Book As Object, Mid 1800s PA German Catechism with Best Hand Blocked Paper Covers old folk art birdhouse how I love this bowl

how I love this bowl

so they're shlepped through the airport in very awkwardly shaped carry ons (and this time around I had a newly broken rib while doing it all

1950s brass alphabet stencils

Marvelous faces with fabulous expressions

(There is a stray hair not a flaw in a few of the photos

Book As Object, Mid 1800s PA German Catechism with Best Hand Blocked Paper Covers old folk art birdhouse how I love this bowlWhen in Pennsylvania, I keep a keen eye out for 19th century PA German catechisms with beautifully papered covers. Hand marbled paper covers are one thing, but this is like an early wallpaper box except in book form. Gorgeous, and a great thing to collect, I'd say. And here, remnants of a pink paper, letterpress printed book seller's label on the inside of the cover. The book itself is Der Kleine Catechismus. (The Small Catechism) of Martin Luther