1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations lead weight there is one light surface

there is one light surface scratch at lower left tuning diagonal from base of tree to corner

which is much aged but still retaining some of its glorious lapis blue paint

This painted relief carved panel really makes me want an English Pointer companion

The painting has been matted and framed in a simple white metal frame

The mottled matte periwinkle blue glaze is pretty perfect as well

1857 The Boys Storybook by Frances Woodworth with Engraved Illustrations lead weight there is one light surfaceI have such a hard time resisting a lovely old book with not much short of 200 years on it, and this one is certainly that, copyrighted 1851, with this copy printed in 1857. Inside are a series of five stories that are certainly as good for girls as boys (though perhaps best as a study of mid 19th c. morality and education!), from The Carpenters Boy to Crazy Ann (driven to madness from the loss of her love to a shipwreck) to William Tell, to The