Lovely chapbook edition of a selection of Isaac Watts's hymns, bound in an attractive vernacular wallpaper wrapper.
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Price: $250.00
Just because this edition of Watts's hymns adapted for a young audience was made to be inexpensive didn't mean it had to be unattractive. At least, that's what an early owner seemed to be thinking when they added a wrapper of blue and green wallpaper, with a floral design skillfully centered on the front cover. A lovely example of the early 19th century American propensity to use materials efficiently, and a peek into the interior of a well-to-do house of the period.
Boston: J. & T. Fleet, (1802). 6.25'' x 3.25''. Early vernacular stiff wrappers of blue and green floral wallpaper. 44 pages, lacking front and rear blanks and leaf C4; bottom 2/3 of leaves B3 and B4 perished. Wrapper with might rubbing and soil, mild edgewear. Leaves with toning and scattered soil, some edgewear; wallpaper offsetting a bit to first and final pages. Sound.
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