Steal Not This Book My Little Friend, 1808 Scholar's Arithmetic with Ink Drawn Ladies and More fraternal order emblem with the basketry seeming Native

with the basketry seeming Native American

and absolutely it was made with great skill

I especially love their very long arms and tiny faces

the face cards

I am pretty certain 19th century Shaker

Steal Not This Book My Little Friend, 1808 Scholar's Arithmetic with Ink Drawn Ladies and More fraternal order emblem with the basketry seeming NativeOf 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