Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings B. Bramell print With the most gorgeous darkening

With the most gorgeous darkening to the white on the top of the head and along the back

I would guess all of these came from one album

Stands on its own

(You'd roll out the wax and be able to cut many petal-like pieces at once

so that's included too

Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings B. Bramell print With the most gorgeous darkeningThis completely thrilled me when I found it, at an antique shop that was my first stop on Pennsylvania last week. I was sold on the cover alone, but then a series of engravings inside very closely related, each as good as the next, and making me think of antique retablo paintings as much as anything, very gothic! Photos give a good sense, though the yellow of the cover is all the richer and more dramatic feeling in hand. The book is the Christian