A Bridal Gift

Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1847. Hardcover. Good. Good. Publisher's binding, generally soiled, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square, hinges a bit loose but with a firmly bound textblock, former owner's name and address on the endpapers, foxing throughout. A work "intended as an elegant little present for those who have recently entered the state of 'Holy Matrimony.'" The work consists of quotes about marriage, domestic duties, and Christianity.