Published by Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1865. 252 pages plus a 24 page “List of Books” section in the back. It has remnants of a pocket on the back paste down and a blind embossed library seal on title page. The spine has a frayed top end with mild edge wear elsewhere. The spine is decorated with bright gilt lettering. No cracks or tears. Clean text and tight binding,
Notwithstanding, the former library markings,
this book has a special association with the Mary P. Thompson library as well
as Mary P. Thompson herself. This is a rare association with a rare first
edition of this title. Apparently loaned from the Mary P. Thompson Library to The New Hampshire College of
Agriculture and Mechanics Library stated on bookplate. Mary P. Thompson's signature is on the FFEP and dated 1866.
The Mary P. Thompson
library contains books and periodicals that Mary gathered during her lifetime.
A graduate of Mt. Holyoke, Mary P. Thompson later became an Ursuline nun. After
returning to Durham in 1877, she wrote several books and many articles on local
history, genealogy, and Roman Catholicism. During her lifetime her library was
thought the "finest and rarest collection of books and manuscripts in the
State of New Hampshire."