Fabulous Antique Hand-carved Bible with Inlaid Masonic Square and Compass zodiac It will balance that way

It will balance that way on its own

dated August 1858 and with a view of what looks to me to be "Cass Castle" but I'm not entirely sure about the Cass

It is possible the surface of this piece was once painted

and very structurally sound

just missing the toe on one foot

Fabulous Antique Hand-carved Bible with Inlaid Masonic Square and Compass zodiac It will balance that wayFound at a great antiques shop in Paradise, PA one of several carved folk art books on this trip, which alone make it a good trip as far as I'm concerned! This I think is an especially cool one, and quite an old one, with Holy Bible carved out letter by letter at the top of the spine, and then the Masonic square and compass inlaid into the face. The "G" of the masonic logo is meant to stand both for God the "Grand Architect of the Universe" and for