1853 Byerly's New American Spelling Book with Watercolor Bird and Animal Engravings clever painting a pretty great little drawing

a pretty great little drawing

just think of me

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

just right for being surrounded by books

I found all of these together (stashed inside a small wooden wagon) and since I believe one can never have too many color cubes

1853 Byerly's New American Spelling Book with Watercolor Bird and Animal Engravings clever painting a pretty great little drawingAnother 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,