Shelfmark
Id2.2.17-Id2.2.33
Author
Title
[Robert Browning's poetical works].
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1889, 1894.
Physical description
17 v, [4] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 18 cm.
Note
Title from half-title, all vols have individual volume title-pages only.
Note
s 7,11,12, and 14.
Note
All vols with final advertisement leaves, except vols 9, 11, 13, and 14.
Note
Vols 1-16 published in 1889, vol 17 published in 1894.
Note
All vols with publisher's olive morocco and ribbed cloth with black and gold stamped decoration, and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Formatted contents note
Contents: vol 1: Pauline ; Sordello -- vol 2: Paracelsus ; Strafford -- vol 3: Pippa passes ; King Victor and King Charles ; The return of the Druses ; A soul's tragedy -- vol 4: A blot in the 'Scutcheon ; Colombe's birthday ; Men and women -- vol 5: Dramatic romances ; Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day -- vol 6: Dramatic lyrics ; Luria -- vol 7: In a balcony ; Dramatis personae -- vol 8-10: The ring and the book -- vol: 11 Balaustion's adventure ; Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau ; Fifine at the fair -- vol 12: Red cotton night-cap country ; The inn album -- vol 13: Aristophanes' apology ; The Agamemnon of Aeschylus -- vol 14: Pacchiarotto and how he worked in distemper with other poems -- vol 15: Dramatic idyls ; Jocoseria -- vol 16: Ferishtah's fancies ; Parleyings with certain people ; vol 17: Asolando.
Provenance
Booklabel of the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, donated to ECL in 2012.
Provenance
Vol 4 with ms. ownership signature in pencil of C. H. Greene.
Provenance
Vol 13 with bookplate and stamp of the Dominican Fathers, Edinburgh library.
Copy-specific note
Ms. annotations in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Ms. bookseller's notes and codes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Loose ms. letter to Michael Meredith (dated 1993-05-02) from 'John' discussing the Browning version of Euripides.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Greene, C. H. former owner.
Added entry--name
Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B30103