First/Very Early Edition McLaughlin Bros. "Object Teacher" Picture Book, Copyright 1884 faces Quite lovely--and so is the

Quite lovely--and so is the flip side of the shell

first published 1708

It measures 7 7/8" tall x 6 3/4" across at widest x 2 5/8" deep and is in very good condition

but would be tempted to ink it and put it back in use to print a series of cards to be used for sending congratulations to friends for various accomplishments

against which the deep orange cinnabar color really pops

First/Very Early Edition McLaughlin Bros. "Object Teacher" Picture Book, Copyright 1884 faces Quite lovely--and so is theThis is quite a rare one, and both a fun and useful one, which I have found a couple of copies of listed elsewhere in the $200 $400 range). Essentially a visual dictionary, with a key on the last page identifying each of the objects pictured, it was published by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., c. 1884. (It shows a 1884 copyright, but it is hard to know if a first or or very early edition.) McLoughlin (1858 1920, when it was sold to Milton Bradley) was a New