Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket vintage caricature drawing 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 5/8" thick and in great condition

" dated January 15

Just a small thing

and a lot of it

with this young man in suit jacket

Victorian Sea Moss Specimens Album with Manuscript Poems, Boothbay Harbor and Nantucket vintage caricature drawing 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"I've had a few Victorian sea moss albums and booklets over the years, but this the first with handwritten verses to accompany the mosses on every page. "Was this the fringe of a sea nymph's robe Caught in the door of a coral cave Loosened by waters that span the globe And tossed ashore on a foamy wave?" Very Victorian indeed! The maker of this was clearly devoted to the effort, and in most cases documented the type of sea moss and also where it was