Sonnets From the Portuguese courtesy of Ernie and Janet Brammer.
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Book and pictures courtesy of Ernie and Janet Brammer.
Sonnets From the Portuguese
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1898
#7 of 480
This book measures 11" x 9" and has 68 pages. The body of the text is Old Style Antiqua and 480 copies were printed on Whatman paper. The book was bound in paper over boards with a cloth spine. As can be seen on the colophon, W. W. Denslow's orb and seahorse design was used, the colored capitals / initials were also designed by W. W. Denslow.
This book is listed in the 1899 catalog and sold for $5.00. In the 1902 catalog a full Levant Sonnets of the Portuguese was being offered for sale at $75.00