Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings B. Bramell print Stands on its own

Stands on its own

(You'd roll out the wax and be able to cut many petal-like pieces at once

filled four layers deep with two different types of triangles in three different tones of wood

without a single lost curl or stitch that I can see

on the short sides of which has been written "color dominoes

Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings B. Bramell print Stands on its ownThis 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