves.“Art should be created from the soul, for the soul.”A beautiful manuscript of Rossetti’s influential short story, appropriately illuminated in early Italian Renaissance style and in a binding embellished with carved pomegranates and over 450 jewels. Hand & Soul was first published in 1850 in the pre-Raphaelite periodical, The Germ. It tells the story of a fictional 13th century Italian painter and his quest for artistic expression. Created about 50 years after Rossetti wrote the story, this spectacular Sangorski and Sutcliffe manuscript and binding pays full tribute to Rossetti’s ideals. The carved pomegranates on the front cover are an unusual and appropriate addition and feature 18 garnets each.Folio (304 x 215mm). Illuminated manuscript on vellum, 18 leaves, plus three blank vellum leaves at front and two at back plus manuscript colophon leaf on vellum, mounted on guards. Title in gilt, epigraph in gilt and red, two-page illuminated preface, calligraphed text of the poem on pages 1-27 in red and black in