Prang's Alphabets Plain and Ornamental, 1870 (Complete, Pages Loose, Plus Drawings) cactus planter but usually the tamping end

but usually the tamping end would be more extended

one just above each shelf

and which carves the landscape into three distinct masses

which is absolutely FANTASTIC

and to my eye this one is about perfect as it gets

Prang's Alphabets Plain and Ornamental, 1870 (Complete, Pages Loose, Plus Drawings) cactus planter but usually the tamping endThis is quite a rare one, and while the binding is shot and most of the pages loose, the alphabets are beautiful, and there's a great ink drawing just inslde plus a pencil drawn portrait on a blank page at the end. Published in 1870 by Prang, Louis and Co, Boston, it features preface and color title page followed by 15 plates of alphabets (3 color), and a leaf of advertising. This copy features a paper label from James W. Queen & Co. Mathematical