[JUVENILE] [CHAPBOOK]. 32mo (4 3/8" x 2 �"); 16pp; pale pink or light tan wrapper, decorative borders and wood-engraved vignette of a mother and child on front, rear wrapper publisher s ad for "Toy Books, Beautifully Embellished with Superior Engravings for the Mind and the Eye;" full page illustration on wrapper pp 2 and 3; vignette and decorative borders on title page; ownership and inscription on wrapper pp2; small wood engraved vignettes in text; separation at spine fold �" at head and 1 �" at foot, light hand soiling; very good minus. Seventeen small wood engraved vignettes illustrate the text with decorative borders on each page. The text reads as a conversation between a mother and daughter about animals and their use to man, a discussion about textiles and their source, and ends with a religious reminder they are all provided by God. Beautifully printed by Sidney Babcock from the New Haven family of printers. Seller Inventory # 1406

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Title: The Flock of Sheep; or Familiar Explanations...

Publisher: Printed and Published by S. [Sidney] Babcock`, New Haven

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very good

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Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller
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