Pacchiarotto and how he Worked in Distemper: With other Poems
by Robert Browning
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$379.32CA$341.39
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1876 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A pleasing first edition copy of Robert Browning's collection of poetry, 'Pacchiarotto, and How He Worked in Distemper'. The first edition of this collection of poems from beloved Victorian era poet Robert Browning. A well received work, marking his first published collection of short pieces for twelve years.The title poem, which ostensibly discusses the life and works of 15th Century Italian painter Giacomo Pacchiarotti, is actually a thinly veiled attack on Browning's own critics, and many other pieces in the collection take the same tone.In the publisher's original cloth binding, with two pages of advertisements for the work of his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Bowning, to the rear.A first edition work from an important nineteenth century figure. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 819F38
- Title
- Pacchiarotto and how he Worked in Distemper: With other Poems
- Author
- Robert Browning
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- browning Pacchiarotto Elizabeth Barrett Browning victorian poetry Pacchiarotto
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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