1853 Byerly's New American Spelling Book with Watercolor Bird and Animal Engravings clever painting though long gone now

though long gone now

7 3/4" across at jingles

(But what an amazing crop of gray yarn hair he has

Very realistic looking

1853 Byerly's New American Spelling Book with Watercolor Bird and Animal Engravings clever painting though long gone nowAnother week, another 19th century school speller, because I can simply not resist a good one, and especially not one with a watercolor bird on an end page! This one, Byerly's New American Spelling Book, was published by M. Polock, Philadelphia, in 1853. I purchased it from a wonderful dealer in PA, who shares my love of naive fraktur style watercolors, and indeed this tri color bird looks very Pennsylvania to me. With wonderful engravings too,