C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations beagle 6 Inspiring Outsider Artists You

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via which its sawdust stuffing is visible

(Featuring 52 cards in 4 suits

4 1/4" across at widest

but what a lot of wonderful detail and patten is packed in

C. 1830s Handmade, Hand-colored Oversized Cards (Set of 24) Adapted from D.W. Kellogg's Alphabet of Different Nations beagle 6 Inspiring Outsider Artists YouI think these are absolutely fantastic, purchased in Maine at an antiques show from from a Virginia based dealer with very fine things, and which I absolutely could not leave behind. And after much searching, I found their source on the website of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale: they are from Alphabet of Different Nations: For Teaching Children to Read, published by D. W. Kellogg & Co, Hartford, sometime between 1830 and 1842,