Rainbow Colored Vintage Wooden Abacus with Handle 19th century autographs February 19

February 19

and title pages

scuffed and smudged

paper cover

that the artist here was German American

Rainbow Colored Vintage Wooden Abacus with Handle 19th century autographs February 19I love a nice abacus, and think this one, with its rainbow colored beads, is especially lovely and fairly unusual in having a handle, making it easy to calculate on the go! I have found a few other handled examples with a similar form, c. 1940s, which seems about right for this one. Beyond its calculating function, I find abacus' rewardingly useful for tracking of all sorts of things (i. e. move a bead to the left every time you make it to the gym!)