Carved upstand with ornate scroll motif and quality scallop shell to the centre
Bronze bearing with numbered parts 63 and 64
with a generous size and tactile leather and fabric finish
Brass lathe shows appealing aged burnish and mellow golden hues
Antique Poetry Book, Pleasures of Memory, Samuel Rogers, English, Georgian, 1803 1750 & Later Carved upstand with ornate scrollOur Stock # 18. 9898 This is an antique copy of Pleasures of Memory by Samuel Rogers. An English, hard bound collection of poetry, published in London in the Georgian period, 1803. A contemporary of Wordsworth, Byron and other Romantic poets, Samuel Rogers (1763 1855) was a successful banker and art collector, who was also one of England's most celebrated poets during his lifetime. Rogers was invited to be Poet Laureate on the occasion of Wordsworth's