Early Lessons in Six Volumes, Very Charming, Scarce Set of 1820s Children's Books by Maria Edgeworth with Marvelous Hand-colored Engravings primitive cooking dish probably not very far from

probably not very far from where it was painted

but the blocks themselves are in great shape--nice patina but very little paint loss

I especially like the flip side

They appear one after the other

Plenty of surface wear as evident

Early Lessons in Six Volumes, Very Charming, Scarce Set of 1820s Children's Books by Maria Edgeworth with Marvelous Hand-colored Engravings primitive cooking dish probably not very far fromA total joy finding these in Concord, NH this week: a complete first edition set of six volumes of "Early Lessons" by Maria Edgeworth, published by Robvert Desilver, Philadelphia, 1823 very early examples of books for children, and with the most charming hand colored engravings of any I've seen notably different in quality from those more commonly sees of several decades later. I especially love that both the stories and illustrations portray young