HISTORY OF CANDIA: Once Known as Charmingfare; with Notices of Some of the Early Families

Manchester, New Hampshire: Press of the Granite Farmer, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Settled in 1743, Candia was once part of Chester, New Hampshire, and known as "Charmingfare", probably because of the many bridle paths or "parades" through the pleasant scenery. It was incorporated in 1763 and named Candia "in compliment to Governor Benning Wentworth, who was once a prisoner on the island of Candia (an alternative ancient name of Crete since its Venetian domination), in the Mediterranean Sea" (Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire, 1875). Octavo: 151, [1] with a frontispiece, 2 plates, and a folding map. In a three-quarter brown morocco (truncated) over marbled paper binding, with a dark brown leather spine label, gilt-stamped titles and borders, and five raised bands. Minor staining and foxing to the plates, with occasional pencil marginalia to the text. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Some general edgewear to the boards; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78375)