c1860 The Dairyman's Daughter: An Authentic Narrative

Description

Leather Binding

A very scarce miniature of this classic early 19th-century Christian booklet by Rev. Legh Richmond. Published by Rock, Brothers & Payne, who often referred to their miniatures as "Bijou" publications, many of which were picture book souvenirs. 

In full morocco. 

First issued in tract form in 1814 by the Religious Tract Society and in the same year by the New England Tract Society in Boston, this narrative had a remarkably wide distribution and influence. It tells of the religious experience of Elizabeth Wallbridge, who Rev. Legh Richmond exchanged letters with and often visited. Wallbridge was the daughter of a dairy farm owner and became highly knowledgeable of the Bible upon her conversion. 

Legh Richmond (1772–1827) was a Church of England clergyman and writer. He is noted for tracts, narratives of conversion that innovated in the relation of stories of the poor and female subjects.