Shelfmark
Id2.4.07 (Copy 1)
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Id2.4.08 (Copy 2)
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Id2.4.09 (Copy 3)
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Id2.4.10 (Copy 4)
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Id2.4.11 (Copy 5)
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Id2.4.12 (Copy 6)
Author
Title
Jocoseria / by Robert Browning.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1883.
Physical description
[6], 144, [4] p. ; 18 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Two final advertisement leaves.
Note
Publisher's red ribbed cloth with decorative bands stamped in black on front board, blind stamped on back board, and lettering and bands stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Copy 2: Publisher's blue ribbed cloth ?trial binding with decorative bands stamped on front board in red and black, stamped blind on back boards, and stamped in black on spine, and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Provenance
Copies 1, 2, 4, 5: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplates of Judith Adams and Simon Nowell-Smith.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplate of Harald Bildt.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription: "Mrs. Bloomfield Moore [Clara Jessup Moore], with R[obert] B[rowning]'s affectionate regards. March 9. '83."
Provenance
Copy 2: "To my dearest Edie [Sitchel], In remembrance of Easter Day, March 25th. 1883. From her most loving Mother [Helena Sichel]".
Provenance
Copy 3: Ms. inscription in pencil: "Henry Bradshaw, Cambridge, Oct. 1883".
Provenance
Copy 5: Bookplate of Humphrey and Mary Ward, with ms. ownership inscription in pencil: "T. H. Ward."
Provenance
Copy 6: Given to Casa Guidi by the relatives of John and Lucy Beach (ms. note on advertisement leaf verso).
Provenance
Copy 6: Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".
Provenance
Copy 6: Ms. inscription in pencil: "E[dward]. Dowden".
Binding
Copy 1: Housed in 20th century red cloth and morocco box with gilt lettering and decoration ; made by R. L. Day.
Binding
Copy 2: Housed in 20th century blue cloth and morocco with gilt lettering and decoration.
Copy-specific note
Copies 2-4: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 5: Ms. annotation in pencil ?in Humphry Ward's hand.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
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Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 inscriber.
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Sichel, Helena inscriber.
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Dowden, Edward, 1843 - 1913 former owner.
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Beach, John former owner.
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Beach, Lucy former owner
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Nowell-Smith, Judith Adams former owner.
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Nowell-Smith, Simon, 1909 - ? former owner.
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Bildt, Harold Knut Clarence de, 1876 - 1947 former owner.
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Moore, Bloomfield H., 1824 - 1899 former owner.
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Sichel, Edith Helen, 1862 - 1914 former owner.
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Bradshaw, Henry, 1831 - 1886 former owner.
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Ward, Humphry, 1851 - 1920 former owner.
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Ward, Thomas Humphry, 1845 - 1926 former owner.
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Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29306