MARTYRIA, or Early Unitarian Times, English Reformation (1846)

Mountford, William. MARTYRIA: A Legend, wherein are contained Homilies, Conversations, and Incidents of the Reign of Edward the Sixth. Boston: Wm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1846. First American Edition, with an Introduction. [10572] Black publisher's cloth decorated in blind, gilt title to spine, binding very good, 7 x 4 3/4 inches. xx, 328, pp., 4 pp. publisher's catalogue. Tight, foxing. Very good. Hardcover. The title at the head of chapter one is, Martyria: or Early Unitarian Times. This is historical fiction based upon the early days of the Reformation in England. William Mountford (1816-1885), b. Kidderminster, England; d. Boston, Massachusetts. Mountford entered the ministry in England, but suffered from a weak constitution and poor health. He gave up his charge and sailed for the United States, where he preached as a guest at several Unitarian churches, including at Boston and at Washington, D.C. He married in 1853, after which he devoted his energies to writing and to travel.