Sonnets from the Portuguese

Title: Sonnets from the Portuguese Author: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Publication: New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1910. Description: Barse & Hopkins was best known for publishing gift books with a focus on classic titles. This edition of Sonnets from the Portuguese is from Barse & Hopkins' Carleton Series. It is printed on laid paper with untrimmed edges, in a brown limp suede binding, stamped in gilt on the front cover, with green watered silk endpapers and a green ribbon marker. Includes a frontispiece portrait of the poet and title page with gilt ornamental border. In the original box with printed paper label adhered to the box, reading "Barse & Hopkins, Sonnets from the Portuguese, Mrs. Browning, Carleton Series." The box contains a piece of patterned textile, which was presumably used to wrap the book in the box. Octavo, 7.5 x 4.5 inches; 90, [6] pages, [2] leaves of plates. Box has two split corners. Front silk pastedown has some small losses and cracks not affecting