Research Catalog

Title

Aurora Leigh / by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Author

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.

Publication

London : Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1888.

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Additional Authors

• Macaire, Louis-Cyrus, 1807-1871
• Barlow, Thomas Oldham, 1824-1889
• Bumpus, John, binder.
• Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.
• Spottiswoode & Co., printer.

Description

[8], 403, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustration (engraving); 20 cm

Note

• Printer's imprint: "Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square, London."
• Illustration: Engraved frontispiece portrait of E. B. Browning, by T. O. Barlow, from a photograph by Macaire, Havre, September 1858.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Browning, E. B. Aurora Leigh. 1888. 21st ed. London)

OCLC

NYPG02-B2312

Author

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.

Title

Aurora Leigh / by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Imprint

London : Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1888.

Edition

Twenty-first edition.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: Presentation copy from Robert Browning to Miss Arnold, a daughter of Matthew Arnold: ink inscription on the front fly-leaf reads in full: "Miss Arnold - with the best wishes and affectionate regards of Robert Browning. June 5 '89" (MISC 4583). -- With the armorial bookplate and book label of novelist Hugh Walpole. -- Bound in contemporary tan polished calf by John Bumpus, Oxford Street; inner dentelle border consisting of flowers stamped in gilt; brown morocco spine label with title: "Aurora / Leigh / Browning;" five flowers stamped on spine in blue and gilt, top edge gilt, marbled gold vein endpapers. -- Acquired from Sotheby's through Quaritch, July 23, 1969, lot 530.

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Added Author

Macaire, Louis-Cyrus, 1807-1871, photographer.

Barlow, Thomas Oldham, 1824-1889, engraver.

Bumpus, John, binder.

Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.

Spottiswoode & Co., printer.

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889, inscriber.

Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941, former owner.

Research Call Number

Pforz (Browning, E. B. Aurora Leigh. 1888. 21st ed. London)