B29519

Shelfmark

Id2.3.12(01)-Id2.3.12(02)

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.3.13(01)-Id2.3.13(02)

Author

Browning, Robert

Collective uniform title

Poems., 1896

Title

The poetical works of Robert Browning.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Smith, Elder, & Co.,, 1896.

Physical description

2 v. (viii, [8], 748 ; viii, 786 p.), [2] leaves of plates :, 2 ports. ;, 19 cm.

Note

Both vols with a half-title.

Note

Vol 2 includes index.

Note

India paper.

Note

Edited by Augustine Birrell.

Provenance

[Id2.3.12(01)-(02), Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

Provenance

[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Purchased by Michael Meredith at the [?]Gordon sale 1986.

Provenance

[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] From the library of Elizabeth Murray Smith with her initials in gilt on front board.

Provenance

[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Ms. ownership inscription: "Stopford A. Brooke, Working Copy."

Binding

[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Late 19th century green polished levant with gilt lettering on spine and front board, gilt tooling on turn-ins, gilt edges, and five raised bands.

Binding

[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Late 19th / early 20th century green morocco with gilt tooled borders on boards and spine, gilt lettering on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, and gilt edges ; bound by Riviere and Son (binder's stamp).

Copy-specific note

[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Loose leaf featuring an engraving of the Santissima Annunziata with a note in Fanny Browning's hand about the statue in this square, used by Robert Browning in his poem "The statue and the bust".

Copy-specific note

[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Ms. note in pencil in Michael Meredith's hand on front pastedown.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Ms. annotations throughout text in pencil in Stopford Brooke's hand.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Loose headed memorandum card with ms. note about Stopford Brooke's annotations in Michael Meredith's hand.

Added entry--name

Smith, former owner.

Added entry--name

Browning

Added entry--name

Brooke, former owner.

Added entry--name

birrell, ed.

Added entry--name

Meredith, Michael, former owner.

Added entry--name

smith, elder, publisher.

Added entry--name

Riviere & Son, binder.

Added entry--place

England, London.

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.3.13(01)-Id2.3.13(02)

001B29519

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aId2.3.12(01)-Id2.3.12(02)

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.3.13(01)-Id2.3.13(02)

1001#$aBrowning, Robert

24300$aPoems.$f1896

24514$aThe poetical works of Robert Browning.

260##$aLondon :$bSmith, Elder, & Co.,$c1896.

300##$a2 v. (viii, [8], 748 ; viii, 786 p.), [2] leaves of plates :$b2 ports. ;$c19 cm.

500##$aBoth vols with a half-title.

500##$aVol 2 includes index.

500##$aIndia paper.

500##$aEdited by Augustine Birrell.

561##$a[Id2.3.12(01)-(02), Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

561##$a[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Purchased by Michael Meredith at the [?]Gordon sale 1986.

561##$a[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] From the library of Elizabeth Murray Smith with her initials in gilt on front board.

561##$a[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Ms. ownership inscription: "Stopford A. Brooke, Working Copy."

563##$a[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Late 19th century green polished levant with gilt lettering on spine and front board, gilt tooling on turn-ins, gilt edges, and five raised bands.

563##$a[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Late 19th / early 20th century green morocco with gilt tooled borders on boards and spine, gilt lettering on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, and gilt edges ; bound by Riviere and Son (binder's stamp).

590##$a[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Loose leaf featuring an engraving of the Santissima Annunziata with a note in Fanny Browning's hand about the statue in this square, used by Robert Browning in his poem "The statue and the bust".

590##$a[Id2.3.12(01)-(02)] Ms. note in pencil in Michael Meredith's hand on front pastedown.

590##$a[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Ms. annotations throughout text in pencil in Stopford Brooke's hand.

590##$a[Id2.3.13(01)-(02)] Loose headed memorandum card with ms. note about Stopford Brooke's annotations in Michael Meredith's hand.

7001#$asmith$eformer owner.

7001#$abrowning

7001#$abrooke$eformer owner.

7001#$abirrell$eed.

7001#$aMeredith, Michael$eformer owner.

7102#$asmith, elder$epublisher.

7102#$aRiviere & Son$ebinder.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.