C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations carved inuit figure I've used little brass ducks

I've used little brass ducks to hold down the corners of the pages for photographing

and it looks very much like ancient Aksumite heads

5/8" thick

In far from perfect condition (I would never have gotten my hands on it otherwise

C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations carved inuit figure I've used little brass ducksI think these are absolutely fantastic, purchased in Maine at an antiques show from from a Virginia based dealer with very fine things, and which I absolutely could not leave behind. And after much searching, I found their source on the website of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale: they are from Alphabet of Different Nations: For Teaching Children to Read, published by D. W. Kellogg & Co, Hartford, sometime between 1830 and 1842,