Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning, [Riverside Edition]

Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning, [Riverside Edition]. 1899. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company.

8vo (5x7.875") 6 volumes. Very heavy gilt, 5 compartments, 2 labels. 3/4 taqn calftop edge gilt, matching marble covers and endpapers. Some minor edgewear on the top and bottom of the boards. Elaborate gilt design on the spine of the book with a band of leather in red displaying Browning's name. The only frontispiece is in the first volume, an image of Robert Browning. The third page clearly indicates that this set is a Riverside edition. A fine set of books with a very handsome shelf presentation.

Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax.

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