Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter lettering with just light rusting

with just light rusting

I have no tape measure

super intimate and deeply human

The very tip of the arm of the child and some of her hair on the back side is chipped off

So beautiful

Little Henry and His Bird, 1853, Child's Book with Hand-colored Engravings by J.D. Felter lettering with just light rustingLittle Henry and His Bird, published in 1851, tells the story of young Henry's rescue of a beautiful songbird (from the jaws of his cat), his nursing it back to health, and then his sadness at its flying away to join its flock until he learns to be happy for its freedom (and learns a bit about Benjamin Franklin and his discovery of electricity via kite flying along the way.) The cover is pretty torn up, as one might expect, though its hand stitched