SOLD Wonderful Early Ink on Laid Drawing of Leaf Structures with Scientific Names dried flowe or maybe a few wooden

or maybe a few wooden spoons

as if one might store a little something inside

made in Oran 1943-45 (in WW2 the city

with a little curling/creasing along the right edge of the paper and a small crease along the left bottom edge as well as a little staining

5 3/4" l x 3 5/8" t x 1 1/16" d

SOLD Wonderful Early Ink on Laid Drawing of Leaf Structures with Scientific Names dried flowe or maybe a few woodenSuch a delicately done, lovely ink drawing, detailing 39 different types shapes of leaves, each one labeled with scientific name. Of course I especially love the star shaped ones that look like hex drawings! A perfect gift for a nature lover or arborist if I ever saw one. 1st half of the 19th c, I'd guess earlier than later, surely from a school notebook on botany. Black ink on watermarked laid paper. 10" x 8". Very good condition, with a couple of