Children's Picture Book Animals Botany Ethnography 1849 juvenile chap book Massachusetts Mediterranean Sea)

Mediterranean Sea)

Stamped leather binding by Riviere & Son

Fine large mid 19th century engraved map with original outline hand color

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers- no mention of either imprint name

all printed on heavy paper with blank reverses

Children's Picture Book Animals Botany Ethnography 1849 juvenile chap book Massachusetts Mediterranean Sea)(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Americana, Children's Books, Illustrated Books, Chap Books, Woodcut Illustrations). The Child's Picture Book. Published 1849, Concord, New Hampshire by Rufus Merrill. 16 pages. Text in English. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's pictorial paper wrappers, spine neatly hand sewn using thread (done by an early owner). Scarce pre 1850 juvenile American chap book. An early owner has carefully used thread to stitch the spine