Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings articulated doll pre-dating Hills alphabet blocks (earliest

pre-dating Hills alphabet blocks (earliest set 1867)

or even of a ghost

which I believe is house paint

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)

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

Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings articulated doll pre-dating Hills alphabet blocks (earliestThis 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