1833 Miniature Book, "Daily Food for Christians", Perkins & Marvin, Boston critical eye finds and both with terrific patina

and both with terrific patina on them

also known as tawny cottongrass is a type of sedge

with embossed letters and numbers on all sides

I couldn't resist the pyrographed "Pipe Dream" back panel of this old wood and brass pipe rack

just visible from the backside

1833 Miniature Book, "Daily Food for Christians", Perkins & Marvin, Boston critical eye finds and both with terrific patinaI plucked this one off a shelf at my favorite rare book shop in Maine (where I make semi regular pilgrimages) due to its tiny size and clear old age; to my sensibilities it's just a marvelous little object. And surely the diminutive scale was so that it could be easily carried around in one's pocket and frequently consulted, delivering a Bible verse for each day of the year. I'd guess it was the Annie Briggs who wrote her name on the first inside page