Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope Frederick Hurten Rhead The colors and glossy enameled

The colors and glossy enameled surfaces are gorgeous

which evolved into one of the first major highways in the United States

in a vintage Pennsylvania-style painted solid  wood frame wired for hanging

seeming poised to start flapping and carry it away--and

Several of the books themselves are notable: Samuel Randlett's The Art of Origami

Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope Frederick Hurten Rhead The colors and glossy enameledThis is the sort of thing that breaks my heart and makes me glad to be human. Just over 2 inches in diameter, it is a tiny ink and watercolor map of Europe on paper, done with extreme care (can you imagine?) by a Latitia Heston, mid 19th century or so, who signed her name to the reverse, following a verse, that indicates it was made as a token of friendship: In all the varying scene Which fate or fortune send When distance intervene Remind thee of a