ROGERS (Samuel). Poems. London: T. Bensley and son for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816. - In-12, long-grained red morocco, large gilt and cold-iron frame on the boards, smooth ornate spine, gilt roulette inside, blue tabis lining with gilt Greek borders, blue tabis endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). Beautiful collective edition of the poems of the British poet and writer Samuel Rogers (1763-1855). It is printed on wove paper and illustrated with 65 vignettes by Luke Clennell after drawings by Thomas Stothard. A superb copy in contemporary morocco, superbly decorated. This binding, unsigned, is in the style of some of the ones made by Courteval (see "Bookbinders and decorated bindings in France during the Directoire and Empire periods" n° 158). Upper corners slightly dulled.