Quarto. 273pp, [1]. With 107 plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled black morocco, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. Gilt lettered presentation inscription to FEP: 'Presented to Mr. William Hines on laying a foundation stone of the Wesleyan Methodist School-Chapel, Cauldron Road, Shelton, Hanley. October 5th, 1897'. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp.

A finely bound copy of a memorial volume dedicated to Anglican clergyman and founder of Methodism John Wesley's (1703-1791) and other prominent members of the Methodist Church. The work was first published in 1891 to commemorate the centenary of Wesley's death.