The First Book of VIRGIL's The Aeneid: Amazing Hand-drawn Re-telling with Latin Subtitles, F.B. Greene, Providence RI, 1868 (Copy) pewter dish One corner of the base

One corner of the base is not square but rather cuts in a bit--see photos

Another wonderfully sculptural very old iron finial from a group of them found this week

including hand-carved (whittled

I find amazing

but also forever buzzing away

The First Book of VIRGIL's The Aeneid: Amazing Hand-drawn Re-telling with Latin Subtitles, F.B. Greene, Providence RI, 1868 (Copy) pewter dish One corner of the baseThis is an amazing thing, the likes of which I'll certainly never see again, and which I feel I lucked out in finding purchased from a favorite dealer in the Albany area, who buys directly from area estates, and who had just gotten it in and had it sitting on his desk, not yet processed. (I knew it was for me from the cover alone, and of course then begged for him to sell it; very kindly he obliged and I'm grateful.) This is a hand drawn re telling of