Maidens Of Hallowed Names
Woodstock, MD: College of The Sacred Heart, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo in brown cloth ornately lettered and decorated in gilt. xxix+366 pp. Frontispiece engraving "The Dawn of Holiness" of an unidentified female saint with prayerbook and rosary beads. Work, intended for young women, of biographical sketches of virgin saints of the Catholic Church. Includes the following: Saint Agnes, Gertrude, Rose of Lima, Katherine of Sienna, Genevieve, Martina, Clara, Bibliana, Barbara, Zita, Cecilia, Teresa. With appendix of prayers. A tight example, all gilt clear and fairly bright, some modest wear to the spine extremities, foxing to the frontis engraving and its tissue guard and some light offsetting to the title page. Very difficult to find in first edition. Very Good. Item #E12533
Price: $75.00