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SIGNED ASSOCIATION - DEDICATION COPY (6). BROWNING, ROBERT. The Poetical Works. I-VI. London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1882.

8vo (175x110 mm., binding). Association copy with the signature of Robert Browning on all title leaves together with the signature of Clara J. Moore on titles and one on the flyleaf, also written by Browning.
Publisher´s burgundy cloth bindings, slight wear, more to corners and upper and lower part of spines, partly split in vol. I and II, gilt titles on spines. Title to vol. I and III partly browned and small trace of paper clip on title to vol I, a few pages with pencil notes. Bookplate of Harald Bildt. 6 volumes.

Provenance: Clara Sophia Jessup Moore (1824-99), born Jessup, an American philanthropist and philosopher. She was married to Bloomfield Haines Moore (1819-78) and later engaged to be married to Robert Browning. Clara J. Moore was the greatgreat grandmother to the present owner.
Harald Knut Clarence Bildt (1876-1947), Swedish baron and diplomat, son of the diplomat Carl Bildt and Lilian Augusta Stuart Moore (one of the three children of Clara J. Moore).
The Holterman family, Sweden.

Auktionsnummer:

6026

Datum:

2020-12-10