Scarce 1853 Merril's New Illuminated Alphabet Book old handmade wooden frame And I think he did

And I think he did a terrific job

Wired on the back for hanging straight away

ranging from near black to rust orange

constructed over the base of a broken glass or candlestick

representing various Dino species

Scarce 1853 Merril's New Illuminated Alphabet Book old handmade wooden frame And I think he didI sure do love alphabets, and happily they've manifested in so many excellent incarnations with unlikely survivors my favorite kind! This is an 1853 copy of Merrill's New Illuminated Alphabet Book, published by Rufus Merrill, Concord, NH, and which I think may have been the first edition, as I can find no earlier reference to it, though I have found later. Paper cover, with beautiful upper and lower case alphabets on the flip, and then each page