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Id2.4.22 (Copy 1)
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Id2.4.23 (Copy 2)
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Id2.4.24 (Copy 3)
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Id2.4.25 (Copy 4)
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Id2.4.26 (Copy 5)
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Id2.4.27 (Copy 6)
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Id2.4.28 (Copy 7)
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Id2.4.29 (Copy 8)
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Id2.4.30 (Copy 9)
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Id2.4.31 (Copy 10)
Author
Title
Parleyings with certain people of importance in their day : to wit: Bernard de Mandeville, Daniel Bartoli, Christopher Smart, George Bubb Dodington, Francis Furini, Gerard de Lairesse, and Charles Avison. Introduced by a dialogue between Apollo and the Fates ; concluded by another between John Fust and his friends / by Robert Browning.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1887.
Physical description
[8], 269, [4] p. ; 17 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
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Two final advertisement leaves.
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Publisher's brown cloth with triple-line decorative border stamped in black on front board, blind stamped on back board, and lettering and bands stamped in gold on spine.
Note
Copies 1, 2, 4, 6, 10: Binding with comma in lettering at foot of spine.
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Copies 3, 5, 9: Binding variant lacking comma in lettering at foot of spine.
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Copy 7: Variant B: remainder binding with reset lettering and linked rings device on spine.
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Copy 8: One of 88 original Heffers of Cambridge remainder bindings of printed cream paper wrappers.
Provenance
Copies 1-8: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Booklabel of Edith Bronson.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. inscription: "Mrs [Katharine] Bronson, from hers affectionately ever, Robert Browning. Jan. 28. '87."
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. inscription: "Professor Masson - with Robert Browning's best regards."
Provenance
Copy 5: Bookplate of (Costanza) Zina Hulton.
Provenance
Copy 6: Ms. inscription in pencil: "G[eorgiana] Burne-Jones."
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Copy 7: Ms. inscription: "D. R. Hardman, Christ's College [Cambridge], May Term 1923."
Provenance
Copy 10: Given to Casa Guidi by the relatives of John and Lucy Beach (ms. note on advertisement leaf verso).
Provenance
Copy 10: Ms. inscription: "John & Lucy Beach, 1914".
Provenance
Copy 10: Ms. inscription in pencil: "Edward. Dowden."
Binding
Copy 1: With embroidered green silk cover, made by (Costanza) Zina Hulton with lettering and decoration featuring a St Catherine wheel in honour of Katharine Bronson ; housed in 20th century red cloth and morocco box with gilt lettering and decoration.
Binding
Copy 2: Housed in ?20th century brown cloth and morocco folder an slipcase, with gilt lettering and decoration.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1-7, 9: Ms. bookseller's notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1 and 2: Ms. correction on dedication page in Robert Browning's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. notes on pp. 1 and 221 about a reading given by Robert Browning of these two poems ?in Katharine Bronson's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Leaves unopened.
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Copy 5: Ms. note on half-title in Zina Hulton's hand about a reading Robert Browning gave from this work at Ca' Alvisi in November 1888 (also mentioned in copy 5, Katharine Bronson's copy)
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Copy 9: Contemporary periodical review of this book cut into sections and pasted on front endpaper and pp. 30, 52, 96, 120-121, 192, 222-223.
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Copy 10: Ms. annotations in pencil throughout text in pencil.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? donor.
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Browning, Robert, 1812 - 1889 inscriber.
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Day, R. L. binder.
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
Bronson, Katharine de Kay, 1834 - 1901 former owner.
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Rucellai, Edith Bronson, 1861 - ? former owner.
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Hulton, Costanza, 1884 - 1937 former owner.
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Masson, David, 1822 - 1907 former owner.
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Burne-Jones, Georgiana, 1840 - 1920 former owner.
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Hardman, D. R. former owner.
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Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29321