Shelfmark
Id1.1.10 (Copy 1)
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Id1.1.11 (Copy 2)
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Id1.1.12 (Copy 3)
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Id1.1.13 (Copy 4)
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Id1.1.14 (Copy 5)
Author
Uniform title
[Alcastis. English. 1871]
Title
Balaustion's adventure : including a transcript from Euripides / by Robert Browning.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1871.
Physical description
4, 170 p. ; 18 cm.
Note
Publisher's brown cloth with black stamped decorative border on boards, and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Provenance
Copies 1-3: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription: "Mrs [Louisa] Corkran - with RB's affectionate regards. Oct 17. '71."
Provenance
Copy 3: Ms. inscription: "Alfred Forman, Augst. 71".
Provenance
Copy 4: Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".
Provenance
Copy 4: Ms. incription: "Edward Dowden. Aug. 23. 1871".
Provenance
Copy 5: Ms. inscription: "Spencer C. Russell."
Provenance
Copy 5: Ms. inscription: "Esther E. Stubbs".
Binding
Copy 1: Housed in 20th century brown morocco and cloth box with gilt lettering and tooling.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. letter (dated 1871-09-09) in Robert Browning's hand tipped-in before title-page.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. ownership inscription: "[?]Ellen Hadwen. 1871."
Copy-specific note
Copies 3 and 5: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Ms. annotations in pencil p. 165 and back endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Copy 4: Ms. annotation in pencil p. 168.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
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Corkran, Louisa former owner.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 inscriber.
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Forman, Alfred, 1840 - 1925 former owner.
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Dowden, Edward, 1843 - 1913 former owner.
Added entry--name
Beach, John former owner.
Added entry--name
Beach, Lucy former owner.
Added entry--name
Russell, Spencer C. former owner.
Added entry--name
Stubbs, Esther E. former owner.
Added entry--name
Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng grc
Identifier
B29157