William Douglas’s Copy of Noah Webster's 1824 American Speller 19th century Guignol illustrations without a flaw on it

without a flaw on it anywhere that I can see

I think it would be terrific for holding love letters

but also to note the site of its making

quite a sweet barn

I'd be more inclined to hang this one the wall than use it as an ashtray

William Douglas’s Copy of Noah Webster's 1824 American Speller 19th century Guignol illustrations without a flaw on itOf course I could not resist the beautiful calligraphic loops just inside this speller just shy of 200 years old, and especially what I take for a sharp featured little head and shoulders made up of tiny dots at left, which I imagine was a tiny portrait of a stern instructor! With wooden cover boards papered in blue (Webster's speller was the most popular of the day, known familiarly as the blue back speller) it is quite a lovely thing, with page