Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861): Sonnets from the Portuguese ...
Limited edition, Number 188 of 250 copies, together with facsimile volume, privately printed by John Henry Nash for William Andrews Clark, Jr., San Francisco, 1927.
2 volumes in single slipcase. Frontispiece portrait in dry-point by William Wilke after a bas-relief by Helen Hall Culver. Frontispiece and title page with decorative margins. 12.75 x 9.25, tan paper boards, vellum spine, spine lettered in gilt, 7 x 4.25, side-sewn wrappers inside slipcase matching the larger volume. Both volumes in individual compartments in a single slipcase with printed paper spine label. No. 188 of 250 hand-numbered copies privately printed for presentation on behalf of socialite William Andrews Clark, Jr, including a facsimile of the first edition and a beautifully bound folio edition. Smaller volume is a facsimile of the first edition. Issued as a 1927 Christmas gift for friends of William A. Clark.
William Andrews Clark, Jr., son of Senator William Andrews Clark, Sr., was a bibliophile and patron of the arts, having founded the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the University of California, Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, which houses his rare book collection. Inspired by the beauty of John Henry Nash’s edition of Browning ’s Sonnets, Clark commissioned this edition, to be presented as Christmas gifts in 1930. Nash, a bibliophile and typographer, was the most generously patronized fine printer of his time, with commissions from the leading figures of his day, including William Randolph Hearst. His technical perfection and use of various typefaces, ornaments, and high-quality materials were esteemed by those who appreciated the craftsmanship involved in such work (ANB).

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