Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere lemon yellow all from the sketchpad of

all from the sketchpad of an unknown artist

a precious thing--this one with its original back

and a little foxing here and there

6 1/2" in diameter

like their jointed wooden counterparts

Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere lemon yellow all from the sketchpad ofThis one is quite a tattered state, no great surprise for a paper cover reader 180+ plus years old, really, and one which was clearly very much read and studied. What makes it especially beautiful to me though in addition to its marvelous engravings of insects and fishes, birds and objects, clocks and presidents and historic events including the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill are the hand stitched mends repairing tears to most every page, and