Leaf Studies, Rebecca Pillsbury's 1847 Notebook of Ink-stamped and Labeled Specimens, Nashville, NH pattern blocks with just the very tiniest

with just the very tiniest of tiny chips on the lip

even better for the bleeding of the iron nails against the green

13 13/16" l x 4" d x 6 1/4" t and in good condition

) The lid of the rear section pulls up to reveal grooves for tubes of paint or charcoals/pastels

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Leaf Studies, Rebecca Pillsbury's 1847 Notebook of Ink-stamped and Labeled Specimens, Nashville, NH pattern blocks with just the very tiniestI was really excited to find this, purchased from a seller in New Hampshire, not far from where it was created close to two centuries ago, in the no longer extant town of Nashville, NH. The work of a Rebecca Pillsbury, inscribed on the front inside cover along with the date, it features fourteen neatly composed pages of ink stamped leaves (sometime looking a lot like graphite rubbings, but I am pretty certain all pressed in ink), with each of the leaf