Set of Three Late 19th Century Educational and Industrial Drawing Notebooks letter blocks A set of three ibis's

A set of three ibis's identical to this (including one this size

Mid-century or earlier I believe (and indeed

Card measures 8 1/2" x 5 3/8" folded as shown

I just didn't quite have the patience

I really love that even as they illustrate systematic scaling up or down of a particular image

Set of Three Late 19th Century Educational and Industrial Drawing Notebooks letter blocks A set of three ibis'sThe covers on these are pretty rough detached in the case of two of them but I've got a weakness for these old drawing instruction books, especially the more minimal ones as these are (focused on simple shapes, designs and patterns) and there are a couple curious drawings in here all their own (faces, skeletons.) I have not done a comprehensive job photographing, but photos here give a good sense a few favorites pages first, then a sampling of a few