Elizabeth Barrett Browning — Sonnets from the Portuguese

London, George G. Harrap, 1910. Cloth. A very scarce edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning"s Sonnets from the Portuguese, complete with 18 sepia photogravures by pioneering photo-illustrator Adelaide Hanscom Leeson. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.Originally written between 1845 and 1846 and first published in 1850, this collection comprises 44 love sonnets written during Elizabeth Barrett Browning"s courtship with Robert Browning. This copy its distinguished by its photogravure illustrations by Adelaide Hanscom Leeson, with 18 sepia tone photographic plate illustrations. Collated, complete. Adelaide Hanscom Leeson (1875-1931) was a pioneering American photographer and artist, earning recognition for being among the first to combine photography with literary illustration, bringing a rich, pictorial dimension to classic texts. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart. slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd slight handling mark and spot of damp staining to boards and spine. Spine slightly faded. Slight rubbing to boards. Offsetting to endpapers with the odd slight spot and handling mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to tissue guards, first and last few leaves and the rough cut fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Adelaide Hanscom Leeson. Very Good Indeed .