Book As Object, Mid 1800s PA German Catechism with Best Hand Blocked Paper Covers The Living Arts protfolio Cover itself

Cover itself

T Swann Company in Tampa

and which makes me think of bentwood  boxes

offered to guests in a gesture of hospitality for them to select their preferred ingredients

and revealing more and more the more one looks

Book As Object, Mid 1800s PA German Catechism with Best Hand Blocked Paper Covers The Living Arts protfolio Cover itselfWhen in Pennsylvania, I keep a keen eye out for 19th century PA German catechisms with beautifully papered covers. Hand marbled paper covers are one thing, but this is like an early wallpaper box except in book form. Gorgeous, and a great thing to collect, I'd say. And here, remnants of a pink paper, letterpress printed book seller's label on the inside of the cover. The book itself is Der Kleine Catechismus. (The Small Catechism) of Martin Luther