B29330

Shelfmark

Id2.4.32

Author

Browning, Robert

Title

Parleyings with certain people of importance in their day :, to wit: Bernard de Mandeville, Daniel Bartoli, Christopher Smart, George Bubb Dodington, Francis Furini, Gerard de Lairesse, and Charles Avison. Introduced by a dialogue between Apollo and the Fates ; concluded by another between John Fust and his friends /, by Robert Browning.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1887.

Physical description

[8], 268 p. ;, 19 cm.

Note

Proofs.

Note

With a half-title.

Provenance

From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

Provenance

Purchased by Michael Meredith from Christie's via David Plumtree in 1987.

Provenance

Armorial bookplate of Newton Hall.

Provenance

Ms. letter (dated 1987-01-07) in Robert Browning's hand pasted onto front enpaper, gifting these proofs to George Barnett Smith.

Binding

19th century brown morocco with gilt tooled borders on boards, gilt lettering and stamps on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, and marbled endpapers ; bound by Zaehnsdorf (binder's stamp).

Copy-specific note

Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.

Copy-specific note

Ms. corrections in ink throughout text in the author's hand.

Copy-specific note

Ms. annotations in pencil before each poem.

Added entry--name

Meredith, Michael, donor.

Added entry--name

Browning, Robert, proofreader.

Added entry--name

plumtree, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Smith, former owner.

Added entry--name

Hall, Newton Marshall, former owner.

Added entry--name

Smith, Elder & Co, publisher.

Added entry--name

christie, bookseller.

Added entry--place

England, London.

001B29330

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aId2.4.32

1001#$aBrowning, Robert

24510$aParleyings with certain people of importance in their day :$bto wit: Bernard de Mandeville, Daniel Bartoli, Christopher Smart, George Bubb Dodington, Francis Furini, Gerard de Lairesse, and Charles Avison. Introduced by a dialogue between Apollo and the Fates ; concluded by another between John Fust and his friends /$cby Robert Browning.

260##$aLondon :$bSmith, Elder & Co.,$c1887.

300##$a[8], 268 p. ;$c19 cm.

500##$aProofs.

500##$aWith a half-title.

561##$aFrom the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

561##$aPurchased by Michael Meredith from Christie's via David Plumtree in 1987.

561##$aArmorial bookplate of Newton Hall.

561##$aMs. letter (dated 1987-01-07) in Robert Browning's hand pasted onto front enpaper, gifting these proofs to George Barnett Smith.

563##$a19th century brown morocco with gilt tooled borders on boards, gilt lettering and stamps on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, and marbled endpapers ; bound by Zaehnsdorf (binder's stamp).

590##$aMs. bookseller's notes in pencil.

590##$aMs. corrections in ink throughout text in the author's hand.

590##$aMs. annotations in pencil before each poem.

7001#$aMeredith, Michael$edonor.

7001#$aBrowning, Robert$eproofreader.

7001#$aplumtree$ebookseller.

7001#$asmith$eformer owner.

7001#$aHall, Newton Marshall$eformer owner.

7102#$aSmith, Elder & Co$epublisher.

7102#$achristie$ebookseller.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.