Item #400934 Poems. Samuel ROGERS.
Poems

Poems

London: Edward Moxon, 1845. Two volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of the author by H. Robinson after Sir Thomas Lawrence. Contemporary green hard-grained morocco gilt, covers with dotted-circle roll centering a gilt urn on each side, spines in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, a repeated gilt block in the remaining, edges gilt, by Hayday. Provenance: Katherine Jane Canning (presentation inscription from the author); J. Wesley Miller (inkstamp on edges, and endleaves). Frontispiece lightly spotted. Some light rubbing to joints, light wear at ends of spine and at corners. Item #400934

PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Rogers on the front flyleaf of vol. 1: "To Katherine Jane Canning / from her very sincere friend / Samuel Rogers. / Dec 1, 1847."

Price: $350.00

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