1840 British Commonplace Book with Beautiful Lettering and Watercolor Maps + 1890s Additions painted wood blocks There is a terrific book

There is a terrific book by Jerry Slocum and Dic Sonneveld titled "The Fifteen Puzzle" (check it out here)

Wonderfully graphic

as it will make a round

each color has found its right terrain

flower-embroidered tunic

1840 British Commonplace Book with Beautiful Lettering and Watercolor Maps + 1890s Additions painted wood blocks There is a terrific bookThe 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