1840 British Commonplace Book with Beautiful Lettering and Watercolor Maps + 1890s Additions painted wood blocks each color has found its

each color has found its right terrain

and some scattered staining to the red tape

Each measures about 5 3/4" in diameter and 2" tall

examples of whose work (somewhat more risque than this one

looking to me like crisp hospital white sheets

1840 British Commonplace Book with Beautiful Lettering and Watercolor Maps + 1890s Additions painted wood blocks each color has found itsThe binding here on this 1840 British commonplace book is in rough shape, but the contents are beautiful, with some gorgeous boldly watercolored maps (Oxford, Gloucester, Leicester, as well as Ispahan and Italy), a charming rendering of Mt. Vesuvius, and some very beautiful lettering delivering such good phrases as "Instruction is inimitable" and "Of all moral virtues, patience in best." Photos tell pretty much the whole story! The beautiful pages