SOLD Wonderful Early Ink on Laid Drawing of Leaf Structures with Scientific Names dried flowe 5 3/4" l x 3

5 3/4" l x 3 5/8" t x 1 1/16" d

as if one might store a little something inside

though I'd probably set them in an arrangement of objects or hang them somewhere--and am rather fantasizing about a whole wall of these

Based on a couple of (super sweet

It looks to the me like the hull of an upside down boat that these two are sitting upon

SOLD Wonderful Early Ink on Laid Drawing of Leaf Structures with Scientific Names dried flowe 5 3/4" l x 3Such a delicately done, lovely ink drawing, detailing 39 different types shapes of leaves, each one labeled with scientific name. Of course I especially love the star shaped ones that look like hex drawings! A perfect gift for a nature lover or arborist if I ever saw one. 1st half of the 19th c, I'd guess earlier than later, surely from a school notebook on botany. Black ink on watermarked laid paper. 10" x 8". Very good condition, with a couple of