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Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers. To which is added Porsoniana
by ROGERS, Samuel
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- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London. Edward Moxon. 1856. thick12mo, 19cm, viii,355p., with 31 steel engraved portraits including frontis, addenda, corrigenda, index, in fine binding (not signed but in the best tradition British fine binding) in morocco grain brown calf, dark brown and gilt ruled raised bands, ornate gilt device decorations and titles in the spine panels, blind border ruled marble boards, bevelled boards, dark brown endpapers, t.e.g., a fine copy (ds1). A beautifully bound book with engraved portraits of many of the acquaintances and friends of the poet, Samuel Rogers. Portraits included are David Garrick, Joshua Reynolds, Dryden, Sheridan, Walter Scott, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Southey, Moore, Byron, Shelley, Davy, Canning, Fox, Queen Charlotte. The engraved frontis portrait is of Samuel Rogers (1763-1855). "English poet, a man of fastidious mind, benevolent heart and venomous tongue, at whose breakfast-table, men of letters met to talk". ... - Cassell's Encyc Lit.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41217
- Title
- Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers. To which is added Porsoniana
- Author
- ROGERS, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London. Edward Moxon. 1856
- Keywords
- english literature, samuel rogers, poet, poems' poets, dryden, sheridan, scott, coleridge, wordsworth, southey, moore, byron, shelley, fine leather binding, bindings
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
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