ITALY, A POEM

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vii,[1],284pp. Octavo. Elegantly bound in unsigned full contemporary forest green morocco, heavily gilt extra, gilt and blind-stamped ornamental frame side panels, with insets of gilt floral elements and lyre devices, a.e.g. Engraved head and tail-pieces. Extremities rubbed, with short crack at crown of lower joint, bound without ad leaf, inner hinges cracked (but sound), some foxing and offsetting from images, yellow coated endsheets stained, otherwise about very good. First illustrated edition, with fifty-five vignettes engraved after designs by Turner, Stothard and others. Turner's "delicate and graceful vignettes, which are miracles of fine detail, seem fairly to float upon the page" - Ray. A uniform edition of Rogers's POEMS appeared the same year. RAY 13. NCBEL III:181. N° de ref. del artículo WRCLIT60447

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