Samuel Rogers — Poems

London, Edward Moxon & Co. 1860. Leather. Lovely full-morocco illustrated poetry collection from significant Romantic writer Samuel Rogers, featuring a prominent contemporary inscription. New edition.Bound in full morocco.Contemporary inscription from British biographer and politician George W. E. Russell to similar biographer and lawyer Walter Sydney Sichel, dated July 23. 1872.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and numerous engravings throughout.Featuring a biographical introduction on the life of Samuel Rogers by his nephew, Samuel Sharpe.Delightful poetry collection from prominent Romantic writer Samuel Rogers. Although Rogers was highly celebrated in his own life time, his fame has since been eclipsed by his friends William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Lord Byron. Social breakfasts were in vogue in the Victorian era, and Rogers' breakfasts often acted as an initiation into literary society. The present volume includes "The Pleasures of Memory" and "An Epistle to a friend", among others. Bound in full morocco. Externally, lovely condition with the exception of slight bumping and rubbing, leading to light to moderate loss of leather along front joint, spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Contemporary inscription to first page reads: "Walter Sydney Sichel, from his affectionate friend, G W E Russel. Harrow, July 23. 1872." Bright and clean example with light spotting, predominantly to first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .