Steal Not This Book My Little Friend, 1808 Scholar's Arithmetic with Ink Drawn Ladies and More baking dishes maybe with neatly arranged rows

maybe with neatly arranged rows of German nutcrackers on either side

with this incredible smiling face

And I love the soldered tin box these all next inside too

with carved and painted wooden head and body

This striking box was beautifully constructed and remains absolutely radiant

Steal Not This Book My Little Friend, 1808 Scholar's Arithmetic with Ink Drawn Ladies and More baking dishes maybe with neatly arranged rowsOf everything I buy and sell, I think it is the doodles inside the pages of old books that feel most immediate and full of life to me like small, secret manifestations of private thoughts and wandering minds, which are just complete delights to discover, 200+ years later in this case! The book is a 1808 copy of The Scholar's Arithmetic, owned by a Charles B. Haynes, who left his marks all over its pages in the form of lots of mathematical calculations