Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings articulated doll and a lot of fun

and a lot of fun

but I'm constantly struck by the beauty of old fishing gear

NY and it just called to me--perhaps for feeling aptly somber for the moment we are living in (though he's got a hopeful feeling pink flush to his cheeks)

pre-dating Hills alphabet blocks (earliest set 1867)

Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings articulated doll and a lot of funThis 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