B29360
Shelfmark
Id2.4.34
Additional copy shelfmark
[Another copy:] Id2.4.35
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[Another copy:] Id2.4.36
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[Another copy:] Id2.4.37
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[Another copy:] Id2.4.38
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[Another copy:] Id2.4.39
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[Another copy:] Id2.4.40
Author
Browning, Robert
Title
Asolando :, fancies and facts /, by Robert Browning.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1890 [i.e. 1889].
Physical description
viii, 158, [2] p. ;, 17 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Final advertisement leaf.
Note
Publisher's red ribbed cloth with decorative bands stamped in black on front board, and lettering and bands stamped in gold on spine, with bevelled edges.
Provenance
[Id2.4.34, Id2.4.35, Id2.4.36, Id2.4.37, Id2.4.38, Id2.4.39] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
[Id2.4.34] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Christie's in 2004.
Provenance
[Id2.4.34] Ms. inscription: "Gustave Natorp, to whom this copy of 'Asolando' would have been given by his very affectionate friend, my father - R. Barrett Browning. January 1890."
Provenance
[Id2.4.35] Ms. inscription: "Mary Croft: from her friend, Fannie Browning, Oxford, October 23. 1906".
Provenance
[Id2.4.37] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Brattle Bookshop, Boston in 2007.
Provenance
[Id2.4.37] Armorial bookplate of Ralph, Earl of Lovelace, Baron Wentworth.
Provenance
[Id2.4.38] Ms. inscription: "John Lane. Decr. 13th. 1889."
Provenance
[Id2.4.39] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Charles Cox in 2001.
Provenance
[Id2.4.39] Purchased by Charles Cox from M. E. Korn Books.
Provenance
[Id2.4.39] Previous library stamps of the Oklahoma Baptist University Library.
Provenance
[Id2.4.39] Stamp of removal from Dr. Bizzell's Library, University of Oklahoma, in 1951.
Provenance
[Id2.4.39] Ms. ownership inscriptions of William Sharp with ms. six line unpublished poem on half-title written by William Sharp on the death of Robert Browning.
Binding
[Id2.4.34] Housed in late 19th/early 20th century browning cloth folder inside brown morocco and cloth slipcase with gilt lettering and tooling ; made by James Macdonald Co., New York (binder's stamp).
Copy-specific note
[Id2.4.34, Id2.4.35, Id2.4.36, Id2.4.37, Id2.4.38] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Id2.4.34, Id2.4.36, Id2.4.40] Leaves unopened.
Copy-specific note
[Id2.4.34] Loose ms. letter of Louise Hawkings/Hawkins (Gustave Natorp's wife) discussing the presentation copies of Robert Browning's works that he gave to her husband.
Copy-specific note
[Id2.4.36] Two loose newspaper clippings from December 1889 featuring comment about the death and legacy of Robert Browning.
Copy-specific note
[Id2.4.39] Bookseller's description pasted onto front pastedown.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, donor.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, honoree.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert Wiedemann Barrett, inscriber.
Added entry--name
Browning, Fannie Barrett, inscriber.
Added entry--name
Natorp, Gustave, former owner.
Added entry--name
Hawkins, Louise, former owner.
Added entry--name
Croft, Mary, former owner
Added entry--name
Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of,, former owner.
Added entry--name
Lane, John, former owner.
Added entry--name
Hulton, Costanza, former owner.
Added entry--name
Masson, David, former owner.
Added entry--name
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, former owner.
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Hardman, D. R, former owner.
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Sharp, William, former owner.
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Cox, Charles, bookseller.
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Korn, Eric, bookseller.
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Smith, Elder & Co, publisher.
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christie, bookseller.
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James MacDonald Co, binder.
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Brattle Book Shop, bookseller.
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Columbia University, Libraries., former owner.
Added entry--name
Oklahoma Baptist University, former owner.
Added entry--place
England, London.
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id2.4.35
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id2.4.36
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id2.4.37
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id2.4.38
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id2.4.39
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id2.4.40
B29360
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