Dog with Blue Tassel, Charming 19th Century Pastel Drawing on Card figure made of walnuts The tile and gnomon are

The tile and gnomon are in great condition

Light folds to a few corners

and I must say is quite a fun thing to do

Kind of silly

General cover and spine wear from 140+ years of handling and a few tears to pages bit overall pretty good shape

Dog with Blue Tassel, Charming 19th Century Pastel Drawing on Card figure made of walnuts The tile and gnomon areThis 19th c. pastel drawing popped from all the way across the room that blue is just electric, and how much better for that wonderful tassel to be hanging from the mouth of this very charming dog! I love everything about this, which I take for a sort of "sandpaper" drawing, made by adding marble dust to the surface; there is not much shimmer to it, but there is a definite sandpaper like texture to the surface, and it is similar manner to a few