scarce American juvenile moral instruction book 1805 Life of Joseph Bible Story

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The Life of Joseph, The Son of Israel, in Eight Books, Chiefly Designed to Allure Young Minds to the Love of the Sacred Scriptures, by John MacGowan.
Published 1805, Greenfield, Massachusetts by John Denio.
130 pages. Text in English.

Early American full leather binding, smooth spine, gilt bands & title lettering.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Scarce early American book in any condition. An 1810 owner Nathiel Ladd has written the price he paid for the book (3/6) on a blank flyleaf.

Binding heavily and well age worn but still appealing, leather and joints dried and scuffed, front cover all but detached, spine leather chipped and broken along joints, remains overall attractive as an object. Former library book with blindstamp to title page, old book plate to paste down.

Text block paper is uniformly well age toned as typical, contents shaken, some pages loosened. A book which has been taken care of but may/ does not look like new.

Still attractive on the shelf. Book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in rather nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

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Book Measures c. 6 5/8" H x 4 3/4" W.

[B9853].