Richmond, Legh. Annals of the Poor. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, c. 1845. A New Edition, Enlarged, and Illustrated with Engravings. [10600]
Brown publisher's cloth decorated in gilt & blind, binding very good, 7 3/4 x 5 inches. Steel-engraved portrait by John Sartain with printed signature & tissue guard; two additional full page wood engravings and 7 text engravings. 215 clean pp., tight. An exceptionally nice copy. Very good. Hardcover.
First published in 1814, this is a collection of stories illustrating village life, including The Dairyman's Daughter, The Negro Servant, The Young Cottager, The Cottage Conversation, and A Visit to the Infirmary.
Legh Richmond (1772-1827), an evangelical Anglican minister, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In addition to his writing and duties as a rector, he took an interest in the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Church Missionary Society, and was a chaplain to the Lock Hospital in London. His editorial work included a series of theological works, with biographies, in eight volumes published as Fathers of the English Church (1807-1812).
