1844 Emerson's North American Arithmetic Book, Stereotype Printed with Great Graphics brass and wood candlesnuff 8" tall x 6 1/2"

8" tall x 6 1/2" wide (with dress spread flat)

with a little surface dirt

I was just immediately attracted to the look of it

And peering through the open windows reveals that the inside was built out too (before being closed up with a wooden bottom)

1844 Emerson's North American Arithmetic Book, Stereotype Printed with Great Graphics brass and wood candlesnuff 8" tall x 6 1/2"Much worn on the outside, but still beautiful, especially the stereotype printed inside pages; I just love seeing these neat rows of trees and apples and houses and chairs and prancing horses used to illustrate the principles of addition and subtraction. And then later dots and dashes too. Printed in 1844, and really the best looking in terms of graphics I've seen. The North American Arithmetic by Frederick Emerson, First part. 1844 edition in