![]() Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Text and illustrations clean and fine, extremities lightly rubbed, near-fine. The title, chosen to disguise the personal nature of the poems by suggesting that they were a translation, was a secret reference for the Brownings to his nickname for her, 'The Portuguese,' based on her poem 'Catarina to Camoens,' which Browning particularly admired and which portrayed a Portuguese woman's devotion to her poet lover" (Drabble, 920). Written as a gift for her husband, Sonnets from the Portuguese "describes the growth and development of her love for Robert Browning. Lovely limited edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous love poems, one of 1000 unnumbered copies on hand-made paper, with wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 full-page illustrations by Louise Gaston, handsomely bound by Bayntun. ![]() ![]() ![]() Slim square octavo, contemporary full tan polished calf, gilt-decorated spine and covers, raised bands, red and black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. “HOW DO I LOVE THEE? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS”: LIMITED EDITION OF SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESEīROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. ![]()
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