Shelfmark
Id2.5.29 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Id2.5.30 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Id2.5.31 (Copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Id2.5.32 (Copy 4)
Additional shelfmark
Id2.5.33 (Copy 5)
Author
Title
La Saisiaz : The two poets of Croisic / by Robert Browning.
Varying form of title
Distinctive title: Two poets of Croisic
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1878.
Physical description
[8], 200, [2] p. ; 18 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Final advertisement leaf.
Note
Publisher's teal ribbed cloth with black stamped decorative border on front board, blind stamped decorative border on back board, and lettering and decoration stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Copy 3: ?Later variant with lettering at foot of spine positioned higher up ; copy 4 ?later variant.
Provenance
Copies 1-4: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription: "Miss Haworth, with RB.'s affectionate regards - May 15. 1878".
Provenance
Copy 4: Ms. inscription: "Roger Senhouse, 1924, Carlisle".
Provenance
Copy 4: Ms. inscription: "Gertrude Emily Moss. 1887."
Provenance
Copy 5: Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".
Provenance
Copy 5: Ms. inscription in pencil: "E[dward]. D[owden]."
Provenance
Copy 5: Bookseller's ticket (William McGee, Dublin).
Binding
Copy 1: ?Housed in 20th century brown cloth and morocco folder and slipcase with gilt lettering and decoration.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1-4: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Leaves unopened.
Copy-specific note
Copy 4: Ms. annotations throughout text in pencil, and extensive notes on back endpaper on "La Saisiaz" ?in Gertrude Emily Moss's hand.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
Added entry--name
Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 inscriber.
Added entry--name
McGee, William bookseller.
Added entry--name
Moss, Gertrude Emily, ? - 1920 former owner.
Added entry--name
Haworth, Euphrasia Fanny, 1801 - 1883 former owner.
Added entry--name
Senhouse, Roger, 1900 - 1970 former owner.
Added entry--name
Dowden, Edward, 1843 - 1913 ?former owner.
Added entry--name
Beach, John former owner.
Added entry--name
Beach, Lucy former owner
Added entry--name
Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29284