Shelfmark
Id1.5.36(01)-Id1.5.36(02)
Author
Collective uniform title
Poems. 1850
Title
Poems / by Robert Browning.
Edition
New edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Boston : Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, MDCCCL [1850]
Physical description
2 v. (4, [8], 384 ; viii, 416 p.) ; 18 cm.
Note
Both vols with a half-title.
Note
Vol 1 with two front advertisement leaves.
Note
Publisher's brown ribbed cloth with blind stamped line border and central oval on boards, and lettering stamped in gold on spine: "Browning's poems, vol. I./II., Ticknor & Co."
Provenance
From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection ; bookplate of the Michael Meredith Browning Collection.
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "With Elizabeth Barrett Browning's affectionate regards to Mrs. Streatfeild [Sara Jane Streafeild, née Cookson, afterwards Cust] - Paris - 1852 -."
Binding
Both vols housed together in 21st century mushroom cloth box with gilt on brown leather lettering piece.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's notes and codes in pencil.
Added entry--name
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806 - 1861 inscriber.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
Added entry--name
Cockayne-Cust, Sara Jane, ? - 1867 former owner.
Added entry--name
Ticknor and Fields publisher.
Added entry--place
United States Massachusetts Boston.
Identifier
B29067