Marmaduke Multiply, Scarce 1845 Child's Book with Handmade Cover and Hand-colored Engravings painted decorated carved box with light general wear and

with light general wear and light bump to upper right corner

and they seem

so while they do turn he doesn't really roll along

but this one is special because I have have identified the subject and even more so because I am fairly certain this painting of him was done by now widely renowned early 19th c

The multi-color alphabet across the top makes me imagine it once held a trove of bone letters (if only it did still

Marmaduke Multiply, Scarce 1845 Child's Book with Handmade Cover and Hand-colored Engravings painted decorated carved box with light general wear andI'm a real sucker for early children's books, though I hold myself back much of time this one though, a 1845 copy of Marmaduke Multiply, published by Munroe and Francis, Boston and considered an "important" child's book, was way too good to resist and is also a rarity. This copy was given a handmade paper cover with title cut out and adhered as an oval to the front, plus gorgeous hand marbled grain painted paper covering the spine. Inside, 71 pages of