Shelfmark
Id1.5.11
Author
Title
Robert Browning's prose life of Strafford / with an introduction by C. H. Firth ; and forewords by F. J. Furnivall.
Varying form of title
Other title: Life of Strafford
Varying form of title
Lives of eminent British statesmen : Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Publisht for The Browning Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, 1892.
Physical description
lxxvi, 320 p. ; 18 cm.
Note
Originally written by John Forster with help by Robert Browning and published in his "Lives of eminent British statesmen" under title "Thomas Wentworth, earl of Strafford."
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Publisher's dark olive ribbed and morocco cloth with lettering stamped in gold on spine, and decoration stamped in gold on black, with black coated endpapers.
Citation/references note
Broughton, Northup & Pearsall, A 179.
Provenance
From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection.
Provenance
F. J. Furnival's copy with ms. ownership signature and ms. annotations throughout text and notes on front endpaper and on loose fragments of paper in his hand.
Copy-specific note
Numerous loose and pasted in periodical cuttings featuring reviews of this book or Browning related articles.
Copy-specific note
One pasted in and one loose ms. letter, and one loose postcard to F. J. Furnival about the authorship of this work.
Subject
Added entry--name
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825 - 1910 former owner.
Added entry--name
Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding) (Charles Harding),
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29013