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Id1.2.13-Id1.2.18 (Copy 1)
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Id1.2.19-Id1.2.24 (Copy 2)
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Id1.2.25-Id1.2.30 (Copy 3)
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Id1.2.31-Id1.2.36 (Copy 4)
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Id1.2.37-Id1.2.40, Id1.1.01-Id1.1.02 (Copy 5)
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Id1.1.03-Id1.1.08 (Copy 6)
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Id1.1.09 (Copy 7)
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Id1.1.21-Id1.1.26 (Copy 8)
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Id4.5.21 (Copy 9)
Author
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
Copies 1, 2, 7: Vol 1 with final advertisement leaf ; Copy 4: Vols 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 with final advertisement leaves ; Copy 4: Vol 1, 3, 4, and 6 with final advertisement leaves ; Copies 5 and 6: 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 (Copy 1 binder's stamp vol 2).
Note
Copy 9: 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
[Copies 1-4, 6-8] From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection ; [Copies 1-4, 7,8] with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Vols 2-6 with bookseller's ticket of Seton & Mackenzie, Edinburgh.
Provenance
Copy 2: Vol 1 with ms. inscription in pencil: "N. Brown".
Provenance
Copy 2: Vol 4 with ms. inscription in pencil: "J. A. Vardy".
Provenance
Copy 3: Vol 3 with armorial bookplate of Lady Alice Shaw Stewart.
Provenance
Copy 5: All vols with bookplate of A. Scruton.
Provenance
Copy 7: Ms. inscription: "Mrs. [Caroline Mary] Nixon with Robert Browning's true regard. May 27. '68."
Provenance
Copy 8: Vol 1 with ms. inscription: "S. [?]E. Davidson, from C. [?]L. H., uly 26. 1878."
Provenance
Copy 9: Ms. inscription in ink on front endpaper by Robert Browning, dated 1889.
Provenance
Copy 9: Presentation label of Trinity College Cambridge with ms. annotation: "R. J. W. Ritchie [...] 1875".
Binding
Copy 7: ?Contemporary handmade cover of burgundy satin with a stem and leaf pattern.
Binding
Copy 8: 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
Copy 9: 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
Copies 1-6, 8: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: All vols dated 1868.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Vol 1 dated 1886, vols 2, 3, 5, and 6 dated 1872, vol 4 dated 1870.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Vols 1, 2 and 6 dated 1884, vol 3 dated 1885, vol 4 dated 1887, and vol 5 dated 1874.
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Copy 4: Vols 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 dated 1882, vol 2 dated 1879.
Copy-specific note
Copy 4: All vols with armorial bookplate of F. J. Y.
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Copy 5: All vols dated 1885.
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Copy 6: All vols dated 1887.
Copy-specific note
Copy 6: Ms. annotations in pencil throughout text.
Copy-specific note
Copy 6: Vol 4 with loose sheet of ms. notes in pencil in Michael Meredith's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 7: Vol 1 only.
Copy-specific note
Copy 7: 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
Copy 8: Vols 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 dated 1872, vol 5 dated 1874.
Copy-specific note
Copy 8: 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.
Added entry--name
Scruton, A. former owner.
Added entry--name
Nixon, Caroline Mary former owner.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
Added entry--name
Davidson, S. former owner.
Added entry--name
Ritchie, Hester Thackeray. former owner.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 signer.
Added entry--name
Ritchie, Richmond Thackeray, 1854 - 1912 former owner.
Added entry--name
Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
Seton & Mackenzie bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hanbury & Simpson binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29154