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 I think my favorite strongman

I think my favorite strongman photo I've ever seen

which to me possesses all the beauty of a Brancusi

but overall they've held on to their color nicely

I am not in the least a map expert

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 I think my favorite strongmanA 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