Poems
by Samuel Rogers
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Cadell; E. Moxon, 1834. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Joseph Mallord William Turner; Thomas Stothard. A lovely leather-bound copy containing the poetry of Samuel Rogers, bound by J. Kelly, with illustrated engravings by J. M. W. Turner and Thomas Stothard First edition. Bound in full-crushed morocco with gilt illustrated boards by J. Kelly. Illustrations include numerous in-text engravings by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), the English painter, printmaker, and watercolourist, as well as Thomas Stothard (1755-1834). This is a lovely collection of poetry by Samuel Rogers, which includes some of the illustrations that the poets commissioned for his popular 'Italy' poem. Contents include 'The Pleasures of Memory', 'Human Life', 'Ode to Superstition', 'From a Greek Epigram', and 'From an Italian Sonnet'. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) was an English poet, who was part of the Romantic circle which included Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Lord Byron. His recollections of time spent with these friends has been a key source of information for biographical works on their artistic and personal lives. Rogers was offered the position of poet laureate following Wordsworth's death, but declined because of his old age. With a bookplate to front paste down belonging to Edward John Kenney (1924-2019), a British Latinist who spent the majority of his career at Cambridge University as a leading expert on the work of Ovid and Lucretius. Collated, complete. Bound in a full crushed-morocco binding by J. Kelly. Externally, very smart. A bit of rubbing and wear to the extremities and to the spine, particularly to the head and tail. Very light fading to spine. Offsetting to endpapers from leather binding. Prior owner's bookplate to front paste down. Prior owner's ink initials to verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins and light spots throughout. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 814D62
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Samuel Rogers
- Illustrator
- Joseph Mallord William Turner; Thomas Stothard
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Cadell; E. Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1834
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Poems Samuel Rogers romantic poetry Italy Samuel Rogers
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...