Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere 1956 naef blocks when this particular zig zag

when this particular zig zag edge was the height of house number style

The makers also did a pretty great job with the composition

and could still be used that way

4" x 2 5/8"

carved of pine with a fantastic patina now

Scarce, Wonderful, Much Worn and Torn 1844 New National Primer with Hand-sewn Repair Everywhere 1956 naef blocks when this particular zig zagThis one is quite a tattered state, no great surprise for a paper cover reader 180+ plus years old, really, and one which was clearly very much read and studied. What makes it especially beautiful to me though in addition to its marvelous engravings of insects and fishes, birds and objects, clocks and presidents and historic events including the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill are the hand stitched mends repairing tears to most every page, and