Rogers’ Human Life: A Poem Mapmaker(s)_Kerry Lee Roughly contemporary with the Great

Roughly contemporary with the Great Siege of 1779-1782

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This map of Eastern Friesland is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri

Rogers’ Human Life: A Poem Mapmaker(s)_Kerry Lee Roughly contemporary with the GreatRogers' poem was printed in both quarto and octavo formats in 1819, the year of its first publication. Eclipsed by some of his great contemporaries, Rogers was praised for the musicality of his verse, and his literary breakfasts were a feature of the social scene. An early owner has picked up on Rogers' comment on p. 81, that he 'would say something in favour of the old fashioned triplet, which I have ventured to use so often'. 41 times, according to