Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers to which is added Porsoniana

Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) was a highly celebrated English Romantic poet, art patron, and banker. He was famous in London high society for hosting brilliant breakfast parties attended by literary giants like Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Content: The book is a compilation of witty conversations, anecdotes, and observations recorded during Rogers' life. The appended "Porsoniana" section contains recollections of Richard Porson, a renowned Greek scholar.Publisher: This specific edition was printed in New York by D. Appleton and Company (located at 346 & 348 Broadway) in 1856, which corresponds to the same year the original edition was published in London by Edward Moxon.