The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Handsomely Bound
In Full Designed Morocco
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. THE POETICAL WORKS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING COMPLETE. WITH A MEMOIR. (New York: James Miller, 1871) 2 volumes. Very early collection of the poetry issued in America. Portrait frontispiece in first volume. 8vo, very handsomely bound in the publisher's best binding of full dark morocco, the spines with raised bands stopped and bordered in blind, compartments with blind tooled designs and central ornamental tooling, lettered and paneled in gilt in two compartments, the covers with well designed triple-lined inner and outer panels in blind, the inner with corner tools and enclosing a handsomely tooled device at the center of the covers, gilt stippled board edges, all edges gilt, marbled end-leaves. 439; 433 pp. An excellent and very handsome copy in essentially pristine condition.
SCARCE EARLY PRINTING HANDSOMELY BOUND IN THE PUBLISHER'S BEST FULL MOROCCO BINDINGS. Rarely encountered in this fine condition. Browning's poetry was already critically and publicly accepted while she was alive; for example, she was considered Wordsworth's successor as poet laureate upon his death. However, Browning's more advanced ideas may appeal to readers of this generation. Browning was sympathetic to the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft, politically progressive in her views and in the literary realm, transformed poetic style and content. Thus, her work is by no means a mere curiosity but rather representative of the highest literary and intellectual achievements. |
