Samuel Gifford 1829 British Math Notebook (2) with Fraktur Writing The Perfectly Good Cynics Calendar with Astronomical Attachment 1/4" thick and in very

1/4" thick and in very good aged condition

and clearly took a great deal of time and care to make

I have become super enamored of this type of old carved wood folk articulated or jointed figures

made even better by the free-hand painting of his eyes and paws

yellowing teeth

Samuel Gifford 1829 British Math Notebook (2) with Fraktur Writing The Perfectly Good Cynics Calendar with Astronomical Attachment 1/4" thick and in veryI have long been eyeing antique school notebooks, both relating to the study of math and writing calligraphy, and finally found a lovely set of five of them from a seller in England, which I am listing individually. This is one of two hard backed math notebooks with marbleized paper covers and printed endpapers with "A Collection of Arithmetical Tables for the Use of Schools" of a Samuel Gifford studying at Mr. Heale's Academy in Sherborne. The first