Fifth edition of Samuel Rogers' celebrated poem, published London by T. Cadell in the Strand and C. Dilly in the Poultry, 1793. Illustrated with two engraved plates after Richard Westall, engraved by I. Neagle, the frontispiece captioned Wrapt in clouds, in tempests tost, published May 29th 1793.
Three manuscript inscriptions. Early ownership of Frances G. Browne, possibly Irish gentry, with her inscription to the title page. A second inscription on the front pastedown reads Mrs A Browen / Portloman House. The most significant inscription appears on the rear flyleaf: a carefully written verse in brown ink in a fine 18th-century hand, dated Dublin, March 31st, 1797, suggesting Irish circulation during Rogers' early fame. A valuable copy for tracing early readership of Romantic poetry across the British Isles. The transcription reads:
Epilogue by Mr Smith to P.S. That he felt each wound that from Fortune can flow That he tastes each Bliss that the happy can know Has still been the whimsical Habit of my life, Where anguish & joy have been ever at strife. But tho' threw in th' extremes both of Pleasure and Pain I'm still but too ready to feel them again —
The inscription was written 228 years ago this month, in a city one year from rebellion. Ireland in 1797 stood on the edge of the United Irishmen uprising. Whoever sat down with this book and this verse on March 31st of that year left no name — only a date, a city, and the quiet admission that after everything, they were still ready to feel it all again.
Rogers' poem, first published in 1792, became one of the most widely read works in the English-speaking world within months of its appearance, circulating particularly through Ireland and among Irish readers for whom its meditation on memory, loss, and the persistence of feeling carried specific weight.
Binding
Contemporary full calf with gilt fillet borders and spine compartments; red morocco label titled Rogers' Poems. Edges sprinkled brown, plain endpapers. An honest, unrestored 18th-century binding with patina consistent with age.
Condition
Fair to Good. Spine with losses at head and foot; joints rubbed; corners worn. Interior remarkably clean and bright, minimal foxing. Ownership inscription Frances G. Browne to title page, and manuscript poetic note dated Dublin, March 31st, 1797 to rear flyleaf.
Dimensions: approx. 17 × 10 cm.
Fifth edition of Samuel Rogers' celebrated poem, published London by T. Cadell in the Strand and C. Dilly in the Poultry, 1793. Illustrated with two engraved plates after Richard Westall, engraved by I. Neagle, the frontispiece captioned Wrapt in clouds, in tempests tost, published May 29th 1793.
Three manuscript inscriptions. Early ownership of Frances G. Browne, possibly Irish gentry, with her inscription to the title page. A second inscription on the front pastedown reads Mrs A Browen / Portloman House. The most significant inscription appears on the rear flyleaf: a carefully written verse in brown ink in a fine 18th-century hand, dated Dublin, March 31st, 1797, suggesting Irish circulation during Rogers' early fame. A valuable copy for tracing early readership of Romantic poetry across the British Isles. The transcription reads:
Epilogue by Mr Smith to P.S. That he felt each wound that from Fortune can flow That he tastes each Bliss that the happy can know Has still been the whimsical Habit of my life, Where anguish & joy have been ever at strife. But tho' threw in th' extremes both of Pleasure and Pain I'm still but too ready to feel them again —
The inscription was written 228 years ago this month, in a city one year from rebellion. Ireland in 1797 stood on the edge of the United Irishmen uprising. Whoever sat down with this book and this verse on March 31st of that year left no name — only a date, a city, and the quiet admission that after everything, they were still ready to feel it all again.
Rogers' poem, first published in 1792, became one of the most widely read works in the English-speaking world within months of its appearance, circulating particularly through Ireland and among Irish readers for whom its meditation on memory, loss, and the persistence of feeling carried specific weight.
Binding
Contemporary full calf with gilt fillet borders and spine compartments; red morocco label titled Rogers' Poems. Edges sprinkled brown, plain endpapers. An honest, unrestored 18th-century binding with patina consistent with age.
Condition
Fair to Good. Spine with losses at head and foot; joints rubbed; corners worn. Interior remarkably clean and bright, minimal foxing. Ownership inscription Frances G. Browne to title page, and manuscript poetic note dated Dublin, March 31st, 1797 to rear flyleaf.
Dimensions: approx. 17 × 10 cm.
