Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! handmade gift second half 20th century I

second half  20th century I think

or how it came to have barnacles all over it

” This renowned Burmese lacquer-ware is made from a mixture of the juice of the Thitsi tree and ash

I surely would not much have enjoyed living in the 1830s

plus a wonderful mix of blooms in a range of rich pinks and and purples and deep blue

Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! handmade gift second half 20th century ISo fun to find this one the other day, gymnastic exercises a la 1863! It's a scarce one, and made all the better by careful crayon coloring in yellow and green on a number of the excellent illustrations. I especially like seeing a section toward the end where movements of the body were linked to spelling out words, and others specifying the tempo of music, or even specific songs, to which exercise sequences of should be set. Just waiting to be