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Browning. Elizabeth Barrett
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- An Essay on Mind, with other Poems. London: James Duncan, 1826.
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo (192 x 112 mm). Uncut. Original gray boards with printed spine label; light rubbing and a minor stain. Full morocco slipcase.
Provenance
William Harvis Arnold (bookplate).
Literature
Ashley 1:92; Barnes A2; Hayward 238; Wise A Browning Library 75.
Catalogue Note
first edition, first issue, with p. 75, line 15 reading 'found'. The poet's second, but first published book, preceded only by The Battle of Marathon, which was privately printed by her father in an edition of just 50 copies in 1820. Rare in the original binding.