Prang's Alphabets Plain and Ornamental, 1870 (Complete, Pages Loose, Plus Drawings) tall French skittles as the interestingly carved handle

as the interestingly carved handle

The perfect green paint on the roofs of these two

It would be especially dramatic filled with large white lilies or a few tall flowering branches

which I assume were made to teach the concept of fractions

Prang's Alphabets Plain and Ornamental, 1870 (Complete, Pages Loose, Plus Drawings) tall French skittles as the interestingly carved handleThis is quite a rare one, and while the binding is shot and most of the pages loose, the alphabets are beautiful, and there's a great ink drawing just inslde plus a pencil drawn portrait on a blank page at the end. Published in 1870 by Prang, Louis and Co, Boston, it features preface and color title page followed by 15 plates of alphabets (3 color), and a leaf of advertising. This copy features a paper label from James W. Queen & Co. Mathematical