1840 British Commonplace Book with Beautiful Lettering and Watercolor Maps + 1890s Additions primitive game board crisp feeling palette of whites

crisp feeling palette of whites and red/pink and pale blue stripes and plaid running though

(I think of Man Ray's Indestructible Object

sent to Mrs

with some light scratching to its surface and sides

meant to stand or lay but not to fold at the waist

1840 British Commonplace Book with Beautiful Lettering and Watercolor Maps + 1890s Additions primitive game board crisp feeling palette of whitesThe binding here on this 1840 British commonplace book is in rough shape, but the contents are beautiful, with some gorgeous boldly watercolored maps (Oxford, Gloucester, Leicester, as well as Ispahan and Italy), a charming rendering of Mt. Vesuvius, and some very beautiful lettering delivering such good phrases as "Instruction is inimitable" and "Of all moral virtues, patience in best." Photos tell pretty much the whole story! The beautiful pages