Early Lessons in Six Volumes, Very Charming, Scarce Set of 1820s Children's Books by Maria Edgeworth with Marvelous Hand-colored Engravings \e.w. Deming bears and who doesn't need an

and who doesn't need an 8 inch long pink rat to set somewhere

which to me possesses all the beauty of a Brancusi

I think my favorite strongman photo I've ever seen

and she’s got an Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts feel to me

The set includes nine pins

Early Lessons in Six Volumes, Very Charming, Scarce Set of 1820s Children's Books by Maria Edgeworth with Marvelous Hand-colored Engravings \e.w. Deming bears and who doesn't need anA total joy finding these in Concord, NH this week: a complete first edition set of six volumes of "Early Lessons" by Maria Edgeworth, published by Robvert Desilver, Philadelphia, 1823 very early examples of books for children, and with the most charming hand colored engravings of any I've seen notably different in quality from those more commonly sees of several decades later. I especially love that both the stories and illustrations portray young