Author: ROGERS, SAMUEL
Title: Poems
Description: London: T. Cadell and E. Moxon, 1834. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Stothard. Bound in half green calf, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on one burgundy and one brown label in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated with steel engravings after specially commissioned works by J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Stothard. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) was an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron. His recollections of these and other friends such as Charles James Fox are key sources for information about London artistic and literary life, with which he was intimate, and which he used his wealth to support. He made his money as a banker and was also a discriminating art collector. In 1814 Rogers made a tour on the Continent with his sister Sarah. He travelled through Switzerland to Italy, keeping a full diary of events and impressions, and had made his way to Naples when the news of Napoleon's escape from Elba obliged him to hurry home. Seven years later he returned to Italy, paying a visit to Byron and Shelley at Pisa. Out of the earlier of these tours arose his last and longest work, Italy. The first part was published anonymously in 1822; the second, with his name attached, in 1828. It was at first a failure, but Rogers was determined to make it a success. He enlarged and revised the poem, and commissioned illustrations from J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Stothard and Samuel Prout. These were engraved on steel in the sumptuous edition of 1830. The book then proved a great success, and Rogers followed it up with an equally sumptuous edition of his Poems in 1834. Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775- 1851), was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest masters of British watercolour landscape painting. Turner's "delicate and graceful vignettes, which are miracles of fine detail, seem fairly to float upon the page ... Turner's illustrations for [this volume]...are if anything superior to those for ITALY" - Ray (referring to the uniform edition of Rogers's ITALY published the same year). Thomas Stothard (1755 1834), was an English painter and engraver. In 1778 he became a student of the Royal Academy, of which he was elected associate in 1792 and full academician in 1794. In 1812 he was appointed librarian, having served as assistant for two years. The designs by Stothard have been estimated by art historian Ralph Nicholson Wornum to number five thousand, and of these about three thousand have been engraved. [RAY 13][NCBEL III:181] . Brief gift inscription on first preliminary page (Christmas, 1920); edges mildly worn, old coffee stain on bottom of final pages, generally in margins, otherwise unmarked, tight, and square. A sumptuous and very attractive volume. VERY GOOD. Steel engravings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. viii, 295 pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
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Title: Poems
Description: London: T. Cadell and E. Moxon, 1834. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Stothard. Bound in half green calf, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on one burgundy and one brown label in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated with steel engravings after specially commissioned works by J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Stothard. Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) was an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron. His recollections of these and other friends such as Charles James Fox are key sources for information about London artistic and literary life, with which he was intimate, and which he used his wealth to support. He made his money as a banker and was also a discriminating art collector. In 1814 Rogers made a tour on the Continent with his sister Sarah. He travelled through Switzerland to Italy, keeping a full diary of events and impressions, and had made his way to Naples when the news of Napoleon's escape from Elba obliged him to hurry home. Seven years later he returned to Italy, paying a visit to Byron and Shelley at Pisa. Out of the earlier of these tours arose his last and longest work, Italy. The first part was published anonymously in 1822; the second, with his name attached, in 1828. It was at first a failure, but Rogers was determined to make it a success. He enlarged and revised the poem, and commissioned illustrations from J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Stothard and Samuel Prout. These were engraved on steel in the sumptuous edition of 1830. The book then proved a great success, and Rogers followed it up with an equally sumptuous edition of his Poems in 1834. Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (1775- 1851), was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one of the greatest masters of British watercolour landscape painting. Turner's "delicate and graceful vignettes, which are miracles of fine detail, seem fairly to float upon the page ... Turner's illustrations for [this volume]...are if anything superior to those for ITALY" - Ray (referring to the uniform edition of Rogers's ITALY published the same year). Thomas Stothard (1755 1834), was an English painter and engraver. In 1778 he became a student of the Royal Academy, of which he was elected associate in 1792 and full academician in 1794. In 1812 he was appointed librarian, having served as assistant for two years. The designs by Stothard have been estimated by art historian Ralph Nicholson Wornum to number five thousand, and of these about three thousand have been engraved. [RAY 13][NCBEL III:181] . Brief gift inscription on first preliminary page (Christmas, 1920); edges mildly worn, old coffee stain on bottom of final pages, generally in margins, otherwise unmarked, tight, and square. A sumptuous and very attractive volume. VERY GOOD. Steel engravings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. viii, 295 pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Poetry; Illustrated Books; Fine Binding; Leather Binding; Illustrated Books Poetry Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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- Book number: 24897
- Book number: 24897
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