Shelfmark
Id3.3.27 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Id3.3.28 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Id3.3.29 (Copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Id3.3.30 (Copy 4)
Additional shelfmark
Id3.3.36(02) (Copy 5)
Author
Title
Poems before Congress. / by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Chapman and Hall, 1860.
Physical description
viii, [2], 66, [2] p. ; 19 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Final advertisement leaf.
Note
Publisher's red morocco-grain cloth with blind stamped panels on boards and lettering stamped in gold on front board ; copy 4 has variant cream endpapers.
Note
32 p. publisher's catalogue tipped-in after text ; Copy 3 with 4 p. advertisement of Piper, Stephenson, & Spence tipped-in before advertisement leaf.
Provenance
Copies 1-5: From the Michael Meredith Browning Collection, with bookplate.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplate of William F. Gable.
Provenance
Copy 4: Ms. ownership inscription: "Mary F[rances]. Bradford, Winnington, May 28th 1860."
Provenance
Copy 5: Armorial bookplate of Frederick Lehmann.
Binding
Copy 1: ?Early 20th century red morocco, with gilt panels on boards, gilt lettering and stamps on spine, and gilt tooling on turn-ins ; bound by the Rowfant Bindery (binder's stamp).
Binding
Copy 5: 19th century blue morocco half-binding, with blue cloth covered boards, gilt fillets on boards, gilt stamps and lettering on spine, and marbled endpapers ; bound by W. Pratt (binder's stamp).
Copy-specific note
Copies 1, 3, 4: Ms. bookseller's note in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Anne Braun (dated by Michael Meredith as c. 1854-02) pasted onto front endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Presentation copy inscribed by the publisher: "From the Author".
Copy-specific note
Copy 3: Loose periodical clipping featuring a portrait of the author.
Copy-specific note
Copy 4: Lacking publisher's catalogue.
Copy-specific note
Copy 4: Ms. annotation in pencil - p. vii.
Copy-specific note
Copy 5: Bound with a copy of "Last poems", 2nd ed.
Copy-specific note
Copy 5: Lacking advertisement leaf and publisher's catalogue.
Added entry--name
Meredith, Michael, 1936 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Gable, William F., 1856 - 1921 former owner.
Added entry--name
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806 - 1861 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Braun, Anne, 1810 - 1863 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Bradford, Mary Frances former owner.
Added entry--name
Lehmann, Frederick, 1826 - 1891 former owner.
Added entry--name
Pratt, W. binder.
Added entry--name
Chapman and Hall publisher.
Added entry--name
Rowfant Club (Cleveland, Ohio) binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B30926