Research Catalog

Title

Italy : a poem / by Samuel Rogers.

Author

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855

Publication

• London : Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; Jennings and Chaplin, Cheapside; and E. Moxon, 64, New Bond-Street, 1830.
• London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars

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Additional Authors

• Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
• Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
• Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
• Batty, Robert, 1788 or 1789-1848
• Titian, approximately 1488-1576
• Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574
• Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635
• Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870
• Allen, Daniel, active 1830-1834
• Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878
• Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852
• Smith, William Raymond (Engraver)
• Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871
• Le Keux, Henry, 1787-1868
• Pye, John, 1782-1874
• Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855
• Davenport, Samuel, 1783-1867
• Humphrys, William, 1794-1865
• Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856
• Rolls, Charles, 1800-
• Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836
• Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858
• Davison, Thomas, 1765?-1830
• Jennings and Chaplin, publisher.

Description

vii, [1], 284 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Alternative Title

Italy, a poem

Subjects

• Italy > Social life and customs > Poetry
• Illustrated works
• Italy > In art
• Italy > History > Anecdotes > Poetry
• Italy > Description and travel > Poetry
• Travel writing
• Narrative poetry

Genre/Form

• Illustrated works.
• Travel writing.
• Narrative poetry.
• Fore-edge paintings (Binding) – Great Britain – 19th century.
• Painted bindings (Binding) – Great Britain – 19th century.
• Gauffered edges (Binding) – Great Britain – 19th century.
• Mosaic bindings (Binding) – Great Britain – 19th century.

Note

• Chiefly in verse; some sections in prose.
• Original issue, with publisher statement as above. Afterwards issued with publisher statement: Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; and E. Moxon, 64, New Bond-Street. See: Tinker Library, entry 1763.
• Priority of issue determined from pre-publication advertisements, e.g. advertised in The London literary gazette and journal of belles lettres, arts, sciences, &c., no. 707, August 7, 1830, page 520 ("On the 15th of August will be published ...") and no. 712, September 11, 1830, page 600 ("On the 15th of September will be published ..."); both: "Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; Jennings and Chaplin, Cheapside; and E. Moxon, 64, New Bond-Street."
• Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2N⁴ 2O².
• Some copies have an inserted leaf at end, with, on recto, an advertisement for "By the same author, Poems, including The pleasures of memory, Human life, &c. ... illustrated by fifty wood engravings, from the designs of T. Stothard, R.A."; verso is blank.
• Illustrations: 55 steel engravings (2 full-page, 53 vignette head- and tailpieces); 25 are after designs by J.M.W. Turner, 20 after designs by Thomas Stothard; 2 after S. Prout, 1 after Col. R. Batty, 1 each after Titian and Vasari; 5 are unsigned (one of these is after Jacques Callot). Engravers: E. Goodall (16), Daniel Allen (8), R. Wallis (7), W. Finden (5), W.R. Smith (4), J.H. Robinson (3), H. Le Keux (2), J. Pye (2), 1 each by W. Cooke, S. Davenport, W. Humphrys, F.C. Lewis, C. Rolls; 3 are unsigned. For discussion of the Turner illustrations, see Rawlinson, W.G. Engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., v. 1, pages l-lv.
• Also offered for sale as "Proofs before the letters" (all vignettes are unsigned).
• Some copies of this issue have the vignettes on page 88 (headpiece to "Arquà": tomb of Petrarch) and page 91 (tailpiece: house of Petrarch) erroneously transposed; called "the early copies" by Lowndes.
• Illustrations also published separately under title: Fifty-six engravings illustrative of Italy, a poem, by Samuel Rogers. London : Jennings and Chaplin, 62, Cheapside.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• Locker-Lampson, F. Rowfant library
• Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer's manual of English literature (1871 edition)
• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection of illustrated books
• Rawlinson, W.G. Engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A.
• Ray, G.N. Illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online (multiple copies) via HathiTrust, Google Books, Internet Archive.

Provenance (note)

• Armorial book-plate of Edward B. Baker, Bart.; on front binder's leaf, in ink: A remembrance of / November the 26th 1832; CHPL stamp on lower endpaper.
• W.A. Spencer, with his bookplate. See The Spencer collection of modern book bindings, 1914, page 31.
• With bookplate of Robert Hoe, Esq. See Anderson Auction Company catalog, 1911-1912 (Catalogue of the library of Robert Hoe of New York ... Part III ... To be sold by auction beginning on Monday, April 15, 1912), lot 354. Purchased on behalf of W.A. Spencer; donated by the Spencer estate to the Spencer Collection.

Binding (note)

• Dark red straight-grain morocco, gilt. Front board detached; spine split.
• Dark green morocco, gilt; red watered silk doublures and endleaves. gilt. Front board and endleaf wanting.
• Full dark brown straight grain morocco, gilt and blind-tooled spine, gilt letters on spine, gilt rule border and frame on covers with blind embossed decorative panel, gilt decorations on cover edges and turn-ins, decorative yellow endpapers, a.e.g.
• Full green morocco, gilt decorated spine with gilt letters, blind-tooled borders, gilt decorative panels with blind-tooling, gilt rules on cover edges and turn-ins, maroon endpapers, silk place-marker, a.e.g.
• Red crushed levant morocco, with gilt tooled borders and spine. Inside dentelles enclosing a vellum panel hand-painted with a flowering vine. All edges gilt, fore-edge over painting of flowers and foliage in colors.
• Dark tan morocco, gilt, by F. Bedford (signed on front cover). Sides inlaid in red morocco to form compartments, each containing a pointillé design, varied in the adjoining spaces. Doublé with red and dark tan morocco in the same design, with colors reversed. Endleaves with same design in gilt on white. Spine tooled and inlaid in similar design and lettered in gilt: Rogers' Italy. All edges gilt and gauffered. In tan morocco pull-off case.

Processing Action (note)

• commitment to retain

Contents

The lake of Geneva -- Meillerie -- St. Maurice -- The Great St. Bernard -- The descent -- Jorasse -- Marguerite de Tours -- The Alps -- Como -- Bergamo -- Italy -- Coll'alto -- Venice -- Luigi -- St. Mark's Place -- The gondola -- The brides of Venice -- Foscari -- Marcolini -- Arquà -- Ginevra -- Bologna -- Florence -- Don Garzia -- The Campagna of Florence -- The pilgrim -- An interview -- Rome -- A funeral -- National prejudices -- The Campagna of Rome -- The Roman pontiffs -- Caius Cestius -- The nun -- The fire-fly -- Foreign travel -- The fountain -- Banditti -- An adventure -- Naples -- The bag of gold -- A character -- Paestum -- Amalfi -- Monte Cassino -- The harper -- The Feluca -- Genoa -- Marco Griffoni -- A farewell -- Notes.

Call Number

NCM (Rogers, S. Italy. 1830)

LCCN

44021035

OCLC

3688601

Author

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855, author.

Title

Italy : a poem / by Samuel Rogers.

Publisher

London : Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; Jennings and Chaplin, Cheapside; and E. Moxon, 64, New Bond-Street, 1830.

Manufacturer

London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Restricted Access

Pforzheimer copies: Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

NYPL copies: Pforzheimer copy 1 has final leaf with advertisement; all others lack it.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy 2: Proofs before letters: all vignettes are unsigned.

Local Note

NYPL copies: Pforzheimer copy 2 and Spencer Coll. copy 2 have vignettes on pages 88 and 91 transposed; all others have them correctly placed.

Indexed In:

Locker-Lampson, F. Rowfant library, page 171

Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer's manual of English literature (1871 edition), page 2118

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection of illustrated books, page 56

Rawlinson, W.G. Engraved work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A., v. 2, page 198, pages 231-238 (XLIII, 348-372)

Ray, G.N. Illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914, entry 14

Additional Formats

Also available online (multiple copies) via HathiTrust, Google Books, Internet Archive.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy 2: Extra-illustrated with full-page stipple-engraved portrait of Samuel Rogers, by W. Finden after Sir Thomas Lawrence, and with separate impressions of the full-page illustration on page 126 and the vignettes on pages 115 and 144, the latter in 2 states, all 4 in state before letters, inscribed in pencil "Extra plate not published."

Binding

Copy 1 in NCM: Dark red straight-grain morocco, gilt. Front board detached; spine split. NN

Copy 2 in NCM: Dark green morocco, gilt; red watered silk doublures and endleaves. gilt. Front board and endleaf wanting. NN

Pforzheimer copy 1: Full dark brown straight grain morocco, gilt and blind-tooled spine, gilt letters on spine, gilt rule border and frame on covers with blind embossed decorative panel, gilt decorations on cover edges and turn-ins, decorative yellow endpapers, a.e.g. NN

Pforzheimer copy 2: BPSE: Full green morocco, gilt decorated spine with gilt letters, blind-tooled borders, gilt decorative panels with blind-tooling, gilt rules on cover edges and turn-ins, maroon endpapers, silk place-marker, a.e.g. NN

Spencer Coll. copy 1: Red crushed levant morocco, with gilt tooled borders and spine. Inside dentelles enclosing a vellum panel hand-painted with a flowering vine. All edges gilt, fore-edge over painting of flowers and foliage in colors. NN

Spencer Coll. copy 2: Dark tan morocco, gilt, by F. Bedford (signed on front cover). Sides inlaid in red morocco to form compartments, each containing a pointillé design, varied in the adjoining spaces. Doublé with red and dark tan morocco in the same design, with colors reversed. Endleaves with same design in gilt on white. Spine tooled and inlaid in similar design and lettered in gilt: Rogers' Italy. All edges gilt and gauffered. In tan morocco pull-off case. NN

Provenance

Pforzheimer copy 1: Armorial book-plate of Edward B. Baker, Bart.; on front binder's leaf, in ink: A remembrance of / November the 26th 1832; CHPL stamp on lower endpaper. NN

Spencer Coll. copy 1: W.A. Spencer, with his bookplate. See The Spencer collection of modern book bindings, 1914, page 31. NN

Spencer Coll. copy 2: With bookplate of Robert Hoe, Esq. See Anderson Auction Company catalog, 1911-1912 (Catalogue of the library of Robert Hoe of New York ... Part III ... To be sold by auction beginning on Monday, April 15, 1912), lot 354. Purchased on behalf of W.A. Spencer; donated by the Spencer estate to the Spencer Collection. NN

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy 2 has undated holograph note signed by Samuel Rogers inlaid in binder's blank at front. To "Dear Sam," inviting the recipient to breakfast to meet Crabb Robinson.

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Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851, illustrator.

Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834, illustrator.

Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852, illustrator.

Batty, Robert, 1788 or 1789-1848, illustrator.

Titian, approximately 1488-1576, illustrator.

Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, illustrator.

Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635, illustrator.

Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870, engraver.

Allen, Daniel, active 1830-1834, engraver.

Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878, engraver.

Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852, engraver.

Smith, William Raymond (Engraver), engraver.

Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, engraver.

Le Keux, Henry, 1787-1868, engraver.

Pye, John, 1782-1874, engraver.

Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855, engraver.

Davenport, Samuel, 1783-1867, engraver.

Humphrys, William, 1794-1865, engraver.

Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856, engraver.

Rolls, Charles, 1800- engraver.

Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836, publisher.

Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858, publisher.

Davison, Thomas, 1765?-1830, printer.

Jennings and Chaplin, publisher.

Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder. (Spencer Coll. copy 2)

Spencer, William Augustus, 1855-1912, former owner. (Spencer Coll. copy 1)

Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner. (Spencer Coll. copy 2)

Other Form:

Online version: Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855. Italy. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; Jennings and Chaplin, Cheapside; and E. Moxon, 64, New Bond-Street, 1830 (OCoLC)557691156

Research Call Number

NCM (Rogers, S. Italy. 1830)

Pforz (Rogers, S. Italy. 1830)

Spencer Coll. Eng. 1830 (Rogers)