Hannah Reed's 1833 Emerson (Boston) Speller with Upside Down Covers and Delights Inside, Just As Found antique circus seal 11 1/8 x 3 11/16

11 1/8 x 3 11/16 x 1 1/8 and in very good condition

Well laid/stretched and in an old lemon gold frame

executed in graphite and crayon on very heavy weight wove art paper

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Hannah Reed's 1833 Emerson (Boston) Speller with Upside Down Covers and Delights Inside, Just As Found antique circus seal 11 1/8 x 3 11/16As I've said I am forever opening old spellers in the hopes of finding endpaper drawings or mementos tucked inside their pages and occasionally my efforts are rewarded! And in the case of this one, dated 1833, it was not until I got it home and started documenting its pages that I discovered the woven paper heart tucked inside a spread toward the back. Small joys are the best. And I love that the "Boston Lion Circus" clipping is specific to Boston,