Shelfmark
Id2.3.12(01)-Id2.3.12(02) (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Id2.3.13(01)-Id2.3.13(02) (Copy 2)
Author
Collective uniform title
Poems. 1896
Title
The poetical works of Robert Browning.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder, & Co., 1896.
Physical description
2 v. (viii, [8], 748 ; viii, 786 p.), [2] leaves of plates : 2 ports. ; 19 cm.
Note
Both vols with a half-title.
Note
Vol 2 includes index.
Note
India paper.
Note
Edited by Augustine Birrell.
Provenance
Copies 1 and 2: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: From the library of Elizabeth Murray Smith with her initials in gilt on front board.
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. ownership inscription: "Stopford A. Brooke, Working Copy."
Binding
Copy 1: Late 19th century green polished levant with gilt lettering on spine and front board, gilt tooling on turn-ins, gilt edges, and five raised bands.
Binding
Copy 2: Late 19th / early 20th century green morocco with gilt tooled borders on boards and spine, gilt lettering on spine, gilt tooling on turn-ins, and gilt edges; bound by Riviere and Son (binder's stamp).
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Loose leaf featuring an engraving of the Santissima Annunziata with a note in Fanny Browning's hand about the statue in this square, used by Robert Browning in his poem "The statue and the bust".
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. note in pencil in Michael Meredith's hand on front pastedown.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. annotations throughout text in pencil in Stopford Brooke's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Loose headed memorandum card with ms. note about Stopford Brooke's annotations in Michael Meredith's hand.
Added entry--name
Smith, Elizabeth Murray. former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Brooke, Stopford Augustus, 1832 - 1916 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
Riviere & Son binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29519