B30926

Shelfmark

Id3.3.27

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id3.3.28

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id3.3.29

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id3.3.30

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id3.3.36(02)

Author

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Title

Poems before Congress. /, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Chapman and Hall,, 1860.

Physical description

viii, [2], 66, [2] p. ;, 19 cm.

Note

With a half-title.

Note

Final advertisement leaf.

Note

Publisher's red morocco-grain cloth with blind stamped panels on boards and lettering stamped in gold on front board ; [Id3.3.30] variant cream endpapers.

Note

32 p. publisher's catalogue tipped-in after text ; [Id3.3.29] with 4 p. advertisement of Piper, Stephenson, & Spence tipped-in before advertisement leaf.

Provenance

[Id3.3.27, Id3.3.28, Id3.3.29, Id3.3.30, Id3.3.36(02)] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

Provenance

[Id3.3.27] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Christie's in 2004.

Provenance

[Id3.3.27] Bookplate of William F. Gable.

Provenance

[Id3.3.28] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Charles Cox in 1988.

Provenance

[Id3.3.29] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Sumner & Stillman in 2000.

Provenance

[Id3.3.30] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Bernard Quaritch in 1988.

Provenance

[Id3.3.30] Ms. ownership inscription: "Mary F[rances]. Bradford, Winnington, May 28th 1860."

Provenance

[Id3.3.36(02)] Armorial bookplate of Frederick Lehmann.

Binding

[Id3.3.27] ?Early 20th century red morocco, with gilt panels on boards, gilt lettering and stamps on spine, and gilt tooling on turn-ins ; bound by the Rowfant Bindery (binder's stamp).

Binding

[Id3.3.36(02)] 19th century blue morocco half-binding, with blue cloth covered boards, gilt fillets on boards, gilt stamps and lettering on spine, and marbled endpapers ; bound by W. Pratt (binder's stamp).

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.27, Id3.3.29, Id3.3.30] Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.27] Ms. letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Anne Braun (dated by Michael Meredith as c. 1854-02) pasted onto front endpaper.

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.28] Presentation copy inscribed by the publisher: "From the Author".

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.29] Loose periodical clipping featuring a portrait of the author.

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.30] Lacking publisher's catalogue.

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.30] Ms. annotation in pencil - p. vii.

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.36(02)] Bound with a copy of "Last poems", 2nd ed.

Copy-specific note

[Id3.3.36(02)] Lacking advertisement leaf and publisher's catalogue.

Added entry--name

Meredith, Michael, former owner.

Added entry--name

Gable, William F, former owner.

Added entry--name

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, correspondent.

Added entry--name

Braun, Anne, correspondent.

Added entry--name

Cox, Charles, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Bradford, Mary Frances, former owner.

Added entry--name

Lehmann, Frederick, former owner.

Added entry--name

Pratt, W, binder.

Added entry--name

Chapman and Hall, publisher.

Added entry--name

Rowfant Club, binder.

Added entry--name

Christie, Manson & Woods, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Sumner & Stillman, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Bernard Quaritch, bookseller.

Added entry--place

England, London.

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id3.3.28

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id3.3.29

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id3.3.30

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id3.3.36(02)

001B30926

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aId3.3.27

098##$a[Another copy:] Id3.3.28

098##$a[Another copy:] Id3.3.29

098##$a[Another copy:] Id3.3.30

098##$a[Another copy:] Id3.3.36(02)

1001#$aBrowning, Elizabeth Barrett

24510$aPoems before Congress. /$cby Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

260##$aLondon :$bChapman and Hall,$c1860.

300##$aviii, [2], 66, [2] p. ;$c19 cm.

500##$aWith a half-title.

500##$aFinal advertisement leaf.

500##$aPublisher's red morocco-grain cloth with blind stamped panels on boards and lettering stamped in gold on front board ; [Id3.3.30] variant cream endpapers.

500##$a32 p. publisher's catalogue tipped-in after text ; [Id3.3.29] with 4 p. advertisement of Piper, Stephenson, & Spence tipped-in before advertisement leaf.

561##$a[Id3.3.27, Id3.3.28, Id3.3.29, Id3.3.30, Id3.3.36(02)] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

561##$a[Id3.3.27] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Christie's in 2004.

561##$a[Id3.3.27] Bookplate of William F. Gable.

561##$a[Id3.3.28] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Charles Cox in 1988.

561##$a[Id3.3.29] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Sumner & Stillman in 2000.

561##$a[Id3.3.30] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Bernard Quaritch in 1988.

561##$a[Id3.3.30] Ms. ownership inscription: "Mary F[rances]. Bradford, Winnington, May 28th 1860."

561##$a[Id3.3.36(02)] Armorial bookplate of Frederick Lehmann.

563##$a[Id3.3.27] ?Early 20th century red morocco, with gilt panels on boards, gilt lettering and stamps on spine, and gilt tooling on turn-ins ; bound by the Rowfant Bindery (binder's stamp).

563##$a[Id3.3.36(02)] 19th century blue morocco half-binding, with blue cloth covered boards, gilt fillets on boards, gilt stamps and lettering on spine, and marbled endpapers ; bound by W. Pratt (binder's stamp).

590##$a[Id3.3.27, Id3.3.29, Id3.3.30] Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.

590##$a[Id3.3.27] Ms. letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Anne Braun (dated by Michael Meredith as c. 1854-02) pasted onto front endpaper.

590##$a[Id3.3.28] Presentation copy inscribed by the publisher: "From the Author".

590##$a[Id3.3.29] Loose periodical clipping featuring a portrait of the author.

590##$a[Id3.3.30] Lacking publisher's catalogue.

590##$a[Id3.3.30] Ms. annotation in pencil - p. vii.

590##$a[Id3.3.36(02)] Bound with a copy of "Last poems", 2nd ed.

590##$a[Id3.3.36(02)] Lacking advertisement leaf and publisher's catalogue.

7001#$aMeredith, Michael$eformer owner.

7001#$aGable, William F$eformer owner.

7001#$aBrowning, Elizabeth Barrett$ecorrespondent.

7001#$aBraun, Anne$ecorrespondent.

7001#$aCox, Charles$ebookseller.

7001#$aBradford, Mary Frances$eformer owner.

7001#$aLehmann, Frederick$eformer owner.

7001#$aPratt, W$ebinder.

7102#$aChapman and Hall$epublisher.

7102#$aRowfant Club$ebinder.

7102#$aChristie, Manson & Woods$ebookseller.

7102#$aSumner & Stillman$ebookseller.

7102#$aBernard Quaritch$ebookseller.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.