Merry Pictures juvenile book c.1850’s Leavitt & Allen 120 hand colored woodcuts Central Illustrated pictorial color paper wrappers

Illustrated pictorial color paper wrappers

Sweden and Norway

this actual item from the time is printed on paper using inks and methods of production totally unique to the era which are totally lost in translation with modern reprints

Mount Holly

New York by Merriam & Moore

Merry Pictures juvenile book c.1850’s Leavitt & Allen 120 hand colored woodcuts Central Illustrated pictorial color paper wrappersMerry Pictures for Little People. Publ. NY, c. 1850 63s by Leavitt & Allen. Worn condition, clearly much handled survival. With a Christmas 1863 gift inscription to fly leaf. Rebacked retaining original decorative blind embossed covers. Text leaves and all twelve stories appear to be complete. With 120 woodcuts, all with original hand color. Scarce in any condition. Measures c. 8 3 4" H x 7" W. B15704