Shelfmark
Id3.4.23(01)-Id3.4.23(02) (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Id3.4.24-Id3.4.25 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Poems. / by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Edition
New edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1850.
Physical description
2 v. (xii, 362 ; viii, 480 p.) ; 18 cm.
Note
Both vols with a half-title.
Note
Copy 1: Publisher's first issue brown ribbed cloth with decorative panel blind stamped on boards and lettering stamped in gold on spine "Barrett Browning's Poems".
Note
Copy 1: One of approx. four known copies in this first state (Barnes, 1967).
Note
Copy 2: Publisher's later green ribbed cloth with decorative panel blind stamped on boards and lettering stamped in gold on spine "Elizh. Barrett Browning's Poems".
Citation/references note
Barnes, 1967 p. 39.
Provenance
Copies 1 and 2: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Ms. ownership inscription: "M[ary]. R[ussell]. Mitford." Probably the copy given to her by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as recorded by Raymond and Sullivan vol 3, p. 321.
Provenance
Copy 2: Bookseller's ticket (Anderson & Son, Manchester).
Binding
Copy 1: Both vols housed together in late 20th century brown morocco and cloth box, with gilt lettering and tooling.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1 and 2: Ms. booksellers' notes in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Loose notes on issue and provenance in Michael Meredith's hand.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. inscription in both vols: "C. M. H., May 18th, 1852, 'In Memoriam'".
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787 - 1855 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Chapman and Hall publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B30807