Mical Destroying His Work, Timely Feeling Antique Hand-colored Woodblock Print antique riddle cards That one was attached to

That one was attached to a base advertising the Thomas S

but also precursing everything from SNL to Ali G and so much more

A really terrific patina

This hand-colored copper engraving comes from Friedrich Justin Bertuch's  'Bilderbuch fur Kinder'

Mical Destroying His Work, Timely Feeling Antique Hand-colored Woodblock Print antique riddle cards That one was attached toFound on a week when our president was threatening to destroy a civilization, this antique bookplate felt sadly poignant and here it looks a lot like a bust of George Washington this Mical is about to smash to bits, which seems apt indeed. I have not been able to determine the source of this print, but a 19th century children's book I presume, with the beginning of the story included as a second page, and the third page of the story included as a