Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples mechanics perhaps near one's favorite reading

perhaps near one's favorite reading chair

4 3/4” x 4” t x 3” d (3/4” thick) each

with very deep bowls

with nicely tapered dowels holding the two sides together

The backside itself is pretty beautiful in a very different way

Diminutive c. 1850 Handmade Preserved Sea Moss Album, New Bedford, MA, 32 Samples mechanics perhaps near one's favorite readingSmall in scale but quite a treasure I think, which I like an extra lot for the fact that the sea moss specimens were collected in the whaling capital of New Bedford, MA, right around the time (c. 1850) that Melville was writing Moby Dick, which was inspired by it. It appears to me that this album, with shell shaped leather cover and tissue paper separating each page, has barely been opened since it was created; each of its 32 specimens is in excellent