Mary Fisher; or the Quaker Maiden and the Grand Turk: with other Poems
Mary Fisher; or the Quaker Maiden and the Grand Turk: with other Poems
Mary Fisher; or the Quaker Maiden and the Grand Turk: with other Poems

Mary Fisher; or the Quaker Maiden and the Grand Turk: with other Poems

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Quaker authors. Mary Fisher; or the Quaker Maiden and the Grand Turk: with other Poems. Philadelphia: Joseph Kite & Co., ca. 1847. [6320]

Blue cloth over paper, some creases to binding, gilt title on front, 3 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches, 36 pp, text with foxing & stains. 1869 & 1872 inscriptions on ffep. Good. Cloth over paper.

A selection of Quaker writings, including,

"The 'Quaker maiden and the Grand Turk, ' the largest poem in this little volume, is a close version of the account of Mary Fisher as preserved in the annals of the Society of Friends." - Title page verso.

"Omnipresence of the Deity. From the German of K.A. Shaller." - pp. 14-16.

"Man's Three States: A Liberal Paraphrase of George Fox." - pp. 16-18.

"George Rofe and his little sea boat. A Christian ballad, A.D. 1662" - page 21-27.

The firm Joseph Kite & Co. published in Philadelphia between 1846 and 1847. In 1848, the firm was apparently succeeded by Kite and Walton.