The poetic and dramatic works of Robert Browning in six volumes. by BROWNING, Robert - 1899

Anveres: Jacobo Mevrcio, 1665. Limp Vellum. See Description. Small 8vo. 2 volumes in 1. Volume I. pp. 400, [6]. Vol. II. pp. 383, [7]. With separate title page to each volume. Bound in period vellum. Occasional faint miniscule underlining in an old hand and a couple short marginal notations; some marginal smudging / soiling; front and rear blank leaves are ragged and torn. Volume I: tiny hole in p. 271 (mostly between lines but partly obstructing a couple of letters); bottom corner tip clipped on p.399 - not effecting text; pages 400-401 are dusty / soiled. Volume II: upper corner crease on p. 81. The bottom corner tips of the last few gatherings are chipped/worn. Antonio de Guevara [1480?-1545] - Spanish writer who grew up in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. He later joined the Franciscan order and was appointed court preacher and imperial historiographer by Charles V of Spain. In 1527 he became bishop of Guadix and in 1537 bishop of Mondonedo. Guevera's works were quite popular in their… Read More

London: Longman. Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1847. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 2 volumes. Vol. I. pp. viii, xxxviii, [2], 391, [1]. Vol. II. pp. [4], vii, [1], xxii, [2], 447, [1]. Frontispiece in each volume. Wood engravings by F.W. Fairholt. Green cloth with gilt front cover image of Medieval knights. Some shelf wear and rubbing. Hinges and corner tips carefully repaired. Inner joints strengthened. Name and date (1858) written in an old hand on front fly leaf of each volume. Some foxing to frontispieces and title pages. Occasional mild marginal soiling on several pages. Otherwise a generally clean copy. An excellent source book of Robin Hood lore. Volume I contains J.M. Gutch's biography of Robin Hood; a printing of the Middle English ballad "The Lytell Geste of Robin Hode" accompanied by a modern English version; W. Hone's "Dissertation upon the Morris Dance and Maid Marian", taken from his "Year Book"; Francis Douce's "A… Read More

Paris: Duchesne, 1754. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 12mo. pp. lxviii, 129, [15]. Fleuron on title and three chapter head vignettes by Aliamet, Pitre-Martenaise, and Sornique after Eisen. Bound in period mottled calf boards, re-backed with original gilt spine preserved; well rubbed but still attractive; morocco spine label is renewed; corner tips to boards are neatly repaired. Early ownership ticket on inside front cover – "D.F. Lesne, Maitre en Chirurgie, rue S. Benoit." First French translations from the German of Christian Furchtegott Gellert's fables. Some of John Gay's fables are also translated. The fables are preceded by Boulenger de Rivery's essay "Discours sur la literature allemande" (pp. lxvii) which discusses the Fables of Gellert, Gay and Fontaine. [Cohen-De Ricci, p. 182; Lewine, p. 79; Cioranescu 13457; Barbier II, p. 414].

Leiden: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1724. Hardcover. See Description. Second and best Burmann edition. 4to. pp. [154], 760, [96]. With engraved frontispiece depicting the Argonauts. Title is printed in red and black with vignette medallion depicting an ancient rowing ship. Very faint library stamp in outer margin of title and on p. 101. Bound in attractive modern half calf with marbled boards and end papers. Original spine label is preserved. Interior is generally clean with periodic mild scattered foxing; occasional small tears are neatly sealed; some staining present on the bottom outer marginal corner of some leaves. Gaius Valerius Flaccus was a first century c.e. Roman poet. His surviving epic verse work, the "Argonauticon," describes the quest of Jason and the Argonauts for the legendary Golden Fleece. The work exists in eight books but was left incomplete by the author. This edition of the "Argonauticon" was edited by Pieter Burmann (1668-1741) a professor of History and Eloquence… Read More

Buffalo, New York: Printed by R.B. Adam for his friends, 1923. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Privately printed. Folio. 100 unnumbered pages. With 63 black and white photo facsimiles of the proof sheets from Boswell’s Life of Johnson showing extensive annotations and mark-ups. Bound in 1/6th tan cloth with paper boards. No dust jacket. Some rubbing is present to corners and extremities. The upper corner of the front cover is worn and chipped. Interior pages are clean. The end papers show areas of light tanning. The outer edge of the text block is untrimmed. According to A. Edward Newton’s introduction: "We owe much to Mr. Adam for printing these facsimiles of some of the proof sheets of Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson.’…With these facsimiles before us, we can compare some of the text as originally written with the text in its final form. We will note with what taste and unerring skill Boswell brought his peculiar gifts to bear upon the task to which he set… Read More

Anveres: Jacobo Mevrcio, 1665. Limp Vellum. See Description. Small 8vo. 2 volumes in 1. Volume I. pp. 400, [6]. Vol. II. pp. 383, [7]. With separate title page to each volume. Bound in period vellum. Occasional faint miniscule underlining in an old hand and a couple short marginal notations; some marginal smudging / soiling; front and rear blank leaves are ragged and torn. Volume I: tiny hole in p. 271 (mostly between lines but partly obstructing a couple of letters); bottom corner tip clipped on p.399 - not effecting text; pages 400-401 are dusty / soiled. Volume II: upper corner crease on p. 81. The bottom corner tips of the last few gatherings are chipped/worn. Antonio de Guevara [1480?-1545] - Spanish writer who grew up in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. He later joined the Franciscan order and was appointed court preacher and imperial historiographer by Charles V of Spain. In 1527 he became bishop of Guadix and in 1537 bishop of Mondonedo. Guevera's works were quite popular in their… Read More

London: Longman. Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1847. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 2 volumes. Vol. I. pp. viii, xxxviii, [2], 391, [1]. Vol. II. pp. [4], vii, [1], xxii, [2], 447, [1]. Frontispiece in each volume. Wood engravings by F.W. Fairholt. Green cloth with gilt front cover image of Medieval knights. Some shelf wear and rubbing. Hinges and corner tips carefully repaired. Inner joints strengthened. Name and date (1858) written in an old hand on front fly leaf of each volume. Some foxing to frontispieces and title pages. Occasional mild marginal soiling on several pages. Otherwise a generally clean copy. An excellent source book of Robin Hood lore. Volume I contains J.M. Gutch's biography of Robin Hood; a printing of the Middle English ballad "The Lytell Geste of Robin Hode" accompanied by a modern English version; W. Hone's "Dissertation upon the Morris Dance and Maid Marian", taken from his "Year Book"; Francis Douce's "A… Read More

Paris: Duchesne, 1754. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 12mo. pp. lxviii, 129, [15]. Fleuron on title and three chapter head vignettes by Aliamet, Pitre-Martenaise, and Sornique after Eisen. Bound in period mottled calf boards, re-backed with original gilt spine preserved; well rubbed but still attractive; morocco spine label is renewed; corner tips to boards are neatly repaired. Early ownership ticket on inside front cover – "D.F. Lesne, Maitre en Chirurgie, rue S. Benoit." First French translations from the German of Christian Furchtegott Gellert's fables. Some of John Gay's fables are also translated. The fables are preceded by Boulenger de Rivery's essay "Discours sur la literature allemande" (pp. lxvii) which discusses the Fables of Gellert, Gay and Fontaine. [Cohen-De Ricci, p. 182; Lewine, p. 79; Cioranescu 13457; Barbier II, p. 414].

Leiden: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1724. Hardcover. See Description. Second and best Burmann edition. 4to. pp. [154], 760, [96]. With engraved frontispiece depicting the Argonauts. Title is printed in red and black with vignette medallion depicting an ancient rowing ship. Very faint library stamp in outer margin of title and on p. 101. Bound in attractive modern half calf with marbled boards and end papers. Original spine label is preserved. Interior is generally clean with periodic mild scattered foxing; occasional small tears are neatly sealed; some staining present on the bottom outer marginal corner of some leaves. Gaius Valerius Flaccus was a first century c.e. Roman poet. His surviving epic verse work, the "Argonauticon," describes the quest of Jason and the Argonauts for the legendary Golden Fleece. The work exists in eight books but was left incomplete by the author. This edition of the "Argonauticon" was edited by Pieter Burmann (1668-1741) a professor of History and Eloquence… Read More

Buffalo, New York: Printed by R.B. Adam for his friends, 1923. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Privately printed. Folio. 100 unnumbered pages. With 63 black and white photo facsimiles of the proof sheets from Boswell’s Life of Johnson showing extensive annotations and mark-ups. Bound in 1/6th tan cloth with paper boards. No dust jacket. Some rubbing is present to corners and extremities. The upper corner of the front cover is worn and chipped. Interior pages are clean. The end papers show areas of light tanning. The outer edge of the text block is untrimmed. According to A. Edward Newton’s introduction: "We owe much to Mr. Adam for printing these facsimiles of some of the proof sheets of Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson.’…With these facsimiles before us, we can compare some of the text as originally written with the text in its final form. We will note with what taste and unerring skill Boswell brought his peculiar gifts to bear upon the task to which he set… Read More