Samuel Rogers; Samuel Sharpe — Poems

London, Edward Moxon, 1860. Cloth. An attractively bound copy of poetry by Romantic writer Samuel Roger. An illustrated collection by Romantic poet 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 collection includes his 1792 poem The Pleasures of Memory and An Epistle to a friend. Prior owner's book plate to the front pastedown, 'George Fleming&apos. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. A little rubbed to the joints and the extremities. The spine is missing a slither of cloth to the head and tail of he spine. The front and rear hinges are starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound, with a little strain at points. Pages are bright and generally clean with some patches of light foxing. Good . Ill.: Not stated. Good .