B29321

Shelfmark

Id2.4.22

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.4.23

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[Another copy:] Id2.4.24

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[Another copy:] Id2.4.25

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[Another copy:] Id2.4.26

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[Another copy:] Id2.4.27

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[Another copy:] Id2.4.28

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[Another copy:] Id2.4.29

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[Another copy:] Id2.4.30

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.4.31

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], 269, [4] p. ;, 17 cm.

Note

With a half-title.

Note

Two final advertisement leaves.

Note

Publisher's brown cloth with decorative bands stamped in black on front board, blind stamped on back board, and lettering and bands stamped in gold on spine ; [Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23, Id2.4.24, Id2.4.27, Id2.4.31] binding with comma in lettering at foot of spine [Id2.4.24, Id2.4.26, Id2.4.30] variant lacking comma in lettering at foot of spine ; [Id2.4.28] one of 100 ca. 1890 remainder bindings with reset lettering and different device on spine.

Note

[Id2.4.29] One of 88 original Heffers of Cambridge remainder bindings of printed cream paper wrappers.

Provenance

[Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23, Id2.4.24, Id2.4.25, Id2.4.26, Id2.4.27, Id2.4.28, Id2.4.29] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

Provenance

[Id2.4.22] Purchased by Michael Meredith in 2004.

Provenance

[Id2.4.22] Booklabel of Edith Bronson.

Provenance

[Id2.4.22] Ms. inscription: "Mrs [Katharine] Bronson, from hers affectionately ever, Robert Browning. Jan. 28. '87."

Provenance

[Id2.4.23] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Maggs Bros. in 2007.

Provenance

[Id2.4.23] Ms. inscription: "Professor Masson - with Robert Browning's best regards."

Provenance

[Id2.4.26] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Charles Cox in 1985.

Provenance

[Id2.4.26] Bookplate of (Costanza) Zina Hulton.

Provenance

[Id2.4.27] Ms. inscription in pencil: "G[eorgiana] Burne-Jones."

Provenance

[Id2.4.28] Purchased by Michael Meredith in Honiton, Devon in 1996.

Provenance

[Id2.4.28] Ms. inscription: "D. R. Hardman, Christ's College [Cambridge], May Term 1923."

Provenance

[Id2.4.31] Given to Casa Guidi by the relatives of John and Lucy Beach (ms. note on advertisement leaf verso).

Provenance

[Id2.4.31] Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".

Provenance

[Id2.4.31] Ms. inscription in pencil: "Edward. Dowden."

Binding

[Id2.4.22] With green silk cover embroidered, made by (Costanza) Zina Hulton with lettering and decoration featuring two St Catherine wheels to represent Katharine Bronson ; housed in 20th century red cloth and morocco box with gilt lettering and decoration ; made by R. L. Day.

Binding

[Id2.4.23] Housed in ?20th century brown cloth and morocco folder an slipcase, with gilt lettering and decoration.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23, Id2.4.24, Id2.4.25, Id2.4.26, Id2.4.27, Id2.4.28, Id2.4.30] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23] Ms. correction on dedication page in Robert Browning's hand.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.4.22] Ms. notes on pp. 1 and 221 about a reading given by Robert Browning of these two poems ?in Katharine Bronson's hand.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.4.24] Leaves unopened.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.4.26] Ms. note on half-title in Zina Hulton's hand about a reading Robert Browning gave from this work at Ca' Alvisi in November 1888

Copy-specific note

[Id2.4.30] Contemporary periodical review of this book cut into sections and pasted on front endpaper and pp. 30, 52, 96, 120-121, 192, 222-223.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.4.31] Ms. annotations in pencil throughout text in pencil.

Added entry--name

Meredith, Michael, donor.

Added entry--name

Browning, Robert, inscriber.

Added entry--name

Day, R. L, binder.

Added entry--name

Cox, Charles, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Dowden, Edward, former owner.

Added entry--name

Beach, John, former owner.

Added entry--name

Beach, Lucy, former owner

Added entry--name

bronson, former owner.

Added entry--name

Rucellai, Edith Bronson, former owner.

Added entry--name

Hulton, Costanza, former owner.

Added entry--name

Masson, David, former owner.

Added entry--name

Burne-Jones, Georgiana, former owner.

Added entry--name

Hardman, D. R, former owner.

Added entry--name

Smith, Elder & Co, publisher.

Added entry--name

Maggs Bros, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Heffers of Cambridge, bookseller.

Added entry--place

England, London.

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.23

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.24

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.25

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.26

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.27

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.28

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.29

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.30

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.4.31

001B29321

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aId2.4.22

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.23

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.24

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.25

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.26

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.27

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.28

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.29

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.30

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.4.31

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##$a[8], 269, [4] p. ;$c17 cm.

500##$aWith a half-title.

500##$aTwo final advertisement leaves.

500##$aPublisher's brown cloth with decorative bands stamped in black on front board, blind stamped on back board, and lettering and bands stamped in gold on spine ; [Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23, Id2.4.24, Id2.4.27, Id2.4.31] binding with comma in lettering at foot of spine [Id2.4.24, Id2.4.26, Id2.4.30] variant lacking comma in lettering at foot of spine ; [Id2.4.28] one of 100 ca. 1890 remainder bindings with reset lettering and different device on spine.

500##$a[Id2.4.29] One of 88 original Heffers of Cambridge remainder bindings of printed cream paper wrappers.

561##$a[Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23, Id2.4.24, Id2.4.25, Id2.4.26, Id2.4.27, Id2.4.28, Id2.4.29] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

561##$a[Id2.4.22] Purchased by Michael Meredith in 2004.

561##$a[Id2.4.22] Booklabel of Edith Bronson.

561##$a[Id2.4.22] Ms. inscription: "Mrs [Katharine] Bronson, from hers affectionately ever, Robert Browning. Jan. 28. '87."

561##$a[Id2.4.23] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Maggs Bros. in 2007.

561##$a[Id2.4.23] Ms. inscription: "Professor Masson - with Robert Browning's best regards."

561##$a[Id2.4.26] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Charles Cox in 1985.

561##$a[Id2.4.26] Bookplate of (Costanza) Zina Hulton.

561##$a[Id2.4.27] Ms. inscription in pencil: "G[eorgiana] Burne-Jones."

561##$a[Id2.4.28] Purchased by Michael Meredith in Honiton, Devon in 1996.

561##$a[Id2.4.28] Ms. inscription: "D. R. Hardman, Christ's College [Cambridge], May Term 1923."

561##$a[Id2.4.31] Given to Casa Guidi by the relatives of John and Lucy Beach (ms. note on advertisement leaf verso).

561##$a[Id2.4.31] Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".

561##$a[Id2.4.31] Ms. inscription in pencil: "Edward. Dowden."

563##$a[Id2.4.22] With green silk cover embroidered, made by (Costanza) Zina Hulton with lettering and decoration featuring two St Catherine wheels to represent Katharine Bronson ; housed in 20th century red cloth and morocco box with gilt lettering and decoration ; made by R. L. Day.

563##$a[Id2.4.23] Housed in ?20th century brown cloth and morocco folder an slipcase, with gilt lettering and decoration.

590##$a[Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23, Id2.4.24, Id2.4.25, Id2.4.26, Id2.4.27, Id2.4.28, Id2.4.30] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.

590##$a[Id2.4.22, Id2.4.23] Ms. correction on dedication page in Robert Browning's hand.

590##$a[Id2.4.22] Ms. notes on pp. 1 and 221 about a reading given by Robert Browning of these two poems ?in Katharine Bronson's hand.

590##$a[Id2.4.24] Leaves unopened.

590##$a[Id2.4.26] Ms. note on half-title in Zina Hulton's hand about a reading Robert Browning gave from this work at Ca' Alvisi in November 1888

590##$a[Id2.4.30] Contemporary periodical review of this book cut into sections and pasted on front endpaper and pp. 30, 52, 96, 120-121, 192, 222-223.

590##$a[Id2.4.31] Ms. annotations in pencil throughout text in pencil.

7001#$aMeredith, Michael$edonor.

7001#$aBrowning, Robert$einscriber.

7001#$aDay, R. L$ebinder.

7001#$aCox, Charles$ebookseller.

7001#$aDowden, Edward$eformer owner.

7001#$aBeach, John$eformer owner.

7001#$aBeach, Lucy$eformer owner

7001#$abronson$eformer owner.

7001#$aRucellai, Edith Bronson$eformer owner.

7001#$aHulton, Costanza$eformer owner.

7001#$aMasson, David$eformer owner.

7001#$aBurne-Jones, Georgiana$eformer owner.

7001#$aHardman, D. R$eformer owner.

7102#$aSmith, Elder & Co$epublisher.

7102#$aMaggs Bros$ebookseller.

7102#$aHeffers of Cambridge$ebookseller.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.