8vo. [8], 201pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp.

The first edition of Robert Browning's (1812-1889) 'La Saisiaz', a philosophical elegy drawn from the sudden death of his friend Anne Egerton-Smith. Published with 'The two Poets of Croisic', a poem that explored Browning's attitude to literary fame.