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BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. Sonnets from the Portuguese. Frontispiece and title page borders by William Wilke. 2 volumes. 4to, 1/4 vellum gilt;

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. Sonnets from the Portuguese. Frontispiece and title page borders by William Wilke. 2 volumes. 4to, 1/4 vellum gilt; second volume is a facsimile of the original edition, small 8vo, 1/4 vellum gilt; both housed in board slipcase with spine label, moderate wear. San Francisco, 1927

  • Notes: one of 250 copies printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr. by John Henry Nash as a 1927 Christmas gift. This copy out-of-series. The "first edition" in facsimile here was later discovered to be a Thomas Wise forgery (Carter & Pollard, Enquiry, pp.167-168), unknown at the time by Clark or Nash.

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