Modesty & Merit Little Mary-Rose & John 1864 children's book w/ color plates

(Old Books, Children's Books, Illustrated Books, 19th century Books).

All the Children's Library: Modesty and Merit, or, The Gray-Bird's Story of Little May-Rose and John, Translated from the German.
Published 1864, Boston by Walker, Wise, & Co.
232 pages. Text in English. Contains four color lithographed plates. Frontispiece protected by original tissue guard.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt pictorial spine & title lettering, embossed cover decorations set within blind rules.

Book contains early gift inscription: Louise Marston Farwell, From her Father May 21st, 1867.

Book remains well preserved and attractive on the shelf. It displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in nice antiquarian condition, the age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail and our best attempt to convey how this antique item survives.

A truly wonderful decorative spine which includes a girl reading a book and a boy soldier.

Book Measures c. 6 1/2" H x 5" W.

[B558].