Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
$390.00

Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and published first in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular during the poet’s lifetime and it remains so. Despite what the title implies, the sonnets are entirely Browning’s own, and not translated from Portuguese.

Montagnola, Officina Bodoni, March 1925. 4to. pp. 4, 55, 1, colophon, 4pp. 1 of a limited, unnumbered edition of only 225 copies on paper (5 on vellum). Printed on Fabriano hand-made paper. Printed with the original Bodoni types Device on colophon printed in red, publisher’s full vellum binding, Bodoni’s device gilt blocked at center of front board, spine gilt lettered, No slipcase. Condition very good.