{"product_id":"18th-century-hand-stitched-partial-childs-catechism-with-woodcut-illustrations","title":"18th Century Hand-stitched Partial Child's Catechism with Woodcut Illustrations","description":"\u003cp\u003eI did some deep digging through some troughs of paper this week in southern Maine, happily rewarded for my efforts by turning up a 1840 letter with beautiful cross writing, listed today, as well as this early child's catechism with woodcut engravings, which I believe is 18th century and of New England. It is partial (surely there was a whole alphabet of lessons\/proclamations before getting to the XYZ that begins the first page here, and the last page ends mid sentence), but I find it very special feeling, especially the woodcut engravings of the cock who doth crow and the bee who stung a mastiff, and a nightingale and butterfly and ant and lion and haymaker and lark who soars toward the sky, too. With black thread hand-stitching holding the pages together. I've done some searching of the pages but can't turn up exact matches, though it certainly bears similarities to the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNew England Primer of the colonial period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 3\/4\" x 3\". 18 leafs (36 pp). As found, partial, and delicate, with edge loss to pages and variation to the quality\/inking of the woodcut illustrations, original to the printing. Holding together and stable if handled with a care. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47678885658878,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_0883_773290a5-fe75-4f18-9429-0f2c4cc4fa2b.jpg?v=1767826690","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/18th-century-hand-stitched-partial-childs-catechism-with-woodcut-illustrations","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}