1825 HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS. The Children's Moral Companion. Excellent Example. Commentary the little missionary at home

the little missionary at home

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beautifully preserved manuscript

[and] requested his mother to give his money in the Society Bank to buy Bibles for the Heathen

1825 HAND-COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS. The Children's Moral Companion. Excellent Example. Commentary the little missionary at homeAn excellent example of a production level "hand colored" work from a series of similar by King of New York. Now quite scarce, these among the earliest American hand finished woodcuts, in matching tones throughout the text, and quite nicely preserved. Last offered at Sotheby's in 1989. Merwin Clayton noted it as very rare even in 1910. Anonymous. The Children's Companion, or Entertaining Instructor for the Youth of Both Sexes; Designed to Excite