[BRITISH POETS]. 2 SETS. ++ The Poetical Works Of Robert Browning. 16 Vols. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1889. 8vo. Bound by Bickers & Son in full polished tan calf, ribbed, gilt-decorated spines with two labels, edges and endpapers marbled. Leather slightly worn and scuffed, few small dark spots on few spines, part of one spine label chipped. 4 portrait plates. Bookplate of W. Douro Hoare. Lacking Volume 17. Last edition with corrections by Browning. ++ The Poetical Works Of William Wordsworth. 6 Vols. London: Edward Moxon, 1857. New Edition. 8vo. Full brown morocco, ribbed, gilt-arabesque spines and boards, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles. Spine ends rubbed. Estimate $350-450
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ambassador and Mrs. William H.G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC, by descent from Ignaz Petschek and Nikodem Caro, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
