Keep Hands OFF, G.R's First German Book for School and Home, 1870s sapolin gold leaf which doesn't seem to be

which doesn't seem to be a split or repair

a few small dings and rough spots here and there

found in Lancaster County

most which wind with a key and hop

I really like the combination of strong straight lines on the black-painted structure with the unpainted zig zag chip-carved decoration inside and in between

Keep Hands OFF, G.R's First German Book for School and Home, 1870s sapolin gold leaf which doesn't seem to beOf course it is the "Keep hands OFF this Book" written by a GR in blue crayon on the inside front cover of this old German language school book that sold me on it, but then it was a delight to discover a few small drawings and crayon coloring on some of the geometric shapes scattered across its pages. And the printed matter itself is quite lovely, combining bits of arithmetic and geometry and penmanship and German language on each page. Some pages at