B29278

Language code

eng, grc

Shelfmark

Id2.5.06

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.07

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.08

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.09

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.10

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.11

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.12

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.13

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id4.5.17

Author

Browning, Robert

Uniform title

[Herakles., English., 1875]

Title

Aristophanes' apology :, including a transcript from Euripides, being the last adventure of Balaustion /, by Robert Browning.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1875.

Physical description

[6], 366, [2] p. ;, 18 cm.

Note

With a half-title.

Note

Final advertisement leaf.

Note

Publisher's green ribbed cloth with black stamped decorative border on front board, and lettering and device stamped in gold on spine ; [Id2.5.06, Id2.5.07, Id2.5.08, Id2.5.13, Id4.5.17] binding variant with sans serif lettering at foot of spine ; [Id2.5.09, Id2.5.10] binding variant with blind stamped decorative border on back board and sans serif lettering at foot of spine ; [Id2.5.11] binding variant with serif lettering at foot of spine ?bound in 1886 or 1887.

Provenance

[Id2.5.06, Id2.5.07, Id2.5.08, Id2.5.09, Id2.5.10, Id2.5.11, Id2.5.12] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

Provenance

[Id2.5.06] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Maggs Bros Ltd. in 1984.

Provenance

[Id2.5.06] Ms. inscription: "F. J. Furnivall, 28 Oct. 1881".

Provenance

[Id2.5.07] Ms. inscription: "Robert Scott-Moncrieff, a Birthday remembrance, May 20. 1875, with all good wishes from his friend F. J. Mott."

Provenance

[Id2.5.10] Ms. inscription in pencil: "B. H. Tower, Sedbergh".

Provenance

[Id2.5.11] Loose sheet of paper with ms. inscription: "To Michael, With many happy returns of the day, Tony & Heather [Meredith] ..."

Provenance

[Id2.5.12] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Simon Finch in 1997.

Provenance

[Id2.5.12] Armorial bookplate of the Panshanger library with ms. inscription: "Lord Cowper [Thomas de Grey] - with R[obert]. B[rowning].'s best regards. May 20, '75."

Provenance

[Id2.5.13] Given to Casa Guidi by the relatives of John and Lucy Beach (ms. note on advertisement leaf verso).

Provenance

[Id2.5.13] Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".

Provenance

[Id2.5.13] Ms. inscription: "Edward Dowden, April. 1875."

Provenance

[Id4.5.17] Booklabel of Anne Thackeray Ritchie.

Provenance

[Id4.5.17] Ms. inscription on front endpaper : "Miss Thackery, with the author's true regard. May 20, '75".

Provenance

[Id4.5.17] Ms. note in pencil on front endpaper.

Binding

[Id2.5.06] Housed in 20th century tan morocco and cloth box with gilt lettering and tooling ; made by R. L. Day.

Binding

[Id2.5.12] 19th century vellum half-binding with blue and pink marbled cream paper boards, gilt borders tooled on boards, with gilt tooling on spine, black and tan leather decorative on-lay on spine, and gilt on red leather lettering piece on spine, marbled endpapers and sprinkled edges ; bound without advertisement leaf.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.06, Id2.5.07, Id2.5.08, Id2.5.09, Id2.5.10, Id2.5.11, Id2.5.12, Id2.5.13] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.07, Id2.5.09] Leaves unopened.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.06] Extensive ms. notes on front endpaper and ms. annotations throughout text in F. J. Furnivall's hand.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.06] Photographic portrait of Robert Browning tipped-in after title-page.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.08] Bookseller's description pasted onto front endpaper.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.10] Ms. annotations - title-page and p. 1.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.11] Two loose periodical clippings about the sale of literary artefacts at auction, and the Browning Society's search for Casa Guidi furniture, respectively.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.13] Ms. annotations throughout text and on advertisement leaf verso in pencil.

Copy-specific note

[Id4.5.17] Flower and leaves of a plant placed within book.

Added entry--name

Meredith, Michael, donor.

Added entry--name

day, binder.

Added entry--name

Mott, F. J, inscriber.

Added entry--name

Browning, Robert, inscriber.

Added entry--name

Meredith, A. G, inscriber.

Added entry--name

Meredith, Heather, inscriber.

Added entry--name

Furnivall, Frederick James, former owner.

Added entry--name

Scott-Moncrieff, Robert, former owner.

Added entry--name

Tower, B. H, former owner.

Added entry--name

Cowper, Thomas de Grey, former owner.

Added entry--name

Finch, Simon, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Beach, John, former owner.

Added entry--name

Beach, Lucy, former owner.

Added entry--name

Dowden, Edward, former owner.

Added entry--name

Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, former owner.

Added entry--name

Smith, Elder & Co, publisher.

Added entry--name

maggs, bookseller.

Added entry--place

England, London.

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.07

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.08

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.09

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.10

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.11

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.12

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.13

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id4.5.17

001B29278

003LIBRARY CODE

0411#$aeng$hgrc

096##$aId2.5.06

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.07

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.08

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.09

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.10

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.11

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.12

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.13

098##$a[Another copy:] Id4.5.17

1001#$aBrowning, Robert

24011$aHerakles.$lEnglish.$f1875

24510$aAristophanes' apology :$bincluding a transcript from Euripides, being the last adventure of Balaustion /$cby Robert Browning.

260##$aLondon :$bSmith, Elder & Co.,$c1875.

300##$a[6], 366, [2] p. ;$c18 cm.

500##$aWith a half-title.

500##$aFinal advertisement leaf.

500##$aPublisher's green ribbed cloth with black stamped decorative border on front board, and lettering and device stamped in gold on spine ; [Id2.5.06, Id2.5.07, Id2.5.08, Id2.5.13, Id4.5.17] binding variant with sans serif lettering at foot of spine ; [Id2.5.09, Id2.5.10] binding variant with blind stamped decorative border on back board and sans serif lettering at foot of spine ; [Id2.5.11] binding variant with serif lettering at foot of spine ?bound in 1886 or 1887.

561##$a[Id2.5.06, Id2.5.07, Id2.5.08, Id2.5.09, Id2.5.10, Id2.5.11, Id2.5.12] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.

561##$a[Id2.5.06] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Maggs Bros Ltd. in 1984.

561##$a[Id2.5.06] Ms. inscription: "F. J. Furnivall, 28 Oct. 1881".

561##$a[Id2.5.07] Ms. inscription: "Robert Scott-Moncrieff, a Birthday remembrance, May 20. 1875, with all good wishes from his friend F. J. Mott."

561##$a[Id2.5.10] Ms. inscription in pencil: "B. H. Tower, Sedbergh".

561##$a[Id2.5.11] Loose sheet of paper with ms. inscription: "To Michael, With many happy returns of the day, Tony & Heather [Meredith] ..."

561##$a[Id2.5.12] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Simon Finch in 1997.

561##$a[Id2.5.12] Armorial bookplate of the Panshanger library with ms. inscription: "Lord Cowper [Thomas de Grey] - with R[obert]. B[rowning].'s best regards. May 20, '75."

561##$a[Id2.5.13] Given to Casa Guidi by the relatives of John and Lucy Beach (ms. note on advertisement leaf verso).

561##$a[Id2.5.13] Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".

561##$a[Id2.5.13] Ms. inscription: "Edward Dowden, April. 1875."

561##$a[Id4.5.17] Booklabel of Anne Thackeray Ritchie.

561##$a[Id4.5.17] Ms. inscription on front endpaper : "Miss Thackery, with the author's true regard. May 20, '75".

561##$a[Id4.5.17] Ms. note in pencil on front endpaper.

563##$a[Id2.5.06] Housed in 20th century tan morocco and cloth box with gilt lettering and tooling ; made by R. L. Day.

563##$a[Id2.5.12] 19th century vellum half-binding with blue and pink marbled cream paper boards, gilt borders tooled on boards, with gilt tooling on spine, black and tan leather decorative on-lay on spine, and gilt on red leather lettering piece on spine, marbled endpapers and sprinkled edges ; bound without advertisement leaf.

590##$a[Id2.5.06, Id2.5.07, Id2.5.08, Id2.5.09, Id2.5.10, Id2.5.11, Id2.5.12, Id2.5.13] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.

590##$a[Id2.5.07, Id2.5.09] Leaves unopened.

590##$a[Id2.5.06] Extensive ms. notes on front endpaper and ms. annotations throughout text in F. J. Furnivall's hand.

590##$a[Id2.5.06] Photographic portrait of Robert Browning tipped-in after title-page.

590##$a[Id2.5.08] Bookseller's description pasted onto front endpaper.

590##$a[Id2.5.10] Ms. annotations - title-page and p. 1.

590##$a[Id2.5.11] Two loose periodical clippings about the sale of literary artefacts at auction, and the Browning Society's search for Casa Guidi furniture, respectively.

590##$a[Id2.5.13] Ms. annotations throughout text and on advertisement leaf verso in pencil.

590##$a[Id4.5.17] Flower and leaves of a plant placed within book.

7001#$aMeredith, Michael$edonor.

7001#$aday$ebinder.

7001#$aMott, F. J$einscriber.

7001#$aBrowning, Robert$einscriber.

7001#$aMeredith, A. G$einscriber.

7001#$aMeredith, Heather$einscriber.

7001#$aFurnivall, Frederick James$eformer owner.

7001#$aScott-Moncrieff, Robert$eformer owner.

7001#$aTower, B. H$eformer owner.

7001#$aCowper, Thomas de Grey$eformer owner.

7001#$aFinch, Simon$ebookseller.

7001#$aBeach, John$eformer owner.

7001#$aBeach, Lucy$eformer owner.

7001#$aDowden, Edward$eformer owner.

7001#$aRitchie, Anne Thackeray$eformer owner.

7102#$aSmith, Elder & Co$epublisher.

7102#$amaggs$ebookseller.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.