1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies good shepherd retablo much more finely carved (and

much more finely carved (and very precious) examples of these out there

These are the things it makes me think about anyway

this 1938 first edition of “Developing Sales Technique and Personality” by Dave Colcord does a pretty good job of selling itself

9 1/8" x 7 1/2"

head and two paws raised as if begging you for a treat

1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies good shepherd retablo much more finely carved (andI only recently learned about album amicorum (Latin for "book of friends") or liber amicorum, a European manuscript tradition, beginning in the 16ht century, where individualsoften students, scholars, or aristocratscollected signatures, poems, illustrations, and in this case embroideries, from friends, colleagues, and notable figures. A sort of precursor to the Victorian autograph album, but these were comprised of loose pieces, collected over time,