1853 Byerly's New American Spelling Book with Watercolor Bird and Animal Engravings clever painting and I really love the

and I really love the whole variety of different flowers stemming from its tall stalk

just right for being surrounded by books

though long gone now

Very realistic looking

and the other I have no idea

1853 Byerly's New American Spelling Book with Watercolor Bird and Animal Engravings clever painting and I really love theAnother week, another 19th century school speller, because I can simply not resist a good one, and especially not one with a watercolor bird on an end page! This one, Byerly's New American Spelling Book, was published by M. Polock, Philadelphia, in 1853. I purchased it from a wonderful dealer in PA, who shares my love of naive fraktur style watercolors, and indeed this tri color bird looks very Pennsylvania to me. With wonderful engravings too,