Browning's Poems (important association copies)

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Two matching HB volumes 11 x 17 x 7 cm. Five raised bands, all edges gilt, spines heavily gilt decorated (image 1). Gilt dentelles. These copies with the original bookplate of Lord Raglan (top cover verso. Image 2). This being the Lord Raglan of The Charge of the Light Brigade (25 October 1854). Note the congruence of dates, these copies being dated 1853 (image 3). Ex libris Cefntilla, the Raglan home, shelf mark "MR B1" image 4. Lord Raglan., image 5. [N.B. Cefn Tilla Court, Llandenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a country house dating from the mid-19th century. Its origins date from 1616. During the English Civil War, the court was the headquarters of Thomas Fairfax during the siege of Raglan Castle and the terms of the castle's surrender were signed at the house in 1646]. See also our related Titles: # 008043 "Samuel Rogers Poems"., and # 008044 "Cowper's Poems". All with the same provenance. N° de ref. del artículo 008042

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