ID 859651
Lot 65 | The Seraphim, the Wordsworth copy
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
The first edition of Barrett Browning's third poetry collection. The Wordsworth copy, inscribed by John Kenyon and with William Wordsworth's signature on the fly-leaf. Kenyon, the poet and patron of Robert Browning, has inscribed the book to Mary Hutchinson Wordsworth: “To Mrs Wordsworth from her obliged friend – John Kenyon.” Elizabeth B. Barrett married Robert Browning in the autumn of 1846, eight years after the publication of The Seraphim.
12mo. Half title (a little minor spotting and finger-soiling). Original brown cloth, gold-stamped spine (rebacked with portions of original spine laid down, a little rubbed and soiled). Custom clamshell box. Provenance: Mary Hutchinson Wordsworth, 1770-1859 (gift inscription) – William Wordsworth, Rydal Mount (ownership signature).
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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