![Item #75677 AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS, [together with] A SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY: The Forgeries of H. Buxton Forman & T.J. Wise [and] A NOTE ON TWO POEMS by Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. John Carter, John Collins, Nicolas Barker, Graham Pollard.](https://johnsonrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75677.jpeg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685818476)
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF CERTAIN NINETEENTH CENTURY PAMPHLETS, [together with] A SEQUEL TO AN ENQUIRY: The Forgeries of H. Buxton Forman & T.J. Wise [and] A NOTE ON TWO POEMS by Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning
London and Berkeley: Scolar Press, 1983. Hardcover. This edition is limited to eighty numbered copies, of which this is number 59. Landmark exposé of the forgeries of books and pamphlets by Harry Buxton Forman, an editor of Keats and Shelley, and Thomas J. Wise, one of the world's most prominent book collectors. Accompanied by a sequel, which describes continuing efforts to identify and disclose Wise's forgeries, along with an original copy in wrappes of Two Poems by Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning (London: Chapman & Hall, 1854) and a pamphlet by Nicolas Barker on its role in establishing the Forman and Wise operation. Octavo, two volumes. Full black morocco bindings, with decorative gilt stamping, blind-stamped borders, and gray endpapers. The two pamphlets are housed in a one quarter black morocco over gray paper chemise with gilt titles. A fine set, housed in the publisher's slipcase. Fine. Item #75677
Price: $500.00