The Ring and the Book. With an Introduction by Edward Dowden. Illustrated with Engravings by Carl Schultheiss. Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club, 1949.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 1403.
Two quarto volumes. 750 pp. Including sixteen engraved plates, two being frontispieces. Publisher's quarter red sheepskin over Fabriano paper boards, spine stamped in gilt, covers lettered and decoratively stamped in red, with original velvet-lined slipcase. Slipcase lightly sunned and rubbed, one edge starting but sound. Some rubbing to spines, still a very good set.
His mastery of dramatic verse made Robert Browning (1812-1889) one of the most prominent poets of his day. Not only is he famous for his own work, but his wife, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) was a famous poet as well, whose Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850) are some of the most famous poems by an English poet. As an interesting aside, Robert Browning was the first person to have his voice heard after his death: he was recorded reading his poem, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix by Thomas Edison in 1889. This recording was first played in Venice in the following year.
Newman & Wiche, 194.
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6487
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55