B29276

Shelfmark

Id1.1.44

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.01

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.02

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.03

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.04

Additional copy shelfmark

[Another copy:] Id2.5.05

Author

Browning, Robert

Title

Red cotton night-cap country, or, Turf and towers /, by Robert Browning.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1873.

Physical description

[4], 282 p. ;, 17 cm.

Note

Publisher's green ribbed cloth with black stamped border on boards, and lettering and device stamped in gold on spine.

Provenance

[Id1.1.44, Id2.5.01, Id2.5.02, Id2.5.03, Id2.5.05] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, [Id1.1.44, Id2.5.01, Id2.5.02, Id2.5.05] with bookplate.

Provenance

[Id1.1.44] Purchased by Michael Meredith from the Bradwell auction, 1986.

Provenance

[Id1.1.44] Ms. inscription: "Mrs. George Smith [Elizabeth Smith] - with the kindest regards of Robert Browning. May 5. '73."

Provenance

[Id2.5.02] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Charles Cox in 1984.

Provenance

[Id2.5.02] Ms. inscription: "[Name cut out], from Eliza FitzGerald, Sept 1896. The only copy I have without R.B.'s autograph of his poems, brought to replace an old one".

Provenance

[Id2.5.03] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Bauman Rare Books in 2003.

Provenance

[Id2.5.03] Bookplate of Edith Peruzzi de' Medici (née Story), with ms. inscription: "To Dearest Edie - from her affectionately, Robert Browning, London, May 3. '73".

Provenance

[Id2.5.04] Dontated to Eton College Library by Belinda Norman-Butler.

Provenance

[Id2.5.04] Ms. inscription: "William Thackeray Denis Ritchie - commended to his kind consideration some years hence by his Grandfather's and Mother's friend and admirer, Robert Browning. April 17. '81."

Provenance

[Id2.5.04] Gilt stamp on spine: "A. I. T." and bookplate of Anne Thackeray Ritchie, with ms. inscription: "Dear Miss Thackeray, - all the book is yours, - but this particular copy is yours in the ordinary sense, along with the truest thanks & regard of R. Browning. May 5. '73".

Provenance

[Id2.5.05] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Christopher Edwards in 2007.

Provenance

[Id2.5.05] Ms. inscription: "To the Attorney-General [John Duke Coleridge]. - nisi quid tu, docte Trebati, Dissentis! Trebatio gratias agens, R. B[rowning]."

Binding

[Id1.1.44] Housed in 20th century green morocco and cloth box with gilt lettering and tooling ; made by R. L. Day.

Binding

[Id2.5.03] ?Late 19th century dark green morocco, with blind tooling on boards and spine, gilt lettering on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, and gilt edges.

Binding

[Id2.5.04] 19th century brown ?calf with gilt tooled borders on boards, gilt tooling on spine, gilt on brown leather lettering piece on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, marbled endpapers and marbled edges.

Binding

[Id2.5.05] 19th century red and black marbled brown claf with gilt tooled border on boards, gilt tooling on spine, gilt on two bown leather lettering pieces on spine, and marbled endpapers ; bound by Riviere & Son (binder's stamp).

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.01, Id2.5.03, Id2.5.05] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.01] Some leaves unopened.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.02] Revolutionary propagander portrait of Louis XVI in a 'bonnet rouge' tipped-in between pp. 20 and 21.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.02] Ms. annotations throughout text in pencil and ink ?in Eliza Fitzgerald's hand.

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.05] Monogram bookplate: "C. E. M."

Copy-specific note

[Id2.5.05] Two bookseller's descriptions pasted onto front endpaper.

Added entry--name

Meredith, Michael, donor.

Added entry--name

day, binder.

Added entry--name

Cox, Charles, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Browning, Robert, inscriber.

Added entry--name

Smith, Elizabeth Blakeway, former owner.

Added entry--name

FitzGerald, Thomas, former owner.

Added entry--name

Peruzzi, Edith Marion, former owner.

Added entry--name

Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, former owner.

Added entry--name

Ritchie, William Thackeray Denis, former owner.

Added entry--name

Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, former owner.

Added entry--name

Edwards, Christopher, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Smith, Elder & Co, publisher.

Added entry--name

Bauman Rare Books, bookseller.

Added entry--place

England, London.

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.01

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.02

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.03

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.04

Additional copy

[Another copy:] Id2.5.05

001B29276

003LIBRARY CODE

096##$aId1.1.44

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.01

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.02

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.03

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.04

098##$a[Another copy:] Id2.5.05

1001#$aBrowning, Robert

24510$aRed cotton night-cap country, or, Turf and towers /$cby Robert Browning.

260##$aLondon :$bSmith, Elder & Co.,$c1873.

300##$a[4], 282 p. ;$c17 cm.

500##$aPublisher's green ribbed cloth with black stamped border on boards, and lettering and device stamped in gold on spine.

561##$a[Id1.1.44, Id2.5.01, Id2.5.02, Id2.5.03, Id2.5.05] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, [Id1.1.44, Id2.5.01, Id2.5.02, Id2.5.05] with bookplate.

561##$a[Id1.1.44] Purchased by Michael Meredith from the Bradwell auction, 1986.

561##$a[Id1.1.44] Ms. inscription: "Mrs. George Smith [Elizabeth Smith] - with the kindest regards of Robert Browning. May 5. '73."

561##$a[Id2.5.02] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Charles Cox in 1984.

561##$a[Id2.5.02] Ms. inscription: "[Name cut out], from Eliza FitzGerald, Sept 1896. The only copy I have without R.B.'s autograph of his poems, brought to replace an old one".

561##$a[Id2.5.03] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Bauman Rare Books in 2003.

561##$a[Id2.5.03] Bookplate of Edith Peruzzi de' Medici (née Story), with ms. inscription: "To Dearest Edie - from her affectionately, Robert Browning, London, May 3. '73".

561##$a[Id2.5.04] Dontated to Eton College Library by Belinda Norman-Butler.

561##$a[Id2.5.04] Ms. inscription: "William Thackeray Denis Ritchie - commended to his kind consideration some years hence by his Grandfather's and Mother's friend and admirer, Robert Browning. April 17. '81."

561##$a[Id2.5.04] Gilt stamp on spine: "A. I. T." and bookplate of Anne Thackeray Ritchie, with ms. inscription: "Dear Miss Thackeray, - all the book is yours, - but this particular copy is yours in the ordinary sense, along with the truest thanks & regard of R. Browning. May 5. '73".

561##$a[Id2.5.05] Purchased by Michael Meredith from Christopher Edwards in 2007.

561##$a[Id2.5.05] Ms. inscription: "To the Attorney-General [John Duke Coleridge]. - nisi quid tu, docte Trebati, Dissentis! Trebatio gratias agens, R. B[rowning]."

563##$a[Id1.1.44] Housed in 20th century green morocco and cloth box with gilt lettering and tooling ; made by R. L. Day.

563##$a[Id2.5.03] ?Late 19th century dark green morocco, with blind tooling on boards and spine, gilt lettering on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, and gilt edges.

563##$a[Id2.5.04] 19th century brown ?calf with gilt tooled borders on boards, gilt tooling on spine, gilt on brown leather lettering piece on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, marbled endpapers and marbled edges.

563##$a[Id2.5.05] 19th century red and black marbled brown claf with gilt tooled border on boards, gilt tooling on spine, gilt on two bown leather lettering pieces on spine, and marbled endpapers ; bound by Riviere & Son (binder's stamp).

590##$a[Id2.5.01, Id2.5.03, Id2.5.05] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.

590##$a[Id2.5.01] Some leaves unopened.

590##$a[Id2.5.02] Revolutionary propagander portrait of Louis XVI in a 'bonnet rouge' tipped-in between pp. 20 and 21.

590##$a[Id2.5.02] Ms. annotations throughout text in pencil and ink ?in Eliza Fitzgerald's hand.

590##$a[Id2.5.05] Monogram bookplate: "C. E. M."

590##$a[Id2.5.05] Two bookseller's descriptions pasted onto front endpaper.

7001#$aMeredith, Michael$edonor.

7001#$aday$ebinder.

7001#$aCox, Charles$ebookseller.

7001#$aBrowning, Robert$einscriber.

7001#$aSmith, Elizabeth Blakeway$eformer owner.

7001#$aFitzGerald, Thomas$eformer owner.

7001#$aPeruzzi, Edith Marion$eformer owner.

7001#$aRitchie, Anne Thackeray$eformer owner.

7001#$aRitchie, William Thackeray Denis$eformer owner.

7001#$aColeridge, John Duke Coleridge$eformer owner.

7001#$aEdwards, Christopher$ebookseller.

7102#$aSmith, Elder & Co$epublisher.

7102#$aBauman Rare Books$ebookseller.

752##$aEngland$dLondon.