Sonnets from the Portuguese : autograph manuscript of sonnets 1-16 and 18-28, ca. 1845-50 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Manuscript, English, 1845

Physical Description:26 items (27 pages, unbound) ; 15.8 x 10.2 cm (items 3-18) and 18 x 11.3 cm (items 19-28)

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:426144195

Notes:

Sonnets numbered 19-29 in this manuscript were published as sonnets 18-28 in the 1850 edition

This manuscript does not include a draft of sonnet 17, which begins "My poet, thou canst touch on all the notes."

Sonnets 27-28 (numbered 28-29 in this manuscript) are written on a single sheet, one on recto and the other on verso

Each sheet bears an embossed circle in upper left corner with the words "Batin Post" around a crown

Formerly housed in a binding by Dawson & Lewis in green morocco, lettered in gilt on both covers: "Mrs. Browning / Sonnets / from the Portuguese / and / Catarina to Camoens / 'The loveliest sonnets / in the English language." Manuscripts have been removed but the binding has been retained

Formerly bound with MA 933.1, a portrait of Barrett Browning, and MA 933.2, the autograph manuscript of Catarina to Camoens

High reserve