Shelfmark
Id1.4.34 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Id1.4.35 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Id1.3.03 (Copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Id1.3.04 (Copy 4)
Additional shelfmark
Id1.3.05 (Copy 5)
Author
Title
Dramatis personæ / by Robert Browning.
Edition
Second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1864.
Physical description
vi, 250, [2] p. ; 19 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Final advertisement leaf.
Note
Copies 1 and 2: Publisher's plum pebble-grain cloth with blind stamped border on boards and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Copies 3-5: Publisher's blue cloth remainder binding, with blind stamped top and bottom bands, and lettering stamped in gold on spine ; Copy 5 with black stamped bands.
Provenance
Copies 1-5: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription: "Harriot Blakiston, March 1867."
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. inscription: "To Fred: Wedmore, from Robert Browning. 26th June : '66."
Provenance
Copy 3: Ms. inscription: "Mrs. W. M. Wood, from Robert Browning, 'Vingt ans après.' Jan. 14. '84."
Provenance
Copy 4: Ms. inscription: "F. J. Furnivall, 4 Sept 1883 (the day of Teena [Mary Lillian Rochfort-Smith]'s death - 7.45 am.)"
Binding
Copy 3: Housed in 20th century blue cloth and morocco box with gilt lettering and tooling.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1, 3, 5: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Loose ms. letter (dated 1949-12-24) to Millicent Wedmore from Laurence Housman.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Lacking pp. 1-8, 11-14, 19, 20, 27-56, 65-136, 143-158, 239-243.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. annotations in pencil on contents page.
Copy-specific note
Copy 4: Portrait of Robert Browning pasted onto front endpaper with ms. note in F. J. Furnivall's, portrait of the Abbé Vogler pasted onto p. 66 with ms. note in F. J. Furnivall's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 5: Final leaves unopened.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
Added entry--name
Blakiston, Harriot, 1803 - 1886 former owner.
Added entry--name
Wedmore, Frederick, 1844 - 1921 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Housman, Laurence, 1865 - 1959 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Wood, W. M. former owner.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 inscriber.
Added entry--name
Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825 - 1910 former owner.
Added entry--name
Chapman and Hall publisher.
Added entry--name
A.B.F. bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29095