Sothebys: The Browning Collections. CATALOGUE OF OIL PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & PRINTS; AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS; BOOKS; STATUARY, FURNITURE, TAPESTRIES, AND WORKS OF ART; THE PROPERTY OF R. W. BARRETT BROWNING, ESQ. (DECEASED), of Asolo, Veneto, and La Tor, May011913,

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 01, 1913 - May 01, 1913

Page Size: 1415 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
202	CARLYLE (Thomas)	A. L. s. 4 pp. 8vo, June 21, 1841, with envelope, A MOST INTERESTING LITERARY LETTER		June 21, 1841	GBP -	Unknown
203	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. s. 4 pp. 8vo, July 29, 1841, another fine letter, evidently written in answer to Browning's reply to the foregoing letter		July 29, 1841	GBP -	Unknown
204	CARLYLE (T.)	TWO A. L. s. 3 pp. 8vo		1841-3	GBP -	Unknown
205	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. s. 4 full pp. 4to, June 23, 1847, a remarkable letter, commencing with congratulations on Browning's marriage		June 23, 1847	GBP -	Unknown
206	CARLYLE (T.)	Four A. L.s. 10 pp. 8vo, 1842-7, with envelopes, all relating to his edition of Cromwell's Letters and Speeches; etc.		1842-7	GBP -	Unknown
207	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. s. 4 pp. 8vo, Aug. 21, 1851, with envelope, asking Browning's assistance for a proposed life of Margaret Countess Ossoli (nee Fuller) by Emerson		Aug. 21, 1851	GBP -	Unknown
208	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. S. 4 pp. 8vo, Oct. 10, 1851, promising Browning an introduction to George Sand from Mazzini, and suggesting that he should write for Chapman the publisher		Oct. 10, 1851	GBP -	Unknown
209	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. s. 2 pp. 8vo, Oct. 28, 1851; the letter begins		Oct. 28, 1851	GBP -	Unknown
210	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. s. 6 full pp. 8vo, March 8, 1852, thanking Browning for his essay on Shelley, and criticising it and the letters to which it was a preface		March 8, 1852	GBP -	Unknown
211	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. s. 4 pp. 4to, Dec. 4, 1855, asking Browning, who was in Paris, to obtain some information which the writer needed for his Frederick the Great about the Marquise du Chatelet		Dec. 4, 1855	GBP -	Unknown
212	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. s. 4 pp. 4to, Jan. 27, 1856, in answer to Browning's reply to the last letter		Jan. 27, 1856	GBP -	Unknown
213	CARLYLE (T.)	A. L. S. 4 full pp. 4to, April 28, 1856, a very fine letter, criticising Men and Women		April 28, 1856	GBP -	Unknown
214	COLERIDGE (S. T.)	Auto. Notes, 3 1/2 pp. 4to, on the Differences between the Beautiful, the Picturesque and the Sublime, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
215		DE QUINCEY (Thomas), A. L. s....			GBP -	Unknown
216	DICKENS (Charles)	A. L. s. (initials only), 1 p. 8vo, March 12, 1866, inviting him to come and hear him read ' Dr. Marigold," and meet Forster, and suggesting that ho should later on go to St. James's Hall and hear him read David Copporfield"			GBP -	Unknown
217	ELIOT (George)	Four A. L. s. 7 pp. 8vo, 1869-79, with envelopes		1869-79	GBP -	Unknown
219	FORSTER (John), Biographer of Dickons and Landor	Seventeen A. L. s. 64 pp. 8vo, interesting letters referring to Landor, Macready, and Dickens...			GBP -	Unknown
220		Fox (W. J.) Two A. L. s....			GBP -	Unknown
221	GASKELL (Mrs.)	Two A. L. s. 9 1/2 pp. 8vo and 4to, one written Dec. 15, 1853, is A MOST REMARKABLE LETTER		Dec. 15, 1853	GBP -	Unknown
222	HAMERTON (P. G.)	Five A. L. s. 19 pp. 8vo, 1879-82, asking for Browning's support in his candidature for the Professorship of Fine Arts in Edinburgh		1879-82	GBP -	Unknown
223	HAYDON (B. R.) Artist	Five Letters to Miss Barrett, and Twenty-one from Miss Barrett to him (several incomplete)		1842-5	GBP -	Unknown
224		HONOURS AND DISTINCTIONS. Letters requesting Browning to allow himself to bo nominated for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow and St. Andrew's Universities; others referring to the degrees conferred on him by Oxford University			GBP -	Unknown
225	HORNE (R. H.) early friend of Mrs. Browning, Author of Orion	Thirty-seven A. L. s. 1863-83, including a pathetic letter written at the ago of 81 asking Browning to sign his request to the Government for an increase of his pension, etc.		1863-83	GBP -	Unknown
226		HOUGHTON (Richard Monekton Milnes, Lord) Thirty-nine Letters and Notes, 1856-89, including an unused letter of introduction to Victor Hugo...			GBP -	Unknown
227	HUNT (Leigh)	Six A. L, s. 18 pp. 8vo, 1856-7, expressing the writer's admiration for Men and Women		1856-7	GBP -	Unknown
228	JAMESON (Mrs.) Authoress of "Sacred and Legendary Art," etc.	Five A. L. s. 19 pp. 8vo and 4to, Sep. 22-Oct. 17, 1846, to Lady Byron		Sep. 22-Oct. 17, 1846	GBP -	Unknown
229	JOWETT (B.)	Forty-five A. L. s., and one from Florence Nightingale while she was nursing him, interesting letters about Browning's D.C.L. degree			GBP -	Unknown
230	KELSALL (T. F.)	A packet of Letters, with some from Mrs. Kelsall, chiefly referring to T. L. Beddoes, the poet			GBP -	Unknown
231		KINGSLEY (Charles) A. L. s. 3 pp. 8vo, July 9, 1867, about an essay by Mr. Dowden on "Sordello."...			GBP -	Unknown
232	LANDOR (W. S.)	TWO A. L. (one signed, one with signature cut off) to Miss Barrett		October, 1844, and July, 1846	GBP -	Unknown
233	LANDOR (Walter Savage) Savonarola e il priore di San Marco	Auto. MS. in Italian, with signature and dedication		Sep. 7, 1860	GBP -	Unknown
234	LANDOR (W. S.)	Note Book: Auto Notes, about 30 pp. 4to, many on literary or autobiographical topics			GBP -	Unknown
235	[LANDOR (W. S.)] Miss Rose Paynter (afterwards Lady Sawle)	Album, with her auto. verses, and several short auto. poems or epigrams			GBP -	Unknown
236	LANDOR (W. S.)	Note Book, about 40 pp. 4to, containing Auto. notes on Campbell's " Gertrude of Wyoming"		1861, etc.	GBP -	Unknown
237	LANDOR (W. S.)	Another similar Note Book, over 70 pp. 4to, with notes on Macaulay, Washington Irving			GBP -	Unknown
238	LANDOR (W. S.)	Seventy-one A. L. s. to Browning, about 160 pp. 4to, 1840-64, a very interesting and important series		1840-64	GBP -	Unknown
239	LANDOR (W. S.)	A. L. s. 1 p. 8vo, June 26, 1864 [dated by Browning], his last letter to Browning		June 26, 1864	GBP -	Unknown
240	LANDOR (W. S.)	Various Auto. MSS. in prose and verse			GBP -	Unknown
241	LANDOR (W. S.)	A large number of Auto. Scraps in verse and prose			GBP -	Unknown
242	LANDOR (W. S.)	Auto. MSS. about 12 pp. folio and 4to, with several Auto. Scraps			GBP -	Unknown
243	LANDOR (W. S.) Lead for Casa Guidi Windows	Auto. Poem, 26 lines (one couplet written twice over)			GBP -	Unknown
244	Landor (W. S.)	Auto. MS. of his Sonnet to Robert Browning			GBP -	Unknown
245	[LANDOR (W. S.)]	Thirty-one A. L. s. from Landor's niece, Miss Sophia Landor, and other members of his family			GBP -	Unknown
246	LEIGHTON (Lord)	Thirty-eight A. L. s., including one important Letter of 1862 about the monument over Mrs. Browning's grave			GBP -	Unknown
247		LETTERS of Congratulation on the marriage of Robert Browning and Miss Barrett...			GBP -	Unknown
248	LOCKER-LAMPSON (F.) Poet and Book Collector	Ten A. L. s., including one to Miss Browning, 1870-90		1870-90	GBP -	Unknown
249	LOWELL (J. R.)	Ten A. L. s. 12 pp. 8vo and 4to, 1880-5, when the writer was American Minister in London		1880-5	GBP -	Unknown
250	LYTTON (Lord) Poet and Viceroy of India	about Fifty A. L. s. to Browning and Mrs. Browning		Aug. 19, 1860	GBP -	Unknown
251	MACREADY (W. C.)	Twelve A. L. s. 1835-56, with one from Mr. William Archer, 1888, about Macready's biography			GBP -	Unknown
252	MACREADY (W. C. junior)	Four pencil Drawings to illustrate "The Pied Piper of Hanielin," and three to illustrate " Crescentius "; two A. L. s. 2 pp. 8vo, about the drawings, one dated May 18, 1842; and an Auto. Note by Miss Browning		dated May 18, 1842	GBP -	Unknown
253	MARTIN (Lady, Helen Faucit)	Twenty A. L. s. 1853-88, and three A. L. s. from Sir Theodore Martin		1853-88	GBP -	Unknown
254	MARTINEAU (Miss)	Ten long Letters to Miss Barrett, on literary matters and referring to Wordsworth, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
255		MAZZINI (G.) A. L. s. 2 pp. 8vo, n. d., in Italian, saying he has read and re-read "The Italian in England."...			GBP -	Unknown
256	MILSAND (J.) French Critic and Author, one of Browning's closest friends in middle life, his portrait is drawn in Red Cotton Night cap Country," and to him was dedicated "Parleyings with certain people of importance in their day"	Sixty-six A. L. s. all in French, many on literary matters, some to Miss Browning			GBP -	Unknown
257		MISCELLANEOUS, including Sir Henry Parkes, F. T. Palgrave, Mrs. Drew (daughter of Mr. Gladstone), James Knowles, Frances Power Cobbe, G. J. Holyoake, T. H. Huxley, and the Hon. Mary Boyle			GBP -	Unknown
258		MORRIS (William) Three A. L. s. 9 1/2 pp. 8vo, all appeals to sign protests or memorials of different kinds...			GBP -	Unknown
259		NOEL (The Hon. Roden) Six A. L. s. 15 pp. 8vo, 1885-6, one criticising the performance of Strafford" in 1886, etc....			GBP -	Unknown
260		PEERS AND DIVINES. Lord Coleridge, L.C.J. (15), Lord Carnarvon (7), Lord Rosebery, Dean Farrar, Dean Milnian, Canon MacColl, Dean Stanley, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
261		POEMS by various hands		Oct. 3, 1859	GBP -	Unknown
262	PROCTER (B. W.) Barry Cornwall	Thirty-seven A. L. s. 1837-69, with Eight A. L. s. from his wife		1837-69	GBP -	Unknown
263		PROUT (Father Francis Mahoney), Author of "The Bells of Shandon," Four A.L. s. 4 1/2 pp. 4to (damaged), 1847-50, amusing, high-spirited Letters...			GBP -	Unknown
264		PUBLISHERS, including Charles S. Francis (about the American issue of " Aurora Leigh ")			GBP -	Unknown
265	RODIN (A.)	A. L. s. 1 p. 8vo, Jan. 2, 1883, "Permettez moi de vous ecrire pour vous exprimer combien je suis honore de pouvoir donner quelquea conseils de sculpture au fils du Grand Poete Anglais, etc"		Jan. 2, 1883	GBP -	Unknown
266	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	A. L. s. 4 pp. 8vo, Oct. 17, 1847, from 50, Charlotte St., Portland Place, with envelope		Oct. 17, 1847	GBP -	Unknown
267	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	Six A. L. s. 8 pp. 8vo (one, to Mrs. Browning), all written during the Brownings'stay in London and Paris in 1855-6		1855-6	GBP -	Unknown
268	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	A. L. s. 6 pp. 8vo, Feb. 6, 1856, a very interesting letter, speaking of "Men and Women," Ruskin and 'Modern Painters," Carlyle, William Allingham, etc.			GBP -	Unknown
269	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	Two A. L. s. 11 1/2 pp. 8vo, April-May, 1856, interesting letters about the rejection of Page's portrait of Browning by the Academy, and speaking at some length of many important Pre-Raphaelite pictures exhibited at the Academy that year		April-May, 1856	GBP -	Unknown
270	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	A. L. s. 5 pp. 8vo, Sep. 21, 1859, a letter of introduction presented by Burne-Jones		Sep. 21, 1859	GBP -	Unknown
271	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	A. L.s. 4 pp. 8vo, from 10, Cheyne Walk, n.d.; but post-mark Jan. 14, 1863, about restoring Browning's pictures, and asking Browning to give him that Helen"	from 10, Cheyne Walk	n.d.; but post-mark Jan. 14, 1863	GBP -	Unknown
272	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	Three A. L. s. 12 pp. 8vo, Jan. Feb. and March, 1869, all expressing the writer's admiration for 'The Ring and the Book," SUPERB GETTERS OF GREAT LITERARY INTEREST		Jan. Feb. and March, 1869	GBP -	Unknown
273	ROSSETTI (D. D.)	Six A. L. B. 13 1/2 pp. 8vo, 1863-72, thanking Browning for several of his works, including the " Selections"		1863-72	GBP -	Unknown
274	ROSSETTI (D. G.)	Seven A. L.s. 13 pp. 8vo, 1862-1871, and two from Other members of his family, asking permission for Henry Wallis		1862-1871	GBP -	Unknown
275	RUSKIN (John)	A. L. s. 12 pp. 8vo, Dec. 2, 1855, to Robert Browning, a most important and amusing letter		Dec. 2, 1855	GBP -	Unknown
276	RUSKIN (J.)	A. L. s. 2 pp. 4to, Nov. 27, 1856, an important letter, beginning		Nov. 27, 1856	GBP -	Unknown
277	RUSKIN (J.)	Twenty A.L. s. 36 pp. 8vo and 4to, 1856-1884, to Robert Browning		1856-1884	GBP -	Unknown
278	RUSKIN (J.)	Thirteen A. L. s. 39 pp. 8vo and 4to, 1855-61, to Mrs. Browning		1855-61	GBP -	Unknown
279	SARGENT (John Singer)	Photograph of a Picture by him of a Spanish Dancer			GBP -	Unknown
280	SMART (Christopher) 1722-71	Auto. MS. headed Psalm 131, translated by Sir Philip Sydney, 10 lines, 1 p. 4to; with printed receipt signed by Smart and dated by him June 8 (the year 1764 is printed), for 5/3 received from the Rev. Mr. Percy			GBP -	Unknown
281	SMART (Christopher)	On Gratitude, to the memory of Mr. Seaton			GBP -	Unknown
282	STOWE (Mrs. Harriet Beecher) Author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin"	A. L. s. 10 pp. 8vo, Nov. 20, 1860, to Mrs. Browning, about a spiritualistic experience		Nov. 20, 1860	GBP -	Unknown
283	SUMNER (Charles) Abolitionist	a Leaf from his Common-place Book			GBP -	Unknown
284	SWINBURNE (A. C.)	A. L. s. 3 pp. 8vo, June 7, 1869, with envelope, disclaiming any intention ' to filch the office of Lander's biographer " from Forster			GBP -	Unknown
285	SWINBURNE (A. C.)	A. L. s. 4 pp. 8vo, Feb. 25, 1875, with envelope, an interesting letter expressing the writer's gratification that Browning was pleased with the enthusiastic eulogy of his poems contained in Swinburne's preface to Chapman's works			GBP -	Unknown
286	SWINBURNE (A. C.)	A. L. s. 2 1/2 pp. 8vo, Oct. 24, 1877, with envelope, thanking Browning for sending him his ' Agamemnon," and praising the ' fine scholarship and subtle dexterity of the version"		Oct. 24, 1877	GBP -	Unknown
287	SWINBURNE (A. C.)	A. L. s. 3 1/2 pp. 8vo, May 27, 1878, with envelope, thanking Browning for his ' new book " (? La Saisiaz)		May 27, 1878	GBP -	Unknown
288	SWINBURNE (A. C.)	Three A. L. s. 11 1/2 pp. 8vo, Jan.-Feb. 1881, sending Browning a volume of his poems		Jan.-Feb. 1881	GBP -	Unknown
289	TENNYSON (A.)	Four short A. L. s. to Mrs. Browning		1852	GBP -	Unknown
290	TENNYSON (A.)	A. L. s. 1 1/2 pp. 8vo, n. d., a curious letter in the form of a dialogue between himself and his wife			GBP -	Unknown
291	TENNYSON (A.)	A. L. s.	Farringford	Oct. 11, 1865	GBP -	Unknown
292	TENNYSON (A.)	A. L. S. 1 p. 8vo, Aug. 1889, in answer to one from Browning congratulating him on his 80th birthday			GBP -	Unknown
293	TENNYSON (A.)	Eleven short Letters, 1864-1880, and one to Mr. B. B. Browning		1864-1880	GBP -	Unknown
294	TENNYSON (Lady)	Eight A. L. s. 1865-89, one of the letters sympathizing with Browning about the unfortunate reference to his wife published in the Letters of Edward FitzGerald		1865-89	GBP -	Unknown
295	TENNYSON (Lady)	Six Letters to Mrs. Browning		1852-57	GBP -	Unknown
296	TENNYSON (Frederick) brother of the Laureate	Two A. L. s. 17 pp. 8vo, 1857, one a very long and rambling letter to Mrs. Browning about the climate of Jersey		1857	GBP -	Unknown
297		TENNYSON FAMILY. Ten Letters from the poet's sons and daughters-in-law			GBP -	Unknown
298	THACKERAY (W. M.)	A. L. 1 p. 8vo, Nov. 19, 1859, with envelope, a charming letter, which we quote in full		Nov. 19, 1859	GBP -	Unknown
299	THACKERAY (W. M.)	A. L. s. 2 pp. 8vo, April 2, 1861, to Mrs. Browning		April 2, 1861	GBP -	Unknown
300	TROLLOPE (ANTHONY)	A. L. s. 1/2 p. 8vo, Oct. 13, 1882, inviting Browning to dine at the Garrick Club		Oct. 13, 1882	GBP -	Unknown
301	WIEDEMANN (William), father of Sarah Anna Wiedemann, Browning's mother	Eight Pen-and-ink Drawings, viz. three shields, one containing the signature of the poet's mother...			GBP -	Unknown
302		WILLIAMS (Rev. J. D., Vicar of Bottisham, nr. Cambridge) Upwards of Fifty A. L. s....			GBP -	Unknown

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