8vo. [6], ii, 231pp, [1]. With an initial advertisement leaf, stating in part: 'The first two title pages in this volume have been given for the convenience of those who may procure a complete set of the American edition of [Mrs. Heman's] works, by the present editor' (The league of the Alps...and other poems (1826) were issued as 'Vol. I.') Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled cloth boards, later rebacked preserving contemporary back-strip, all edges red. Heavily rubbed. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to blank verso of additional divisional title: 'W. B. Chorley Esq. / With Mrs. Hemans's kind regards'.

A presentation copy of the first American edition of the final long poem by Felicia Dorothea Hemans [née Browne] (1793-1835), inspired by the conversion to Protestantism of Anglo-Spanish émigré priest Joseph Blanco White (1775-1841).