A beautiful 1866 first edition of The Women of Methodism: Its Three Foundresses by Abel Stevens, LL.D. — an early Methodist classic honoring Susanna Wesley, Selina the Countess of Huntingdon, and Barbara Heck, along with sketches of their female associates and successors in the early history of Methodism.
Published in New York by Carlton & Porter, this volume served as a centenary offering to the women of American Methodism, marking one hundred years of the movement’s influence.
Bound in richly embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titling and ornate border design.  Frontispiece and pagination intact. Some light foxing and toning consistent with age, but overall a very handsome survivor of 19th-century religious publishing.
Details:
•Publisher: Carlton & Porter, 200 Mulberry St., New York
•Year: 1866
•Author: Abel Stevens, LL.D.
•Binding: Original embossed brown cloth, gilt spine
•Pages: 331 pp.
•Condition: Very Good — tight binding, clean text, light wear to spine ends