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Samuel Rogers : Italy, a Poem. By Samuel Rogers

Edward Moxon, London, 1842

Contemporary emerald morocco gilt and blind, sides with ornate blind motif, surrounded by fleur-de-lis pattern and fine-tool corner-pieces, encased with elaborate gilt floral roll-tool inner border and gilt double rule outer border, board with blind-ruled edges and gilt inner dentelles, spine gilt in compartments, lettered in two, with a repeat design of stylized foliage borders, all edges gilt. , Occasional light browning, otherwise a very good copy in very attractive gilt period binding., 8vo, P. (5), frontis, (2), title, printer’s imprint, iii-vii, blank, 1-320, (4)., Illustrated with a number of in-text engravings depicting people, architecture, and landscapes, and a frontispiece of the author, by J.M.W. Turner, Finde and Stothart.

Rogers (1763-1855) “succeeded to his father’s fortune and took the opportunity to indulge his fancy for writing poetry. A generous patron at whose table the cultured society of London was always welcome, he commissioned Turner as illustrator for an edition of his ‘Italy’ (1822-8), for which he had followed Childe Harold’s footsteps as a tribute to Byron. The volume enjoyed considerable popular success. He declined the office of Poet Laureate on the death of Wordsworth.” (Cambridge Guide to Literature in English 848)., Cambridge Guide to Literature in English 848

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