Goldsmith's Natural History Abridged, 1846, Much Annotated! naive watercolors especially for the contrast between

especially for the contrast between the brown leather glove and the black leather mitt to which it is sewn--which brings the construction of the whole thing into relief

but good overall vintage condition

shot at 2-3 times magnification

or other fruits of the season

Just a good

Goldsmith's Natural History Abridged, 1846, Much Annotated! naive watercolors especially for the contrast betweenThis book has be through A LOT, with names of multiple users written on different pages, a few of which have come loose, and most of which remind us it is nearly 200 years old! But what a thing, its 427 pages not just filled with engravings of animals of all sorts, but also with child drawn pencil outlines of a handful of them and some hand written text, too, including the note early telling us to visit page 312, where we are told not once but twice