(Ephemera)
Labyrinth of Life.
(N.p. c. 1850). Small broadside, measuring 6 1/2 inches tall by 5 7/16 inches wide, with a hand-colored diagram of a pyramidical maze. The route leads the viewer from Despondency, through Chagrin and Hope, to Cheerfulness, with the final goal at the very top of the pyramid being a temple. Below the labyrinth sits a four-stanza poem on the transience of earthly happiness and the necessity of reaching the ultimate temple. Mounted on a leaf of a manuscript arithmetical exercise book. Fine with only trace soiling. Unrecorded. Item #28134
Price: $175.00