Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations lavender Leopold II (King of Belgium)

Leopold II (King of Belgium)

It seems to be quite a rare one--I can really find no equivalent examples out there--and I think just terrific looking

This color guide pack includes the never-opened set of 202 matte-finished 6"x9" color swatches plus a grid for designating the colors

so perhaps Morning Star is the name of the stove

Harry's Reading Book, C. 1856, with Hand-colored Illustrations lavender Leopold II (King of Belgium)Just a lovely little book, published by Willis P. Hazard, Philadelphia, and quite a rare one from what I can tell, finding only a couple of records of other copies held in library collections. There was a second edition published in 1862, but I believe this is the first edition. Curiously (though written in the first person, so he might be the narrator) Harry is only mentioned once as a blind old man, who is patient and does not complain, but gives