B29154
Shelfmark
Id1.2.13-Id1.2.18
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[Another copy:] Id1.2.19-Id1.2.24
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[Another copy:] Id1.2.25-Id1.2.30
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[Another copy:] Id1.2.31-Id1.2.36
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[Another copy:] Id1.2.37-Id1.2.40, Id1.1.01-Id1.1.02
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[Continuation shelfmark:] Id1.1.01-Id1.1.02
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[Another copy:] Id1.1.03-Id1.1.08
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[Another copy:] Id1.1.09
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[Another copy:] Id1.1.21-Id1.1.26
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[Another copy:] Id4.5.21
Author
Browning, Robert
Collective uniform title
Poems., 1868
Title
The poetical works of Robert Browning, M.A. ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London :, Smith, Elder and Co.,, 1868.
Physical description
6 v. ;, 18 cm.
Note
Revised and reprinted in 1870 ; corrected, revised and reprinted in 1875.
Note
Vol 6 with index.
Note
[Id1.2.13-18, Id1.2.19-24, Id1.1.09] Vol 1 with final advertisement leaf ; [Id1.2.31-36] Vols 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 with final advertisement leaves ; [Id1.2.31-36] Vol 1, 3, 4, and 6 with final advertisement leaves ; [Id1.2.37-1.02, Id1.1.03-08] Vols 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 with final advertisement leaves.
Note
All vols with publisher's brown cloth with black stamped border on boards, and lettering stamped in gold on spine ; bound by Hanbury & Simpson, London ([Id1.2.13-18] binder's stamp vol 2).
Note
[Id4.5.21] Vol. 1 only of this additional copy.
Formatted contents note
Contents: vol 1: Pauline ; Paracelsus ; Strafford. -- vol 2: Sordello ; Pippa passes. -- vol 3: King Victor and King Charles ; Dramatic lyrics ; The return of the Druses. -- vol 4: A blot in the 'scutcheon ; Colombe's birthday ; Dramatic romances. -- vol 5: A soul's tragedy ; Luria ; Christmas-eve and Easter-day ; Men and women. -- vol 6: In a balcony ; Dramatis personæ.
Provenance
[Id1.2.13-18, Id1.2.19-24, Id1.2.25-30, Id1.2.31-36, Id1.1.09, Id1.1.21-26] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection ; [Id1.2.13-18, Id1.2.19-24, Id1.2.25-30, Id1.2.31-36, Id1.1.03-08, Id1.1.09, Id1.1.21-26] with bookplate.
Provenance
[Id1.2.13-18] Vols 2-6 with bookseller's ticket of Seton & Mackenzie, Edinburgh.
Provenance
[Id1.2.19-24] Vol 1 with ms. inscription in pencil: "N. Brown".
Provenance
[Id1.2.19-24] Vol 4 with ms. inscription in pencil: "J. A. Vardy".
Provenance
[Id1.2.25-30] Vol 3 with armorial bookplate of Lady Alice Shaw Stewart.
Provenance
[Id1.2.37-1.02] All vols with bookplate of A. Scruton.
Provenance
[Id1.1.09] Ms. inscription: "Mrs. [Caroline Mary] Nixon with Robert Browning's true regard. May 27. '68."
Provenance
[Id1.1.21-26] Vol 1 with ms. inscription: "S. [?]E. Davidson, from C. [?]L. H., uly 26. 1878."
Provenance
[Id4.5.21] Ms. inscription in ink on front endpaper by Robert Browning, dated 1889.
Provenance
[Id4.5.21] Presentation label of Trinity College Cambridge with ms. annotation: "R. J. W. Ritchie [...] 1875".
Binding
[Id1.1.09] ?Contemporary handmade cover of burgundy satin with a stem and leaf pattern.
Binding
[Id1.1.21-26] All vols with 19th century blue morocco with gilt tooled double border on boards, gilt stamps and lettering on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, gilt edges, and marbled endpapers.
Binding
[Id4.5.21] Contemporary brown cloth, gold lettering stamped on spine, with Trinity College, Cambridge arms stamped in gold on spine, front and back boards.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.2.13-18, Id1.2.19-24, Id1.2.25-30, Id1.2.31-36, Id1.2.37-1.02, Id1.1.03-08, Id1.1.21-26] Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.2.13-18] All vols dated 1868.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.2.19-24] Vol 1 dated 1886, vols 2, 3, 5, and 6 dated 1872, vol 4 dated 1870.
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[Id1.2.25-30] Vols 1, 2 and 6 dated 1884, vol 3 dated 1885, vol 4 dated 1887, and vol 5 dated 1874.
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[Id1.2.31-36] Vols 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 dated 1882, vol 2 dated 1879.
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[Id1.2.31-36] All vols with armorial bookplate of F. J. Y.
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[Id1.2.32-1.02] All vols dated 1885.
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[Id1.1.03-08] All vols dated 1887.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.1.03-08] Ms. annotations in pencil throughout text.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.1.03-08] Vol 4 with loose sheet of ms. notes in pencil in Michael Meredith's hand.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.1.09] Vol 1 only.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.1.09] Ms. copy of Robert Browning's poem "Only the prism's obstruction ..." with a note about the inspiration ?in Caroline Mary Nixon's hand.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.1.21-26] Vols 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 dated 1872, vol 5 dated 1874.
Copy-specific note
[Id1.1.21-26] ms. annotations in pencil throughout text of vols 3, 4, 5, and 6 with loose sheet of ms. notes in ink relating to them in vol 4.
Added entry--name
Brown, N, former owner.
Added entry--name
Vardy, J. A, former owner.
Added entry--name
Shaw Stewart, Alice, former owner.
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Scruton, A, former owner.
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Nixon, Caroline Mary, former owner.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, donor.
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Davidson, S, former owner.
Added entry--name
Ritchie, Hester Thackeray, former owner.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, signer.
Added entry--name
Ritchie, Richmond Thackeray, former owner.
Added entry--name
smith, elder, publisher.
Added entry--name
Seton & Mackenzie, bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hanbury & Simpson, binder.
Added entry--place
England, London.
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id1.2.19-Id1.2.24
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id1.2.25-Id1.2.30
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id1.2.31-Id1.2.36
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id1.2.37-Id1.2.40, Id1.1.01-Id1.1.02
Additional copy
[Continuation shelfmark:] Id1.1.01-Id1.1.02
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id1.1.03-Id1.1.08
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id1.1.09
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id1.1.21-Id1.1.26
Additional copy
[Another copy:] Id4.5.21
B29154
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