J.H Brown's c. 1830s Mother Goose's Melodies, Brown Paper Cover and Pencil Drawn Additions stylized animals I am completely taken with

I am completely taken with this the sculpture

and the lack of contextualizing details

Believed to have shape-shifting qualities and called upon in ritual in order to clarify visions

I love the winged form--making me think of hands raised in wait of a ride (or AAA

Some scattered stains and light toning

J.H Brown's c. 1830s Mother Goose's Melodies, Brown Paper Cover and Pencil Drawn Additions stylized animals I am completely taken withYou know I've got a weakness for early children's books, with this rare copy of Mother Goose's Melodies filled with charming engravings dating to the 1830s or so, but of course my even greater weakness if for how such books were personalized by the children who owned them and this one has the hand of a young J. H Brown all over it! Mostly, he added tiny hats to people and animals, but toward the end he seems to have learned how to write, and so Miss