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

and is a bright as photos portray

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

I think it would be terrific for holding love letters

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